Editing Warspheres (section)

== The Warsphere in Battlefleet Gothic: Armada ==

Tau can deploy Kroot Warspheres as an auxiliary ship, equivalent to battleship class for other factions (highest tier of ships).

In theory, Warspheres bring much-needed boarding capabilities (space melee) and are relatively cheap (similar cost to their mid-tier ships and half the cost of their top tier ships). Being able to take two tanky, cheap spheres and support them with mid-tier ships that are already quite powerful sounds great on paper, in reality, [[Fail|Kroot spheres are horrible.]]

# Problem is their movement, as repeatedly mentioned they are very slow (as in slow-as-molasses), they won't be able to arrive at objectives on time, and they won't be able catch-up with anything to properly board it.
# Spheres are no battleships bristling with weapons, their only weapons are [[Warsphere Missile Pod|mediocre missiles,]] not enough to attack nor defend.
# Unique mechanics are fun, but not this time. Kroot Warsphere automatically leaves the battle when they [[EPIC FAIL|reach 30% health,]] you have no way to stop it, this may weaken your fleet (Warspheres are useless you probably won't even notice) and you might lose this ship in deep space having to either pay or wait for several turns for it to return. Second is a special movement system, spheres can move only in one direction, you need to use special energy to change direction, other factions can use this energy to increase their forward movement or make fast evasive manoeuvres. This gives your opponents the advantage to take your already weak sphere apart (Eldar manoeuvres, Chaos range, Orks will ram you etc..).

[[TL;DR]] While being a cheap and interesting idea, they will never achieve the only goal they were made for. Demiurg [[Stronghold-class Commerce Vessel|Strongholds]] ([[Rape|flying rape]]) while twice as expensive completely outshine the Warspheres, while lower-tier ships are powerful enough to handle situations without Kroot support and are too important and effective to waste them supporting the Warsphere (as they would in the real-world).

[[Category: Warhammer 40,000]]

[[Category: Battlefleet Gothic]]

[[Category: Xenos]]

[[Category: Tau]]

[[Category: Kroot]]

[[Category: Kor'Vattra]]

[[Category: Vehicles]]

[[Category: Ships]]

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