Leardinal Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Hello all, I put up a 500pt fleet list a couple months ago and then never went any further with it. Now my interest in BFG has been renewed and I started scratch-building my own fleet. I decided I wanted a slightly larger fleet then before, but still keep it small enough so that I can get away with using only one Strike Criuser and not suffer terribly for it. Capital Ships Strike Cruiser, Extra Shield, Master of the Fleet, Terminators- 260pts Escorts Squadrons Alpha and Beta: 2 Sword Class Rapid Strike Vessels- 40pts (80pts Total) 1 Firestorm Class Rapid Strike Vessel- 45pts 125pts per Squadron (250pts Total) Squadrons Gamma and Delta 3 Hunter Class Destroyers- 40pts (120pts Total) 120pts per Squadron (240pts Total) I decided to only run one Strike Cruiser because this fleet is going along with my 40k army, which should never grow larger then one company. I am a little bummed that you need to keep at least half your Strike Cruisers the basic profile. It forces me to have Thunderhawks though, so I have some ordanence defense. I know the Terminators are expensive, but if I dropped them I could only get one more escort or upgrade the close support escorts to their marine counter parts, so I decided to splurge. C&C would be appreciated, I have yet to play an actual game of BFG and can alway use more advice. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232827-750pt-space-marine-dominion-fleet-bfg/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I honestly don't know why you wouldn't take a nova over the firestorm. I can see saving a few points with the sword since you are only gaining a bit of speed, but the Nova gives you L/F/R on your lance rather than being the only thing in the squadron that has to shoot forward. You will also want more than 3 hunters to a squadron. three just don't have the hitting power so combine gamma and delta into a single squadron and you'll get better results (more torpedoes to a salvo =more chance of doing damage). At 750 points you don't need to take a fleet commander and terminators are flat out wasting points. Seriously, you have that single SC so jacked up that all anyone has to do to beat you is kill that thing and disengage. Last, this fleet won't hold up well at all. You've basically handed over all ordnance to your opponent. One SC is only two squadrons of thunderhawks. That's not giving you anything to protect your escorts and with high enough AC superiority they will start taking a toll. You should really take at least two SC. SC + shield 160 SC + shield 160 5x Gladius 225 5x Hunter 200 745 That would give you a much more balanced fleet. You trade two escorts for an extra SC. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232827-750pt-space-marine-dominion-fleet-bfg/#findComment-2802039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leardinal Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 Oops. I misread the rule for the master of the fleet, I thought it said he must be included in lists that are 750 or more. Will be dropping him and the Termies than. In your opinion, are Lances nessacary? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232827-750pt-space-marine-dominion-fleet-bfg/#findComment-2802109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Not for marines. Their bombardment cannons function in the same way although they are a bit more variable than lances in how many dice are rolled. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232827-750pt-space-marine-dominion-fleet-bfg/#findComment-2802117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demoulius Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 i have tried using only a single SC in 750 points and it simply doesent work. a pair should be alot better :lol: like Vaaish also said lance isent needed in a marine list as bombardment cannons perform the same function (also doing critical on a 4+ :rolleyes: ) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232827-750pt-space-marine-dominion-fleet-bfg/#findComment-2803482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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