Why would anyone assume this?
And that sir is also why it's completely illogical to eliminate somebody from the conversation outright purely because the carrier they have chosen for their fleet is the Styx and because of that, they don't personally own the others.
275 is a fine price for what you get in the Styx. The ONLY Heavy or Grand cruiser with 6 Launch Bays and with 60cm LFR weapons to boot needs to be that expensive. Period. Being in line with the Retaliator is ok with me (personally, that ship needs to be beefed up or pointed down a bit).
And yet direct comparisons with the alternative have proved you wrong.
Proved? The only thing I see is two different opinions with people such as Horizon supporting both arguments regarding which tactic is better. I stand by the fact the Styx should not be cheaper than the Retaliator when an argument can be made the Styx is already a better vessel.
275 is too expensive for the Styx even if one compares it to the Retaliator which is also sad to say, overpriced and undergunned. The Retaliator should be priced somewhere around 250-260. If it had 45 cm WBs 275 would be justifiable.
I agree with the fact the Retaliator needs to have 45cm WB's to justify it's 275 points. But even with this upgrade, it only brings the Retaliator in line with the Styx. Something to consider, now that Chaos will be allowed to have an Imp cruiser in it's ranks one needs to compare the cost of the Styx to the Mars. In which case me and Horizon stand side by side in saying the Styx should stay right where it is in it's points value.
-Zhukov
P.S. HEY NATE!
Do you think it would be wise to have the Imp renegade cruisers/escort squadrons suffer from a -1 Ld? Since they would essentially be pirated vessels (pirates suffer -1 Ld) with reduced crews from the initial takeover? It would create a disencentive to the Chaos player from taking this nifty option.