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Teragon, the code for formatting here is , without spaces. If you don't get around to editing it in is [code], I can edit in the formatting when I get a bit of time.
It is a well known fact that warriors can, to the dismay of some, do some incredible dps. However many may wonder what is the best spec for warriors do dish out damage in PvE with. I have wondered this too. But, I was unable to test anything because as you see (armory me) I am not in the best of gear. Hell, my gear plain sucks. So when blizzard brought the premades back I jumped on the opportunity. Blizzard gave the premades some pretty nice dps gear and some pvp gear. I will be showing you the results of the best case test on each one
Every test was tested against a Servant of Razelikh. Each PvE dps test is based over a period of 6 minutes and 35 seconds
only buff was battleshout. every stat given in battlestance unbuffed
Information gathered using SW stats
I used the same specs for both the DW and 2h variations of each test. So each two hand test has more dps potential than stated due to lack of improved slam
Abilities used during these tests
Heroic strike
Sword specialization
There will be more updates as I continue to test
1.0 Item List
2.0 Tests
2.1 Full Fury
2.1.1 Dual wield
2.1.2 Two hand
2.2 Fury Swords
2.2.1 Dual wield
2.2.2 Two hand
2.3 Fury Axes
2.3.1 Dual wield
2.3.2 Two hand
2.4 MS combos
2.4.1 MS/flurry
2.5 Few points in Prot
2.5.1 Fury/Prot
3.0 PvP viability: coming soon
Here is the list of items I used in the tests:
Onslaught battlegear: Onslaught Battlegear - Item Sets - World of Warcraft
Worgen claw necklace
Dra.pe of Dark Reavers
Bladespire Warbands
Lion's Heart Girdle
Dreadboots of the Legion
Ring of a Thousand Marks
Violet Signet of the Master Assassin
Bloodlust Brooch
Tsunami talisman
Bloodlust Brooch and Worgen claw necklace were only used in the dual wielding tests
Adamantite chain of the Unbroken
Lionheart Champion
Gladiator's right ripper
Gladiator's left ripper
Gladiator's slicer
Gladiator's Quickblade
Gladiator's Hacker
Gladiator's Cleaver
Gladiator's crossbow
Abacus of Violent Odds
Adamantite chain mooncleaver LH champ were only used in specific tests abacus was used in all two hand tests for rage gen used the glads fist weps for full fury test used glads swords for fury/swords and used glads axes for fury/axes
2.0 Tests
All attack stats should be read X times he used it of those time he crit Y times
deep wounds is a dot
(ver) 1.2
2.1 Full Fury
Full Fury Test Spec
2.1.1 Dual Wield
Tsunami talisman procs:Code:Stats: Melee stats: Str 514 Crit 25.71% Agi 350 Hit 154-- 9.77% Stam 649 atk pwr 1568 Armor 10894
Enrage procs: 2
deahtwish uses: 2
bloodlust brooch uses: 2
Basis for all fury pve dps this is my control which I will be comparing the other specs up againstCode:Average damage Max damage Breakup Auto Attack: 413 1536 50.7% 335 attacks 11 misses 111 crits Bloodthirst: 1311 3032 22.5% 58 uses 18 crits Heroic Strike: 956 2050 17% 60 uses 15 crits Whirlwind: 705 1587 7.6% 35 uses 11 crits Deep Wounds: 115 162 2%
2.1.2 Two Hand
I switched out Worgen Claw necklace with Adamantite Chain of the unbrokenCode:Stats: Melee Stats: Str 514 Crit 27.46% Agi 330 Hit 127 hit rating 8.05% Stam 605 Atk Pwr 1602 Armor 10854
I replaced dual gladiator fist weps with Mooncleaver and replaced bloodlust brooch with abacus of violet odds.
Fury Two hand
TT procs: 3
En procs: 3
DW uses: 3
abacus uses: 4
surprisingly i managed to pull of about the same dps. the problem is is that it seems to vary a whole lot as i mentioned before my other tests turned up widely different results. so it CAN work... but why WOULD you? if you really want to pvp but don't want to respec from full fury just slap on a two hander. and don't use rampage. it should work pretty nicely (though not nearly as well as MS)Code:AVG MAX Breakup AA(autoattack) 1249 2250 47.2% 118 attacks 38 crits BT(bloodthirst) 1470 2508 26.3% 53 uses 18 crits WW(whirlwind) 1394 2347 14% 33 uses 14 crits HS(heroicstrike) 1620 2855 8.4% 14 uses 5 crits DpW(deepwounds) 196 278 4.8%
(Ver) 1.2
2.2 Fury Swords
Fury Words test spec
2.2.1 Dual Wield
I used the same gear for this test as the full fury dps test except I'm using gladiators slicer and quickblade same stats
TT procs: 5
EN procs: 1
BB uses: 3
DW uses: 2
This spec really surprised me. At first I didn't think that it was going to out do full fury for the lack of improved berserker stance. But as I started testing I was looking into my combat log. On one of my tests I had just as many sword spec procs as I had whirlwinds having the fast offhander and sword spec proccing off of everything but itself really made this a valuable asset to the dps. it does about the same as my full fury test. but it also has more pvp viability (throw on a two hander now you have sword spec with everything else :P)Code:AVG MAX Breakup AA: 352 1275 41.1% 399 attacks 17 misses 24 crits HS: 927 1818 23% 71 uses 24 crits BT: 1182 2501 21.3% 56 uses 1 miss 22 crits WW: 649 1349 6.7% 35 uses 5 crits SS(swordspec): 64 1248 6.5% 26 attacks 9 crits DpW: 100 167 1.4%
sword spec doesn't use the weapon that procced it for the attack it uses the main hand weapon even if the offhand made the attack. i'm going to do some testing to see if it will proc without a mainhand sword. it will proc less though
2.2.2 Two Hand
Two hand Fury Swords
same gear as two handed full fury test except using lionheart champion
LH: 9Code:str: 524 agi: 374 stam: 605 armor: 10342 AP: 1594 Hit: 119 (7.55%) Crit: 26.44%
793 dps
this spec varies widely during dps going from massive dps to average dps constantly it has some pretty good pvp viability (still not as good as arms) but it IS possible. Still a pretty good spec :PCode:Average Damage Max Breakup AA: 1127 2086 44.9 124 hits 43 crits BT: 1178 2482 20.8 55 uses 17 crits WW: 1188 2168 15.7 41 uses 17 crits Slam: 1213 2497 10.1 26 uses 5 crits DpW: 171 252 4.3 SS: 1305 1930 4.2 10 procs 5 crits
next up fury axes. maybe i'll get some crazy results
with all the two handers it seems the variable is how much rage you generate. i noticed on the high dps tests i constantly had rage. on teh low dps tests i had very little rage. i was hoping dragging it out to 6 and a half minutes would eliminate that but it appears to have an extremely large effect
2.3 Fury Axes
Fury Axes test spec
Same gear as full fury spec. except Gladiators cleaver and Gladiator's Hacker
Same stats as full fury and fury swords DW except 30.71% chance to crit
Didn't get quite as good results. The extra 5% did seem to make a difference. But I got to the point where I was feeling that it wasn't critting as much as it should be.maybe its just cause I had finished testing fury swords when I did this so I was used to seeing sword spec proc every 10-15 seconds and having a lot of those procs crit that just seeing more crits didn't seem that appealingCode:DPS: 799 AVG MAX Breakdown AA: 361 1181 46.9% 413 attacks 162 crits 18 misses BT: 1227 2259 22.4% 58 uses 28 crits HS: 938 1753 20.6% 70 uses 26 crits WW: 764 1424 8.6% 36 uses 16 crits DpW: 106 140 1.4%
2.3.2 Two Hand
same gear as full fury 2 hand test
same stats except 32.48% chance to crit
same issue with dps depending on rage generated :| probably has some pretty good pvp viability but with resilience i would probably rahter have sword spec myself just my opinionCode:AVG MAX Breakdown AA: 1122 2138 46.4% 116 attacks 47 crits BT: 1063 2009 22.7% 60 uses 19 crits WW:1090 1945 14% 36 uses 14 crits HS: 1478 2497 12.2% 27 uses 11 crits DpW: 163 246 4.7%
MS/Flurry spec
same gear same stats as two hand fury swords
one of those high rage tests. Also, this talent build has imp slam in it which I used heavily the other two handed tests didn't you would probably see a more balanced increase in dps if you picked up imp slam in the other builds. Its still up to you in my opinion though I would just stick with fury in raids. It scales better.Code:AVG MAX Breakdown AA: 1150 2081 41.2% 117 attacks 42 crits MS: 1339 2793 22.2% 54 uses 12 crits Slam: 1448 2479 15.5% 35 uses 14 crits WW: 1051 2153 10.6% 33 uses 8 crits DpW: 180 222 5% SS: 1037 1851 3.8% 12 procs 3 crits HS: 1869 2341 1.7% 3 uses 2 crits
2.5 Few Points in Prot
2.5.1 Fury/prot
BB 3Code:Stats Melee Str 525 AP 1568 Agi 350 Hit 154 (9.77%) Stam 649 Crit 25.71% AC 11913
rather odd results. on one hand we have the 10% onehand wep spec making a large difference then we have it making a small difference. no idea how this spec would hold up iff you planned on offtanking but it would definitely work better than the other dps specs i've posted (for tanking).Code:AVG MAX BD AA: 385 1542 54.9% 402 hits 122 crits 35 misses BT: 1096 2129 23.3% 60 attacks 17 crits HS: 927 1730 14.1% 43 attacks 13 crits WW: 630 1415 7.7% 34 attacks 6 crits
Last edited by Teragon; 09-09-2007 at 11:38 AM. Reason: updated test
Teragon, the code for formatting here is , without spaces. If you don't get around to editing it in is [code], I can edit in the formatting when I get a bit of time.
that tag got all messed up in my post. lol
yeah, i'll redo those either soon tonight or early tomorrow
i already fixed it =)
alrite. I'll get this stickied and webpaged as well once there are some responses. Do you mind if I do a little formatting (bolds, letter sizing, spacing, etc)?
go ahead! i'm not really that great at the programming thing... well only cause i never learned :P
I need to touch up the formatting on this again, I actually just screwed a few of the CODE tables trying to fix them.
Until that point, the page is here:
TankSpot - Warcraft Warrior's Reference - PVE DPS Spec Analysis
I wouldn't suggest making that public til we get all the formatting done right, though.
Hey Cider. i changed the name of this to Beserk: a Warrior DPS spec analysis
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Sure. I'll update that ASAP Have to get a couple small things done first.
I'm going to align the stuff in Code as well and put it onto the main site.
interesting stuff
Not sure why you used imp intercept over imp execute for PvE damage, tho it probably doesn't matter as it would be 'unfair' - I've hit 1200 DPS on those mobs using imp execute..
I did similar tests at one stage between 17/44 & 11/50
WoW Forums -> Tested: 17/44 v 11/50 DW PvE DPS
test was done with macros so I could ensure consistent damage using bloodthirst, 1 heroic strike repeated and hitting whirlwind whenever up. I also used a macro to ensure my Battle shout, abacus, rampage and zerker rage were always active at the same times for both talent build tests. data from recap and swstats
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Teragon, I remember Aedak saying that about Intercept way back in the day.
i am really sorry i haven't added more tests. the test realms have been down a lot lately and I've been feeling kinda burned out expecting many changes between now and WotLK. not sure how different things are going to be. this will be outdated with the addition of the 10 levels and new talents
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ok added a "Few Points in Prot" section
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Very interesting results. I may change my DW fury spec to include sword spec during a farm raid and see if I notice it helping my damage.
The only thing that concerns me is that in the base DW fury test, you don't use Rampage at all. I understand you were trying to keep the specs fair and such, but not using the last talent really gimps the result. The 250 attack power from Rampage converts into just over 17 DPS. Considering the DW sword spec version beat the normal DW fury build by only nine DPS, this is pretty significant if you just compare these two.
I know your intent wasn't to compare those two so I appreciate what you did.
Actually i DID use rampage... i just didn't mention it because i assumed it would be obvious that i would use it
and i found that sometimes it was hurting my dps trying to keep it up.
most of these specs are roughly the same in this gear... they are all subject to vary wildly for other gear. but this does show hat there are definitely more specs to suite more playstyles. i mean i actually sort of like fury swords in pvp. just bust out the two hander and go to town >
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Tbh, i don't believe that tests like this one are good to define the dps potential of warrior. The results you got don't represent at all the dps that a warrior will have in a raid situation.
Tests against Servant of Razelikh, i remember them to be done in order to find the miss chance or the contribution of weapon skill since you can achieve thousands of attacks against these mobs and therefore get a large pool of swings.


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While the
Lesser Magellanic Cloud
has been a fixture of the Star Fieet Universe ever since the first details of Operation Unity were committed to print, it wasn't until
Module C5
was released a few years back before the LMC was truly fleshed out as a truly unique and vibrant setting.
So far, five of the indigenous Magellanic empires have units in print; at least two or three more are mentioned in the
but haven't been published yet; while a number of species seen in other corners of the SFU have, at one point or another, spent time out in the Cloud. The Andromedans took a terrible tool on the denizens of the LMC, some more xenocidally than others; fortunately, the success of the Unity expedition allowed the surviving Magellanic remnants to try and rebuild their fallen empires.
From a game perspective, the key difference between LMC ships and those elsewhere lies in their shielding. Magellanic ships have eight shields; six "outer" shields and two hemispheric "inner" shields. The outer shields have a Volley Reduction Factor; this cuts down on the amount of damage scored on each outer shield facing, but cost more to repair as a consequence. Inner shields have no VRF, and have limits regarding reinforcement; this has a knock-on effect on smaller units (like PFs), which in the LMC have inner shielding only.
Weapons-wise, LMC hulls use various kinds of warp-tuned lasers; somewhat similar to phasers, but with a poorer ratio of damage against plasma. Direct-fire weapons are the norm here; only one published empire has a plasma weapon (which they use as a secondary weapon system) and no drone-like weapons exist (though they have a kind of "direct-fire drone" called the mass driver).
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Has anyone here given the LMC empires a try, and if not, do the locals sound like they might be fun to take for a spin?
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Not yet. I am a little scared off by the extra rules, but I must say I bought it because I was curious as to how they would fight.
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Knowing that about the weapons and the shields makes it much more interesting. I have just added that to my wishlist and will probably end up getting that as part of my next purchase. Thanks for the info!
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I have it... and am more interested in playing with this than Omega (of which I have the first module), mainly due to the focus on direct fire weapons.
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Well, even in Omega there aren't all that many seeking weapons to worry about.
Of the twenty-one published Omega empires thus far, only eight (the Maesrons, Trobrin, Probr, Sigvirions, Souldra, Ryn, Qixa and Branthodons) use seeking weapons as part of their standard doctrines; while four more (Vari, Alunda, FRA and Bolosco) have seeking weapons available to them, those are on an optional basis, and can be side-stepped readily enough.
And of that first eight, only a few, like the Probr, are "true" seeking weapon empires, in that they depend on seekers as their main heavy weapons; for the rest, such as the Maesrons, their direct-fire weaponry is as much, if not more, important to work with.
As an aside, it would be neat to see some of the other empires out in the M81 Galaxy someday; it seems to be a purely direct-fire galaxy only, to the point of not even using suicide shuttles! Time will tell on that one, I guess...
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Nerroth wrote:
As an aside, it would be neat to see some of the other empires out in the M81 Galaxy someday; it seems to be a purely direct-fire galaxy only, to the point of not even using suicide shuttles! Time will tell on that one, I guess...
From what I understand reading the background, we already
the relevant empires out of the M81 Galaxy. There haven't been any other space-faring empires in the M81 Galaxy for hundreds (if not a thousand) years.
And, as a bonus, they are even already in FC, too.
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Not entirely; the pirate ships in print are the export models, "stripped of key Nebuline technology", and used by the High Pirate Bands to keep the Will and its enforcer species busy.
At the very least, there could be the scope for true Nebuline pirate hulls (akin to how different a WYN-Orion ship is from an Orion Pirate one), as well as the "wingless" ships of the Nebuline navy used to defend their surviving nebula-based colonies.
Plus, I'd want to see the fleets of the other empires which fought the Tholians in the Great Martial War, as well as those flown by the various enforcer species which came and went before the Seltorians were given that role by the Tholian Will.
The Andromedans roamed at will throughout the LMC for decades after the conquest, but that doesn't mean the various empires that rose and fell in the years prior to their arrival aren't worthy of investigation. While the Will was a fact of life for a long time, even they had to start somewhere; the wars they fought during their emergence (and, perhaps, any battles the other pre-Will M81 empires may have fought against each other) could still be interesting to see.
Plus, if these various empires also provide more variety for M81 Pirate option mounts, all the better.
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Not entirely; the pirate ships in print are the export models, "stripped of key Nebuline technology", and used by the High Pirate Bands to keep the Will and its enforcer species busy.
Well, the "Nebuline" don't really exist quite yet, so until they do, we are still simply left with the Seltorians and Tholians. (Well, and the very occasional pirates who, incidentally, are available in FC, too.)
Plus, I'd want to see the fleets of the other empires which fought the Tholians in the Great Martial War, as well as those flown by the various enforcer species which came and went before the Seltorians were given that role by the Tholian Will.
The Andromedans roamed at will throughout the LMC for decades after the conquest, but that doesn't mean the various empires that rose and fell in the years prior to their arrival aren't worthy of investigation. While the Will was a fact of life for a long time, even they had to start somewhere; the wars they fought during their emergence (and, perhaps, any battles the other pre-Will M81 empires may have fought against each other) could still be interesting to see.
Except your are completely ignoring two massive issues:
1) The time period this took place was long, long ago. Probably even prior to the period of the "Old Kings". I would think that seeing the "Old Kings" would be a higher priority than whomever the Tholians thumped all that time ago.
2) We have no knowledge that the pre-Tholians had tactical warp. It is entirely possible that the Tholians developed tactical warp as an outgrowth of their struggle for domination (and which cemented their eventual victory). In such case, all of those other empires become "sublight" empires. I am NOT saying that is the case, but, until more is published on the M81 galaxy, it is a very reasonable possibility. (And a good out if no one wants to spend the effort to develop it.)
Regardless, there are plenty of other areas that can be explored before needing to go that far back in the past to cover such a thoroughly depressing setting.
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The Nebuline were said to have developed their raiders based on warship hulls that had fought in the Great Martial War; while in theory one could say that the original hulls were non-tactical warp, then refitted to warp power after losing the war, and then used as the templates for raiders, I had read it to mean the naval ships were already tactical warp-capable at the time of the GMW (and that the same ships were the ones they built in their remaining colonies to stay alive).
But then, my guess is as good as yours.
I should clarify that, while I'd love to see more about M81
, I'm not asking for anything
(or in the near future, for that matter). I agree that once
PD Tholians
is out, there'd be a better basis for discussion; I was just stating one of my long-term interests (which may be as forlorn as the hopes of many of the Tholians' enemies, but how and ever).
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I've been looking over the stuff in
Module C5
recently (as part of something else I had been working on), and noted a few things about the five empires.
Baduvai Imperium:
These guys are perhaps the most Fed-like of the Magellanic Powers, at least in terms of their issues with power.
The main cap each Baduvai ship has is due to the number of charged particle accelerators it's armed with. Since CPAs use a rolling delay, and cost the same amount of warp power regardless of which arming level you want to arm (or roll) at, your ship will pretty much have a constant portion of its warp output portioned off on every turn.
You can actually see how funny this can make things if you compare the "middle years" destoryer and the subsequent war destroyer. The DD has a single CPA-3 mounted on its lone 15-box warp pylon, which eats up three points of earp energy a turn. That gives the ship a working battle speed of 25. The DW has two CPA-2s, one mounted on each of its 8-box warp pylons; while that is a slight overall increase in close-up firepower (in exchange for the longer range of the DD's CPA-3), the six points of warp energy a turn spent on running these weapons means the unrefitted DW has a battle speed of 21! (This is rectified by the AWR refit; which adds a pair of warp reactors that allows the ship to go back to a battle speed of 25.)
On the other hand, the Baduvai do have the mass driver to help cut down on power costs. Their standard-config ships can use their class-I and -II mass drivers to decent effect at short to medium range; while most of the bombardment variants can use their class-III drivers to plant bunches of missiles onto targets as far as 35 hexes away.
Eneen Protectorates:
The Eneen counter Baduvai firepower with their own flexibility; the split firing arcs of their neutron beams encourages oblique or "broad-side" attacks, while plasma-Es can help clear out any close-in trouble.
Instead of the constant three-a-turn premium a CPA requires, the NB instead asks for five points of power per gulp, and then imposes a cool-down turn. NBs can't be held either; making their use expensive for an Eneen captain. Which is just as well they have those split arcs; alternating fire from one side to another over successive turns can help keep the power budget somewhat balanced. That said, you still can centerline an opponent with all of a modern Eneen ship's NBs, if you have the power and opportunity to score a decisive alpha strike.
The Plasma-Es are cheaper to budget for, with the 2+3 arming cost and free holds. Even with the plasma variant ships, they still aren't useful as an offensive weapon unless you can fire a lot of them at close range; they're really more useful at deterring pursuit (at least against other LMC ships, given the 3:1 damage ratio of lasers versus plasma).
Those HPRs help keep the Eneen ships topped up power-wise, but it may be best to not run them on doubled mode if your shields are starting to get too thin for comfort.
Maghadim Hives:
Easily the most in-your-face of LMC fleets, the Maghadim have the short-range firepower to make an impact up close, and the protection (and damage control ratings) to help them stay there.
The fire/fire/cool arming cycle for the tachyon beam may lend itself to a hack-and-slash over the two good turns, and a careful distancing to catch one's breath in the fallow turn. Although, in the bigger ships with three tachyon beams, I suppose you could try to phase your fire so that you're always rotating through two good TACHs per turn...
The Maghadim also have mass drivers, but no bombardment variants. MDs do make their larger carriers worth watching out for, though.
Some of their ships have L Opt boxes on their collars; medium lasers are better if you don't expect to get close easily, while twin lasers are good if you do (or if you expect incoming MD fire).
Uthiki Harmony:
These squids are lethal at shirt-range, but don't want to knife-fight at range 0 like a Maghadim. Rather, they'd be more comfortable at range 2, where all of their weapons are out of their myopic zones, and where they can use the TAG to good effect with their laser armament.
Boson drills are really handy against LMC shielding, with the ignoring of the Volley Reduction Factor for the "drill" and the penetrating damage from the "bit". Not so hot against the Andromedans, though, since the drill (unlike a shield cracker or energy howitzer) can't be absorbed by the facing PA panel.
Positron lancets are solid heavy weapons in standard mode, and very handy if you can get the shield down and dig through the hull in lancet mode. Against Andros, all lancet mode damage goes straight to degradation, which might help offset the boson drill's loss of effectiveness.
The TAG makes the short-range twin laser fire from an Uthiki ship that much deadlier; since successive TAGs can paint the same target over turn breaks, this could allow for some brutal hack-and-slashing if you are willing to stay close (but not
Jumokian Resistance:
The Jumokians don't have some of the advantages which pirates in the Orion Cartels, or the old galaxy High Pirate Bands, enjoy as a matter of course. the best Jumokian ship, the New Destroyer, has a resoundingly ordinary power curve for its class; it can't double its engines like an Orion DW, and has no bonus warp engine like the M81 OGD.
Compared to the fleets they face in the LMC, this can cause a few issues. Yes, they can use CPAs; but since they have no AWRs, they have to use their warp engines to pay for the aofrementioned CPA-tax. Yes, they can take NBs; but they have no HPRs to help pay for them, and don't have the split arcs which give the Eneen such flexibility. Tachyon beams might not be so bad, since they can be held at a cost; but Maghadim weapons are under certain percentage restrictions, since they cannot be treated as a "home" operating territory.
However, it's not all doom and gloom; with the default self-defence Pinnace pack in place, the NDD has a Marine complement of no less than 18 (10 from the base hull, 8 from the pack) boarding parties! Even the OGD only has 12. Plus, you could swap out the self-defence pack for a commando pack, and go up to 30 BPs (10+20).
This would make the Jumokian want to act like an old galaxy pirate in principle, but use a very different doctrine in prctice. The OGD would try to dock the target freighter under its wing and use its spare power to make off with its new prize; the NDD would want to swing a good first punch to take down the facing shield, beam over enough BPs to take the target ship (or to raid a colony planet for resources) and use its distortion field generator to help it escape off the board.
Has any of this squared with their own on-table (or on-line) experiences wih the LMC empires, or are there other tricks you've had luck with when flying a Magellanic force?
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What are the policies on expansion and the governments of the LMC empires like?
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I'll try to talk about how things were prior to the Andromedan invasion; as you can imagine, that had a somewhat notable impact on things.
- generally the most peaceful, and least expansionist, of the three Magellanic Powers, more keen to negotiate with warp-powered neighbours than try to conquer them. If anything, driven by the need to re-settle outside of their home star system, which has a significantly curtailed use-by date.
- the most overtly militaristic of the Powers. Many subject species "inherited" from the Jumokians; unlike their former partners, do not allow non-Eneen to serve in the EPAF. While they are somewhat sniffy in terms of their attitudes to other species, they are willing to ally with their Baduvai rivals against common foes (such as the Maghadim).
- irrevocably shaped by their position within the Core radiation shell. Apparently unable (or unwilling) to control their population growth, the three main Hives have rent each other apart in numerous brutal civil wars. They are desperate to escape the Core and establish some "breathing room" in the great outside; hence their long-standing interest in Sleern and the Neutral Worlds.
- Intially neutral, allied to the Baduvai in the years prior to the invasion. Very methodical in their long-term aspirations, their unique atmospeheric requirements allowed them to intersperse colonies with those of the Baduvai relatively easily.
- during the League, they were keen traders, and integrated several less advanced species into their employ; though the Eneen Rebellion caught them by surprise. After the conquest, the first wave of rebels were determined to reclaim the home world. After their grand attempt failed (and Jumok itself heavily bombarded by the Eneen) a large number of cells gave up on rebellion and spread into the wider LMC; taking up piracy for its own sake.
- very isolationist, seemingly content to hold their home Nebula (a few raids into Uthiki and other space notwithstanding).
- mostly unknown, though at something of a remove from the three Powers. Presumed to prefer a balance of power in the LMC "mainland"; the better to keep attentions away from their own home cluster.
- same as usual, moving from system to system, doing their thing.
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Cool, thanks!
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I thought that they were fun! I took an Eneen CA up against a Baduvai and got my butt kicked by a woman with a better ship! The Baduvai ship though point-wise is roughly the same as the Eneen but the sturdiness of the ship is better.
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The Baduvai and Eneen command ships don't line up exactly; the Baduvai CA (which pre-dates the Eneen CA) is cheaper but perhaps less effective, while the CS (which is much newer, and is really more of a CCH or BC) is larger and more powerful.
Have you tried matching the Eneen and Baduvai CWs or DWs also?
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"The entire trip was superb - all the transfers, the lodging and the food, the safari experience and the knowledgeable guides. The guide's ability to spot an animal and identify it at a great distance allowed us to see and photograph all the animals on our list and then some. The lodgings were even better than we had hoped and the staff could not possibly have been better. Our trip of a lifetime turned out to be just that."
Avi J.Moskovitz ,
February 03, 2014
"We finally returned from the most magical vacation in Morocco and we cannot thank Lily and Kensington Tours enough!! This trip was beyond amazing and we are so appreciative for everything done to make this trip happen last minute for us!
We had a spectacular tour guide that spoke 8 languages, Ismail, and the friendliest and warmest driver, Said, whom made the experience absolutely phenomenal! Not only did we learn and see, but we laughed, danced, ate like pigs, kissed camels and snakes, ran in the Sahara desert under the stars, and enjoyed life - the best gift of all!
Ebony Hoskins ,
October 18, 2013
"I am so happy that I used Kensington Tours to help with my dream trip to Cape Town South Africa. I was looking for a well respected tour company that planned private guided tours that was not going to cause me my leg, lol. I begin searching companies by reputation and value. I narrowed it down to Kensington Tours because of the quality and value. I felt taken care of prior to my departure due to the detailed itinerary.
From the time of got off the plane to the time I headed back to the states, I was in excellent hands. The service was EXCELLENT! I will definitely use Kensington again. Certainly, a trip of a lifetime!"
Hanne Jones ,
October 24, 2013
"I have travelled all my life. I've combed much of Europe, from The arctic north in Norway to the streets of Seville in Spain, the beaches of Cannes and Nice in France and the medieval heart of Bologna in Italy. I've been on two African safaris (one tented, one not), both "luxurious." I've been on more than a dozen jaunts to India, some guided, others not. Over the years I have discovered that I had rather be lost and disoriented in a foreign country than submit once again to the unbending schedule of a guided tour. Hence I had given up tours of any kind, until Molly Kelly, an American Express travel agent, suggested I might want simply to list the places my friends and I wished to see in Morocco then let Kensington Tours make accessing them in an orderly way not only possible but thoroughly enjoyable as well. And this Kensington Tours did. They pulled our disparate destinations together and designed a far, far better route than we could ever have done on our own. They satisfied all our requests and threw in delicious additions, areas of interest we had never considered or even heard of. Our accommodations were well within our means and wonderful. Our guide and driver, not to mention our Mercedes SUV, could not have pleased us more. In other words, thanks to Molly and her recommending Kensington Tours, we had a sensational holiday. "
Anthoula Korina ,
September 05, 2013
"Africa had always been a myth in mind since I was child that was up until a week ago. I just returned from an epic safari adventure! Kenya, Tanzania and the Maasai are sorely missed.
Words cannot fully express the magic of this ever-flowing journey. It was awe-inspiring, breathtaking, free and powerful. My mind keeps playing tricks on me; thinking rather hoping that I'm going to see a giraffe cross a busy NYC street :)
The memories will resonate for a lifetime. To boot, I went on this trip solo; female traveler. Not sure any of it would have been possible w/out Kensington Tours!!! Thank you..."
JaneJennings ,
July 12, 2013
"I had a wonderful trip visiting the mountain gorillas in Uganda. We were able to get really close to the gorillas and watched their interactions with each other. The local people are so gracious and made every minute a delight. The accomodations were great. I loved waking up in the morning to the sounds of the forest. The added luxury of a massage was a great way to end the trip!"
gingermedlen ,
July 26, 2013
"Our family of 6 traveled to Morocco for a 9 day Imperial cities discovery, I was absolutely amazing. Our guide Lahcen Zaaim was the best guide we have EVER had and we have traveled to many countries. There was not one subject that he was not knowledgeable about. He made the trip sooooo memorable. He was so flexible and when he picked us up in the mornings to head out, he was talking nonstop to tell us soo much about everything we were seeing. There was soooo much to see in Morocco and he made sure we saw it all.. He truly has a gift in the touring business, you feel as if your leaving your best friend when the trip is over. When we got to the airport in casablanca, he spotted us before we saw him and of course, we asked him, how did you recognize us? He even went as far as to get the King of Moroccos artist to meet us at our riad the night before we left to return home late to do our names in moroccan arabic to frame, They were beautiful, He showed us a picture of the Kings Face he had done for the Palace! Lily Baffour from Kensington planned our trip and she was amazing, planning everything as she thought we would like based on what I told her. She did an Outstanding job and literally sent our Iteniaries by next day air in a beautifully done spiral bound personally book for each family that was going on the trip, SOOOOOO IMPRESSED and she even got the guide we requested!!!! I cant say enough about this trip and Kensington, we will definitely use again!!! We experienced a VERY different culture in going to Morocco and thats what we wanted, a Very different exotic trip and thats what we got!!!! Again our accomodations we Top Notch, staying in the TRuly authenic Riads, they were SOOOOO Luxurious, Plan on taking another suitcase or buying one there because you will buy more things to bring home than any other trip because of all the Handicrafts there, especially in Fes!!!
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As a LE firearms inst. for over 30 years I too also teach the tactical reload. However I stress that this is a fine motorskill and under stress trying to hold onto 2 pistol mags. at the same time even with practice, practice, practice will be difficult to do. So something is going to fail, like dropping a magazine.My addition to this reload is that if you have time and distance of cover, simply take a knee so that if you do drop a magazine while you are kneeling it will be alot easier to retreive it and secure it properly. And in regards to a comment (feedback) concerning maintaining a visual on the suspect and possibly fire the round in the chamber while no magazine is in the pistol. He refered to the point that some manufacturers cannot fire without a magazine and some can. Yes!! Know your weapon system and also know how to reload properly. I see to often during a speed load in battery (slide closed on a chambered round)the shooter first dumps the magazine, then fumbles to grasp the fresh magazine to reload. I always teach that if you are going to reload always have the fresh magazine in hand first so that when the empty or near empty magazine comes out the fresh one is inserting. Loading in this matter results in minimal time to reload without jeapardizing the shooters safety regardless of the type of pistol being used. But it is hard to correct bad habits (improper reloading)once that muscle memory is established. Just my thoughts!
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LED lights are unique because they require very small amounts of energy, which enables them to be illuminated all night long on a single charge of the internal rechargeable batteries. And, even with such little energy, they are very bright. In fact, in dark environments, the LEDs can be spotted for over one mile. The Berkey Base w/LEDs comes with an AC adapter allowing the base to be powered by a standard AC current. When the LEDs are switched off, the AC adapter automatically begins recharging the batteries. If you're using the optional Berkey Battery Adapter™ case, the low energy LEDs will provide light (8 hours per night) for approximately two weeks on a single set of four AA alkaline batteries. How incredible to get two weeks of emergency light for the price of one small set of batteries! If needed, any of the following options can power your LEDs: the internal rechargeable batteries (included in LED base), the AC adapter (included in LED base).
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With summer in easy reach we're turning our attention to the style mavens that know how to work a look when the temperatures soar, in our search for the number one modern summer style icon, and we need your help! After much deliberation we've narrowed it down to this fabulous bunch, but you decide who wins...
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The next generation of our popular leaning storage system—now in a sleek and clean grey-stained mahogany finish. Ladder-style design secures against the wall for maximum stability (hardware included). Sturdy media stand has one fixed top shelf and two adjustable shelves concealed inside the cabinet. Cabinet is outfitted with sliding doors, cord management and ventilation slots. Components fit inside the cabinet; store DVDs and CDs in the upper divided cubbyhole. Narrow design suits smaller spaces, or allows the addition of two bookcases for an affordable, expansive wall of storage and display—yet still creates a 41"-wide space for a flat panel TV.
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Sloane Grey 43.75" Leaning Media Stand. 43.75"Wx19.25"Dx76"H
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The next generation of our popular leaning storage system—sleek and clean in a grey-stained mahogany finish. Ladder-style design secures against the wall for maximum stability. Bookcase with five gallery-style shelves works well alone or in multiples.
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The most simple stroke in swimming. Freestyle is the first stroke most people learn when they are being taught how to swim. There are many types of people who do freestyle: the sprinters, who do 50-100 meters; middle distance, who do 200-400 meters, and distance, who do 800-1500 meters. Freestyle is the most popular event in competitive swimming,
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A popular kind of old school music that was heard throughout the streets of Lower Westchester and the Bronx. It originated in the 80's and has a fast Latin electronic beat. Popular among Puerto Ricans and Italians who flourished in these areas at the time. Such artists of this kind of music are Stevie B., George LaMond, Exposè, and Lisa Lisa, etc.
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The best stroke in swimming! It is also the fastest stroke, and the most popular one. The 50, 100, 200, and 500 yard freestyle are the best races!
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The Evolution Deceit
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The Shape of Cells Refutes The Theory of Evolution
There are approximately 200 different types of cells in your body, yet they differ from one another in only the slightest of ways. One of the most important differences is shape. Although nerve cells, muscle cells, and blood cells all have the same basic DNA, it is thanks to their perfect individual shapes that they function with the utmost efficiency in the region of the body where they carry out their duties.
Two examples of cells with different shapes are nerve cells and blood cells. Nerve cells have long extensions, called axons, from the spinal cord to the feet that can reach up to one meter in length in humans. This way, when stimuli pass from one cell to another, there is no time lost. The impulses pass directly to where they are going.
Red blood cells, called erythrocytes, however, contrary to nerve cells, are only about 7-8 micrometers in diameter. The very fact of their being so tiny means that they penetrate the smallest of capillaries with ease, and without getting deformed. In addition, their biconcave shape maximizes the surface area across which oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide. If you consider that there are millions of these cells in one cubic millimeter of blood, it won't be hard for you to estimate the massive surface area on which this exchange of gases is carried out.
Cells in the eye and ear are also specialized in regards to shape. The cochlea, inside the inner ear, contains sensory cells which have hairlike projections that produce nerve impulses in response to sound vibrations in the middle ear. Somewhat similarly, light-sensitive cells of the retina in the eye have also been designed to perform their function in the best way possible. The cone cells in the retina contain many light-sensitive pigments, as well as a layer containing nerve connections. This organization gives the cone cells a very high sensitivity to light.
In the small intestine, too, there are nutrient-absorbing cells with the appropriate shape to perform their special functions. The lining of the small intestine is covered by millions of fingerlike projections called villi. On each villus are microvilli which are even tinier. The combination of these projections increases the surface area for digestion and absorption of nutrients.
Never forget that all of the billions of cells in the human body came about from the division of just one original cell, which originated from the union of sperm and egg. To think that each of these cells chose their individual shapes and then somehow assumed the shape of a body is totally illogical. This all shows clearly that cells are created in the most efficient ways to carry out their functions. That is, they are created by God, the Possessor of infinite wisdom and intelligence.
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Talk about a fish out of water—or, more appropriately, a frozen pond. Homeowners Jon and Tanis Rivard live in hockey-crazed Canada, smack between Edmonton and Calgary in the Alberta town of Red Deer. But rather than root for the Oilers or Flames, Jon is fanatical about hockey's version of the New York Yankees—the 24-time Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens.
Coincidentally, so is the staff at Calgary-based custom electronics firm Home Concepts, so when Jon approached them with the idea to outfit an entertainment room in Canadiens colors, they were happy to oblige.
"When he has friends over he has to fend for himself," says Home Concepts' P.J. Aucoin. "There aren't too many of us Montreal fans out here. But it was a fun project for us, even though we're in Calgary."
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The space, which was constructed as part of a new home build, really consists of two impressive media areas—a theater featuring a 119-inch projection screen and a bar with three 26-inch LCDs. When friends are over, hockey nights in Red Deer are fun from any seat; the big screen is easily viewable from the bar, and the bar TVs are all on articulating arm mounts so they can be extended and swiveled.
A Panasonic 1080p projector fires at the Da-Lite screen and can access content from three high-def cable DVRs and Blu-ray player or act as an on-screen interface for viewing the front-door surveillance camera or making selections from the Escient iPod dock. The projector is virtually hidden within the ceiling alcove above the row of theater chairs.
Wide audio coverage makes Jon and his buddies feel like they have rink-side seats. A full 7.1-channel surround-sound system featuring Klipsch speakers and a Sunfire subwoofer rock the theater area, while another pair of in-ceiling speakers serves the bar.
"Across the top of the RTI touchscreen they can select the video source for any TV they want, and then select the audio source," says Aucoin. "So they can have three hockey games on with radio in the background maybe, or one game as the main audio choice."
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As we reached the top floor of the NCP car park in Soho, London, clutching our cassette tape invitations for the House of Holland show, we were greeted by a '70s carpet covered catwalk, the second clue that Henry Holland's Autumn/Winter '13 collection would be full of retro nostalgia.
Squished onto a heaving FROW were House of Holland regulars, Jamie Winstone, Daisy Lowe, Pixie Lott and Nicola Roberts, who bopped along in their seats as the dance soundtrack began to boom and we were transported back to the eighties, the autumn of 1989, to be precise and the end of the second summer of love and the acid house scene.
Loud swirling interior-inspired prints kicked off the show, first with a sharply tailored pink trouser suit look, complete with clashing blue printed shirt, followed by a knee-length shift dress, and full skirted fifties green frock, and then skirt with matching green tights!
As the colorful looks filed out it wasn't long before cocktail hour took hold and crystal embellishment was centre stage- a pencil skirt hem adorned with cocktail glasses, and sweatshirts and knitwear covered with sparkling Hs and sequin cigarettes!
Henry's fifties, seventies and nineties decade mash-up was much like his fan base- young, fun and ready to party!
Five things we loved…
1. The glossy tortoiseshell caps, belts and shoes.
2. The layered, head-to-toe blue look, complete with embellished collar.
3. The martini glasses- on earrings and the purple pencil skirt especially.
4. The sweatshirt and fifties skirt combo- an oldie but a goodie!
5. The trip down memory lane (even if, like Henry, we weren't around the first time!)
6. The eyewear! Soo fabulous you'd never want to take it off!


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Outsourcing a local delicacy
WTOP's Megan Cloherty reports
WASHINGTON - It's being called the worst blue crab season in 20 years.
Last winter, the Chesapeake Bay was fully stocked with blue crabs. But now, the population is depleted and retailers are having to pull them from other states to bring them to the table.
At Jesse Taylor Seafood on the Southwest Waterfront, manager Stan Kiser agrees it's the worst blue crab season he's seen. Every crabber is pulling in fewer bushels, he says.
"Instead of dealing with two or three people, you have to deal with 10 people to get the amount that you need," Kiser says.
But the demand is still high. So, Jesse Taylor's as well as other wholesale markets and restaurants are pulling their blue crabs in from out of state and charging the consumer more.
"As far north as Delaware and as far south as Florida," Kiser says.
"We're experiencing this scarcity of crabs from Florida to New Jersey and the whole East Coast as far as commercial crabbing for blue crabs," says Jack Brooks, president of the Chesapeake Bay Seafood Industries Association.
Blue crabs are fighting to survive for a number of reasons, Brooks says. Their natural habitat -- grasses that grow in the bay -- are thin, giving them little place to hide. Pollution levels increased in the bay after major storms like Hurricane Sandy and Irene forced runoff into the watershed.
Finally, one of the blue crabs' natural predators, the striped bass, which is protected by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is thriving, Brooks says.
The proof is in the numbers. The annual winter dredge survey of the blue crab population showed a dense population of young crabs, but the same survey this year reflected a significant drop, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
"We've got a big, big, big population of these predators. These natural predators -- we've been protecting them so much -- and when these crabs shed, or even baby hard crabs, these striped bass are scarfing them up," Brooks says.
This story has been modified to correct the affiliation of Jack Brooks.
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