Well being the Slann nut that I am I've tryed the Komodo and the King, I've
found the Komodo with its 3+ ( fixed save) and using the 4+ to repair to be
very poweful, but not unbalancing. After playing a few games found it to be
just a tad high in cost and tryed it at 1500pts. In trun this made it just a
tad stronger then a Warlord amred with great cheese for I wanted to see just
how much of a pounding the Slann Titan could take. The warlord was armed as
such 4 Turbo laser destructors, don't sound like much but try it one time (8
dice at 3+ to hit and a -2 to save), as it urned out it was a slug fest of
fire power with the Slann Titan winning 6 out of 10 times. Not to bad seeing
as the Slann Titan only has 2 weapons that fire over 50cm and only one roll
each. I don't feel lowering the saves is needed for the Komodo but much need
for the King for this is supposed to be there stronger Titan and lowering
the saves would do this, plus drop it down to 2350pts for it is pretty even
with the Imperator but tends to come out ahead in match fights. As for the
Warp and Vortex missiles I play that the sheilds protect against them, for
how can they hit something if it is not there to hit. I know I know I should
of tested the Titans more before I rewrote the army but I was more conserned
with the balance of all the troop types when I was play testing the Slann.
But as far as the army goes I think it is very well balanced with a not so
hot win record of 3 out of 7 games but this was my sillyness and some bad
dice at times.
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Ramos <pramos2_at_...>
To: <netepic_at_egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 3:03 PM
Subject: [NetEpic ML] Re: Summary of changes to date
> Hi!
>
> I'd playtest it though, remeber the warp shield gives you a FIXED 3+ save
> versus virtually anything (hmmm I winder if that extends to wrp missiles
and
> vortex missiles, what do you think?). that means only a third of the shots
> even make it through. A lesser degree will penetrate armor. Of course it
has
> the disadvantage that, given luck even the first shot may go through and
> reek havoc.
>
> Another thing is after looking over the saves for this thing, they are
> pretty low for a machine of this size and power. I'd say such a vitasl
thing
> as the carapace and reactor should be a 1+, and the legs a 2+. they are
the
> highest tech, why should it be this high? Overall I'd lower the frontal
> armor values by one, point the sideand rear can remain.
>
> With these armor values is 1500 points still good enough?
>
> Opinions?
>
> Peter
>
>
> > Great! Then it'd actually be worthwhile to field a Slann titan
> > at 4-5000 points and get the mechs as well :-)
> > I agree with Peter on the repair roll as well, 3+ shields aren't
> > that good, and if you hit the carapace, there's a good chance
> > the titan will be swollowed by the warp. Any weapon with
> > a good modifier and some pluses on the damage roll will
> > be able to take out a slann titan with 5-6 shots. At least,
> > that's what the stats tell me, i havn't actually playtested it.
> >
> > Rune
>
>
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