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Post subject: Help a Newbie? Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 3:45 pm |
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Indeed, thanks a lot! I'm probably going to play Imperial, but I'll look at everything to see if anything is going to change my mind (I'm open for anything ) Thanks for your help guys!
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Shadow Hunter
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Post subject: Help a Newbie? Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 1:29 pm |
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Joined: Fri Jan 17, 2003 11:41 am Posts: 1747 Location: Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffs, UK
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Probably the best fleet to start with.
Next you need a composition. How would you prefer your fleet to perform?
Imperials have good long range firepower in the form of Nova cannons and torpedoes. A strong front armour too, so can take punishment pretty well.
Do you own the blue book?
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Post subject: Help a Newbie? Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 2:32 pm |
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Joined: Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:23 pm Posts: 873 Location: San Jose, California
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Good point. You have to know what kind of player you are. Are you the type who'll run in and slug it out, or are you a more cautious cat who'd prefer some long range support. Do you prefer speed over firepower? That sort of thing.
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Post subject: Help a Newbie? Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 6:30 pm |
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...Something else to add- don't go overboard on Nova Cannons... I suggest just building 1 ship with one (at the most) from the ships that you get in the box (I made a Mars) as fleets with loads of the things can be thought of as beardy/cheesy/whatever....
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Post subject: Help a Newbie? Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 7:25 pm |
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Do you have an idea of what ships will be in your fleet? Maybe you could post what you want and we could help?
Cheers
Chris
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Post subject: Help a Newbie? Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 1:43 am |
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I don't own anything for it yet... just the rulebook. I'm gonna do some research and study them up a little bit before I decide what ships I'm gonna get and how to equip them, so thoughts are of course, appreciated:)
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Post subject: Help a Newbie? Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2003 11:40 am |
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Joined: Fri Jan 17, 2003 11:41 am Posts: 1747 Location: Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffs, UK
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Okay, for a starting fleet I would recommend a carrier. The Dictator is a decent one, and the cheapest. Then I find Gothics quite useful, with their many lances. They are short ranged tthough, and against Eldar not very useful.
Tyrants and Lunars are good all round cruisers. And maybe have a dominator, I believe that can be equiped with a Nova cannon. (I dont play Imperial, so am trying to remember)
So a compostition of something like, Dominator Dictator Lunar/Tyrant (maybe both) or Gothic.
This should give you a bit of everything. Of coarse, it will slightly depend upon what your usual opponent fields. If you have a few different opposing players with different fleets though, you may need adaptability.
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Post subject: Help a Newbie? Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 5:43 am |
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Soon I'm still reading the rules, so after that I'll start looking to buy stuff. Almost done!
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