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Changes in availibility to "Ace of Space" Tournament

There has been a change in the 12th legacy "Ace of Space" tournament. The list of ships that can be used had been changed to allow for more choices. Please see link below for new list of available ships.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Meyt2irNgK466FvH_g_acHT5HNeeBxFjBw5ZDrlp52s/edit?usp=sharing

Comments

  • burstorionburstorion Member Posts: 1,750 Arc User
    I'm not thinking of entering but I looked at your ship list and I think you are going to need to remove the temp escort as its temporal molecular beam will be pretty much a one hit ko at the ship levels you've specified (low hull and unresistable physical damage dot do not a good match make)...not to mention the disparity between c-store and dil ships, removing the 'fairness' you puportedly are striving for

    In this case a "level" playing field sounds about right considering how fed skewed the ship choice is.
  • seriousdaveseriousdave Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    It's admireable to try to set up a "fair" PvP tournament but cryptic made sure this won't be easy. T3 is kind of a problem child. Not only have the premium ships + 1 boff slots, that's also the tier where lt.cmdr skills come into play, which makes sci ships pretty deadly.
    Low tier ships without any additional traits, consoles, whatever, will get decimated by a sci ship that rock GW1, DRB1, FBP1, TBR1 or even EIB1 which is an shield bypassing ensign eng exotic damge dot that also weakens shield hardness.
    Srsly if a captain has maxed out his/her EPG in the skill tree it's gonna be a slaughterfest.
  • jdciollinsjdciollins Member Posts: 24 Arc User
    Yea, I've been picking up on all of the vibes that this is going to be a bust idea. But, I can't really back up and change the whole thing after I commited to it. I've already got some ideas for a better event some where along about September. Something along the lines of a 3 on 3, bring your best, kind of thing. Maybe that would get a better respose.
  • revanindustriesrevanindustries Member Posts: 508 Arc User
    edited February 2017
    'Tis a shame. I was looking forward to this as well. Crafted weapons, shields, the whole gambit.
  • burstorionburstorion Member Posts: 1,750 Arc User
    Simple answer is to use fighters - keeping the same rules, you could be assured of a fair battle as at most the boff slots only go up to lt (so no heavy hull ignoring trouble) and almost everyone has access to the cstore fighters thanks to the numerous giveaways of them

    Add to that low hull and shield for quick battles and it would be ideal (as long as you ban beam overload pen doffs and lockbox boff powers, come to think of it..maybe spread too as 100% hit rate on a low hull target is a tad unfair)

    And if you want to spice the battle further, make it dc/dhc/torp/dbb only so the contestant can't just load two 360 beams and fly without trying to turn - make them earn the 'ace' title
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