My friends in South Florida & I have encountered many nasty combinations of weapon abilities in games of Starmada"X" that we have played.  And if you add these leathal combinations to Expendables, and you have overly devastating combinations.  This problem caused us to retreat from Starmada"X" back to the 'Compendium version of the game for a while.  I have mentioned this in other posts.  I must confess that I was the one who made most of the wicked expendable combinations that made us change...  :shock:

     However, we miss the many improvements that Starmada"X" made over the 'compendium, and we are going to go back to the "X" game with a few restrictions.    :idea:

First Restriction: No Expendables!!!  Even tho  I like them, they seem overly powerful for their low cost. 
(A full battery of Expendable "Terrier Missiles", that are:  Range=18,  3+ to hit,  3/1/1,  will make your ship virtually fighter-proof.)    8)
I have details on these in other posts.

Second Restriction:   No weapon can have more that one weapon ability.  This eliminates the problem of a trio of abilities that are overly powerful for their cost.  In many ways, using these restrictions will give us
{the best of Starmada"X" + best of the Starmada Compendium}
     
     If there are other restrictions that I have forgotten, hopefully Gaming Glenn can post them.  I look forward to the games we will play when I am in Southern Florida June 2nd to c14th.   

Steven Gilchrist; Jacksonville, Fla, USA

I don't tend to use expendables, as a rule. I like the ability to keep hitting an enemy with Heavy RF Kinetic Hammers...:D

Oh, you don't know what that is? I'll tell you:

R: 12, TH: 4+, 3/2/1, Extra Hull Damage, Re-Rolls PEN. I like this weapon very very much. But I like this weapon even better:

RF Kinetic Slammer: R: 15, TH: 4+, 3/3/1, Extra Hull Damage, Re-Rolls PEN. Nothing says you're screwed more than a couple of these on a hull which also has several other weapons...:)

I just do not see Stealth Generators and Long-Range Sensors as an unbalanced combo. Powerful yes, unbalanced no. If your opponent consistently uses this combo, simply save the 15% mass he will spend on the two for extra speed. Now you will control the range. Bring several smaller, faster ships and you can swarm him under. Even if he goes for small fast ships, that 15% wasted on Stealth and LRS is going to allow you a speed advantage. At the extreme, on say a size 1 ship you can pack in up to 5 extra engines for the mass of Stealth and LRS. Even on the larger hull sizes you will get an extra point or two of speed.