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k176034

Post subject: Which Battleship?

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:34 am

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Ahhh pure visual style...ok, I got one hell of a stylish fleet then...black/silver paint job with black/silver/gold on command vessels AND a retribution class....wierd...

so what about stat lines, how you use it and how you roll can have a pansy ass escort topple that Battleship no matter how hard or powerful...something I have been trying to get acorss on the "official" BFG forum...

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FishPig

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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:04 am

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Stat lines aside, the Retribution is the best battleship around. It's really the model that got me into BFG in the first place (whereupon I collected an Ork fleet...go figure) and the Emperor-class model really is not a patch on it. In game terms though, I must admit that it doesn't impress me that much as an opponent. Sure, the prospect of an all-big-gun battleship with 6+ armour is a little off-putting, but then again so is a great big carrier- and if it adds dorsal and frontal batteries to its broadside, the Emperor can actually kick out more raw firepower than the Retribution!

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k176034

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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:26 am

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I really don't like the daft little anttenae on the front of that ship....if its got no armour just loose the structural ribbing...The emporer is a better ship, thats why I say the Retribution is a tack on vessel, in chosing a battleship look at the imagery and pick, not stats, points cost but imagery and you are more likely to play the craft better...

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stormseer

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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:26 pm

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Yeah, the Ret is a classic model, still one of my favourites from the range!
I don't have an Emperor at all, as it is the least visually attractive vessel- I love the look of the Apocalypse as well, so I built one as my secong BB, even though it might not be the most potent or easy to use.

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dysartes

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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 2:34 pm

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The Ret is a nice model, but I wouldn't use it in game.

I might, however, build an Apocalypse on a Ret hull.

At the minute, though, I think an Oberon built on an Emperor chassis is the way to go, once my ToSG Armageddon fleet is out of the way.

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