X-Verse Fleet Fest I

[perkint]

Well, on mine, I hope you're right

Might be tempted to have a go predicting myself, as the fights happen. Too little time to go thru them all in advance

Tim

[EmperorJon]

AV as the winner? Didn't you see my test match?

[Alex Vanderbilt]

While we wait I'm making an guess on which fleets will survive Round 1.

EmperorJon/Alex Vanderbilt: AV, though EJ has a lot of Spit's but once their ammo is gone....

I'm fairly sure that you're right. *g*

@EJ Where's the save or vid to prove what you say?

AV

[Deleted User]

Actually Emperorjons victory is documented on youtube already

He beat my first Fleet although the odds were stacked in his favour, I had only minimal shields!

[EmperorJon]

Yes, but we're not talking about that, and that was a different fleet.

@AV.

You want proof? I suppose I'll just have to RUN IT AGAIN and watch me WIN AGAIN and take some screens.

[Alex Vanderbilt]

Yes, but no screens, I want to see a clip.

AV

[EmperorJon]

I don't have recording programs, so there.

[Alex Vanderbilt]

Download Fraps! If you already do matches outside the official ones, do it right.

AV

[EmperorJon]

CBA to try it all out now.

I just set up the battle, and it didn't spawn for some reason. At all.

He needs to add a 'Save' function to save the arrays.

[Technojerk36]

Speaking of videos, there is only 728 minutes left until the Wildjames vs Aro match is uploaded!

I just hate 1 megabit connections.

[EmperorJon]

2/3 Win against AV, time to check function against some of the spams...

EDIT:

Me vs 359 Iguanas... fun!

[imperium3]

Me vs 359 Iguanas... fun!

Were they easily beatable? I'm a bit worried about that fleet, they have the potential to cause an upset.

[EmperorJon]

Still fighting them now, but the majority of my dead Spitfyres are so due to crashing, Claymore/Panther teamkilling etc.

The Iguanas take ages to eat through, but they're dropping steadily and not doing much damage to my Panther.

Anyone with an M2 should be unconcerned. Or anything with PSGs.


EDIT:

By majority, I meant, majority of Spitfyres which are dead! Which is 2. And they weren't killed by the Iguanas!

3 Claymores technically killed by themselves. For once they decided to fire off Phantoms... whilst being shot.

Panther has no scratch.

Kalu's Gamma Whatever Fleet, I name you Fleet-Of-Fail!

[imperium3]

While we wait I'm making an guess on which fleets will survive Round 1.

...predictions...

I'll take your predictions and see, based on my opinion, who is likely to make it through Round 2. If other people join in, we could establish a seeding ... then get it blown apart when actual matches start! Please don't get offended if I say you'll lose

So, for the predicted 2nd round matches:

Mutiny/perkint: Could be a close run thing, but I think perkint's superior capital ships will win him the day, and mutiny's fighter strength isn't large enough to tip the balance.

Cpt Jericho/Merdocharr: Very very close. I think CJ may scrape through, provided his Discoverer swarm is a suitably effective distraction.

Gavrushka/Spychotic: Once again, I think the Springblossoms will get Gavrushka through.

Alex Vanderbilt/imperium3: I have a suspicion that the AI will make AV's Oddy prefer CIGs over PSGs. If that's the case I think I will win, otherwise I am totally, totally screwed.

X2-Eliah/Olterin: X2-Eliah, Olterin has nowhere near enough defences against that many fighters. Few do.


GCU Grey Area [I think he has enough flak to see off Nukey's fighters] / Sticks [that will have been an impressive battle, but I think Stick's Osakas will win on sheer badass]: I think Sticks has this one on sheer firepower.

xXxSamxXx/ashkrowe [that match comes down to whether 2 Shrikes can beat 2 Yokos, and on balance I think they will]: ashkrowe should win, though with heavy casualties; the undergunned Osaka just isn't really a threat.

Aro/Tenlar Scarflame[sorry Deadbeat! Tenlar has the shielding and firepower: This match would be very tight. I think the advantage lies on Tenlar's side, but it's really even.

Anyone care to conjecture for Round 3?

[imperium3]

Still fighting them now, but the majority of my dead Spitfyres are so due to crashing, Claymore/Panther teamkilling etc.

The Iguanas take ages to eat through, but they're dropping steadily and not doing much damage to my Panther.

Anyone with an M2 should be unconcerned. Or anything with PSGs.


EDIT:

By majority, I meant, majority of Spitfyres which are dead! Which is 2. And they weren't killed by the Iguanas!

3 Claymores technically killed by themselves. For once they decided to fire off Phantoms... whilst being shot.

Panther has no scratch.

Kalu's Gamma Whatever Fleet, I name you Fleet-Of-Fail!

Lovely. By the way, Spychotic's fleet still lacks a name. Shall we make one?

[EmperorJon]

The OTAS+ fleet?

[Spychotic]

It's supposed to be the 'MSC Battle Fleet', but no-one seems to have noticed.

Spike

*edit; Actually, MSC Combat Wing sounds better. In my game, a 'battle fleet' consists of upwards of 3 Tyrs, 10 Boreas and a couple of Osakas with three Colossus carriers full of 60 Chimaeras each... a paltry four Yokos and eighty-odd smaller ships can hardly be called a 'fleet'...

[EmperorJon]

Anyway, I just tested M8s for the hell of it. 20 Vipers vs a well armed Phoenix.

They did more or less nothing and got slaughtered.

So, I took control of one myself and blew the phoenix in about 20 seconds.

For XFF2, Missile Fire P. is a must. We can't just exclude 2 entire classes and ruin fighter missile fun...!

[Gavrushka]

Emporerjon - did you have the M8s as Xenon? - I did a test with one (xenon) and it fired barrage after barrage.

[travisdh1]

Anyway, I just tested M8s for the hell of it. 20 Vipers vs a well armed Phoenix.

They did more or less nothing and got slaughtered.

So, I took control of one myself and blew the phoenix in about 20 seconds.

For XFF2, Missile Fire P. is a must. We can't just exclude 2 entire classes and ruin fighter missile fun...!

If we do that we should also have a way to specify commands. Always use protection!