Date sent:      	Tue, 12 May 1998 22:45:02 -0400 (EDT)
To:             	babylon5-wars@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
From:           	Chris Graves <cgraves@erols.com>
Subject:        	RE: Subject: [B5W]: Primus Tactics
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>Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 06:14:18 -0400
>From: "Asmaul (McChesney)" <jasp@javanet.com>
>Subject: [B5W]: Primus Tactics
>
>Well, assuming that we never do get to change the Primus, I would at
>least like to get some discussion about how to best use the current
>Primus most effectively.  Mainly against EA, for that is who seems to
>fight me most often and win (and it isn't simply that he has some great
>special strategy, his ships can just take a lot more punishment).
>
>I also wanted to ask two questions along the same lines as these may
>be part of my problem: How long do most of your games last if you have,
>say 4000-6000 all around (split up between all sides).  Ours take only
>three to five turns so I was wondering if most people are able to
>maneuver away and keep the Omegas at bay.  And secondly: Is there any
>way whatsoever to attack an Omega with Sentris? :)
>
        I've had the rather BAD things happen flying EA ships against
Primuses. For the most part I've been on the short end of the EW stick
(I usually fly EA). Typical for me would be 2 Omegas (w/t 24 Starfurries each)
v/s 3 Primuses (12 Sentris each) and a Vorchan. The Battle lasts about 5 to 6
turns. The battle usually results in me ripping a side off a Primus, destroying 
a Vorchan and loosing the frontends off of both Omegas and having my Starfury
flights decimated by Sentris. 

        The reasons for this is fairly simple
                1. Most of my shots carve up empty space (Bad rolls combined
lousy hit numbers)
                2. My Opponent starts shooting at range (Removing my weapons
before I get a good shot)
                3. My Starfuries have lousy hit rolls against the Sentris
(If they hit one It's Dead though)
                4. The offensive and init. bonuses on the Sentris ensure
they get good shots at my Starfuries
                        (They kill very few but cause a lot to drop out)
                5. If my Starfuries run over his ships they can do some
damage (we roll the damage and location
                   for each weapon individually.
                6. The only thing the Rear Heavy Lasers do is keep the
vorchan for running up on my 
                   rear. (The Primuses don't even try to go there)
                7. The only good thing I've see with fighting the Centauri
with EA ships 
                        (the only way for a sentri to really hurt my ships
is to ram me, and they die to
                         Std. P-Beams well enought)

I've taken to flying Narns againt the against the Centauri (Sentris don't
live long in the face of E-Mines,
Few ships take an overrun by Frazi's very well, and the most important, I
CAN KEEP HIM IN ARC and GET OUT HIS ARC!
Regretably I haven't had the chance to fly that battle from the other side.

                                        Chris Graves