Re: FB Ship Construction

On 22-Nov-99 at 21:46, RWHofrich@aol.com (RWHofrich@aol.com) wrote:
> 
> It depends upon your tactics--if you use your DD's to snipe with (at
long 
> range) you don't actually need to mount them with the same arcs as you
> would  with beam-2's.  It's still not that great a trade, as you get
two
> beam-2's in  the same space as a 1-arc beam-3--but the plinking
destroyer is
> a bit more  survivable than a close-in fighter.  Of course, the 3-arc
beam-2
> is a lot  more forgiving (assuming you don't guess the enemy's course
very
> well).  It  all just depends upon your style of play (and that of your
usual
> opponents). 
>

I think it depends more on your assigned role for your DD's.  If you
want a DD playing around in your battle line give them threes.	If your
DD's purpose in life is to defend shipping and convoy raiding then
drop the 3's.

On that note, I think all these house rules about "must have X DD's
for every ship of type X" are bogus.  I really can't see any reason
to send those small ships into a major engagement so they can blow
up.  A house rule saying no more then 1/3 (or 1/X) of your points
may be in one ship would be fine.

Roger