Mj10982 8 Posted March 12 I was interested in making this kind of fleet and came up with this. Avenger Sloane Author: mj10982 Faction: Empire Commander: Admiral Sloane Assault Objective: Advanced Gunnery Defense Objective: Planetary Ion Cannon Navigation Objective: Superior Positions Quasar Fire I-Class Cruiser-Carrier (54) - Stronghold (5) - Boosted Comms (4) - Expanded Hangar Bay (5) - Captain Brunson (5) - Flight Controllers (6) = 79 points [flagship] Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer (120) - Admiral Sloane (24) - Avenger (5) - SW-7 Ion Batteries (5) - Director Krennic (8) - Spinal Armament (9) - Gunnery Chief Varnillian (6) = 177 points Gozanti-Class Cruisers (23) - Suppressor (4) - Electronic Countermeasures (7) - Slicer Tools (7) - Expanded Hangar Bay (5) - Minister Tua (2) = 48 points 1 Howlrunner (16) 1 "Mauler" Mithel (15) 5 TIE Fighter Squadron (8) 1 Dengar (20) = 91 points Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cpt ObVus 1,193 Posted March 12 18 minutes ago, Mj10982 said: I was interested in making this kind of fleet and came up with this. Avenger Sloane Author: mj10982 Faction: Empire Commander: Admiral Sloane Assault Objective: Advanced Gunnery Defense Objective: Planetary Ion Cannon Navigation Objective: Superior Positions Quasar Fire I-Class Cruiser-Carrier (54) - Stronghold (5) - Boosted Comms (4) - Expanded Hangar Bay (5) - Captain Brunson (5) - Flight Controllers (6) = 79 points [flagship] Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer (120) - Admiral Sloane (24) - Avenger (5) - SW-7 Ion Batteries (5) - Director Krennic (8) - Spinal Armament (9) - Gunnery Chief Varnillian (6) = 177 points Gozanti-Class Cruisers (23) - Suppressor (4) - Electronic Countermeasures (7) - Slicer Tools (7) - Expanded Hangar Bay (5) - Minister Tua (2) = 48 points 1 Howlrunner (16) 1 "Mauler" Mithel (15) 5 TIE Fighter Squadron (8) 1 Dengar (20) = 91 points Definitely a great start! I think the only thing I would suggest is that your ships are over-upgraded, and your squadron capacity isn’t fully leveraged. In other words: Krennic and Spinal Armament and Stronghold can all go, and you can turn those points into more fighters to make Sloane even nastier. With enough cheap TIEs and squadron commands to spare, you should be able to throw multiple clouds of them at the opponent, and especially with Dengar, he won’t be able to stop them all. In the end, it will give you more offensive punch than Krennic & Spinals, I think. Stronghold is a cool title, but it’s VERY defensive. You should be the squadron aggressor here; the opponent should be terrified of that swarm of bees, and opt to keep his fighters close and use them as defenders. If he does go on the attack, you’re gonna tear almost any opposing force apart. You won’t need Stronghold. 2 Flengin and The Jabbawookie reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Jabbawookie 5,613 Posted March 12 As said above, more squadrons and fewer upgrades. It’s why Sloane is there, and there aren’t many true damage sources in the fleet. I used to love running a cloud of generic Sloane TIEs; it used to be you could fly carefully around flak and trade up against expensive squadrons. Now they die so fast to an SSD it’s almost comical (1-2 rounds for everyone.) Major Rhymer isn’t very useful overall, but remedies this terrible matchup by nullifying QLTs. The fighters still need greater flak resistance though: aces or Defenders, most likely. Squall is an absolutely amazing title: it gives you the alpha strike, it lets you bomb round one, it allows for double-healing on the station after you kill their squadrons, and means you can chase fleeing enemies half the play area away. For three points, I have a hard time ever not using it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mj10982 8 Posted March 13 Updated. Not usually big on maxing my squadron budget for imperials. More of an ISD or Onager type of guy. Avenger Sloane Author: mj10982 Faction: Empire Commander: Admiral Sloane Assault Objective: Advanced Gunnery Defense Objective: Planetary Ion Cannon Navigation Objective: Superior Positions Quasar Fire I-Class Cruiser-Carrier (54) - Squall (3) - Boosted Comms (4) - Expanded Hangar Bay (5) - Captain Brunson (5) - Flight Controllers (6) = 77 points [flagship] Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer (120) - Admiral Sloane (24) - Avenger (5) - Electronic Countermeasures (7) - SW-7 Ion Batteries (5) - Hardened Bulkheads (5) - Strategic Adviser (4) - Spinal Armament (9) - Local Fire Control (4) = 183 points 1 Howlrunner (16) 1 "Mauler" Mithel (15) 1 Dengar (20) 1 Valen Rudor (13) 1 Soontir Fel (18) 1 Ciena Ree (17) 1 "Whisper" (20) 1 Saber Squadron (12) = 131 points 1 The Jabbawookie reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cap116 185 Posted March 13 I think that ISD2 desperately needs some way to reroll red dice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mj10982 8 Posted March 13 I could put back in Krennic but then I'd only have two activations. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spike2109 66 Posted March 13 Leading Shots or LTT is the way. LTT to support your squads ... As you play with Salvo, you really want LTT. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mj10982 8 Posted March 13 Maybe I could switch to the Cymoon and put on LTT and add Krennic? Od only have to activations without Strategic Advisor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jp82729 161 Posted March 13 You could swap out SW7, Spinals and Local Fire Control for leading shots, LTTs and gunnery teams for the same price. A more standard ISD2 build, but with only one big hitter ship in your list, getting off that front attack is nice. Plue LS and LTTs help with the flak. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mj10982 8 Posted March 13 Here's a Cymoon fleet. Ended up with a nice bid. Avenger Sloane Author: mj10982 Faction: Empire Commander: Admiral Sloane Assault Objective: Advanced Gunnery Defense Objective: Planetary Ion Cannon Navigation Objective: Superior Positions Quasar Fire I-Class Cruiser-Carrier (54) - Squall (3) - Boosted Comms (4) - Expanded Hangar Bay (5) - Captain Brunson (5) - Flight Controllers (6) = 77 points [flagship] Imperial Star Destroyer Cymoon Refit (112) - Admiral Sloane (24) - Avenger (5) - Intensify Firepower! (6) - Boosted Comms (4) - Director Krennic (8) - Linked Turbolaser Towers (7) - Spinal Armament (9) - Local Fire Control (4) = 179 points 1 Howlrunner (16) 1 "Mauler" Mithel (15) 1 Dengar (20) 1 Valen Rudor (13) 1 Soontir Fel (18) 1 Ciena Ree (17) 1 "Whisper" (20) 1 Saber Squadron (12) = 131 points Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
