All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews. Tau Merchant have 48% win rate. Only problem would be getting it to work correctly without the loser feeling. While the Escort Spam (Imperial Navy) can be annoying, the Cobras are quite Fragile to skill bombs when place correctly and directly on them. Even with dumb fleet compositions (just ork-rocks, just escorts. even a pincer movement from above and below is basically just the same thing on the x/y axis but rotated 90 degrees. The all-too-few moments of voice acting are a real treat, but only if you like 40k. Better to not use cobras at all and use the other escorts which don't run out of ammo. and then they will be nerfed into uselessness again. #1. At Admiral Level 3 the first Upgrade to Escort Ships becomes available. It's really not as bad as people make the mode itself out to be. 7 times longer than the diameter of Imperial Fists emblem. But: 1. Enemy ships within a 4,500 unit radius around the flagship suffer 10 damage per second, ignoring armor. In combat, efficiency is important, but individual weapons deal rather poor damage. Escort Ships are the smallest ships available in the game, unlike all other ships they do not gain Ship Experience, do not have Skills, Favours or Crew, and cannot retreat from battle. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. A blackstone fortress with upgraded shield has 1500 pt of shield, when the shield is down, use overcharge void shield to instantly get it back to full. There is one weapon system completely unique to the Imperial Navy, and that is the mighty nova cannon. If you're just starting BGA2 and are a veteran of the first game, you would do well to. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada. So just try to keep ramming them and shooting torpedoes at them. After the fifith time of capturing the data and then having the chaos spawn hop onto my ship, grap the data and warp out within the blink of an eye (yet I have to wait 30 seconds to warp) just. But when I can field a dozen battleships, 1. Panfilo Feb 6, 2019 @ 6:47pm. Most of its guns are forward facing lances so keep it aimed at the enemies or it will have some trouble. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. I would usually use the escorts as a distraction to. Like with most factions, the Frigates are the first ships that carry serious, non special use weaponry into the fight. BFG1: Limited fleet, need to take care of your ships and repair them between games, less ships and factions. This is called a “Lightning Strike” and every line ship (not the small escort-class ships) is equipped for it. So, go for Ad Mech or Inquisition if you wish, but Ad Mech is best way. The ships are too weak, and the assault actions seem to take forever to deal any damage at all. As the title implies, the Mission in which you have to escort the slowpoke morons of the Silver Dawn Squadron is rather hard. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews. With the extremely limited amount of ships I can bring why bother really with escort ships? I understand one or two can be useful running silent to cap points. They only have a cooldown of 3 minutes or less if they upgrade their Tech for lower skill cooldown. because the lighter 'cron ships do not scale well to any other fleet cap than 100%, while practically every other factions' ships do. My ships deal NO damage, I have all of them barrage one target, use all abilities. This is indeed a very important point. What good are they at all vs just bringing. when come the legendary ships. If you focus on killing Guilliman's escort ships before attacking the Macragge's Honour, the Ancient One will arrive at full power. But I cant really seem to find use for them in battle. Your nimble escort ships can duck and weave through incoming fire to exploit an enemy cruiser’s limited maneuverability and pump fire into its vulnerable engines, setting it up to get torn apart by the massed weapon batteries of your ships of. 12% - for each lost line ship. As such, it. Welcome to Gothic armada where Eldar under a skilled player are a counter to half the factions in the game. Hypothetical Example: A 60 point Escort took 1000xp to gain a. One ship top of Avenger, cannot recall its name, is far better at broadside damage than Avenger which is just budget version ship. The process requires a 15-second delay during which the ship can neither move nor use skills nor perform any manoeuvres. And here we are, having peeps whining to have it so they can play cat and mouse all day. 2) Then you click on the fleet (not select ship) and look for that "New Ship" button. They're flimsy, cost a lot, arent really that fast, and have barely any weaponry. A standard upgrade set that increases control of engine's functioning. Most of the time you cant even reach the enemy before you are dead. Especially vs Tau, Eldar, and Chaos. I was faced with a tyranid full fighter (21 in total) The first wave of fighters destroyed all your turrets on my 4 big ship (2 capital 2 BC) despite brace and 4 defending fighter. Seriously, these guys are bonkers. Malaficus Shaikan Jan 16, 2019 @ 4:04am. Try to conserve your escorts. Light Cruisers and escorts peeled the ships while the flagship and other to Battecruissers gave the killing blows. Each category has a number of ship designs that verge on the line between the categories. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. (3 battle barge is too. For space marines I have my 3 fleets being just 1 mrk1 strike cruiser and 3 novas as auxiliaries as i have them with skills and upgrades that affect only the flagship so why add other ships. Fighters, bombers, and assault boats all have their uses. They're not bad, it's just that especially in multiplayer you want more escorts and smaller ships for battlefield control, and dodging human-placed abilities. Once you fire turn around quickly and burn away so you can a 2nd or 3rd. I really disliked the removal of the single player skirmish campaigns. What are line ships? Sorry but i cant find out the ship types? Showing 1 - 2 of 2 comments. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. This is copy/paste of the worste missions from Gothic armada 1 - Bombardmends :/ ( but in Gothic 1 you can easy just skip this missions and do others but not here :/ ) Have 1 or 2 escort ships taking points and your heavies do the killing. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada > General Discussions > Topic Details. most importantly since they have no shields even the first volley from the enemy ships could do critical strike on your ships. Use zzap guns and escorts to scout. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is the new real-time strategy game adapted from Games Workshop’s famous tabletop game that portrays the epic space battles of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. – Speed and movements are vital for an Eldar fleet. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 > General. The point of the game is to have fun after all. Cobra Class Destroyer. Grand Strategy. I'd like to hand pick the ships that deploy first from my fleets. Taking place during the 13th Black Crusade, the game opens. Grand Strategy. What good are they at all vs just bringing. Without caping points, you'll have eldars fleeing the battle or escort ships AFKing all the game without possibilities to win. Well if there is 3 dots close to each other. Release Patch Notes. I know this because I’ve seen the admirals of Battlefleet. This is a lie, of course. But I cant really seem to find use for them in battle. 2/3/3/4/5 depending on type. The first public mod for BFGA2 has been released: "An ongoing overhaul of the RTS game Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2. The available Escort ships number depending on the line ships number is now the same in multiplayer as in campaign mode;Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. This preposterous piece of kit has the longest range, by far, in the game: 30-150cm. its kinda stupid, but the difficulty is hard to grasp. boarding on death. Also, 8 torpedo hits at close range with a ram can nuke the ship. This new patch features various balance changes and bug fixes, including a rework of the boarding mechanics based on your feedback, various balancing tweaks, and stability. Modified ships don't have as many high-range weapons as the Empire. It rides the line between Warhammer Cheese and Seriousness perfectly. On normal you can often have 300 pts vs 450 or more. I speed-leveled to level 10 by using 4 apocalypse-class battleships, a defiant light cruiser and a cobra escort because. But I cant really seem to find use for them in battle. There needs to be a cap for escort ships, it cannot be that a player bum-rushes you with 10 cloaked escorts. it is incredible. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. you get 1 or 2 hits at best, you want to keep them for close combat. What good are they at all vs just bringing. And yes, there are more ships and at least two great space stations to follow soon!. It is a cheap design that is armed with a few weapon. 1) Dictators all the way, Nova escort. Well i just got into a match then where i had 12 escort ships, and destroyed all his fleet except 2 ships, he then used those 2 ships to kite me for the rest of the match using boost, superior turn speed and his 12000 range weapon to kill. One with a nest upgrade on the system. If you're looking for the Wiki for the original, see Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Wiki. An ongoing overhaul of the RTS game Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2. Their escorts are usually faster than the cruisers, so they usually arrive a bit ahead of the main fleet, at which point I try to focus fire, ram, and torpedo them as much as possible. Its a toss up, I think either the Nova Cannon cruiser, or the one with the fighter squadron to help againt chaos cv fleet. But specialize fleets, have a cruiser squadron, a light cruisers and escort squadron, and a battleship with all the applies only to flagship "squadron". But that is in and of itself ineffcient in terms of how you conquer the sectors (3 fleets for 1 conquest, compared to 2 or even 3 conquests). 2) Ark and two cruisers (dictators preferably, have a fleet with tyrants, but didn't try it), Nova escorts. Lances, Pulsars and Zzap always hit and ignore most of the armour. again. Thunderbolt relies a lot on the enemy bunching closely together in. Armada 2 is a real time tactics game about giant spaceships clashing in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. #2. 12k units - 20%. - Begin the match stealthed. Maybe change it so. IMO, drukhari is no longer competitive viable faction in 1v1. The Custodian Battleship gets the typical 2,000 hull points for a ship of its size while sitting in the mid/high end of engine speeds stat wise. because the lighter 'cron ships do not scale well to any other fleet cap than 100%, while practically every other factions' ships do. faster, better chasers, light cruisers get stealth, light ships from some factions can bash with heavier ship from other factions quite well under the circumstances, they might bring fighters or torpedoes on the field i a more cost-efficient way, etc. 6. -Watch out for hellbores and hemlocks. One is they all tend to have great single target damage, especially the Protector fleet ships. Light cruiser spams are a viable strategy. The other 2 campaigns (Necron and Tyranids) are profoundly boring. Other favours are waste of slot on battleships. Sit in gas cloud, make sure your single line formation is not in the way of any whales (they do not attack you). 3) Three Dictators, a ton of Novas. Most of the people who are playing against you have a level 10 fleet. The sector should be larger and more detailed than those in the other campaigns. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. Also please put caps on how many battleships you can have. I know this because I’ve seen the admirals of Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 wearing them while they command their giant space cathedrals to do a murder at other. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. #1. Don’t do this on ships that don’t have this option as this means it is an escort. Feb 14, 2019 @ 9:29am Is it just me or are corsairs one of the most annoying factions to fight I spent 20 minutes of my life babysitting 3 points with 5 escorts with 18k detection range and 5 line ships with 13. So you keep your fleet together and lead with your toughest ships. 9k units - 40%. Classic, nothing much to add. I always start with targeting enemy ships engines, with the thought of removing enemy ships speed,. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. Micro Warp Jump. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. Today, we’re massively excited to announce the release of our fourth major patch, bringing a new mode to Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. Tyrant a nice ship i like it!Skalgrim Mod v. But as good for fighting up at the 12k , 15k ranges as a tyrant. Well, I think I am about half way through the campaign, and the thing that is striking me at the moment, is this is boring. My cobras become worthless after they fire a few torpedo salvos. Originally posted by Solaire: Honestly i think the gameplay in BFGA 1 was more enjoyable but BFGA 2 has more content. An Avenger does 16 dps, not 12. " (Also Titans) Update: Version. • 1 yr. With the extremely limited amount of ships I can bring why bother really with escort ships? I understand one or two can be useful running silent to cap points. " —Commander Puretide on the art of aerial warfare The T'au. There’s an undeniable grandeur to a nicely painted Imperial fleet,. The new Apostate is a good ship for an escort. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada will be released in November/December 2003Every fight you win you gain renown, with enough renown you can buy an upgrade, one per level. There are 15 Escort Ships in Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, which makes them the largest group of spaceships in the game. So uh I'm kinda confused here. Having to escort ships were the worst. Get ready for the Massive Fleet Mode, allowing players an insane 4000 points to build their fleet! For the first time, players will go head to head using the legendary Titan ships for untold destruction. Greetings Admirals, Fleet Masters, Warmasters, Pirate Princes(ses) and Warlords! Herein is a list of the ships that have been confirmed (visualy) to be appearing in BFG: Armada. Ork Hulks. They are very mobile and can drop a lot of firepower to quickly pick off weak and/or isolated ships. Being lance-armed, it's a dedicated anti-ship vessel, which rustled their jimmies. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. But I cant really seem to find use for them in battle. Yes, our never ending battles of hide and seek with quick strikes to then retreat back into the fog. Onslaught to keep nibbling away at shields and Savage for tearing away chunks of hull points is how I have always used them. Those slaughter everything on range, because Macro-Batteries only apply a fraction of their damage potential on longer ranges, but lances never miss. With the extremely limited amount of ships I can bring why bother really with escort ships? I understand one or two can be useful running silent to cap points. Malaficus Shaikan Jan 16, 2019 @ 4:04am. Literally, even a giant Hive Ship can be going in one direction, before suddenly. Per. Solid all-rounder that will serve you well in just about any situation. Has anyone tried that battle to eradicate Tyranids from your Imperial Campaign? It's a basic boss fight, but the Tyranid boss ship is too tough, and its escorts destroy everything from cruisers to battleships. Instead of taking territory the campaign should be. Largely expanding on the groundwork laid out by the first game, ''Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2'' is a full-blown sequel - bigger, richer, more impressive and more ambitious than the original game. - Don't be decieved into thinking any of the early line ships should be nose on or long range. . additional Lance turret on Cruisers 3. Scouting, anti-torpedo/strike craft screening, hunting down stragglers, providing a distraction, soaking up boarding abilities from the biggest enemy ship etc. Tad too difficult. The Imperial Navy is made up of billions of different ship designs, although they are squeezed into three categories. There is a mod for Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2 that adds new ships. 000-9. Jan 15, 2019 @ 1:41pm Can wait for more match types i guess. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is free to play on Steam right now until August 26, 6pm GMT, and can be purchased at 40% off, the biggest discount yet. Campaign Questions. One has the better campagne, in my personal opinion, and more style. They also have heavy frontal armour, so you should be pointing your bow at the biggest threat. What are each Races superpower/ability, I have yet to see it used in gameRole: Heavy Attack Vessel. With the new possibility to pick fleet/admirals skills in deploy mode and the fact that ANY competitive fleet includes at least 1-2 escorts, Drukhari can no longer rely on their main source of protection - invisibility. All three feel really unpolished, rushed, and missing features. Help; in: Ships. BFG2: More ships and factions, slightly bigger battles no fleet management system. lower morale 3. #3. use probe or aircraft to scout ork ships. What good are they at all vs just bringing.