X-Verse Fleet Fest I

Cpt.Jericho · Post by **Cpt.Jericho** » Sat, 17. Apr 10, 17:58

Britains don't complain? Well, that explains some potatoe chip flavours from the Isles

Well, never thought he'd be British - his profile says he's in can oh da which I thought was Irish with a slight misspelling: Can o'Dah

Rule Britannia, Britannia Rule All Space!
Britains Never, Never, NEVER Shall Be Slaves!

Split says: Split wrong proofing you will!

EmperorJon · Post by **EmperorJon** » Sat, 17. Apr 10, 18:07

Oh no Split won't.

Deadbeat_Spinn · Post by **Deadbeat_Spinn** » Sat, 17. Apr 10, 19:58

I think this is the most quiet this thread has been in a while.

Especially since most of the required tools and toys are done/almost done. TJ's probably working on who fights who for Round 1. Can't wait to see what the Round 1 line up is going to look like, though knowing my luck I'll probably end up facing a fleet that either outnumbers me, out guns me, or both.

Cpt.Jericho · Post by **Cpt.Jericho** » Sat, 17. Apr 10, 20:09

Which most fleets do.

However, with the AI piloting the ships you can never be 100% sure of the outcome of a battle.

Spychotic · Post by **Spychotic** » Sat, 17. Apr 10, 20:43

DS, I shall stand with you! I fully expect my combat wing to be only mediocre in quality. Was thinking of replacing the Yokohamas with Springblossoms after I'd seen the teaser match, but then thought that as Springies were probably going to be overused I'd stick with Yokos. No-one is going to find endless fleets of Springies entertaining.

Spike

Technojerk36 · Post by **Technojerk36** » Sat, 17. Apr 10, 21:15

I am currently in the process of figuring out if the fleets are within the rules and stuff like that. I would like to ask everyone who has submitted a fleet to check that the link from the first page does in fact link to their fleet and not an outdated version.

Thanks

Deadbeat_Spinn · Post by **Deadbeat_Spinn** » Sat, 17. Apr 10, 21:47

@Technojerk36, the link for my fleet is current. But I never subtracted the cost of the shield from a given hull so all my ships have an extra shield of some....sort, which probably means I have 1-2mil in spare change (which I could have used on ammo or missiles).

Oh and for the costs of a crate of ammo, there was no average so I reviewed prices and picked one that was in the middle.

These were the prices I used per crate,
MD ammo: $672 credits
EBC ammo: $1,348 credits
M/AML ammo: $900 credits

Cpt.Jericho wrote:Which most fleets do.

That's because, unlike most fleets, I'm mainly bringing capitals (mostly M6's) to the table instead of fighters.

@Spychotic, I highly doubt your fleet will be mediocre in quality. I've never used or seen how well Yokohama's do in combat so it will be good to see them in action. And I hope I don't end up with your fleet as my opponent.

Deleted User · Post by **Deleted User** » Sat, 17. Apr 10, 22:13

Okay my link works fine and that is the final version of my fleet. Teladi Super Shrike Strike Squad is ready for combat!

I'd just like to say this to all the other competitiors; Good Luck!

and this to the organizers and officials; Thank You for this very unique and fun event!

GCU Grey Area · Post by **GCU Grey Area** » Sat, 17. Apr 10, 22:52

All of my fleet updates have been edits to my original fleet list, so the page 1 link should still be fine.

Deadbeat_Spinn wrote:unlike most fleets, I'm mainly bringing capitals (mostly M6's) to the table instead of fighters.

You're not alone, I'm having similar worries - 95% of my budget was spent on just 3 capitals (1 M2 + 2 M7s), with just a bunch of crappy M5s (the cheapest I could find) & half a dozen TMs for backup. Think I'll probably be knocked out in the first round, but they should at least produce a pretty light show while they last - lots of flaks & Ion-Ds on the capitals.

Tenlar Scarflame · Post by **Tenlar Scarflame** » Sat, 17. Apr 10, 23:23

My link is current.

Cpt.Jericho · Post by **Cpt.Jericho** » Sat, 17. Apr 10, 23:57

@TJ:
Link is up to date.

@Deadbeat_Spinn:
Just fooling around since this thread seemed a bit quite

As for ammo: The middle price should represent the average price (most of those from Seizewell do!) as to be paid at EDs IG!

@Spychotic:
The only weak spot in your fleet are the M/AMLs. On M6 they're killers but on M7 rather mediocre - since you own overpowered M4 to keep turrets busy your fleet stands a chance IMO.

@ashkrowe:
That better be your final outfit; according to the deadline there are no more alterations allowed

. Thanks and good luck to you, too, and thanks for the thanks; I hope this won't be a unique event.

@GCU Grey Area:
I don't know what you're up to, but I fail to see the reason why you didn't opt for PSGs for your Deimos at least as partial outfit for at least turrets. Well, I'll see soon, I assume.

@all:
It's pretty foolish to equip an PSG ship with more than 2 or 3 torpedos. Those will detonate inside the cloud of your own weapons.

+we should REALLY think of other titles to earn by all this than just Fleet Whisperer for the winner! How about some other categories? Like Best Battle? Best Light Show? Hardest to Kill? C'mon, help me out here!

kalu · Post by **kalu** » Sun, 18. Apr 10, 00:22

Link is ok

Alex Vanderbilt · Post by **Alex Vanderbilt** » Sun, 18. Apr 10, 00:26

Hm. Link is up to date.

I also bought full shields from the 250 Million and ignored the maybe preinstalled shields.

Well, cargo space wise it shouldn't matter on the Big ships as all have sufficient free space available.

AV

Algoran · Post by **Algoran** » Sun, 18. Apr 10, 00:29

Link is good!

Did the same thing with the shields.. But was there even a consensus on whether the x3tc.ru prices included basic shields or not?

Shouldn't make too much difference anyway.

Cpt.Jericho · Post by **Cpt.Jericho** » Sun, 18. Apr 10, 00:38

I used x3tc.ru as hull only price. Anyway, if those darned shields were included, inlcude them; shouldn't be no trouble on any ship I have used or outfitted. For XFF II we NEED that point in them their rules I say!
Tick-tick, rustle of more keys: If shields where included I would've had <2.500.000 Cr. left; not enough for another Falcon but enough for 15 or 20 Discos - bah, forget about those Fighter Drones MK3!

Alex Vanderbilt · Post by **Alex Vanderbilt** » Sun, 18. Apr 10, 01:10

I used the german site Seizewell for my calculations, which displays the real prices for a ship on a ship yard.

AV

Chaosimperator · Post by **Chaosimperator** » Sun, 18. Apr 10, 01:15

Link is ok

Cpt.Jericho · Post by **Cpt.Jericho** » Sun, 18. Apr 10, 01:15

Since all those prices include shield and equipment we both should be fine.

GCU Grey Area · Post by **GCU Grey Area** » Sun, 18. Apr 10, 01:21

Cpt.Jericho wrote:@GCU Grey Area:
I don't know what you're up to, but I fail to see the reason why you didn't opt for PSGs for your Deimos at least as partial outfit for at least turrets. Well, I'll see soon, I assume.

Would have preferred to field an all Yaki fleet. However ran into some problems with many of the ships that I would have preferred to use being disallowed by the rule that all ships have to be buyable.

Consequently Deimos has been used as a substitute for the (visually identical) Yaki Kariudo Hauler, which is in the game files but not available in the vanilla game.

Since KH cannot use PSGs I decided that I should impose the same limitation on my Deimos & restrict them to flaks instead, so at least the fleet looks more like a proper Yaki fleet (even if a couple of the ships are technically Paranid). PSGs might have been the better tactical option but the fleet just wouldn't look right on the video if my ships used them.

Stars_InTheirEyes · Post by **Stars_InTheirEyes** » Sun, 18. Apr 10, 01:28

Alex Vanderbilt wrote:I used the german site Seizewell for my calculations, which displays the real prices for a ship on a ship yard.

AV

Me, C.J and Deadbeat_Spinn had a 3 page 'discussion' on this, as many sites have different prices thats why TJ has settled the rules on the prices from x3tc.ru.

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