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As a quick reply, it's not my problem with tailoring fleets directly to say an 'all Gothic and Apocalypse' fleet that's a problem, but that in game, even a balanced 'amount' of lances(say 50:50 split, as displayed with the Lunar) we end up with major problems. Examine the Demiurg within a Tau fleet. Would you really spend time trying to attain maximum firing solutions with those meaty weapons batteries when you can assert exceptionally good range Lances against the Marines. Then, when facing off against Heroes and Protectors, the problem is further amplified.
Battlecruisers of the IN can simply focus fire and combine their decent ranged firepower. The problem, as it is, is not on the 'brawling' aspect(even there, a decent broadside will wreak havoc for Marines), rather the simply ease of presenting lances. As long as the lance can see the ship, it can hit it, often much better than a weapons batter on the equivalent solution. 'Abeam vs abeam', lances trounce the Marines. Even then, a simple 45* of the basic 'battle line fleets'(IN, Chaos and Tau ECF) can precent quite a fearsome array of lances against a Marine vessel.
Again, the trouble isn't that it's half the fleet's firepower, it's that it's easily focused and presented against Marines. Against an array of five Imperial Lunars(say in a 2k fleet, with a decent 'balance' across the rest of the fleet, so a couple of BattleCruiserss and likely a battleship, or some light cruisers, and likely some escorts too) how would you suggest a Marine formation does damage?
At range and just deploying thunderhawks, they remain relatively safe from most Imperial broadside Weapons Batteries(range + armour = not to useful), but against the lance aspect, such a formation would be quite impenetrable without suffering significant damage, or impairing of the marine ships. That's not even dealing with or accounting for Nova Cannons.
Even disregarding all of that, I'd still wager that it isn't half a match for a Murder. That said, I've not go the time to wax lyrical on that just yet.
Xisor
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They have a decent amount of lances to fire back at the IN, prow on too. Which means they'll be 1) striking from beyond their range 2) facing prow on 3) From generally out of the range 4) with lances that negate armour. It's also more difficult to do lasting damage to the Murder's at range than a strike cruiser(well, hit wise anyway) with lances. 2 Hits do damage to a Strike Cruiser, 3 to a Chaos Cruiser, though equal amounts to cripple.
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