Re: FT - Large scale fleet engagements

>A friend and I have tried several methods, from using the straight FB2
rules
>(you end up rolling huge numbers of dice), to grouping weapons in
multiple
>weaponn groups (i.e. rolling one die for every 5 Class 2 batteries).
>Neither method seemed satisfactory.

For larger battles, generally adding more players makes things move
along
quite nicely. It sounds as if you might be playing too many ships per
person. The regular rules work fine.

>A bigger problem was that SM's have dominated the game every time we
play
>(even when we have an integrated PD net: every SD has Area Defense fir
con
>and 10 PDFs).	In one particularly agregious game 2 SD effectively
crippled
>(i.e. 50-75% damage) more than 10 opposing SD's in a single turn.  Does
any
>one have effective tactics for defeating SM heavy SD's?

The key to SML defence is escorts - lots of DD hulls to protect those
expensive SDNs. It sounds to me as if your fleet mix may be a little on
the
heavy side.

Schoon