RE: [NetEpic ML] Gutbuster Weapons: Q's

From: Kelvin Henderson <kx.henderson_at_...>
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 09:10:48 +1000

> > That's a very interesting and clever rule. I like it a lot.
> >
> > What do other people think?
>
>I like it! But since I am the honored Grand Master of the Fireswords titan
>legion I may be just a little bit biased...
>
>Jyrki Saari

Well, as a big Orky player I was the first person to like the normal rules
for the Gutbuster Ball. But after using it twice, I decided that it was
silly and too powerful. So I suggested that we play it using the "loses 1
cm of its roll distance for every shield knocked down" rule. Everyone
liked it. It just feels right to me. Sure, as the Ork player I'd prefer
it to roll further and kill more stuff, but it just feels better to me that
the shields slow the ball down as it crashes through them. I've had times
where the Ball has crashed through all the shields on the Warlord, smashed
its legs out and then gone on to splatter the ShadowSword Command tank
behind it. But I've also has days where the ball hit two shields, went
"Klunk" and then had to spend the rest of my gunfire taking out the rest of
the shields. I've even had a pansy Space Elf Phantom play David Beckham
with the ball round off both its feet! (It later got painted in Arsenal
colours!)


-Kelvin....
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