Thrawn's Revenge

Imperial Civil War [Empire at War] => Imperial Civil War Tech Support => Topic started by: Silvermarch on August 28, 2012, 10:46:11 PM

Title: Mixed raid fleet
Post by: Silvermarch on August 28, 2012, 10:46:11 PM

Hi guys,

An issue that have happened a couple of times during a GC playthough is that sometimes the raid fleet are mixed. Most of the time its just a few Nebulon frigates alongside with one or more ISDs. I even took a screenshot during one of the space battle

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/1135159931892292777/47675FAF64BDA0E9CF1851EF56AAC11237345FD2/

Note: I was playing through the Stars Align as the IR.

Title: Re: Mixed raid fleet
Post by: Corey on August 28, 2012, 10:52:08 PM

That's actually a Warlord raid fleet. Zsinj commonly used Nebulon-B's and Corellian Corvettes.

Title: Re: Mixed raid fleet
Post by: Silvermarch on August 28, 2012, 10:52:54 PM

Ah, okay. Didn't realize Warlords could raid too. Never mind then.

Title: Re: Mixed raid fleet
Post by: Corey on August 28, 2012, 10:57:13 PM

For anyone interested, the possibilities are:
New Republic: Corellian Corvette, MC80b, MC40a, Dreadnaught
Imperial Remnant: Lancer Frigate, Carrack Cruiser, ISDII, VSDI
EotH Asdoni, Kariek Shieldship, Warlord, Ascendancy
Warlords: ISDI, ISDII, Nebulon-B, CR90
Alignment: Enforcer, Venator, Munificent, ISDI
Hapes: Nova, BD

Title: Re: Mixed raid fleet
Post by: yutpaeksi on August 29, 2012, 02:12:34 PM

Quote from: Corey on August 28, 2012, 10:57:13 PM

For anyone interested, the possibilities are:
New Republic: Corellian Corvette, MC80b, MC40a, Dreadnaught
Imperial Remnant: Lancer Frigate, Carrack Cruiser, ISDII, VSDI
EotH Asdoni, Kariek Shieldship, Warlord, Ascendancy
Warlords: ISDI, ISDII, Nebulon-B, CR90
Alignment: Enforcer, Venator, Munificent, ISDI
Hapes: Nova, BD

Curiosity question: It seems that the forces chosen are those that are very "representative" of each faction. In that case, why aren't Chaf destroyers, Syndics, and Phalanxes possibles for the EotH raid fleets? Those seem more "EotH"-ey (why can't I think of a better word?) than the Ascendancy

Title: Re: Mixed raid fleet
Post by: Thuellai on August 29, 2012, 02:13:43 PM

Phalanxes...  five Phalanxes?  Can you imagine?  Abandon hope.

Chafs would be nice to see jump in though.

Title: Re: Mixed raid fleet
Post by: yutpaeksi on August 29, 2012, 02:27:03 PM

Well I don't think raid fleets should HAVE to be defeatable. In a real combat situation, a surprise force that jumps in might force you to retreat if it is overwhelming in terms of power.

So yeah, why not have 8 Phalanxes jump in? Bring them on!

Title: Re: Mixed raid fleet
Post by: Corey on August 29, 2012, 02:32:55 PM

Because the raid fleets technically can't win the battle. They come from nowhere and go nowhere, so if they win the battle it's just a drain on galactic resources and could cause the freeze to come earlier, because it would mean more battles have to occur with more ships.