HHHMMM good points I need to do some home work LOL. as for the models
fitting around the base I was taking tanks and inf together but you are
right I can fit 10 inf stands there. I just anit ever got 10 there LOL, but
I think the SM game rules with a save mod by -1 for inf will work, -2 for
tanks, -3 for Super Heavies, and -4 for knights.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike <slannesh_at_...>
To: <netepic_at_egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] Re: Reality Check
> --- In netepic_at_egroups.com, <hellreich_at_n...> wrote:
> > And the others also, if you can't field a Titan and not lose it to
> infantry
> > then YOU should not field a Titan.
>
> Actually I rarely lose titans... when I do decide to take them. I
> jsut
> feel it's an abuse of the rules to allow a couple hundred points of
> cannon fodder take out a 900 point unit.
>
>
> > The system we use now is much better then the origanal and I've
> been
> playing
> > for 10 years, and can still to this day only fit 7-9 models around
> the Titan
>
> woo woo... i've been playing since AT as well... and just so you know
> 10 infantry stands fit around the reaver/warlord base just fine...
> you
> must have bigger infantry stands than I do.
>
> > base, maybe this is the problem, you are NOT allowed to put models
> on the
> > base. Plus Titans need some kind of support, they can not and will
> not work
> > on there own just look at some of the art work and you'll seen tons
> of
>
> Good point.. i'll concede that.
>
> > infantry around a Titan. Plus what bout armies that don't have
> massed gun
> > fire how are they to deal with Titan?
>
> What army doens't have fire support?
> Every army has access to titans...
>
>
> > Nobody is trying to make them weak in CC we are working on trying
> to
> make
> > them stronger but the way you are going is crazy you want them to be
> > superman and they can't fill that roll as slow as they move, they
>
> As i've stated time and time again. No I don't want them to be
> invulnerable in Close assault. I just don't want them getting geeked
> by 200 points worth of throw away troops.
>
>
> are very
> > vanurable at the rate of speed they have to faster moving units be
> it
> > infantry or vehicals. And we all need to keep this in mind as I'm
> sure GW
> > did when they first made this game. I don't care how strong you make
> > something speed will always beat strength. JUST HOW IT IS!!!! Don't
>
> Ahem. I disagree... but there's no need to shout.
>
> forget
> > Termies in themselves are small TITANS stronger then most tanks and
> should
> > show this even when fighting a Titan.
>
> Great... so eldar exarchs should be able to take them one on one by
> that line of reasoning... superior armour ancient artefact weapons...
> not to mention superior stats to any Terminator...
>
> Look. All i'm trying to do is keep people honest... no matter what
> rule we come up with someone is going to do his best to find a
> loophole to exploit it... that's the way these things seem to work.
> I admit that I like to use titans... they're way more fun to paint
> than massed infantry and they look better on the table... but the way
> the rules are now and in Titan Legions you're at a disadvantage if
> you
> take titans... you get more firepower and better survivability out
> of
> tanks... if that's so then what is the point of even including them
> in
> the game in the first place??
>
> Mike
>
>
>
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