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El Acorazado
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Name |
El Acorazado |
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Type |
Ship |
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Point Value |
14 |
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Collector's Number
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059 |
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Rarity |
Rare |
Piece Ratings:
2.00
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale 1 being the worst.
3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed - 7.02.07 |
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Cadet-Captain Mike |
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Name: El Acorazado
Card: OE #059 (Rare)
Points: 14
Faction: Spain
Masts: 5 (rating: 5 / 5)
Cargo: 4 (rating: 3 / 5)
Moves: S (rating: 1 / 5)
Guns : 3S,3S,3S,3S,3S (rating: 3.5 / 5)
Hit %: 250 (S), 0 (L)
Ability: This ship gets +1 to her boarding rolls.
She gets +2 instead if her opponent is a sea
monster.
The original El Acorazado was a slow-moving,
unstoppable juggernaut.
Her above-average cannons, and the fact that it took
ten hits to dismast her, made her much feared, and
very popular in Spanish fleets. Today, we look at
what they've done to her in Ocean's Edge.
The good news is that her point cost has been
slashed by 33%, making her one of the least
expensive of the five-masted ships. The bad news is
that you get what you pay for. Instead of her mix of
2S and 3L cannons, you get all 3S'es. Her ability is
just about useless on a ship this big
- no sea monster will want to risk boarding her, and
there's no reason for her to board a sea monster
(they have no crew and carry no gold).
She's still a snail in the speed department. Her
cargo is fair for a big ship, and you'll need it for
crew - Captain, Helmsman, and probably Nemesio Diaz,
the ability-canceller. Better yet, replace the
Captain with Luis Zuan for the move/shoot and
world-hater combo, and now the new El Acorazado is
starting to look like a real fighting ship. Joaquin
Vega, the first-hit ignorer, would also find gainful
employment on a ship like this.
The point is that the new El Acorazado isn't much
without a lot of help from crew. If you have the
points for the original version, you'll be a lot
better off. If you must spend 14 points for five
masts, go for La Tartessos; she has better cannons,
better speed, and a much better ability.
Total rating: 2 / 5 |
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Vlad |
El
Acorazado, 14 points
Spain
Masts: 5
Cargo: 4
Speed: S
Cannons: 3S 3S 3S 3S 3S
Ability:This ship gets +1 to her boarding rolls. She
gets +2 instead if her opponent is a sea monster.
Flavor Text:El Acorazado was recently discovered
rotting away in a Spanish shipyard. She was restored
and outfitted with harpoons to battle a different
enemy.
Rant time! I knew this version of the Pride of Spain
was going to suck. I knew it. Spain's stuff always
sucks when it doesn't cost much.
In my opinion, they should've left this junk in a
shipyard. Anyway, Spain got shafted big time.
Virtually all of its ships were rehashes, and the
ones that weren't normally stunk anyway. The crew
weren't much better. de Alva is the third
board-within-S captain. El Pescador, well he is okay
if you houseruled him like I did.
But onto the ship. The Acorazado is visually, and
stats-wise, unimpressive. S move, average cannons
with a range of S, and 4 cargo.
Oh, and an ability reminiscent of HMS Shetland.
Well, luckily Spain has some stuff that can turn El
Acorazado from a laughing stock to something that
isn't so much of a laughing stock. Luis Zuan, a
worldhater captain, should be the first to go on.
Second, Master Gunner Rogelio Vasquez, who makes all
of the Acorazado's guns L-Range.
And last but not least, a helmsman. Whoops, that's
14 points. So for a
28 point total, these are the Acorazado's stats:
Masts: 5
Cargo: 1 Free. Luis Zuan, Helmsman, Rogelio Vasquez
Speed: S+S
Cannons: 2L 2L 2L 2L 2L
It now has perfect cannons, and average speed. Just
hope that you never have to use the ability, because
if you do, then you stand to lose some very
important crew!
Well, while the new Acorazado will not have people
clamoring for it, and while people like me who have
the original won't care for it, the OE version is
not too bad once you fix it up with some good crew.
My rating? 2.5/5 |
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