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Eagle
Pirates - Crimson Coast
Spanish ships get +1 to their cannon rolls against
this ship.
Type
- Ship
Collector's Number -
004
Piece Ratings:
3.5
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale 1 being the worst.
3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed - 01.27.06 |
WildWill |
Pirates of the Crimson Coast #004 -
Eagle
Name: Eagle
Set: POCC
Card #s: 004
Rarity: Uncommon
Type: Ship
Cost: 9 Points
Masts: 4
Cannons: 3S, 2L, 2L, 3S
Cargo: 5
Movement: 1L
Faction: Pirates
Ability –
“Spanish ships get +1 to their
cannon rolls against this ship.’
Flavor Text
– “As soon as marauding pirates dispatched the crew
of L'Aquila, they raided Captain Alarico Castro's
private supply of amontillado, the famed Spanish
sherry.”
This ship is the SAME ship as the
Spanish Main vessel “L’Aguila”, only instead of her
cool treasure stealing ability; this vessel has a
negative ability. OK then. I guess saving 4 points
is nice. But this ship is still really over-costed,
by at least one point. Use her as a secondary
attacked if you must.
Next Week: All new, all different. I
think.
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~PucKviruS |
The
Eagle has quite an interesting ability that begs the
ship to be rammed into a pirate treasure laden ship.
While it only has a movement of 1 L doesn't excite
me for this purpose. However one can easily add a
Helmsman with out sacrificing the ships cargo hold
to make up for the movement. I really don't favor
the 2 short range cannon for offense, but the fact
that they added 2 long range cannon at rank 2 would
make me consider this as a primary or secondary flag
ship. Especially when the point value for this 4
mast ship is low enough to not make me cringe with
its cargo space of 5.
My rating - 3.5/5. This is an above average 4 mast
ship that has an interesting ability.
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ChaosReaper |
Eagle-
The Eagle is a good ship for the point cost. Its
effect is going to happen as often as the good
version.
It is a good ship to fit into a small 30-40 point
fleet if your left with no other options
Eagle- 2.6/5
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Aethereal |
Eagle
If Spain is not popular in your area, you'd better
find a good reason not to at least consider
including this in your fleet. Look at what you get
for nine points! The cannons are solid, the movement
is average, the cargo space is above average...it's
hard not to like this ship.
Getting the crap kicked out of it by Spanish ships
can be annoying, but I think it's worth it because
it's so cheap. The 3S cannons aren't that great, but
the 2L cannons sure are...I'm sure I wouldn't like
this as much if it had 3L and 2S instead. A good
ship to consider, and only an uncommon to boot.
Rating: 3.5/5
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Richard |
EAGLE
Points cost 9
Movement L
Cargo 5
Cannon, 3S, 2L, 2L, 3S
Ability - Spanish Ships get Ý to their cannon rolls
against this ship.
Eagle is a great value ship. She has four guns, two
of which are average, but two of which are 2-rank
and long range, which is as good as it gets. She
also has a decent 5 cargo spaces.
Her base move isn't great, but at least it's a
single long not a single short!
But most importantly, she only costs 9 points!
That's 9 points for a ship with good cargo capacity
and four average or better guns.
That's a winning prescription for a second-string
gunship, with the flexibility to double as a
treasure hauler too.
Hers is a 'negative ability', and if you know you're
going to be playing against the Spanish, I guess it
might give you pause for thought for a moment or
two... but at that measly points price - who the
Hell cares?! I'd still take the risk.
My rating - 4/5. Not quite 'one of the best pieces
in the game', but in value-for-points terms,
certainly up there near the top of the pile when
choosing a pirate fleet.
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