We got some final play-testing done today with some friends in Jacksonvile, FL. If we make the Inferno legal at all, this is the profile we will be giving it.
Inferno Cruiser: 190 points
Cruiser/8, 25cm, turns 45deg, Armor 5+, Shields:2, Turrets:3
port LB's: 2
stbd LB's: 2
port WB's: 4x45cm
stbd WB's: 4x45cm
prow lances: 2x60cm (front)
Essentially, this is a Murder that trades launch bays for batteries. Before someone states the profile is skewered and not powerful enough, this has the same profile as the Murder (including the lance broadside variant), trading its broadside lances for launch bays and an extra turret for +20 points. Essentially, thsi is a cruiser optimized for a prow on approach (follow Murders around) instead of a stand-off beam-on formation (support Carnages), which the Devastations do far better than closing. This gives it a purpose in the fleet as something sufficiently different that it's worth the trouble of even making a separate ship entry at all.
This cruiser is not as powerful as a Devastation for the same point cost. This is intentional, as the Devastation is under-priced but is not being changed this go-around.
- Nate