Is anyone else having issues getting onto the hangerbay site designed for the Heroes of Aturi cluster game??
HOTAC site down??
I just checked it and not able to get to it either. It reports an internal server error.
If you're looking to download the package you can get it from here:
There's also a Facebook group devoted to HOTAC. You find it easily by doing a search in FB.
I don't do facebook, and i have the package for it downloaded. Was looking to see if i could take a read of the FAQ, regarding a certain mission..
Was the same already some week ago
1 hour ago, LTuser said:I don't do facebook, and i have the package for it downloaded. Was looking to see if i could take a read of the FAQ, regarding a certain mission..
It seems the original site is down, but HoTAC lives on Facebook. If you don't use it, post your question here or send me a private message, I'll try to provide an answer or relay your question to the FB group.
Edited by rhetor
There are several HOTAC players on these forums. I currently have a group running the Flight Group Alpha campaign. Hopefully we can try the Battlestar Pallas one next.
I was poking Docking Bay 416 after seeing this. Front page exists but nothing beyond is functioning. Further, it hasn’t been updated since 2018.
It might be dead.
Plus side, the article I wrote should be gone too.
13 hours ago, rhetor said:It seems the original site is down, but HoTAC lives on Facebook. If you don't use it, post your question here or send me a private message, I'll try to provide an answer or relay your question to the FB group.
Copy that. The question i had was for the imperial entanglements mission (Part 2 minefields). Since the bombers can't really shoot their Ion pulse missiles till they get a lock on the GR-75, can they shoot it with their main guns, and if so, does each hit take an energy off, or deal hull damage?
11 hours ago, LTuser said:Copy that. The question i had was for the imperial entanglements mission (Part 2 minefields). Since the bombers can't really shoot their Ion pulse missiles till they get a lock on the GR-75, can they shoot it with their main guns, and if so, does each hit take an energy off, or deal hull damage?
So the general opinion is that since Imperials wish to capture the ship, the bomber won't be using their guns to attack, and if they do, they'll deal hull damage.
HoTAC has progressed since 0.7 with some house rules, one of them being that ordnance-carrying Imperial ships get their lock not before, but after moving.
Edited by rhetorCopy that, so is the locking still a 'free-action' for them after moving, or does that take place AS their action?
9 hours ago, LTuser said:Copy that, so is the locking still a 'free-action' for them after moving, or does that take place AS their action?
That's still a free action.
Some have suggested that lock should even be moved into engagement phase, just to make the AI ships more dangerous.
It certainly makes all Ties that have locking as their main function (Defenders, bombers, and such) nastier!
If you guys get the chance to play Flight Group Alpha (the Imperial one), it is pretty good. There were some recent changes that updated the career path changes. I find them really interesting.
What's the best place to find the 2nd Edition version of HotAC? I had a lot of fun with it in 1st Ed, but it kind of dropped off my radar with the transition to 2nd.
25 minutes ago, Jarval said:What's the best place to find the 2nd Edition version of HotAC? I had a lot of fun with it in 1st Ed, but it kind of dropped off my radar with the transition to 2nd.
On 2/20/2020 at 8:26 PM, Scrivner said:If you're looking to download the package you can get it from here:
There's also a Facebook group devoted to HOTAC. You find it easily by doing a search in FB.
The link above is the link to the 2nd Ed documents. There are actually a couple of different versions (from what I understand), but this one is the most popular and had the most support from the original creator. There is a Facebook group that talks about it and has a lot of side projects. There is a Clone Wars version as well as an Imperial version based on the old Tie Fighter pc game from the 90's.
Flight Group Alpha is the TIE Fighters one, right?
I didn't know there was a CW version made! Where can I get that? 😲
4 minutes ago, Hatemonger said:Flight Group Alpha is the TIE Fighters one, right?
I didn't know there was a CW version made! Where can I get that? 😲
Yep, FGA for short. You can get that on Board Game Geek here: FGA on BBG
The Clone Wars stuff is on the Facebook group. I don't have a direct link to it.
11 hours ago, heychadwick said:Yep, FGA for short. You can get that on Board Game Geek here: FGA on BBG
The Clone Wars stuff is on the Facebook group. I don't have a direct link to it.
Well, crap. I don't do Facespace things.
I guess I'll look around.
2 hours ago, Hatemonger said:Well, crap. I don't do Facespace things.
I guess I'll look around.
Take a look at this site. It has a great collection of HotAC resources including second edition conversions.
https://rune-b.github.io/hotac-index/
Thanks for that link Bullox..
9 hours ago, Hatemonger said:Well, crap. I don't do Facespace things.
I guess I'll look around.
I know people that don't like MyFace and ended up creating a bogus account only to do game stuff. It is a solution.
On 2/26/2020 at 7:03 AM, heychadwick said:I know people that don't like MyFace and ended up creating a bogus account only to do game stuff. It is a solution.
Thanks. I hate it. I’ll remain faceless.
By the by, confirmed the article I wrote is gone too. Neat. Again, for the best since I still didn’t know what I was talking about. Let the past die. Something something if you have to.
On the plus side, we did play FGA tonight. Civil War campaign, mission #2. Four of us flying Tie Bombers trying to stop some Firesprays blow up a base. It was a lot of fun and the dice were a little crazy. In the end, half of us were shot down (Including me - it was the **** Concussion Missile Scyks!). We even managed to finish it with Gold Star objectives complete!
I think 4 people might be the best way to play the game. More is too many and fewer is not enough.
On 2/26/2020 at 12:06 AM, Bullox said:Take a look at this site. It has a great collection of HotAC resources including second edition conversions.
https://rune-b.github.io/hotac-index/
This is awesome, thanks!
On 2/26/2020 at 7:03 AM, heychadwick said:I know people that don't like MyFace and ended up creating a bogus account only to do game stuff. It is a solution.
For what it's worth, the main page was publicly viewable and had a lot of good links, similar to the above.