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Dream A Little Dream, a new collaborative album from Pink Martini and The von Trapps, will be released March 18th. This is the first major international release by Sofia, Melanie, Amanda and August von Trapp — the actual great-grandchildren of Captain and Maria von Trapp. The album also features special guests The Chieftains along with guest vocalists Wayne Newton, Jack Hanna, and Charmian Carr (the original Liesl in the film version of The Sound of Music). In celebration of the album, Pink Martini and The von Trapps are set to embark on a worldwide tour next month.
In addition to renditions of several beloved classic songs (Dream a Little Dream, Fernando, Lonely Goatherd, Edelweiss, etc.), the album features three original compositions from August von Trapp. The record also includes songs from Sweden, Rwanda, China, Japan and Bavaria. Pink Martini's most recent release, Get Happy, debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Jazz Albums Chart and #3 on Quebec charts. For tour dates and information, visit pinkmartini.com.
Pink Martini & the Von Trapps present Dream a Little Dream
Dream A Little Dream, a new collaborative album from Pink Martini and The von Trapps, will be released March 18th. This is the first major international release by Sofia, Melanie, Amanda and August von Trapp — the actual great-grandchildren of Captain and Maria von Trapp. The album also features special guests The Chieftains along with guest vocalists Wayne Newton, Jack Hanna, and Charmian Carr (the original Liesl in the film version of The Sound of Music). In celebration of the album, Pink Martini and The von Trapps are set to embark on a worldwide tour next month.
Philémon Cimon launch 2 new songs
Philémon Cimon presents two new songs from L'été, "Soleil blanc" and "Par la fenêtre", his new album on sale January 28th.
Produced by Alexandre Grégoire, of Roméo & Fils, Soleil blanc is the very first video from the upcoming record L'été. This production showcases Philémon performing as a romantic musician a little too in love with his instrument that forsakes his lovely wife, sinking in a puddle of dreams and liquor. Magic realism meets Keaton, Douglas and Garbo in this strange fairy tale that blends genres and eras, a tribute to the innocent poetry of silent film.
Early July
Analysis on the change from Chante to Cimon
I had written "Philémon Chante" on a poster for a show I was going to give in St-Joseph-de-la-Rive, Charlevoix, explaining to my friends that singing was what I was about to do there, even if that is what I was doing every night, around the campfire, with these same friends, my cousins, my brother and the girls.
It was my first official show; I was 17. It went rather well. I mostly remember that I busted many strings, that my big hit was "Ma branche de cèdre" and another composition about ice cream, and my Coloc covers; and that I made $80 in the hat and that wasn't bad at all. I had given a quarter of it to my then-girlfriend and she drank it all with other people while I was packing my gear. In those days, $20 was a lot of money, but that evening, I was feeling pretty much like Elvis, I didn't really care. I thought she was really beautiful, which could explain the situation...
Nowadays, I don't need to explain that I will sing when I sing and, when one asks for my name, generally, I answer Philémon Cimon.
Ian Kelly's new album All These Lines
"I'm not the type who cares for tagging my own music, saying what one should think about it. To me it's quite simple: you listen and you enjoy it or you don't. It shouldn't matter whether there is more keys or more acoustic guitars or a big fat beat, the important thing is, do I like it or not."
These few sentences from Montreal's Ian Kelly, although short and, at first, of disarming simplicity, sum up Ian's take on music, his and others'. Let's not talk about music, let's listen to it; once you've listened to it, forge an opinion and I'll respect that.
The process leading up to Kelly's fourth album took place over several months; and was splintered over his touring activities with Sarah Slean, which took him across Canada early this year. Kelly was driven by the will to finally materialize, with upmost accuracy and until serene satisfaction, pieces that had inhabited him days and nights, notably in the tour bus going through the Rockies last spring.
A slow and matured gestation, counting on timely complicity of his co-producer Eloi Painchaud (Elisapie, Jorane), Kelly worked out of his home studio and at Eloi's, in the heart of the Laurentians, just five minutes apart from one another. And so, in about ten months time came to life the album's ten songs, part shade, part sun, halfway through the seasons.
All These Lines is also a painting of 4x8 feet created specifically for the album by Montreal visual artist Marc Gosselin, after - from the artist's own admission - some 1,500 listens. The work was then entrusted to Kelly's faithful sidekicks: graphic designer Janique Crépeau and photographer Martin Girard, who act once again as artistic directors of the album artwork. They have signed every artwork of Ian Kelly's four albums.
From the album's first notes in One Day, a soft and cozy folk melody which builds into an epic anthem, to Breakfast For The Soul, whose verse extends irresistibly, closing the album in a symphony of voices, distorted guitars and pounding drums – and the duet, The Best Years, which flirts with the sublime and where the man blends his unique voice with the just as unique one of Coral Egan, we are faced with an artist in full possession of his craft.
From the first to last note, Ian Kelly embodies this new album, with a completely untied and more than ever asserted voice; unrestrained, come rain or come shine.
The full album hits the stores on November 5th through Montreal-based label Audiogram (Karkwa, Ariane Moffatt, Peter Peter).
Ian Kelly's new single
Ian Kelly presents Do You Love The Rain, the first single of his upcoming album All These Lines in stores November 5th. He will tour in Europe at the end of September with Sarah Slean, and begin a new Quebec-wide tour next March
"In all honesty, I still don't understand why we say it's not nice out when it's not sunny. I wrote Do You Love The Rain, while watching the rain fall and thinking how beautiful it was. Water falling from the sky, crashing on the streets or slowly weeping onto the leaves, eventually, returning to the earth, cleansing man's footprint and nourishing all that lives.
I'm not the type who cares for tagging my own music, saying what one should think about it. To me it's quite simple, you listen and you enjoy it or you don't. It shouldn't matter whether there is more keys or more acoustic guitars or a big fat beat, the important thing is, do I like it or not. I love contrast: I like that this song is about the rain, yet, you really feel like rolling down your car windows when listening to it. I love winter and summer, I love rain, to me it shines!" - Ian Kelly
Billy Idol's classic White Wedding revisited by Ian Kelly
Six years ago, students approached the singer-songwriter and asked him to do a remake of Billy Idol's classic White Wedding for their film project. When he was done, he liked the result but didn't want to include on his upcoming album - which became Speak Your Mind - because he wanted to concentrate on his original material first and foremost. Nevertheless, he had this "Kellyfied" version in his iTunes and it kept popping up when shuffling with his library. Whenever that happened, Ian always thought it wasn't bad. The band in the van also liked it. They finally decided to record it and Ian added it to his latest album, Diamonds & Plastic, released in May 2011.
The Diamonds & Plastic tour continues. Ian and his band are hitting the road today onto Gaspésie for shows in Chandler, Carleton and Gaspé and then on to Brossard on March 29th at L'Étoile du Quartier Dix30. Kelly's first show in this venue will come right after his participation at the 26th edition of the infamous South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Ian will perform at 11PM on March 15th at The Spill Bar in the official Montreal International Jazz Fest showcase alongside Ariane Moffatt, I.no, Krista Muir, Karim Ouellet and Dance Laury Dance . This showcase, and many more, are presented under the Planète Quebec banner put together by SODEC and the Ministère de la Culture et des communications du Québec .
MA : Ariane Moffatt new album
Ladies and gentlemen; introducing 'MA' by Ariane Moffatt. The acclaimed Quebec songbird is reinventing herself on her fourth album, delving into uncharted electro-pop territory and reaches new heights with the boldest, brightest songs of her career.
MA is, in a way, her most personal work. The title comes from the Japanese concept of the ma, which refers to a sensorial experience of negative space or downtime – not as something that separates but rather something than unites. Finding that quiet place allowed her to make an album that is both totally centered and wildly adventurous.
Written, performed and produced by Moffatt herself, in her creative space and at Montreal's Hotel2tango studio (Arcade Fire, Barr Brothers, Handsome Furs), MA was made with help from Pierre Girard, who acted as sound technician and assisted with production and mixing.
Working both in French and in English felt natural for Moffatt, who lives in Montreal's diverse Mile End neighborhood. She has dabbled in the language before; but by recording more than half her new album in English, she positions herself in the ma between her city's two dominant cultures. And she sounds equally at home in each.
Musically, she has always been eclectic – an intimate singer-songwriter with a range spanning from folk to trip-hop, rock and reggae – but she has never sounded quite like this. MA finds Moffatt busting loose, coming out of her shell as she fearlessly expands the parameters of her artistic identity.
The album opener Walls Of the World combines a hypnotic bass line and breathy vocals into a sultry groove that is somewhere between The Pretenders, The Cardigans and Julee Cruise. In Your Body evokes Goldfrapp meets the B-52s with its shuffle-step beat, jazzy synth stabs and sassy lyrics about « running around naked on your roof. »
Homa's iTunes French Song of the YearOn Thursday December 8th, iTunes Canada announced their selections for iTunes Rewind, the best albums and songs of 2011, and we are very pleased to have Peter Peter and 'Homa' chosen as Best French Song of the Year! 'Homa' is available on Peter Peter's debut album released in March 2011.After a busy fall for Peter Peter, with astonishing performances in CMJ New York, M for Montreal and many more - Peter Peter has starting to create for a greater following internationally - loading up for his new recordings in 2012. Besides some of the following highlights, Peter Peter will appear as Montreal Mirror's 'Noise Maker' to look out for in 2012.
"There is something so horribly cool about this man." – Alan Cross "…will capture the hearts of many, and put Peter Peter on plenty of 'ones to watch' lists in the new year." – The Music Ninja (USA)
"…Peter's voice is an enchantment to the ears." – Earmilk (Toronto)
"Canadian indie pop magic." – Audio Porn Central (Europe)
Pink Martini et Saori Yuki presents 1969
Portland, Oregon based « little orchestra » Pink Martini and legendary Japanese singer Saori Yuki have collaborated to record 1969—a collection of songs from the year Yuki's debut album was released. The 12 tracks will be released October 18th on Audiogram Records in Canada. In celebration of the record, Yuki will join the band on a series of special tour dates this December.
Years ago in Portland, Pink Martini founder and pianist Thomas Lauderdale was thumbing through bins of records at Everyday Music when, intrigued by its gorgeous cover and interesting title (translated to « Scat In The Dark »), he snatched up Saori Yuki's debut album. Upon first listen he was immediately struck by Yuki's soaring soprano and the melodies on the album. Many years later, having never met Yuki, Lauderdale and Pink Martini recorded her song « Taya Tan » for their 2007 album Hey Eugene!.
In early 2010, as Pink Martini was preparing for their first tour of Asia, they received a call from Yuki's manager saying that she had loved the band's rendition of « Taya Tan » and wanted to meet them when they came to Japan. This first meeting occurred in Tokyo when Yuki joined Pink Martini singer China Forbes on stage for a rendition of « Taya Tan. » Later that year Yuki was invited to sing the first-ever Japanese version of « White Christmas » for Pink Martini's holiday album Joy To The World.
This past March, following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that decimated Japan, Lauderdale reached out to invite Yuki to join Pink Martini in Portland at a benefit performance for the relief efforts in Japan. During her visit to the States, Yuki and Pink Martini also went into the studio to record « Yuuzuki, » a benefit track released by Starbucks and iTunes beginning the collaboration that ultimately would result in 1969.
« It was a great honor to be asked by Saori Yuki San & EMI Japan to work on this album, » says Lauderdale. « The initial concept for the album was 'Japanese hits from 1969′ but upon doing a bit of research we discovered that every country had something significant going on in 1969. So we decided to broaden the scope in a very Pink Martini way and include songs from around the world sung in different languages. The result is a gorgeous adventure back in time to the year 1969 featuring 12 songs sung in Japanese, French & English. »
Ian Kelly's new single "Drinking Alone"
Could Drinking Alone be an autobiographical song? Perhaps. He took a moment to share with us that this life was once his: "Yes, it is a bit me a few years back. I stopped drinking seven years ago, but before that, I used to live in the Plateau where I'd go out 'til the break of dawn. I went through my partying phase, but I don't regret any of it. Our good and bad actions make us who we are. I can now write about it because I'm happy to be the person I am today."
"I love the feel of this song. It was definitely a challenge to write on a sad subject and still keep a "feel good vibe" to the tune. When you're drinking enough that you come to the point where you're drinking alone, you may not be making the right choices in your life", says the singer-songwriter, who is presently in Europe, where, among other things, he performed at the renowned Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Germany.
With more than 10 000 units sold across Canada, Diamonds & Plastic will now be launched in Belgium September 26th. The event will take place at the FNAC store, at the heart of Brussels, where he and his band mates will be performing live as they did back in May, at Montreal's Rialto, for the release of the album. For this release to happen, a lot of hard work and effort has been put towards this project. Ian Kelly has been to Belgium a lot this past year, and his perseverance has surely paid off.
"I feel so blessed to have people outside of Quebec listening to my music, he continues. We've worked hard for this to all come together. I did a lot of promo in Belgium this summer, giving performances on live television, national and regional interviews on French, English and German radio stations. No, I don't speak German but the radio host would translate for me on the spot. Diamonds and Plastic will be distributed by Rough Trade, a company who plays a big role in the European market place! Everything that's happening is really cool!"
On September 29th, Ian will be kicking off his Quebec tour at the Centre D'art La Chapelle à Vanier in Quebec City, for two nights. You can also catch him on Télé-Quebec's « Belle et Bum » program on Saturday, October 1st.

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OP didn't give a lot of detail in your guild stance or recruiting process so we'll see how this goes. *Long post, here we go.
1) Your guild goal in your recruitment thread here on tankspot isn't clear and concise. You state your goal is basically to fill your roster with quality people over quantity, maintain a small, tight roster and people "willing" to run 4 raids a week. Then you go on to say medium-core-guild (I don't understand that) when you said you wanted small. You also say you have 79 unique accounts in guild. That isn't small to me but I guess size is subjective.Those may be recruitment goals but they aren't a guild goal or mission statement. You need a unified intent for the guild. Whether that is "We will be Draenor's server first kills guild" or "We want to foster a community of social players who enjoy raiding." You want it simple and clear in intent. The meat of it comes from the process set up to accomplish that goal and expectations of members.
(Not promoting myself but check my guild's charter @ charter (New Methods - Stormreaver) if you want an example of what I'm describing. I just realized how bad the site looks in IE. Fusion on Turalyon also has a solid charter.)************
Also, do your best for clarity. Your posts seem to be fairly stream-of-consciousness style when you want to make sure your audience is getting exactly what you want them to get. There are sections where you have a separate thought in the middle of the sentence. I mean no insult in saying this, by the way. The majority of my posts require multiple revisions because I go off on tangents.*
2) What is your recruiting process? It's great that you utilize cross-realm opportunities with your Tankspot post. You have a web based application on your forums it appears (I didn't want to register so I couldn't read it). Your recruitment process should reflect your guild goals in the questions you ask, criteria you set and members for which you look. If your goal is only strong raid progression with no care for turnover, you should be questioning app's gem choices, rotations, evaluating combat logs from raids and other things of that nature. If you want a casual social guild, then personality wins out over everything. I look for a mix of strong raider and someone who will fit with my guild's culture and that reflects in my application as well as the questions I ask applicants.************
What are you recruiting? Do you over-recruit (6 tanks when you need maybe 3 full time tanks in LK)? Do you only recruit a spot when it's open? Some people seem to think filling a roster with double the necessary positions helps make raids fill 100% but it leads to an environment of people getting left out and thus not showing up or people saying, "Oh they'll have my spot full I don't have to talk to the officers tonight." It's not always the case but I've been an officer in a guild of 300 some toons and we couldn't make a solid raid team quite often.
Do you use trade chat for recruitment? If so, I would stop since you are complaining about attendance issues and trade chat is rarely useful for picking up more than just PuGs or guild drifters. HOWEVER, organizing guild led PUGs of things like Naxx25 on off-nights can be helpful to not only demonstrating the positives (or negatives) of your guild's raiding style to the community and if you make a blanket "we're recruiting, check us out" statement to the raid you can spark interest in those looking for a guild.**********************
You're an Oceanic-oriented raiding guild, correct? Advertise the hell out of that! That's a bigger niche than saying, "We raid PST" and will get more interest from relevant players.***********
3) Once people are members, do you actually hold them accountable to the ranks listed on your website? Do you kick Trials who prove unreliable? You have Raider and Veteran ranks that are required to mark attendance on the in-game calendar and contribute 50g a week to the bank. What are raiders getting for that 50g investment? I would be hesitant to donate 50g to a guild bank if I wasn't getting anything out of it. It's like paying taxes but the government doesn't give me anything back but part of my income tax (wait a minute…).*
So clarify these scenarios:
-********* I'm a Raider. I have marked "declined" on all raids for three weeks. What do you do to my guild status?
-********* I'm a Raider. I have ignored all raid sign ups for two weeks. What do you do to my guild status?
-********* I'm a Raider. I refuse to donate to the guild bank. What happens?*
You and your officers set a standard in the guild for behavior by setting rules and sticking to them wholeheartedly. A demotion or guild kick show how serious you are in your role and are necessary sometimes depending on what your guild goal is.*
4) Do you take into account summer attendance issues? So many guilds have issues with this and sometimes you can disguise a cancelled raid night due to attendance as "Old World Raid Night," World PvP night or even "Guild Sponsored Night Off for Families." It can alleviate discouragement that only leads to further cancellations.**
This was really long and I hope it helped. If you respond to my questions, it will give those on the forums a better evaluation of your situation and help you further.*
1) Set a one or two sentence guild goal.
2) Stick to it with recruitment and member policies.
3) Set your rules and stick to them.
4)*Life isn't perfect, make adjustments.


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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:46 am
Post subject: Juggernaut vs. Kzinti
I'm preparing for a battle with the Juggernaut, and I thought it would be interesting to try it with the Kzinti. The fleet I've selected is the Z-DNH, BC, and DF. Some basic tactical ideas are obvious, of course. If possible, I'm thinking I position either the BC or the DNH in one of the rear side arcs, off shield facings 3 or 5, while positioning the DF with the other heavy hitter at the rear, behind the Juggy's engines. Use the ship on the oblique first, hopefully dealing the necessary 40 pts to shift the rotating shield out of my way, then use the two ships off the rear shield to punish his drive systems. (I'm not sure, as I haven't had a chance to carefully study ship cards, but I suspect I'll need the DNH to handle the shield diversion mission, especially if I want to stay out of close range with the Juggernaut.)
I don't believe I can count on drones for much except for using up some of his power and distracting a few phasers. (Even with the 18 drones that these three ships can launch, combined, the Juggy easily has enough phasers to protect itself...) However, I am plan to use the drones primarily once I'm in position to weaken his defenses as much as possible before making attack runs. Hopefully, some of them will get through and help me deal some damage, but if not, they should at least tie up enough phasers to help keep my ships from blowing up instantly.
My question, then, is this: any recommendations on further tactics to consider, or comments that may prove my present tactics to be less than effective? Basically, I'm looking for whatever input I can get, as I expect this to be a rather hard fought battle.
Thanks in advance to any and all who may offer their thoughts.
May the Juggy bleed to the delight of my crews.
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I would suggest taking more evenly balanced ships like in the official scenario, even use 4 ships if possible. Instead of a DNH perhaps a BCH, NCC or CC?
If the Juggernaut player is competent he will ensure that the BC does not get to the rear while you attempt to distract with the DNH (or vice versa).
Juggling two enemy ships to keep them out of the rear arc is easier than doing the same with 4 ships per the official scenario. (I consider the DF as not significant.)
The DF with minimal direct fire weapons I would see as almost no threat to get significant damage in the rear. As you said, the drones could be dealt with by the many smallers phasers on the Juggernaut. The DF is also easily crippled/destroyed, even at longer ranges, then it would be a lot easier for the Juggernaut to keep only the 2 remaining ships out of its rear arc. I personally would cripple/destroy the DF before it could close to reduce the Kzinti to two effective ships early in the battle.
If you really, really want a frigate then I would suggest the FFK instead.
In the official scenario when we beat the Juggernaut we spread out all around it on rougly 4 sides. Our main focus was to spread on 4 sides to keep the pressure up and maximize the chances of a rear shot by 1 ship. Whichever cruisers were not in the rear attempted to distract the shield and then the remaining cruiser shot at the unshielded rear.
In the official scenario, it is much harder for the Juggernaut to prevent having 1 of the 4 cruisers in the rear arc. Having 4 roughly equal ships has two more advantages: (1) it forces more tradeoff decisions on the Juggernaut as to which target to attack first becaue there is no easy kill (such as the DF), (2) even if you lose 1 ship you still have 3 ships for encirclement each of which has a good (not guarunteed) chance of distracting the shield.
Choosing only Kzinti will present a greater challenge since they do not have the 1 turn alpha strike power of a Federation ship.
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Thanks for the ideas! I'll take them into strong consideration, as they hold a lot of merit.
I haven't seen the Juggy scenario, as I don't own KA. My opponent just wanted to fly the Juggy, and gave me the points spread, so I built a fleet for it, looked at the Juggy and started drumming up ideas.
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With a few tips taken from Marcus' post, I've revised the fleet as follows: Z-BC, CL, NCA with F-NCL support. Otherwise, the plan is essentially the same; hit from multiple facings, and try to get somebody into position to hit the Juggy's engines after the shield gets distracted. Even a slow trickle of damage to the engines will help my case a lot! Battle should commence later this afternoon, and I'll let you know how it goes.
One note on tactics: the NCL presents an obvious target for the Juggernaut, as it can deal more damage in a single strike than any of the Kzinti ships. Photons. Therefore, the NCL has to maintain speed and carefully control his position relative to the rest of the battle, ready to charge in, preferably under evasive maneuvers, and strike at the best opportunity, then race back out of the "hot zone" if possible.
A lot of these ideas are just forming as I look at the task force, and I really won't know entirely how this will work until I see how my opponent approaches the Juggy. (I can make certain assumptions, as his attraction to the Juggy was it giving him an excuse to use a Star Destroyer mini in FC, but at this stage, any assumptions are more likely to get a lot of Kzinti and men killed than anything else.)
Anyway, I'll post an after-battle report and see how the battle goes when it comes...
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Basic summary of the Battle with the Juggernaut:
Set-up: Location map, 12 panels (30 x 32 hexes), centered on Class-M planet, one comet (2 hexes in length) at range 5, in direction 6 from planet, headed toward it. Kzinti and Juggernaut start at opposite corners.
Turn 1: Basic approach turn. Divided fleet into 2 pairs, corresponding by weapons arcs, to enable similar tactics from both ships in each pair. Hence, Z-NCA and F-NCL (with FA heavy weapons) moved along the "southern" map edge, while the Z-BC, CL pair split off north. NCA/NCL plotted speed 16, so the Fed could finish loading photons and retain some power flexibility, while BC/CL plotted 24 in order to retain close parallel course with the NCA/NCL pair.
Juggernaut tried to bear "north" to meet the BC/CL pair, but only plotted speed 16, and couldn't keep up with their maneuvers. Near the end of the turn, he broke off from this pair, turning to bear on NCA/NCL.
No weapons fire from either side. I don't know why the Juggy didn't fire, but I held as I had no useful opportunities. It would have been firing for no better reason than to say I did. Range and facings wouldn't have permitted any damage that wouldn't have been instantly repaired on the Juggy's armor.
All drones launched on impulse 8, varying trajectories as much as possible within the seeking weapons rules, in order to confuse Juggy defenses.
Turn 2: Juggy speed 16; Kzinti and Fed at 24 all the way around. All ships packing suicide shuttles built off of excess power at the end of Turn 1.
The Juggernaut continued to close with NCA/NCL. NCL dumped power into photons, while using planet for cover while turning to place Juggy in FA arc. BC took up Evasive, being closer, and CL maintained a safe distance, while both maneuvered for the rear arc of the Juggernaut.
Juggernaut fired on NCL; downed shield #6 and scored 13 internals. Several of the Juggernaut's phasers were already distracted by the drone fire from the Kzinti squadron, reducing his offensive strength. Fed retaliated with full salvo of Photons, 3 of which hit. Unfortunately, this only dealt 48 points to the rotating shield, which the NCA promptly supported with disruptor fire. The shield held, but it was diminishing.
More drones launched on impulse 4, as well as suicide shuttles from NCA, NCL and Juggernaut. Previous turns drones had impacted, and I wanted to capitalize on the Juggy's use of phasers to diminish his defensive abilities. The Juggernaut was, at this stage, electing to fire one ph-3 per drone, which he was quickly learning was a mistake.
Some of these drones got past defenses, scoring damage on armor facings 2 and 3, while suicide shuttles impacted facings 5 and 6. The Juggernaut had rotated his shield to protect facing 5, and the BC/CL maneuvered into the rear arc, firing disruptors and scoring a total of 15 points on the Juggernaut's engines. Disruptors supported by what phasers could bear on the beast.
The Juggernaut fired another salvo of fire into the NCL, catching shield #1, and downing it, as well, and scoring another dozen or so internals.
NCL was the Juggernaut's suicide shuttle target, and outmaneuvered the shuttle, completely evading it and leaving it wandering uselessly around the center of the map.
NCL repaired 1 Lab and 2 Hull boxes, not that they were the most useful things hit, but to make the ship last longer in the battle. Photons A through C were still operating, and 4 phaser-1s. (I tend to score skipped points to frame, so I wanted to preserve the frequently damaged systems in order to prevent instant explosion on the next battle pass.)
The Juggernaut repaired two engine boxes, up to 10 boxes of armor per facing, and restored the shield to full strength.
Turn 3: Juggernaut reduced to speed 8. All of my ships retain 24. Opened immediately with another drone launch, to tie up as much defense as possible. Any power used to shoot down drones or tractor them is power that can't fire a phaser at me.
As he tried to press his attack on the NCL, the split squadron continued to move away from him and circle for diverse strikes.
The BC/CL executed an HET, and accelerated one sub-pulse, to move back into the Juggy's rear arc as drones impacted, forcing the shield to move to facing 5. Another 12 points on the engines.
He made a quick strike against the CL, as it was not in Evasive Maneuvers, but the BC was. (He figured he could do more damage, and I thought range would sufficiently protect the CL, and I needed power available to fire weapons and maneuver.) CL severely damaged, but not yet crippled.
No further exchanges in the turn, and my opponent chose to concede at the start of turn 4. Conclusions were that more experience on his part was needed with the Juggernaut. He also needed to be less greedy for the high damage of close-range ph-4s. He could have much more seriously damaged the attacking ships if he'd accepted a few more range 10-15 shots to soften and possibly kill my ships. However, this opponent tends to lean toward the close range combat options, hoping for maximum damage yields from weapons.
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'Turn 2: Juggy speed 16; Kzinti and Fed at 24 all the way around. All ships packing suicide shuttles built off of excess power at the end of Turn 1. '
Uh, rules say you can't do this.
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:44 am
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Speed is life.
With the Juggernaut plotting speeds 16 and later 8, the Juggernaut gave the initiative to the Kzinti/Fed. I would consider this the biggest mistake.
The Juggernaut should have been moving at speed 16 + 8 impulse accelerations or speed 24 + accelerations as applicable. When the Juggernaut plotted speed 8 it lost all hope of closing on an enemy ship and avoiding being surrounded.
If the Juggernaut had moved faster it would have been harder for the Kzinti/Fed to set up positions. Also faster speeds makes it harder for drones to impact so more phaser fire could have been used for offense. With proper high speed and maneuvering it should be almost impossible for a suicide shuttle to hit a ship.
I agree that the Juggernaut should have been firing at longer range to soften up the target. The Juggernaut should have fired on turn 1 with extra power. There is no reason not to fire phasers every turn if the power you use would have been lost anyway.
In the official scenario, the Juggernaut is surrounded on 4 sides initially. In this case the Juggernaut should charge one ship at high speed and then cripple/destroy it before the other ships join up.
In your scenario if all the attackers start on the opposite side of the map it should be much easier to prevent the enemy from surrounding the Juggernaut. The Juggernaut perhaps could have tried something akin to the Klingon Sabre Dance. This is where "speed is life" also applies.
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Hod K'el: thanks for the reminder. I don't use suicides very often, so I'm clearly prone to errors. Usually, I don't like to do the "special" shuttles, as it doesn't fit my sense of flavor, but, unusual circumstances call for unusual actions.
Before playing rules I don't use often, I really need to remember to refresh myself on their application.
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Ye Kaze, its now seems to be gibbed with 2 points in imp revenge.
However, this goes against my single target logs. Rev still beats dev from what I see in my logs by a good margin. Can someone confirm / deny this please?
Booi, I am pretty sure your doing yourself is disfavor by delaying the SB. I understand where your coming from, but 30-35 sec mark is that exact time where DPS is at the risk of dying. And if you delay SB it simply wont be up by then, your losing on a ton of burst at the most critical moment.
Thing that worries me the most is CB to be honest. Whats the point of having it now if its useless at the start.


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I forgot to add my rotation is , Bloodthirst, whirlwind,cleave if im fighting adds, and heroic strike if i am in single target combat, and slam whenever it is instant
My dps is about 6k in ICC, however i see other fury warriors who can do 8-9k dps in ICC, and i have better gear than some of them, i was hoping i could get some advice on how to go better dps, especially for ICC bosses
I also have a trinket called banner of victory which i may replace with "needle-encrusted scorpion".
Here is the link to my new trincket
Can you tell me if this is a good decision to make?
I forgot to add my rotation is , Bloodthirst, whirlwind,cleave if im fighting adds, and heroic strike if i am in single target combat, and slam whenever it is instant
You're currently well over Expertise cap. You might consider replacing your current cloak with Recovered Scarlet Onslaught Cape. You could also replace your Rotface ring with something that doesn't have Expertise and still be above cap.
Switch your Ashen Verdict ring to the Agi version, it should gain you more DPS.
You would also benefit from switching trinkets, as you mentioned. Currently your passive ArP is high enough, much of the NES proc is going to waste. Using Banner of Victory will get you closer to 100% passive ArP
When you can, aim for getting 4-piece T10 as well. Keep Gatecrashers' Gauntlets, and pick up the Helm and Chest.
Try using Landsoul's spreadsheet to see where you could make some easy gear improvements. Not all +Str gear is superior to +Agi alternatives
I downloaded landsouls spreadsheet and read the instructions but i still do not know the first thing i should do with the spreadsheet,, can someone please be kind enough to tell me what i can do with the spreadsheet and how to use it correctly.
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I read your guide and now i have my characters information put into the spreadsheet, before now i never knew if getting better gear would help me do better dps, now i know if it does or does not, i have a lot of work to do on my character now, thanks for helping and thanks for posting that guide
1. Bryntroll is brining you down. A second blade of culling or battered hilt agi/arp blade would be superior here. The lack of stats make it a DPS loss as you appropach the ArP cap.
2. More long term, T.251 helm for ArP, Agilty Belt (noose something), and Crafted 264 pants should put you at ~1400 ArP. You'll lose a little in other stats, but should more than make up for it.
3. I wouldn't recommend swapping out Banner for NES. I'd go with the upgrades in #2. However if you do, you'll be at about 1000 ArP, which is about the spot where NES starts to lose it's value as I understand because you lose a lot of stats (on proc you'd 'lose' 260+ ArP stats since you'd be at nearly 1700 ArP and only 1400 can be used). Given it's proc rate, I think NES wouldn't help you much.
4. I'm assuming you're using Recklesness and Deathwish? Using Endless Rage, and if you're thinking about it, Pot of Indestruct (3500 armor for 20 minutes works out to just under 100 AP buff for those 2 minutes with 3/3 AttT)
5. Professions - Enchanting I'd recommend againt, switch to JC. It would be like getting 2 extra gem slots with the 3 +34 gems instead of the +20 ems. Mining is a money maker, so it may help you in other ways, butthe extra stamina isn't helping DPS. Blacksmithing would offer 2 more gem slots. So that's 82 stats (str or ArP) you could gain from your professions alone.
6. enchanting - Cloak needs enchant, both weps should have Beserking from what I understand, Gloves need enchants.
7. this might be radical, but if you're trying to hit the ArP passive cap, the 245 triump agility ring instead of the Rep Ring? throw the +hit enchants on your feet, hands, and head. You lose a little crit and some AP but gain the hit you give up on the ring and get more ArP out of it. Dunno.... that might just be crazy talk.
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Potion of Wild Magic or (almost certainly better) a Potion of Speed. Armor pots are for tanks.
As for #7, no. Get ArP elsewhere. Ditching a 268 (eventually 277) ring for a 245 is not worth it...it's only 50 arp, and you'd have to get that hit back anyway...which would mean making it up in gems that you could have been gemming ArP...definitely a net loss.
I know it's not ideal, and I didn't state it well, but this last one was supposed to be more of a band-aid until other gear could be upgraded to allow the most optimal enchanting again. 32 crit and 88 AP for the last 50 or so ArP needed to hit 1360 so you can passive cap with food would seem to be a good tempory trade off, and then go back as you get more passive ArP on gear and can afford gems or other going back to the 277 ring.
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