Why not make a roll 1-4 the nobz can control it 5-6 the Boyz are to wound up
for the Nobz to control and charge the nearest tank / up!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelvin <kx.henderson_at_...>
To: <netepic_at_egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 12:38 AM
Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] Eldar and Orks
> At 08:22 PM 4/11/00 -0700, Warprat wrote:
> >Hi again, Kelvin!
>
> Hello to you, Warprat.
>
> >Comments on your comments on my comments.
>
> So these would be my comments on your comments on my comments on your
first
> comments then?
>
> >> I've always been aware of it and never had a problem with it as I use
my
> >> Gargants as fire-support for my Klans. I think in the years I've been
> >> playing Orks I've engaged something in CC with a Gargant ONCE. Sure
I'VE
> >> been the target of CC plenty of times, but I've only initiated it ONCE.
> >> With all the shooty weapons available to Gargants and nowhere else in
the
> >> list, my Gargants are usually used as gun-platforms.
> >
> >I've got a really cool Great Gargant with a Snapper and a Ripper Fist.
> >I'm gathering parts to make a Slasher with a Snapper and two Ripper
> >Fists. I think it's great to see titans fighting in Close Combat. But
> >your right, it doesn't happen often.
>
> I agree that its something that should happen more often. I always DID
> want to play a twin Ripper Fist-Snapper Gargant but never got around to
> purchasing the bits I needed.
>
> >In one game, a couple of months ago, my Snapper Gargant got to pin and
> >decapitate a Warhound titan. What made this even more sweet, was that
> >after rolling for the extra snapper movement, it took every last
> >centimeter of movement. I gambled, and won. It could have gone either
> >way.
>
> Heh. Serves the little puppy right. But I always thought that we should
> have an upgrade available to Titans armed with Power Fists: The Rolled-Up
> Newspaper to deal with all those pesky Warhounds! Cause a hit in CC with
> the Rolled Up Newspaper and the Warhound must make a save on its Nose,
erm,
> Head location. If it fails, it is placed on Fall-Back orders until it
> leaves the table! ("Bad dog!" <WHACK> "YIPE, YIPE, YIPE, YIPE, YIPE!"
> <Sound fades as Warhound retreats>) ;-)
>
> >I think the direction NetEpic is going, now, is to make titan close
> >combat weapons cheaper. This should encourage more of these great hand
> >to hand titan contests. It would be a shame to leave the Gargants out
> >of this, and make them chase the little guys.
>
> This is a great idea. Sure Titans make great support-weapon platforms,
but
> thiere IS nothing more fun that watching two Titans slug it out in CC.
>
> >> True. So we could perhaps allow the Gargant to ignore infantry stands
and
> >> only target Vehicles, Superheavies, Praetorians and Titans.
> >
> >Let's just "junk" the rule, it really doesn't work well anymore, if it
> >ever did.
>
> I'm not keen on scrapping the rule altogether as I think the Ork Gargants
> NEED some sort of restriction on what they can engage in CC. Orks work up
> into a real battle frenzy and so would get pretty impatient about bashin'
> things up. The simple soltuion is to simply force them to have to charge
> the nearest Praetorian/Titan. As there are normally relatively few of
> these on the table at any one time, it won't restrict the Gargants too
much
> and these will usually be the primary targets for the Gargant to want to
> smush anyway. For example:
>
> "Youze gits in the boiler ready? Roight! CHAAARRRRRGGGEE!"
> "Charge wot Boss?"
> "Dat big fing over dere wiff all da shooty bitz on it!"
> "But dere's two of 'em!"
> "Well get dat wun! Its closa! We ain't got all day ta smash dese
Stunties
> up ya know!"
> "Why not Boss?"
> "'Coz dere's sum 'Oomies dat needs a good kikin', dat's why!
WAAAAAGGGGHHHH!"
>
> >> >I could see a Gargant wading into a formation of infantry, to do
battle,
> >> >if it could battle them effectivly. But how is this to happen?
> >>
> >> With lots of Orks hanging out of hatches, firing their bolters like
crazy!
> >
> >YESSSS! This should happen, but doesn't, with the current NetEpic
> >rules.
>
> I think that's what the Gargant Electrohull actually represents. As well
> as the Gargant's CAF.
>
>
> -Kelvin....
>
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