Federation Commander

Any chance we will see this race make it to Fedcom. I always found thier mix of ships to be very interesting.

What I said still holds, I don't think it 'needs' a new function, defensive or offensive per se, and certainly not in the way you were suggesting or for the reason you were arguing (essentially that it needs another function purely for sake of having another function). It is a good defensive system ...

It was my understanding that adding the ECM like feature was out of the question, thus the alternative solutions. None of which I was married to.

I am actually suprised your not against this change to be honest. After reviewing the posts that we had back and forth it seemed to me that you where ...

being the first to ask the question often tends to get you shot down

Finally.

My observations months ago:

http://www.starfleetgames.com/federatio ... php?t=1550

http://www.starfleetgames.com/federatio ... php?t=1566

For the most part shot down however....

My group has played fighters. Many of us are used to playing sfb fighters tho so it was ok, but it is time consuming. In order to keep with the pacing of FC but still have fighters we wondered what might be done.

Here is a couple things we came up with:

1. Use less fighters. I CVS might have 4 ...

The Vudar still need testing. I have done some testing myself, and I have to admit that the IPGs are terribly unsatisfying. Just their very presence influences enemy actions, but I can see where they will be used so seldom that they feel extraneous.

I have played the Vudar now about 10 times. I ...

The biggest problem I have seen with the x-ships, and we play them often, is that they just cant stand toe to toe with bigger ships of the same value. They are fast, and manuverable, and they can hit hard. But to win in FC with an x-ship you need to really make sure you outmanuver your opponent.

If ...

the way fedcom works now, if you upgrade the missles as fast, the reloads are fast.

thus maesron missles should be the same.

I know little of omega, I have the expansion. The omega seeking missles are very customizable compared to normal drones. Drones in FC come in one flavor, 12 damage, speed 24. there is provision for speed 32 in some cases. thats it.

The omega sector missle weapons could be more flavorful by giving ...

but in fedcom, you cant complicate rules. The best bet is to pre-design 3 types of drones. One thats heavy on speed and defenses, on thats heavy on damage, and one thats middle of the road. then people take what they want without having to design the drone before the game or explain all the space ...

drones have effect in fedcom, and I find them very useful, all I am saying is, they are less effective in fedcom then they are in sfb.

umm... anti drone capabilities are not reduced in FC. IMHO killing drones is much simpler in FC then in SFB.

There are fewer options for killing drones though. No t-bombs being probably the biggest one.

It is simpler in that every drone is fully identified and known on launch, mostly because ...

umm... anti drone capabilities are not reduced in FC. IMHO killing drones is much simpler in FC then in SFB.

You could always premake a couple drone types. Common setups that people might chose. say, 3 designs. Make them part of the actual rules. Players have to announce the drone type they are going with, and you cant mix them.

That would keep it simple in the rules and simple on the board. It would ...