FIRE EVERYTHING!!! Fire the Nova Cannons, fire the macro cannons, fire the torpedos, fire the lances ...... screw it fire the ship itself RAMMING SPEED!!!!!!!! cue [maniacal laughter]
Always preferred regular Cruisers, partly because I always felt Dauntlesses lacked the survivability and partly because at launch a box of 2 plastic Cruisers was £8 a lot cheaper than the metal light Cruisers
It's the battle cruisers and grand cruisers that need the most attention on your tabletop models. You're telling me that the difference between a cruiser and a grand cruiser in the models is adding a dorsal turret? No, no, I was brought up on 40k, where customization is king! I lengthen the hulls! Skinnier than a battleship, differentiated from a humble cruiser! GW, re-release this wonderful tabletop game!
@@RoyAmkreutz Yeah, but still not long enough, IMHO. My chaos grand cruiser, the Akhenaten, has the forward gun section and "neck" from a plastic cruiser added between the hull and the beak. it looks properly dagger-like after the hull extension. (I doubt a link will work here, but I'll add one as a reply to the unpainted pics.)
Oberon's are okay, in smaller engagments or held slightly back in the larger ones they provide a large varied amount of firepower, the problem is they look like a true battleship and are armed like one so the temptation is to use them like one and in that regard they fair poorly as they lack the survivability of the a Retribution. I made that mistake, first Gothic battle I did during the 3rd War of Armageddon event, sent it in center of the formation and it got wrecked by concentrated firepower, spent the rest of the campaign docked stuck in the repair yard while I put my repair points in the more proven ship classes (pretty much a mirror of their lore fate) they are good at their role, it's just recorgnising it and not using them outside of it
The Emperor and its better Sensor package is essential to any fleet core, add to that the fighter screen it can put up and you have a very solid line of cruisers anchored on the battleship. Even then I would recommend one or two Widowmaker Cobra-class Destroyers as pickets.
Cool something to watch after I kick off my shoes and grab a dry lemon to relax after my first week as an employed man
Starting with the big guns, nice! My favorite is the Apocalypse class Battleship, for the lightshow ofc 🤣
It's just a floating rave machine. :P
@@BigRed40TECH never seen a rave that could melt hivecitys to Glass 🤣
FIRE EVERYTHING!!! Fire the Nova Cannons, fire the macro cannons, fire the torpedos, fire the lances ...... screw it fire the ship itself RAMMING SPEED!!!!!!!! cue [maniacal laughter]
:O
@@BigRed40TECH muhahajahahha all that dakka, give me the dakka, ahahahah
Ork style...!
Impressive as they are, I do like me a squadron of Dauntless light cruisers to support & soften up targets
Gib Battleships.
Always preferred regular Cruisers, partly because I always felt Dauntlesses lacked the survivability and partly because at launch a box of 2 plastic Cruisers was £8 a lot cheaper than the metal light Cruisers
It's the battle cruisers and grand cruisers that need the most attention on your tabletop models. You're telling me that the difference between a cruiser and a grand cruiser in the models is adding a dorsal turret? No, no, I was brought up on 40k, where customization is king! I lengthen the hulls! Skinnier than a battleship, differentiated from a humble cruiser!
GW, re-release this wonderful tabletop game!
Actually an Imperial Battlecruiser is a cruiser with a turret dorsal mounted. Grand cruisers are entirely different models.
@@RoyAmkreutz Yeah, but still not long enough, IMHO. My chaos grand cruiser, the Akhenaten, has the forward gun section and "neck" from a plastic cruiser added between the hull and the beak. it looks properly dagger-like after the hull extension. (I doubt a link will work here, but I'll add one as a reply to the unpainted pics.)
(Nope, no links allowed.)
@@gbprime2353 are you on discord?
Wished we had a interactive comparison of a sword class frigate, then we’ll know the true scale of these ships besides hearing statistics.
Refits can take centuries to millenia- Imperial construction techniques are in _dire_ need of overhaul is what I'm hearing here.
It is all about priority of resources. The Imperium of man is….the
Only manhole power in the galaxy, and the power they project is….
Unimaginable.
Oberon's are okay, in smaller engagments or held slightly back in the larger ones they provide a large varied amount of firepower, the problem is they look like a true battleship and are armed like one so the temptation is to use them like one and in that regard they fair poorly as they lack the survivability of the a Retribution. I made that mistake, first Gothic battle I did during the 3rd War of Armageddon event, sent it in center of the formation and it got wrecked by concentrated firepower, spent the rest of the campaign docked stuck in the repair yard while I put my repair points in the more proven ship classes (pretty much a mirror of their lore fate) they are good at their role, it's just recorgnising it and not using them outside of it
A fanwork I follow recently had an oberon class battleship ram a SW mandator 2. Was wondering why they shot no torpedoes. Now I know
I know I’m late but could you do one of these types of videos for the cruiser class ships
The Victory and Vanquisher from Battlefleet Bakka feel neglected. Official list in Battlefleet Gothic. :)
Unit stats? I don't see them in either the core rulebook or the Armada rulebook? Were they White Dwarf based units?
@@BigRed40TECH FAQ/Compendium 2010
@@BigRed40TECH check the BFG discord:
discord.gg/TScZjbwefG
Easier to talk you through everything rules in there!
@@BigRed40TECH you really want the remastered rulebook and remastered fleetbook. These incorporate main rulebook, armada and 2010.
Could a ship be named boaty mcboatface lore wise that is
We need this.
The Emperor and its better Sensor package is essential to any fleet core, add to that the fighter screen it can put up and you have a very solid line of cruisers anchored on the battleship. Even then I would recommend one or two Widowmaker Cobra-class Destroyers as pickets.