BFG FAQ 2010 Fleet Specific Questions

[lastspartacus]

I think its just so the thing loses something, or else why wouldn't every ship have all those BC?  I assume its storage space for all the magma bombs.

[Admiral_d_Artagnan]

I do think it's a touch OP. The weaponry becomes too efficient without having WBs to clash with, and the loss of range (compared to standard BB) isn't so big a loss, as the WBs would only be worth 8-9 normal WBs at that range. So you lose 8-9 WBs over 1/3 your range and convert 12WB from hitting on 5's or 6's to hitting on 4's in the other 2/3. Then there's the 4+ crits.

I would add in the third TH at a small price hike though (5-10 pts), for the sake of reason. If some reason can be shown as to why it has only 2 THs instead of 3 for no other gain then I'd be fine with it.

I think lowering the broadsides to FP8 BCs on the SO while giving back the third TH would make for balanced ship. Would now become FP16 BCs in one arc.

[Plaxor]

I noticed that in the armageddon fleet list a master of the fleet gets one re-roll. However in the marine list he doesn't

is this supposed to be this way?

[fracas]

too bad the final 2010 FAQ does not fix the merchant

[Plaxor]

Yeah... poor merchant. The least they could've done was reduce the cost to 90 points.

[Xyon]

I noticed in the BFG FAQ 2010,  for the dragonship it says

The strength of the Dragonship‟s weapons battery
option is , the torpedo option is 8 and the launch bay
option is 4.

It doesn't actually say the strength of the weapons battery.

[horizon]

Are you reading 2.6?
It says 14 for wb.

[Xyon]

BFG FAQ 2010 (FINAL 20101231)  Is the version it says when I'm reading it from the google documents folder.

[flybywire-E2C]

BFG FAQ 2010 (FINAL 20101231)  Is the version it says when I'm reading it from the google documents folder.

He's right- the Dragonship fpr-14x30cm battery somehow got snipped out. I have NO IDEA how it got deleted in the final copy. There's also a minor spelling error someone else caught that somehow got missed throughout the whole editing process. I will put out an amended copy tomorrow. I want to wait an extra day to make sure there aren't any more cobwebs in the works.

[Masque]

One more thing:  The bit about Imperial Grand Cruisers counting as one of the three Cruisers to take a Battleship needs to go.  We talked about this before and you agreed but it never happened.

[flybywire-E2C]

One more thing:  The bit about Imperial Grand Cruisers counting as one of the three Cruisers to take a Battleship needs to go.  We talked about this before and you agreed but it never happened.

I received this by e-mail from two diferent people. Yep, we're fixing this too. 

[Admiral_d_Artagnan]

You might want to check on the SO. I think FP20 Bombards are too much. Probably have to knock it down to FP8 BC broadsides instead of the current FP12.

[Plaxor]

Hey Nate, I had another question I came across;

Abbadon has a +1 to H&R attacks from his vessel, and CSMS add +1 to H&R attacks. Does this mean that if both abbadon and csms are on a vessel they receive +2 to H&R attacks? You mention everything else but this in his section...

[Plaxor]

If a ship that doesn't have to move (I.e. a dark eldar ship) stays in an asteroid field will they have to make a LD test every turn to avoid damage?

[Plaxor]

Nate, you should mention that Kroot warspheres can land without being destroyed. It isn't actually described in the rules other than 'kroot warspheres grant 3ap when they land.