tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229245860561585942.post5792335164605685572..comments2023-10-30T01:14:22.330-07:00Comments on HERO's Gaming Blog: BR: 1000pts EotBS vs. RoFUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229245860561585942.post-37382787733639198242012-09-19T07:14:15.496-07:002012-09-19T07:14:15.496-07:00Good write up and lots of useful information on th...Good write up and lots of useful information on the various model types!! I play EoBS and love them so far. I've got a Kiyohime BCV on order and want to try it out soon....!Greywolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229245860561585942.post-33020923060726430542012-08-30T15:48:27.524-07:002012-08-30T15:48:27.524-07:00Hey I have a blog for gaming leaders, for support ...Hey I have a blog for gaming leaders, for support and dealing with day to day issues when running a gaming communit/clan/guild. If you got 5 minutes, come over and check us out:D we don't bite. <br /><br />www.whatdoleadersthink.blogspot.comParabellumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229245860561585942.post-89395401607946971132012-08-29T22:14:50.851-07:002012-08-29T22:14:50.851-07:00Cool, you have a blog!
So a few thoughts from th...Cool, you have a blog!<br /><br /><br />So a few thoughts from the game:<br /><br /><br />Ikas: These are appear to be nearly a hard counter to the French. Why? It excels in countering RoF strengths. Firstly, it bypasses the fearsome AA that all french ships field. It becomes worse when one considers French get the high AA because they also bring very few marines. Then, one must consider that the RoF wants to get into rb 2 to use their lances which takes them dangerously close to the squids. Lastly, that they can move through ships (and even use them to catapult themselves closer) makes them nigh impossible to outmaneuver in a brawl. <br /><br /><br />Best strategy against such boarding ships is to field a faster, shooty, army that can simply stay out of squid range while capitalizing on the gunnery the eotbs player sacrificed. The French largely lack such units. However, RoF counters to the ika would be to deploy additional carriers or to carry Furieux cruisers. <br /><br /><br />Magentas: the MK II Magentas are unquestionably the best incarnation of that ship. Several reasons:<br />the MK II's heat lance has a 270 degree arc. Hence, the ship's firing arcs have a nice symmetry. Charging at an enemy, you can fire both torpedoes and the heat lance at a single target. This is brilliant since both of these weapons are highly resistant to damage. <br />In the meantime, you have the rear turret and broadsides to pick off any smaller ships that may be trying to flank. <br /><br /><br />Compare that to the MK I and prototype, where you have to rotate the ungainly ship to bring both guns to bear, at which point you will have trouble lining up shots with the torpedoes. Also, since you are banking on turrets for damage - they are far easier to neutralize via enemy gunnery. <br /><br /><br />The entire point of the MK I and prototype is the flying stuff. However, they are half flyers - either stupidly slow or they are just surface skimmers. no obscured, no torpedo evasion, no rb 1 shooting immunity. <br /><br /><br />so, bring a MK II - and if you want something that can go over land: get a real flyer and go with the tourbillon<br /><br /><br />Marseilles cruisers - these are average at best. The sacrifice effectiveness for the surface skimmer MAR. largely useless if there isn't alot of terrain on the board - and taking retardant armor simply makes them overpriced. If one is playing navy, there is no reason to take these over voltaires.rosenkranznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229245860561585942.post-6155501697995617912012-08-29T13:44:04.071-07:002012-08-29T13:44:04.071-07:00Great write up, enjoyed your thoughts on the Frenc...Great write up, enjoyed your thoughts on the French fleet too! Poor frigates getting taken out before they could do anything, but those Gunships are awesome. Hope the carrier performs better next time, it's a fantastic model.<br /><br /><br />Got to love the torpedo bombers, rerolling successful defence dice is just obscene!Vladdd309http://justtoomuchfreetime.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com