Re: MT Heavy Missiles and Ship Defenses

Good point, although I thought that MT heavy missiles
only need to be within 6 inches of the target?	I
don't remember them needing to be in front arc either,
although that's probably just my bad memory.

Heh heh well, I was talking about 12 per ship, we
usually play 3000-5000pt battles so I could take 5-10
missile carriers with 12 missiles a piece....that
would be a lot of missiles!!

--- David Griffin <carbon_dragon@yahoo.com> wrote:
> A few words of warning from a non expert.
> 
> 1. MT missiles aren't as fearsome as they look
> because they have to be placed so that they can
> see the target from their forward arc (not just
> get within 3").
> 
> 2. Secondly, speed and maneuver can make hitting
> with the lions share of the missiles difficult
> (though I've been hit with quite a few).
> 
> 3. The Savasku in customized form can put out
> a TON of fighter squadrons which are still 
> pretty good at shooting down missiles. Even
> if they can't split fire, they can pretty much
> kill 1 missile/round/squadron (and they have
> as many rounds to do it as you leave the missiles
> in flight).
> 
> 4. The Savasku, if they put all their power into
> movement, can move VERY VERY fast and I think they
> have gravitic movement (which would mean they could
> move in any direction). So, hitting them with
> ordinance is even more difficult.
> 
> 5. MT missiles, unless they're fired within 
> one's turn movement, can be seen coming, so the
> Savasku player can know he needs to move erratically
> to avoid them.
> 
> 6. If you do this, I'd advise you to have a lot more
> than 12 missiles. I have missile cruisers with 
> something like 15 missiles apiece, and if you're
> trying this against a Savasku my advice is to take
> a LOT of missiles.
> 
> Ok, now the experts can critique my critique.
> 
> --- Shawn M Mininger <smininger@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ...
> > BTW, I have realized that this is my next tactic
> > against the giant customized Sa'Vasku monolith
> > ships. 
> > 
> ...
> > I am thinking of converting my carriers (4 fighter
> > groups each) into MT heavy missile platforms (12
> MT
> > heavy missiles for same cost and mass as the 4
> > fighter...
> 
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Thank You,

Shawn M Mininger

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