12-09-2013, 11:11 PM
I was pretty lucky in the end. Right up to the last turn, you were winning in terms of VPs after making my carrier run away crying, and with all your cruisers damaged, but not crippled. I know you were considering disengaging, but I can understand why you hung around to try and win the sub-plot (after all, all you needed was one hit against my light cruiser). But like I said, that was the turn when the rest of my fleet really caught up with you, and did a lot of damage (helped by my sneaky torpedoes that snuck in under your shields and then took out the shield generators on your flagship, at the end of your turn no less).
After most of my games so far there have been a lot of those "what if" moments. If my carrier hadn't failed all those brace saves, it might have been able to sneak behind that asteroid field and carry on the fight. If you had managed to score one more hit on my light cruiser, you would have won the sub-plot giving you an extra 2 renown. If those torpedoes hadn't taken out your shields, your flagship would probably still be around. My game against JJ essentially came down to one brace save each for our escorts. Oh well, c'est la guerre as they say.
After the battle I once again failed all my leadership rolls to gain experience, even the light cruiser with a leadership of 6. In fact, I think all of my light cruisers now have a leadership of 6. On the plus side I have successfully appealed for refits after both of my first two games, giving me an extra shield on one of my protectors and manoeuvring thrusters on a light cruiser (so it can turn after 5cm). My other protector (Gauntlet) and light cruiser (Tsunami) are now back from holiday, my flagship (the Greater Good) is taking a break, and of the three repair points I had after my game against Will, one has restored the light cruiser (Man o' War) to starting damage, one has brought the Castellan squadron (Rapier) up to full strength, and the other one is wasted. My destroyed squadron of Wardens is also back at leadership 6.
JJ, are you going to give us access to those spreadsheets so we can update them ourselves, or are you going to maintain them as the campaign organiser?
After most of my games so far there have been a lot of those "what if" moments. If my carrier hadn't failed all those brace saves, it might have been able to sneak behind that asteroid field and carry on the fight. If you had managed to score one more hit on my light cruiser, you would have won the sub-plot giving you an extra 2 renown. If those torpedoes hadn't taken out your shields, your flagship would probably still be around. My game against JJ essentially came down to one brace save each for our escorts. Oh well, c'est la guerre as they say.
After the battle I once again failed all my leadership rolls to gain experience, even the light cruiser with a leadership of 6. In fact, I think all of my light cruisers now have a leadership of 6. On the plus side I have successfully appealed for refits after both of my first two games, giving me an extra shield on one of my protectors and manoeuvring thrusters on a light cruiser (so it can turn after 5cm). My other protector (Gauntlet) and light cruiser (Tsunami) are now back from holiday, my flagship (the Greater Good) is taking a break, and of the three repair points I had after my game against Will, one has restored the light cruiser (Man o' War) to starting damage, one has brought the Castellan squadron (Rapier) up to full strength, and the other one is wasted. My destroyed squadron of Wardens is also back at leadership 6.
JJ, are you going to give us access to those spreadsheets so we can update them ourselves, or are you going to maintain them as the campaign organiser?