Re: [NetEpic ML] Revenants

From: Peter Ramos <netepic_at_...>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:26:13 -0400

Hi!

I agree with this point of view.

Having used these units quite a lot, I woud definitely say they are
somewhere between 400-500. Not 600.

Why not place them at 450?

Opinions?

Peter

Bruce Scott wrote:
>
>
> Actually, I would argue that with the corrected stats 400 points for a
> pair is probably reasonable, and I assumed this was a deliberate
> choice to reflect their real worth. Perhaps a little cheap, but I
> wouldn't take them at 600. Note that 550 points gets you a pair of
> Warhounds with 4 TLDs (or 4 Quake Cannon for 590) which I think are
> far more formidable than the pair of Revenants. Personally, I think
> the Eldar have been quite heavily "de-tuned" since SM2 days, so giving
> them the occasional good value unit is probably not a bad thing. I
> certainly don't see a pair of Revenants as game breaking....I still
> remember quite vividly having a pair of them destroyed on the very
> first shot of a game by a single Basilisk detachment.
>
> One option to encourage their use in a Saim-Hann Craftworld force
> might be to leave them at 400 for the Craftworld, but revise upward
> (slightly) the price of the normal Special Card. Maybe the Special
> Rule for Saim-Hann should also be toughened up so that they cannot use
> Phantoms as the trade off.
>

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