[BFG] Chaos vs orks - The Rematch, englantia jälleen
Lähetetty: Pe 14.11.2003 19:50
Another 1500 pts engagement with same ork player as before. Due to him forgetting rulebook at his home we played basic 20cm deployment vp scenario. I would have prefered to try something more interested but without rules for scenarios it's hard to do so. My fleet:
Repulsive class grand cruiser
Fiery Death - styx class heavy cruiser w/LD9 warmaster aboard
Maker of Widows&Wrath of Khorne - Slaughter class cruisers
4 iconoclass
4 idolator
3 infidel
3 infidel
LD rolls were decent. Slaughter squadron had LD 9 but annoyingly repulsive had only LD7. Ork fleet:
hammer w/warlord with 2 extra reroll and extra field
rok
kill kroozer
terror ship
2 squadron of 4 onslaughts
4 savages
2 squadron of 3 ravages
Par hammer LD rolls for big ships was bad, 6 being highest, while smaller ships got 7+ LD's par one onslaught squadron. Celestial phenomeny was planet and moon on north-east(my POV), dust cloud right of planet, 2 asteroid fields on west.
For deployment I tried one that would allow me to envelope his fleet. Infidel squadron on far left, then iconoclass and idolator squadrons, repulsive, styx. Gap due to planet and then squadron of slaughters. He had his escorts at front in messy group with big ships behind, and mostly toward planet.
So we aproach on center launching waves of ordnance, though his initial torpedo salvoes were crappy. First ravage squadron launcher trio of 1 strong waves, other trio of 2 strong waves...However with his good reload commands that wasn't much of problem. I tried sending bomber waves toward his terror ship but fighta bommas intercepted them, fighters and torpedoes. Bummer.
On right I made manouver that would allow me to get behind him. First burning retroes(though this had nasty side effect of 3 strong torpedo wave hitting one of slaughters...Causing 2 point of damages). Then when ignorant orks came toward me I ordered all ahead full going past his effective range and being behind his big ships! For a moment I got scared though when I couldn't dent his savage squadron that was guarding his back but particulary lousy rolling from them meant no harm...I was in!
However while I had 2 slaughters behind him center fell in quick order. Thanks to those infernal torpedoes which first blew out 2 idolators and all iconoclasses and whopping strenght _15_ torpedo salvo crippled the repulsive. Strenght 15 torpedo salvo from 3 ravagers...Not nice. Styx also got seriously crippled weaponry from waves of assault boats. This was getting worse all the time and wasn't helped much when rok was destroyed with firepower(and finished by torpedo salvo from infidel).
I might say that the manouver that had got my ships rear of his proved to be less effective than I thought. Thanks to that infernal gravity well allowing kroozers bring their weapons to bear sooner than was nice. So while I blew out savages it was clear I was in trouble there. First of slaughters got crippled very fast by combined firepower of kill kroozer, terror ship and hammer. So joining the styx that had been facing serious firepower(but escaped mostly through it with brace for impact) they started to head left where infidel squadron had cleared the way a bit with torpedo salvo, blowing several onslaughts and ravages forcing them to disengage. With help of 2 remaining idolators they proceeded to cut through less manouverable ork escorts like a hot knife does to butter.
But torpedoes came to ork rescue, again. First gunz brought second slaughter(that had moved to screen hurt one) within 1 point of being crippled. THEN strenght 7 torpedo salvo from hammer crippled not only it but the styx that had so far suffered only 2 point of damage suffered 4 more...I had 3 crippled cruisers middle of 3 so far unhurt kroozers. Time to get off. So the cruisers and 2 remaining infidel disengaged leaving only repulsive(which failed to disengage). He disengaged with remaining ravage(fearing repulsive to finish it off) and headed toward me with kroozers but finally I managed to get off with repulsive as well. Field belonged to orks...
And I lost by over 400 points...Ouch! He had got infidel squadron, idolator squadron, iconoclass squadron and rest disengaged while being crippled par other infidel squadron. I had got his rok and most of his squadrons were forced to disengage with one escort alive...Major ork victory.
Just have to admit. Ork guns are awfull. When they work they work like charm and provide insane firepowers/torpedo salvoes which more than makes up for earlier crappier turns. Urgh.
Repulsive class grand cruiser
Fiery Death - styx class heavy cruiser w/LD9 warmaster aboard
Maker of Widows&Wrath of Khorne - Slaughter class cruisers
4 iconoclass
4 idolator
3 infidel
3 infidel
LD rolls were decent. Slaughter squadron had LD 9 but annoyingly repulsive had only LD7. Ork fleet:
hammer w/warlord with 2 extra reroll and extra field
rok
kill kroozer
terror ship
2 squadron of 4 onslaughts
4 savages
2 squadron of 3 ravages
Par hammer LD rolls for big ships was bad, 6 being highest, while smaller ships got 7+ LD's par one onslaught squadron. Celestial phenomeny was planet and moon on north-east(my POV), dust cloud right of planet, 2 asteroid fields on west.
For deployment I tried one that would allow me to envelope his fleet. Infidel squadron on far left, then iconoclass and idolator squadrons, repulsive, styx. Gap due to planet and then squadron of slaughters. He had his escorts at front in messy group with big ships behind, and mostly toward planet.
So we aproach on center launching waves of ordnance, though his initial torpedo salvoes were crappy. First ravage squadron launcher trio of 1 strong waves, other trio of 2 strong waves...However with his good reload commands that wasn't much of problem. I tried sending bomber waves toward his terror ship but fighta bommas intercepted them, fighters and torpedoes. Bummer.
On right I made manouver that would allow me to get behind him. First burning retroes(though this had nasty side effect of 3 strong torpedo wave hitting one of slaughters...Causing 2 point of damages). Then when ignorant orks came toward me I ordered all ahead full going past his effective range and being behind his big ships! For a moment I got scared though when I couldn't dent his savage squadron that was guarding his back but particulary lousy rolling from them meant no harm...I was in!
However while I had 2 slaughters behind him center fell in quick order. Thanks to those infernal torpedoes which first blew out 2 idolators and all iconoclasses and whopping strenght _15_ torpedo salvo crippled the repulsive. Strenght 15 torpedo salvo from 3 ravagers...Not nice. Styx also got seriously crippled weaponry from waves of assault boats. This was getting worse all the time and wasn't helped much when rok was destroyed with firepower(and finished by torpedo salvo from infidel).
I might say that the manouver that had got my ships rear of his proved to be less effective than I thought. Thanks to that infernal gravity well allowing kroozers bring their weapons to bear sooner than was nice. So while I blew out savages it was clear I was in trouble there. First of slaughters got crippled very fast by combined firepower of kill kroozer, terror ship and hammer. So joining the styx that had been facing serious firepower(but escaped mostly through it with brace for impact) they started to head left where infidel squadron had cleared the way a bit with torpedo salvo, blowing several onslaughts and ravages forcing them to disengage. With help of 2 remaining idolators they proceeded to cut through less manouverable ork escorts like a hot knife does to butter.
But torpedoes came to ork rescue, again. First gunz brought second slaughter(that had moved to screen hurt one) within 1 point of being crippled. THEN strenght 7 torpedo salvo from hammer crippled not only it but the styx that had so far suffered only 2 point of damage suffered 4 more...I had 3 crippled cruisers middle of 3 so far unhurt kroozers. Time to get off. So the cruisers and 2 remaining infidel disengaged leaving only repulsive(which failed to disengage). He disengaged with remaining ravage(fearing repulsive to finish it off) and headed toward me with kroozers but finally I managed to get off with repulsive as well. Field belonged to orks...
And I lost by over 400 points...Ouch! He had got infidel squadron, idolator squadron, iconoclass squadron and rest disengaged while being crippled par other infidel squadron. I had got his rok and most of his squadrons were forced to disengage with one escort alive...Major ork victory.
Just have to admit. Ork guns are awfull. When they work they work like charm and provide insane firepowers/torpedo salvoes which more than makes up for earlier crappier turns. Urgh.
