Post by weedsrock2 on Jan 27, 2018 19:51:53 GMT
This week we have the Light carriers USS Belleau Wood and Ryuho. Ryuho was a Forumini pick and Belleau Wood was a Team Ryujin developer pick.
Belleau Wood has an increase in Armor by +1 because the remaining Independence class carriers received armor belts after the first two were completed. We also dropped the AA to a far more realistic AA6. After the initial discussion on changing the base stats this card developed pretty quickly and went through play testing without much comment. A solid pair of aircraft boosting SAs and off she goes!
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This one triggered a lengthy discussion between the usual two factions of "carrier should be able to base at least one aircraft" and the "carrier capacity was too low and should be handled by Special Ability/"ghost" aircraft. (It should be noted that her actual capacity was 24 aircraft plus 7 in reserve. "In reserve" means stored in a crate to be assembled as a replacement in IJN use.) A long thread ensued. In the end the "give it cap 1" camp won out. This is very much a niche card for a specific strategy. Low cost, vulnerable, but has the very popular "Replenish Airbase" SA to resurrect one of your destroyed aircraft. Plus she can provide one aircraft for CAP and the all important placement advantage.
Belleau Wood has an increase in Armor by +1 because the remaining Independence class carriers received armor belts after the first two were completed. We also dropped the AA to a far more realistic AA6. After the initial discussion on changing the base stats this card developed pretty quickly and went through play testing without much comment. A solid pair of aircraft boosting SAs and off she goes!
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This one triggered a lengthy discussion between the usual two factions of "carrier should be able to base at least one aircraft" and the "carrier capacity was too low and should be handled by Special Ability/"ghost" aircraft. (It should be noted that her actual capacity was 24 aircraft plus 7 in reserve. "In reserve" means stored in a crate to be assembled as a replacement in IJN use.) A long thread ensued. In the end the "give it cap 1" camp won out. This is very much a niche card for a specific strategy. Low cost, vulnerable, but has the very popular "Replenish Airbase" SA to resurrect one of your destroyed aircraft. Plus she can provide one aircraft for CAP and the all important placement advantage.
