Fleeting Guide?

[Valiens Nantaris]

Now SWRP has a tutorial and guides section and I have the time to properly look into such things, is there any interest for a fleeting guide?

Fleeting is, for those not aware, writing space battles against other writers.

The guide could then be added to by other writers to provide different perspectives on the matter.

Would this be of interest to anyone?

 

[Briar Thorn]

[member="Valiens Nantaris"]

Honestly this would be very helpful. There was someone on Skype asking about learning to fleet today in fact on the Mando chat. This would be a very good to have to get our feet wet. I am saying this as someone with no experience in fleeting RPs too.

 

[Krayzen Dratos]

[member="Valiens Nantaris"]

Yeah; I'm actually planning on doing a guide sometime later when I get time. If you want, I wouldn't mind helping man.

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

[member="Krayzen Dratos"]

What I will likely do is do mine, then open it up to other guides to follow. Everyone's got a different perspective after all and people will learn better from many points of views.

I'll also do a discussion thread where people can ask questions so as not to confuse the main thread.

 

[Tyberius Fel]

Why a guide? The only viable tactic in a fleet engagement is to transfer all power to engine and shields and ram the enemy fleet, Antiquity style.

 

[Grrwunhoooll Agaburry]

Zerg Rush best thing to do...

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

[member="Vorian Adasca"]
Can't tell if parody or unaware.

 

[Krayzen Dratos]

Why a guide? The only viable tactic in a fleet engagement is to transfer all power to engine and shields and ram the enemy fleet, Antiquity style.

Because their are people who don't understand fleeting generally, and are unaware of how to be able to use fleets well in formations; furthermore, some people aren't aware of some terms like what port, starboard, and broadside mean. I think it would be helpful truthfully speaking.

 

[Clovis Torcularis]

I think this is an excellent idea! I love doing fleeting battles, mainly to get away from the mundane of swoosh, slash, stab pvps. Problem is most people I've encountered on other sites like this have no clue (hence, no guide) how to go about it. So normally I'm walking my opponent through it while trying to maintain fairness as to not 'cheat' since I pretty much know what the other writer is going to do next. Which kinda bums me out when that happens.

So two thumbs up for a Fleeting Guide!

*orders a copy off Amazon.com*

 

[Kenrath]

[member="Valiens Nantaris"]

Always interested in Fleeting, Guides, and even Fleeting Guides.

 

[Cyrus Tregessar]

+1

Always wanted to write up some blog articles on fleeting, never got around to it. Would love to contribute assuming i can actually get something written.

 

[Tyberius Fel]

Because their are people who don't understand fleeting generally, and are unaware of how to be able to use fleets well in formations; furthermore, some people aren't aware of some terms like what port, starboard, and broadside mean. I think it would be helpful truthfully speaking.

You speak of poppy cock like 'formationss' and 'broadside' but all I see are synonyms for cowardice.

Ramming worked for Athenians against the Persians, it worked for Octavian against Antony and damnit, it'll work in space too.

 

[Krayzen Dratos]

You speak of poppy cock like 'formationss' and 'broadside' but all I see are synonyms for cowardice.

Ramming worked for Athenians against the Persians, it worked for Octavian against Antony and damnit, it'll work in space too.

[member="Vorian Adasca"]

You can think of it as synonyms for cowardice, I see it as a way of helping members. I also know for a fact that it has been repeatedly shown in this sites that members also wouldn't mind a guide.

 

[Tyberius Fel]

[member="Vorian Adasca"]

You can think of it as synonyms for cowardice, I see it as a way of helping members. I also know for a fact that it has been repeatedly shown in this sites that members also wouldn't mind a guide.

I'm joking, friend.

You didn't think I was seriously suggesting using ramming as the main method of attack in Star Wars, did you? As tempting as that would be.

I fully approve of more guides.

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

[member="Vorian Adasca"]
Just as well we’re a bit beyond Lepanto in the Star Wars galaxy, hmm?

Back in the 1860s there was a craze for ramming ironclads as artillery had not caught up to the level of defence offered. The problem is, it failed.

Ramming is an ineffective tactic. It worked in antiquity because ranged weapons were so ineffective at doing damage. Even the largest Roman ballista or onagers on a trireme could do only minimal damage.

Even at Lepanto and the battles before it, ramming was an outdated method because artillery had developed.

Look at it in the context of Star Wars. Ships hundreds of metres long are moving with intense velocity directly towards other large craft. Ramming is a last ditch manoeuvre simply because it deals so much damage to your ship as well as the enemy that it’s simply not effective.

I appreciate you’re just joking, but I wanted others to know why your suggestion is poor.

 

[Cyrus Tregessar]

[member="Vorian Adasca"]

The Thrawn trilogy has a thing or two to say about ramming, although admittedly its more a one shot trick than a legitimate battle tactic.

 

[Cyrus Tregessar]

Hell even in antiquity (and more so at Lepanto) it was boarding rather than ramming which was the main way galleys fought.

But the decisive force at Lepanto happened to be the superior firepower of the Holy League fleet (and the generally superior quality and arms of the spanish infantry, though by all accounts the Jannissaries were fucking lethal in close quarters).

 

[Tyberius Fel]

Though, the idea of loading a incredible volume of combustibles onto a old boat (fireships) and sailing them into a much larger and expensive warship survived and were used effectively all the way up until the wide spread use of iron hulled vessels.

 

[Krayzen Dratos]

[member="Vorian Adasca"]

The Thrawn trilogy has a thing or two to say about ramming, although admittedly its more a one shot trick than a legitimate battle tactic.

Agreed; at the Battle of Sluis Van, I so it as legitimate though since they were trying to capture Republic ships.

@Cyris Tregessar

 

[Cyrus Tregessar]

Though, the idea of loading a incredible volume of combustibles onto a old boat (fireships) and sailing them into a much larger and expensive warship survived and were used effectively all the way up until the wide spread use of iron hulled vessels.

The idea never fell out of use, they just changed the delivery method. See: Torpedos and anti-ship cruise missiles.