#BATTLEFLEET GOTHIC ARMADA SHIPS UPDATE#

#BATTLEFLEET GOTHIC ARMADA SHIPS UPDATE#

The Massive Fleet update coincides with the end of Battlefleet Gothic: Armada II’s first competitive season. Competitive players looking for a balanced experienced should still stick to Battlefleet Gothic: Armada II’s ranked play mode for the time being. The developer warns that the Massive Fleets mode is not yet balanced and that the addition of Titan ships is primarily aimed at making battles more fun and over-the-top. Titans are massive ships like the Imperial Phalanx and the Tyranid Ancient One that were previously only available in the campaign. In addition to being able to bring a lot more vessels to battle, players can now also add Titan ships to their fleet for the very first time. Namely, players now have up to 4,000 points to play around with while building their fleets, as opposed to the 1,200 points that were available before the update. True to its name, the update adds a new game mode called Massive Fleets that significantly increases the size of the fleets in single-player skirmishes and 1v1 battles. Specific details were scarce back then but now it’s clear that “Massive Fleet” is a very apt description for this update. Known as the Massive Fleet Update, this is a new addition that was teased back in March when the developer revealed the post-launch roadmap for Battlefleet Gothic: Armada II. Both have access to some common vessels like the Demiurg and Kroot ships.Battlefleet Gothic: Armada II’s epic-scale space battles just got even bigger thanks to a new update released by developer TIndalos Interactive. Of the two subfactions the Protector Fleet has the original manta-ray shaped ships from BGA1, while the Merchant Fleet is a set of longer but narrower vessels. Seasoned Tau commanders must never be underestimated. Compounding on this, being Carriers the Tau cruisers can also send massed Bomber wings as needed to one or more targets for further bursts of heavy damage. In a 1200-point 1v1 PvP fleet the Tau can field 6 torpedo cruisers and an escort, and a single fleet-wide volley of torpedoes from them escorted by Interceptors has been seen shattering a Battlecruiser in an instant. On top of this, nearly every Tau ship that holds torpedoes is also a carrier wise Tau commanders frequently send Interceptors along with a mass torpedo volley from multiple ships in order to tie up enemy Interceptors in a dogfight, allowing the massive number of torpedoes to sail past into the target contested only by the defense turrets which simply will not be able to handle that large a number of torpedoes. They can't be fired on a non-identified ship, but on an Identified one that is large and/or slow every single torpedo of a volley is highly guaranteed to hit if they aren't destroyed by defense turrets or interceptors. Like many factions the Tau of both subfactions have extensive access to torpedoes, however one key difference is that their torpedoes, while each is slightly weaker (90 damage vs 110 of others) and the volleys have a smaller number of them (5 or 6 vs 8 of others), are GUIDED.

Used correctly they can be even more dangerous at long range than the Chaos faction.

Used incorrectly they can be a bit of a confusing inefficient mess. Instead, they are built to get into (fairly long) range, park themselves in place and incessantly let rip with every gun on the ship. They aren't built to quickly dash around a battlefield in-and-out of combat like the Aeldari, nor kite around at long range like Chaos, nor dash in close to ram and board repeatedly like the Orks. If only a single word could be used to describe the Tau ships it would be 'slugfest'.

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