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Dan Ibekwe · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:59 am Post subject:

In ACtA B5, initiative was largely a reflection of an empire's technology (Which is why the Minbari got a high +4 rating) and their cohesion (so both the aggressive Drazi and the pacifist Pak'Ma'Ra got low ratings).

Everybody in the SFU has a roughly similar level of technology, so initiative will probably based on each empire's perceived aggression, and how unified or divided they are.
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Scharwenka · Lieutenant SG Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Posts: 141

Jiraiya1969 · Lieutenant JG Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 91

Really lookinf forward to seeing how this plays when combined wuth SFU material Cool

Dan Ibekwe · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:44 pm Post subject:

One thought about the campaign rules.

Something that used to occur in ACtA B5 was that any battle was a disaster for the loser - and also the winner. Even large ships went down like ninepins,
and victorious fleets were often too weak for further use.

So a most effective strategy was to avoid battle, raid trade routes and wait until the other players had exhausted themselves, then mop up their stragglers with your still-intact fleet.

Basically, I'd suggest it would be a good thing if ships - everybody's ships - were made rather more survivable in ACtASF to make fighting campaign battles a more attractive option.
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Steve Cole · Site Admin Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3807

I actually sat down and read the entire ACTASF rulebook (Draft #1) over the weekend. Most of it I had no idea what was going on (having never played ACTA) but there was a lot of interesting stuff in there.

Some of it was obviously ported over from ACTANA, but that may just be preliminary playtest stuff.
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Nerroth · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:39 am Post subject:

ACtA:NA uses a points system, not the old Priority Levels from the B5 editions.
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Jiraiya1969 · Lieutenant JG Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 91

Nerroth · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:37 pm Post subject:

There should be a couple of links to two preview fleet list pdfs (Kurgan and Vuldrok) over in the Noble Armada thread, if you want to see how things look nowadays.
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silent bob · Lieutenant SG Joined: 30 Apr 2008 Posts: 139

well rumours leaked on the grapevine are that there may be some fed heavy cruisers and klingon D6s available at Gencon. just go to the mongoose stall and say 'Touch me Tiberius' to have the chance of buying one.
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Scoutdad · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:09 pm Post subject:

Scoutdad · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:32 pm Post subject:

Here's a deal...

I'm willing to paint both a Starline 2500 Fed CA and a Klingon D7 for the first person to obtain one and ask. And to make it an extra sweet deal: You pay the shipping to me, and I'll pay the return shipping.

Unless Steve wants to have one of each painted for the cart. In which case he gets priority...
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