BFG:R Battlefleet Corribra

[afterimagedan]

Battleships:
Emperor
Retribution
0-1 Nemesis

Battlecruisers
Mars
Jovian
Overlord

Cruisers:
Tyrant
Gothic
Dictator
Lunar
Dominator

Dauntless
Siluria

Escorts:
Firestorm
Sword
Cobra

This is the list Baron posted about Corribra. Any thoughts on where to go with this list?

Personally, I would like it to be difficult to get straight gun cruisers. It doesn't sit right that they can just take however many Lunars, Gothics, Dominators (!), and Tyrants they want.

Here are the changes I would like to see:
-add Exorcist, Enforcer, Jovian, Dominion, Tempest, Oberon
-no more than half ships may not have launch bays.
-battleships can take the torpedo bombers refit for cheaper than normal.
-any capital ship can upgrade to include assault boats for +5pts.

[horizon]

BFG Magazine #1, Battlefleet Corriba
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-aXA8fc5AQ8SUJkMnl5XzF6eEE/edit?usp=sharing

[BaronIveagh]

http://web.archive.org/web/20030318055654/http://www.altsain.clara.net/corrfightingbattle.htm


For the site that the pdf refers to.

And, wow, did all these rules committees just fold up and go silent while I was gone?

[afterimagedan]

Which ones? Whats that a backhanded encouragement to continue working?

[BaronIveagh]

Well, I got back from my ban and found... no posts since the day after my ban.  Just wondered if we were working on extra double secret lists now or something.

[afterimagedan]

The tyranid group has been talking daily.  Daemon ship discussion has been daily.

[BaronIveagh]

Daemonships have, sure, but other than your last post in the nids one, the most recent post was the 1st there as well.

[afterimagedan]

OK so what's your point?

[BaronIveagh]

That we're suddenly missing a lot of people who normally post a lot.

[Dragon Lord]

In terms of fleet list changes I would definitely say that it shouldn't have anything with Nova Cannons (i.e. no Dominator or Nova armed Tyrants).  Leaving in the Lunar is fine since they are everywhere, but having a restriction like at least half the fleet must be carriers makes sense.

Dragon Lord

[BaronIveagh]

I'd say 1 carrier gets you two non carriers.  Exorcist is sort of redundant with Jovian in there, though Oberon would be a nice addition. 

Frigates will definitely need to be exempt from this since the only regular IN frigate to carry lbs is the tempest and it only does aboats.  (And IIRC has no official stats for BFG yet)

The torp bomber thing might be broken with Jovian and Nemesis though.  I think a better idea would be the ability to buy an upgrade that gives AC the 'resilient' rule.

[AndrewChristlieb]

Excellent Pilots. The ship is famed for the skill
of its pilots. The well-timed attack runs of its
bombers can cause horrendous damage while
its fighter pilots fly rings around enemy attack
craft. Any bombers launched by this ship may
re-roll the dice when determining how many To
Hit rolls they have. If fighters from this ship
intercept attack craft or torpedoes, roll a D6. On
a score of 4+ the fighters are not removed as
normal but remain in play. Re-roll this skill if
the ship does not carry attack craft. Eldar
players should re-roll this skill

Just roll that into the points cost for each carrier, dont give them the option for it just do it.

[horizon]

Pretty neat idea to ponder further on Andrew.
In essence: ordnance like Eldar.

@ BaronI, that would mean about 2-3 carriers in a 1500pts fleet, depending on what the carrier is. Or 4 smaller ones in a light cruiser fleet. Correct?

[afterimagedan]

I'd say 1 carrier gets you two non carriers.  Exorcist is sort of redundant with Jovian in there, though Oberon would be a nice addition. 

Exorcist can be redundant with the Jovian and still being the list, just like the overlap of the imperial cruisers. Being redundant doesn't prevent other ships from being in lists.

Frigates will definitely need to be exempt from this since the only regular IN frigate to carry lbs is the tempest and it only does aboats.  (And IIRC has no official stats for BFG yet)

Agreed.

The torp bomber thing might be broken with Jovian and Nemesis though.  I think a better idea would be the ability to buy an upgrade that gives AC the 'resilient' rule.
I like the direction that's going.

Andrew, I think that's an awesome idea for giving them that carrier edge. Because of the lore of taking damaged ships and fitting them with launch bays because its easier, they should need a certain amount of carriers in the fleet. I personally think carriers should be more of a 1:1 for non-carriers, because 1:2 isn't much of a restriction.

[Dragon Lord]

The Excellent Pilots upgrade is a nice idea, I'm not sure I'd want it as standard on every carrier though.

I agree with afterimagedan about 1:1 for the carriers rather than 1:2, 2-3 carriers in 1500pts is a plausible standard fleet.

Dragon Lord