Carriers Rule?

[Ivarr]

Does anyone else find that at larger points, whoever plays the most carriers tends to really gain an advantage?

I know the rules have been changed so that you can only have one fighter/bomber on the table per launch bay, but I still find that a chaos fleet with a few Styx heavy cruisers throws my imperials a pretty good beating most of the time.

[horizon]

Imperial Navy has Nova Cannons for this.

[Bung]

Its BFG
the game tends to be carriers like the Enterprise against sailing ships.

[Bean]

I'm actually looking to pick up a chaos fleet for BFG and I really like the looks of the Styx a lot. But, the Chaos fleet composition rules require me to bring two regular cruisers for every heavy cruiser, and I don't find any of the regular cruisers all that appealing.

When you see them played, what cruisers do people generally bring with them? Which cruisers would you bring with them?

[fracas]

chaos devastations are among the best carriers in the game

[Majorcrash]

as far as crusiers go for chaos, the plain ole slaughter is great for it speed and wpns load out. Yes the range is short but a pair of these will wreck a capital ships day. Plus their cheap. To combat the carriers, a few fleet defense escorts tends to help with this. I dont recomend allowing other ships to but the area defense turret as it unbalances the game fast. Makes carriers worthless. Or so we found out in a few campaigns.