Re: FB2... hmmmm...

G'day,

A lot of your queries have been covered already, but here's a couple
more 
things.

 >Phalons' plasma bolts.... anyone besides me see lots of abuse
potential in
 >a custom game?  Is this thing really intended to only be three points
per
 >mass?  With a six inch radius... the thing's essentially a higher-end
 >nova cannon that you can just dilute with screens and PDS.

They have been fairly intensively scrutinised, shoved, pushed and
pulled, 
but we may have missed something, so if you think there's something
wrong 
don't feel shy of pointing it out so we can all figure out whether it is
a 
problem or not thanks.

 >In just about any sort of fighter operations, Sa'Vasku are in bad
shape.
 >They have to consume biomass to launch fighters of their own or to
effect
 >any sort of area defense, and their fighters are all plain-vanilla on
attack.

They do appear that way at first glance, but as with most things Savasku

its a bit more subtle than that. First up their wombs cost less, but you

build the extra biomass into their hulls so they can take launching the 
fighters, second they have the mini drone launchers which are their
ADFC. 
Beyond that it comes down to judicious use, they're not necessarily as 
forgiving to mistakes, and there's a steep learning curve, but once
you've 
got them sorted they're as deadly as anyone. For instance, don't
'suicide' 
your fighters as much as you might as a human, because when the going
gets 
really tough you can call them home to sure up your hull a bit more
again ;)

Cheers

Beth

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