Hammerhead task force cards: What a crock

[TallGiraffe 3,454]

1 minute ago, Wussypillow said:

Well figure this:

-Torp Hammerhead

+ External Racks

+ Ordnance Experts 

+TF Antilles

 

...commanded by Commander Sato

...escorted by some sort of fighters to trigger Sato's ability

 

For one glorious attack, each Hammerhead rolls: 

-5 BLACK on it's front arc (3 black + 2 black replacing 1 red, 1 blue 'cause of Sato)

-rerolling 2 of those 'cause of Ordnance Experts

 

...with all of the Hammerheads spreading any damage done to them around due to all being in TF Antilles.

 

What d'you think? 

 

Don't you mean 6 black dice cause CF command?

[Wussypillow 15]

Just now, TallGiraffe said:

Don't you mean 6 black dice cause CF command?

Oh did I leave that out? Silly me: SIX BLACK (rerolling 2) it is, then!

And as I say: survivability problems at least partially addressed due to everyone being in Task Force Antilles.

[TallGiraffe 3,454]

Just now, Wussypillow said:

Oh did I leave that out? Silly me: SIX BLACK (rerolling 2) it is, then!

And as I say: survivability problems at least partially addressed due to everyone being in Task Force Antilles.

Why reroll only 2 dice? Ordnance experts works on all black dice.

[Wussypillow 15]

3 minutes ago, TallGiraffe said:

Why reroll only 2 dice? Ordnance experts works on all black dice.

Oh shoot, did I misremember that, too? Checking . . . you're right! I had thought it was only 2 Black but it's as many as you want!

So: For one glorious, stupendous round, from the front arc, a Hammerhead punches about as hard as an Imperial Star Destroyer but at half the cost. And then there are his SEVEN FRIENDS.

(EDIT: "Call up a Hammerhead Corv--wait, no: Call up EIGHT Hammerhead Corvettes! I have an even better idea!")

Edited July 10, 2017 by Wussypillow

[Ginkapo 9,386]

Ordnance? You want sensor teams on them bad boys .... 

[Wussypillow 15]

14 minutes ago, Ginkapo said:

Ordnance? You want sensor teams on them bad boys .... 

Wait, how would that work on an all-black-dice attack?

[Wussypillow 15]

Hmm, and maybe I wouldn't be able to bring along quite EIGHT of these guys:

-Sato is 32 points

-8 Hammerheads w/Ordnance Experts, Racks and TF Antilles are 46 points apiece

...equals exactly 400 points. No room for anything else, including the squadrons I'd need to make Sato work. 

So figure I'm fielding 6 or 7 of these guys instead.

[Madaghmire 7,284]

6 minutes ago, Wussypillow said:

Wait, how would that work on an all-black-dice attack?

Ignore him. He has this thing about Sensor teams. He's like the televangist of middling weapons team upgrades.

[Ginkapo 9,386]

Or take Dodonna. 8 of them and use the red and blue dice for an acc

Its time to bring em back Mad! All those ECMs unused.... 

[Wussypillow 15]

4 minutes ago, Ginkapo said:

Or take Dodonna. 8 of them and use the red and blue dice for an acc

Its time to bring em back Mad! All those ECMs unused.... 

Nah, all black dice all the time. Don't fire until you can smell the whites of their eyes.

[TallGiraffe 3,454]

1 hour ago, Wussypillow said:

Nah, all black dice all the time. Don't fire until you can smell the whites of their eyes.

And ram any flotillas in the way. 

[Eggzavier 1,689]

6 hours ago, Wussypillow said:

 

Edited July 10, 2017 by Eggzavier
Fire's out. Not going to start another one.

[X Wing Nut 2,311]

I'm disappointed I was hoping this was a thread about how broken the Titles are

 

[Irishmadcat 295]

10 hours ago, Wussypillow said:

Nah, all black dice all the time. Don't fire until you can smell the whites of their eyes.

Gets remove from tournament for sniffing opponents

[Ginkapo 9,386]

Organa Leading, Antilles following? 

[Undeadguy 5,751]

5 hours ago, Ginkapo said:

Organa Leading, Antilles following? 

Why would you run both titles? They don't work together.

[moodswing5537 1,415]

17 hours ago, Ginkapo said:

Ordnance? You want sensor teams on them bad boys .... 

[Ginkapo 9,386]

45 minutes ago, Undeadguy said:

Why would you run both titles? They don't work together.

My bad. Misremembered

[Wussypillow 15]

51 minutes ago, Ginkapo said:

My bad. Misremembered

TF Organa is  . . . hinkier. I'm not sure I'm smart enough to use it right. From what I can understand, it's something you have to time absolutely right: Half your ships need to have already fired and then the other half can tap into this 'pool' of rerolls. (EDIT: Plus, in the context of the Torpedo Hammerheads, it seems like something that's largely replaced by Ordnance Experts).

Going all-in on TF Antilles seems much more straightforward: You simply shunt damage around your (multiple) Hammerheads. 

I *AM* a little unclear about whether multiple Hammerheads can 'bodyguard' a friend on the same attack (i.e. you have 3 Hammerheads, A,B and C. Ship A is attacked for 3 damage. Can *both* B and C use their TF Antilles cards, each thus absorb one damage intended for A?).

Edited July 11, 2017 by Wussypillow

[GiledPallaeon 2,874]

3 hours ago, Wussypillow said:

TF Organa is  . . . hinkier. I'm not sure I'm smart enough to use it right. From what I can understand, it's something you have to time absolutely right: Half your ships need to have already fired and then the other half can tap into this 'pool' of rerolls. (EDIT: Plus, in the context of the Torpedo Hammerheads, it seems like something that's largely replaced by Ordnance Experts).

Going all-in on TF Antilles seems much more straightforward: You simply shunt damage around your (multiple) Hammerheads. 

I *AM* a little unclear about whether multiple Hammerheads can 'bodyguard' a friend on the same attack (i.e. you have 3 Hammerheads, A,B and C. Ship A is attacked for 3 damage. Can *both* B and C use their TF Antilles cards, each thus absorb one damage intended for A?).