2 minutes ago, Ardaedhel said:

Now I feel infringed upon.

Just now, Drasnighta said:

Now I feel infringed upon.

Knew that was coming.

Now i have to watch that movie again.

9 minutes ago, Ardaedhel said:

Knew that was coming.

If its any consolation, it did take me 3 minutes to find it, since it was in the main forum.

Mc30s have more survivability then any hull 4 ship has any right to be

4 hours ago, Hrathen said:

First, let me confess that I have primarily been an Imperial Player and I have gotten pretty good, if I do so myself, with Star Destroyers. But last night I was helping my friend learn the game so I took a couple of MC30s (we were only playing 200 points for his first game). I have fought MC30s more times than I would like to count and they seemed to be really great ships. I like the red black combo of their dice and they are fast.

So MC30s may be fast and hit hard, but they don't turn very well, especially at speed 4. I know it was my first time with this ship, but I was really surprised how hard they are to fly.

Speed 4 is for leaving the fight. Deploy at speed 2, bank a Nav token, and throw Navs up until you attack, where you throw a CF.

Torpedo version, OE, APT/ACM, H9, Admo/Foresight. Optional: Lando, SFO, AP, or RBD.

3 with Mothma took 5th at Worlds. The list is ******* brutal.

19 minutes ago, chr335 said:

Mc30s have more survivability then any hull 4 ship has any right to be

Maybe... but more survivability than any 63-point ship? Comparably-priced ships:

73 - VSD1
72 - AF2B
69 - MC30S
61 - QF2
63 - MC30T
62 - GSD2
62 - Arq/C
60 - Pelta/C
59 - Arq/LC
57 - NebB/E
56 - GSD1
56 - Pelta/A

Also, you're probably mostly talking about Admonition, which is another 8 points on top of that, putting the two variants solidly into medium-ship points range.

"You know the re-entry scene in Apollo 13? That's what every single fight should feel like for you."

Gentlemen it's been a privilege flying with you...

that sums up the MC30 perfectly

28 minutes ago, TheToad said:

"You know the re-entry scene in Apollo 13? That's what every single fight should feel like for you."

Gentelmen... it's been a privilege flying with you...

that sums up the MC30 perfectly

I found the actual clip in another of my favorite MC30 self-copypastas :

On 12/14/2016 at 3:26 PM, Ardaedhel said:

On 9/24/2016 at 10:00 PM, Ardaedhel said

edit: Oh no! Copyright takedown'd!!

eeddiitt:

13 minutes ago, TheToad said:

"You know the re-entry scene in Apollo 13? That's what every single fight should feel like for you."

Gentelmen... it's been a privilege flying with you...

that sums up the MC30 perfectly

Repair techs must shudder when they see an MC30 leaving for a mission...

..."BUT WE JUST FIXED THAT ONE!"

5 hours ago, Maturin said:

Repair techs must shudder when they see an MC30 leaving for a mission...

..."BUT WE JUST FIXED THAT ONE!"

I fear more for the people who have to date a captain of an Mc30

(and I am only talking about the personality those people must have :D)

8 hours ago, Ardaedhel said:

... dafuq is this?

It sounds like some kind of game, where everything's made up and the points don't matter.

Games like this stress me out.

How can you not have rules??

MORNINGTON CRESCENT

There are rules, they just arent that important. You have to talk for 60 seconds on a subject without deviation, repetition or hesitation.

10 hours ago, Maturin said:

Repair techs must shudder when they see an MC30 leaving for a mission...

..."BUT WE JUST FIXED THAT ONE!"

To be fair, MCxx ships had weaker hull but extraordinary shielding. So techs would replace a lot of blown out shield projectors compared to repressurizing area of the ship.

Their problem is that the helmsman was the doof warrior

11 hours ago, Ardaedhel said:

Maybe... but more survivability than any 63-point ship? Comparably-priced ships:

73 - VSD1
72 - AF2B
69 - MC30S
61 - QF2
63 - MC30T
62 - GSD2
62 - Arq/C
60 - Pelta/C
59 - Arq/LC
57 - NebB/E
56 - GSD1
56 - Pelta/A

Also, you're probably mostly talking about Admonition, which is another 8 points on top of that, putting the two variants solidly into medium-ship points range.

I have never used Admontion.

2 minutes ago, chr335 said:

I have never used Admontion.

Then you haven't lived that MC30 life to its fullest quite yet.

2 hours ago, chr335 said:

I have never used Admontion.

Whhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttt!?!?!

21 hours ago, Ardaedhel said:

Maybe... but more survivability than any 63-point ship? Comparably-priced ships:

73 - VSD1
72 - AF2B
69 - MC30S
61 - QF2
63 - MC30T
62 - GSD2
62 - Arq/C
60 - Pelta/C
59 - Arq/LC
57 - NebB/E
56 - GSD1
56 - Pelta/A

Also, you're probably mostly talking about Admonition, which is another 8 points on top of that, putting the two variants solidly into medium-ship points range.

*Drops mic*

I'm a lot better with them after 20ish games (but definitely no expert) as I learned how to enjoy watching them be destroyed a lot while I learned what others have said in this thread. Go speed 3, have a token turn 1, take SFO (for that 1 turn you want to CF) or just nav the whole game, and be bold. All things I've learned from reading several threads about the MC30s that have popped up in the last year or so... seriously, go search for them and you'll find some more gems.

Oh and their worst nightmare is an XI7/GT ISD2... my regular opponent nearly always plays that and that's why they've died on me a lot.

try using a Raider, you opinion of the MC30 will change after that

14 hours ago, Ken-Obi said:

Oh and their worst nightmare is an XI7/GT ISD2... my regular opponent nearly always plays that and that's why they've died on me a lot.

If you can learn how to consistently beat that ISD combo, your shrimp will become nigh unkillable.

20 minutes ago, Matt Antilles said:

If you can learn how to consistently beat that ISD combo, your shrimp will become nigh unkillable.

If

35 minutes ago, Matt Antilles said:

If you can learn how to consistently beat that ISD combo*, your shrimp will become nigh unkillable.

*efficiently

16 minutes ago, PT106 said:

If

Yeah... I didn't mention my opponent likes 2 of them. I can usually fare well against 1 with good maneuvering (love Madine for this, but not strictly necessary), but 2 is just AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! And he prefers JerJerrod... jerk.

Just now, Ken-Obi said:

Yeah... I didn't mention my opponent likes 2 of them. I can usually fare well against 1 with good maneuvering (love Madine for this, but not strictly necessary), but 2 is just AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! And he prefers JerJerrod... jerk.

Yup. Essentially XI7 is a counter to MC30 lists, so the only way I can see is to outactivate him (Should be likely vs 2ISD list) and go for last-first layered strikes.

1 minute ago, PT106 said:

Yup. Essentially XI7 is a counter to MC30 lists, so the only way I can see is to outactivate him (Should be likely vs 2ISD list) and go for last-first layered strikes.

I learned a lot from the multi MC30 builds threads (especially from @Ardaedhel) so I eventually bought 3 MC30s to run with Jaina's light and 3 flotillas. This was before wave 6. I can often beat the crap out of an ISD but not always take it out, while usually losing at least 1 MC30. I don't want to derail this thread too much though. I think the main point is that yeah when you run into an opposing XI7 ISD fleet, that's a solid counter to MC30s. Tricky to handle. And ISDs are seen quite often in our local meta (and it seems in many others as well).