Hello all, Happy Friday and a good weekend! Sorry for missing the last few Fridays.
Question of the week: How fun and/or viable are fleets made using just large ships, and as many as possible? Imps have done triple ISDs for a while, but how would, say, 4 Venators be?
I think they'd be really fun, but not very viable. If anyone wants to play fleets of just max large ships, to find out (for Science!), lemme know! I have Vassal.
This is what I’ve run with some success.
Faction: Rebel Commander: General Dodonna
Assault: Opening Salvo Defense: Contested Outpost Navigation: Volatile Deposits
Starhawk Battleship Mark I (140) • General Dodonna (20) • Support Officer (4) • Skilled First Officer (1) • Weapons Battery Techs (5) • XX-9 Turbolasers (5) = 175 Points
MC75 Ordnance Cruiser (100) • Ordnance Experts (4) • External Racks (4) • Assault Proton Torpedoes (4) = 112 Points
MC75 Ordnance Cruiser (100) • Ordnance Experts (4) • External Racks (4) • Assault Proton Torpedoes (4) = 112 Points
Squadrons: = 0 Points
Total Points: 399
One fleet I've been wanting to test for a while is my three MonCal larges. I've even got a plan for it (sort of).
In a tournament last summer I beat a Providence + 2x Recusant with my Starhawk + MC80H (+ GR-75 + 2xA-wing). Seppy player made the now classic error of charging with the Recusants letting me blow them up before the Providence got into range.
For Rebels I might try out a Starhawk/large MC, for Imps my 2 ISD with Interdictor (I’m itching to try out an ISD/Interdictor/Glad list soon!). For my Seps it will have to be Providence and 2 Recusants as that is the sum total of Separatist large ships I have.
Triple Venators with SPHA-T or triple Recusants are actually quite formidable.
No way I'd spend all the money to run this fleet, but it would be pretty cool...
Name: Untitled Fleet
Faction: Separatist
Commander: Mar Tuuk
Assault:
Defense:
Navigation:
Recusant Light Destroyer (85)
• Mar Tuuk (28)
• Tikkes (2)
= 115 Points
Recusant Light Destroyer (85)
• Ordnance Pods (3)
• Linked Turbolaser Towers (7)
= 95 Points
Recusant Light Destroyer (85)
• Ordnance Pods (3)
• Linked Turbolaser Towers (7)
= 95 Points
Recusant Light Destroyer (85)
• Ordnance Pods (3)
• Linked Turbolaser Towers (7)
= 95 Points
Squadrons:
= 0 Points
Total Points: 400
@Sabelkatten It would indeed! Maybe in Vassal. . .
I don't like playing online, but if anyone wants to try it be my guest! I suspect maneuvering it may be trickier than one might think...