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Topic: ESGs in Federation Commander |
Cadmus02
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 7:56 pm Subject: ESGs in Federation Commander |
@Itharus
Yes, there is a rule that no more than three ships can fire out of a hex side in a single impulse.
Spreading ships out in an echelon would make it more likely that at least one ESG con ... |
Topic: ESGs in Federation Commander |
Cadmus02
Replies: 21
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 7:51 pm Subject: ESGs in Federation Commander |
I've played with and against FedCom ESGs quite a bit. In smaller games, say around 2 ships per side I think they are more effective than in SFB. Because of how impulse order works it is much harder to ... |
Topic: Hydran and Lyran questions |
Cadmus02
Replies: 11
Views: 23292
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Forum: Rules Questions Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 3:15 am Subject: ESGs and Asteroid Fields |
It happened again tonight, we tried to use ESGs beside an asteroid field. I don't know if it's a common occurrence or if our group is zany. An asteroid is considered one target for an ESG (the biggest ... |
Topic: Hydran vs Lyran : What am I missing? |
Cadmus02
Replies: 4
Views: 21896
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Forum: Tactics Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 3:49 pm Subject: Hydran vs Lyran : What am I missing? |
Thank you for your reply. I was able to play two more games with squadrons of ships since then.
Using the hellbores at distance was one of my first thoughts too. I did not have success with this. A ... |
Topic: Hydran and Lyran questions |
Cadmus02
Replies: 11
Views: 23292
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Forum: Rules Questions Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 2:04 am Subject: Hydran and Lyran questions |
One potential difference between asteroids and asteroid fields is the number of objects. Say my Hydran ship is in a hex with an asteroid and gets ESG'ed. I believe that half the ESG damage would go on ... |
Topic: Hydran and Lyran questions |
Cadmus02
Replies: 11
Views: 23292
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Forum: Rules Questions Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 9:04 pm Subject: Hydran and Lyran questions |
As far as I know, (Q1) yes the majority of the hellbore damage goes against shield 4. If you want your hellbore to go through shield 1, you must weaken it on a previous impulse. (Q3) yes, fighters can ... |
Topic: Hydran vs Lyran : What am I missing? |
Cadmus02
Replies: 4
Views: 21896
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Forum: Tactics Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:02 pm Subject: Hydran vs Lyran : What am I missing? |
I am an SFB player who is dabbling in FedCom. I've played two games recently as the Hydrans vs the Lyrans. They did not play out like I thought they would in SFB and I got trounced. I want to figure o ... |
Topic: Hydran and Lyran questions |
Cadmus02
Replies: 11
Views: 23292
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Forum: Rules Questions Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 2:46 pm Subject: Hydran and Lyran questions |
Hello,
I an SFB player who is new(ish) to FedCom. Going from one system to another is a tad confusing, as it's easy to bring rules from one system to the other by accident. I will be playing some H ... |
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