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Nearly always Fleet Scale. |
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18% |
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Nearly always Squadron Scale. |
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56% |
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About half Fleet Scale and half Squadron Scale. |
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Generally Fleet for big battles and Squadron for small battles. |
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JimDauphinais Commander
Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Posts: 769 Location: Chesterfield, MO
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Scoutdad Commodore
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 4754 Location: Middle Tennessee
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:06 am Post subject: |
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Since we cut our collective teeth on SFB before the Interrognum - Squadron scale just seems "right" to us _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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JimDauphinais Commander
Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Posts: 769 Location: Chesterfield, MO
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:16 am Post subject: |
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Yes, due to my regular opponent being an ex-SFB player, I nearly always end up playing Squadron Scale. I don't think Fleet Scale quite feels right to him The good news is that, while it takes some time, even a big 7 ship on each side Squadron Scale battle is still quite playable in FC. _________________ Jim Dauphinais, Chesterfield, MO
St. Louis Area Fed Comm Group: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/STL_Federation_Commander/ |
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szieser Ensign
Joined: 10 Aug 2009 Posts: 19
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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Since every game I have played so far has been me teaching it to someone else, I have played exclusively in fleet scale so far. Can't wait to have a return opponent so we can deal out the Squadron scale goodness! |
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Hod K'el Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 21 Aug 2008 Posts: 301 Location: Lafayette LA
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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Always squadron scale...a choice not listed above. _________________ HoD K'el
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wedge_hammersteel Commander
Joined: 27 Sep 2008 Posts: 578 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Leave it to an orion to be difficult.
Im surprised he didnt ask for a choice to be added for those of us who use real starships. |
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Kahuna Lieutenant SG
Joined: 23 Jul 2009 Posts: 139 Location: Spokane, WA
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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Although I always try Fleet Scale to get in more play time, most of my opponents prefer Squadron Scale. So, it's mostly Squadron with Fleet for the larger engagements. |
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mjwest Commodore
Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 4075 Location: Dallas, Texas
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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I usually play fleet scale.
I have been an SFB player for so long, I wanted to accentuate the differences between FC and SFB. Therefore, I almost always play FC with the large scale counters (and big hexes) and in fleet scale. _________________
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markgeorgetwo Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 372 Location: london england
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:16 pm Post subject: post subject |
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i perfer to play fleet scale only sometimes we play squadron scale. |
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Dan Ibekwe Commander
Joined: 08 Mar 2007 Posts: 453 Location: Manchester UK
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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Squadron scale, as an old SFB grognard. Seems natural... _________________ We are Hydrans! NO ONE LIKES US! |
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gar1138 Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 346 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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Always squadron scale. I'm sure it's the old SFB player in me.
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djdood Commodore
Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 3413 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:20 am Post subject: |
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Fleet scale, 99.9% of the time. I play FedCom for multi-ship actions and need the play-time kept short.
I've played a total of 2 duels in FC at squadron scale. They were fine, but I spent the whole time thinking I might as well dust off my copy of SFB. There's stuff I missed not being able to do with "full-scale" ships. _________________
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wedge_hammersteel Commander
Joined: 27 Sep 2008 Posts: 578 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:07 am Post subject: |
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I have never heard the "why play squadron scale when I could play SFB" reason before. |
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djdood Commodore
Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 3413 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:11 am Post subject: |
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It's not a fault with FC. It's having played SFB creeping into it, when I see the squadron scale ships.
For me, when I've got the "full-blown" ship, I keep wanting to do t-bombs and other SFB stuff with it. Too much time staring at them in their "original" form and rereading the SFB Tactics Manual.
The fleet scale ships drive different for me, so it doesn't tend to happen there. _________________
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Kahuna Lieutenant SG
Joined: 23 Jul 2009 Posts: 139 Location: Spokane, WA
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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I too am an old SFB player (I'd guess most of you guys are) and I don't know if I have the same issues of being in the SFB mindset at Squadron Scale. I've certainly thought, a couple times, "wouldn't a Romulan Space Mine be really cool now", or "wouldn't that T-Bomb work wonders here". It's almost a memory lane for me more than anything.
I prefer Fleet Scale as I'm a busy guy with limited time. However, most duels tend to be done in Squadron Scale in my world. I think it's very, very cool though that we do have the option to go either way depending upon your needs/desires and time constraints. Heck sometimes, for kicks, we'll take Fleet Scale ships against a Squadron Scale ship just for the fun of it. |
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