| jason c | 20 Oct 2015 10:10 a.m. PST |
Halo: Fleet Battles – The Fall of Reach has everything you need to start playing this capital ship combat miniatures game. Read the review |
| tberry7403 | 20 Oct 2015 10:30 a.m. PST |
The biggest complaint I've heard from people who own the game is the flight stands. The plastic is very fragile. The bases tend to crack as they are cut out of the sprues. The pegs themselves are too big for the holes and need to be "shaved" down in order to fit. This can be a problem as one of the features of the game is being able to re-base some of the ships to change what kind of formation they are in. |
| Weasel | 20 Oct 2015 11:38 a.m. PST |
Are the specific type of flight stand integral to the game mechanics in some way, or could they be swapped out? |
| jason c | 20 Oct 2015 12:00 p.m. PST |
My flight stands were hit and miss. Some fit fine and others were slightly too big. I did not think they were fragile but I am used to the ones in X-wing. Those seem much more fragile to me. The bases were a bit painful to get off the sprues, but I did not have any crack. |
TheBeast  | 20 Oct 2015 4:53 p.m. PST |
@Weasel I think the 're-base some of the ships to change what kind of formation they are in' means you'd have to come up with alternative multi-ship basing. I suspect you could actually use square trays instead, but otherwise use your own bases. IF I ever get a copy, I'll let you know. ;->= Doug |
| Part time gamer | 30 Jan 2017 3:40 a.m. PST |
I wonder how this game is holding up these days.
Has anyone seen or know of anyone playing this.
Weasel
Are the specific type of flight stand integral to the game mechanics in some way, Yea Im a 'bit' late lol, but what the heck.. IIRC having a frigate or 2 based along w the CA or BCV respectively, DID effect the way that ship played.
Hence why the frigates were based in Sqdn's. But I did love the look of the CA' and the Earth 'battle carrier' would have been great for conversion into one slightly larger BB. The remaing fore-aft sections could be put back together and possibly become a BC.. just a thought. |
| TheBeast | 30 Jan 2017 9:04 a.m. PST |
Ah, I guess this is me 'letting you know.' The bases are formations that place ships upon in a pattern that changes the effective parameters of the group of ships. You could signify with other methods, but it's still a group on a base, with set parameters over the play of one game. I think the larger ships still have smaller ships on their bases. I suppose I should look again, but won't promise to remember to come back. I never got around to playing. Doug |
| Part time gamer | 20 Feb 2017 3:09 a.m. PST |
Same here *TheBeast.
I watched a cpl of games last year, but no one seemed really excited over it. The biggest "issue" (IF anyone is even playing anymore):
The alien force seemed to be "too" powerful & no real weaknesses.
After watching / talking w a few players, my impression;
The earth force needs to have a 5-3 advantage in numbers for a 'real' chance to win. On another thread, I posted a comment someone made about thier opinion of the game. It went something like this.. 2 friends got together to play, one would ask:
"Do you want to play the earth force, or do you want to win?" |
| billclo | 20 Feb 2017 4:14 a.m. PST |
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