Re: [NetEpic ML] Remaining armies

From: Peter Ramos <pramos2_at_...>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 19:13:17 -0500

Hi!

I'm tooth and nail behind Kelvin on this one. Gun decks are battlecannons,
those weapons have 75cm range in all armies including orks. I don't like the
inconsistency.

Besides its not like you can bring this unit all the time it is 1500, it
will be more common in larger games. The argument all along is to make this
thing worth those 1500, otherwise, whats the difference between it and the
great gargant? Also wheres the "mega" in the Mega gargant? We have striven
to make units worth taken, but balanced, this unit REALLY needs this change.

Peter

> At 02:00 PM 4/11/00 +0000, Weasel wrote:
>
> >i would be wary of increasing the range of the gunz. Orks arent
especially
> >long ranged or minded for such combat.
> >Rather reduce cost than increase range
>
> But Orks ARE long-ranged in certain aspects of the list. Look at the list
> closely and you will see what I mean. Ork infantry and the majority of
> their tanks are short-ranged, most of them having weapon ranges of no more
> than 50cm. Now look at the Gargants. Most of the weapons available for
> them have ranges of 75cm or greater. Orks love a good hand-to-hand scrap,
> but they know the value of long-ranged shooty stuff too and most if these
> weapons are found on the Gargants. The way things stand now, the
> Mega-Gargant is crap. Sure if something gets within 50cm of it I will
whip
> its butt, but nothing ever gets that close. For slightly more points I
can
> outfit a Great Gargant BigMob with 75cm+ weapons and end up with a set of
> much scarier weapons plus the bonus of multiple targets and more shields.
>
> Sure the Mega-Gargant is a 'Klan' card but so what? I'll take another
> infantry Klan thanks. The Mega-Gargant simply isn't attractive at all.
> Even if we dropped the points to 1000 for it, I probably would still
rather
> place my faith in Great Gargants and infantry. But by increasing the
range
> of the GUN DECKS ONLY to 75cm, the Mega-Gargant becomes a Gartagnt worthy
> of the title 'Mega'. Heck, even the model's guns in the gun decks LOOK
> like they should be big and shooty. With the 75cm gun decks (8 dice at
> 75cm, hit on 4+, -2 TSM) and a 1500 or 1600 price tag, the Mega-Gargant
> will finally become worth taking and will do what Gargants are supposed to
> do: support and inspire the boys and scare the enemy. The Mega-Gargant is
> the ONLY thing in the Ork list I have a problem with (and I am a fanatical
> Epic Ork player).
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