| Capital ships and escort ships |
Thu, 27 September 2007 04:39  |
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 Machalot |
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I have only played against the computer and against my brother. Neither of us is what I would consider an experienced player in terms of long game strategy.
From what I've read here about the progression of most games, people are referring to a "BB era", which I assume transitions eventually to a "Nub era". Does that mean that FF/DD/CC hulls become obsolete for combat?
The reason I ask is that these ships seem to be modeled after the hull types of great naval fleets that battled in the two World Wars. In those battles, the fleets would consist of, say, 4 to 6 BBs, 15 to 20 CCs, and 50 to 60 DDs and FFs. The escort ships played very significant roles, perhaps even moreso than the BBs. But based on what I'm reading, it sounds like those hulls (with the exception of FFs as cannon fodder) have no place on the battleboard alongside BBs.
I'm thinking of cases where DDs or even submarines landed killing blows against BBs. It seems like in Stars, the DDs are just simply brushed aside by a volley or two of missiles, and the "real" combat takes place entirely between capital ships. Somebody please tell me I'm wrong!
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