HHHOOOOray this is what the game is about, real time battles, My man, and
when we find the lope hole in his army will we never see him at the battle
field again. LOL think this is why he started playing WHFB at our group, we
were starting to get close and he was scared. Death to IMP cheese players
----- Original Message -----
From: dardman <dardman_at_...>
To: <netepic_at_egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] RE: [Net Epic ML] More questions about Slann 4.0
> Actually, I would take the 2 Fords, the Ferarris have too many problems. I
> think what Hellreich is getting at is he doesn't want some to field the
best
> units in a small game because this comes down to what WHFB is. The player
> with the strongest character will win everytime. In our group we try to
play
> balanced armies. By balanced we try to keep infantry and vehicle-sized
units
> and up to a 50-50 composition and actually it works out more like 60-40.
> This stops gamers from abusing powerful units and makes them think more
> about what units they have available to them. You are right that you can
> choose whatever units you like but the game is more interesting when both
> armies are balanced. Cannon fodder vs. the creme de le creme? The cannon
> fodder will be destroyed everytime. But if you mix this you get a balanced
> army that employs more tactics rather than sit back and shoot and then go
in
> for objectives. Just because both armies are balanced doesn't mean their
> firepower is matched. Try playing against an IG Capitol Imperilis loaded
> with a heavy weapons company and a rough rider company, a super heavy tank
> company, some artillery and little fodder. A Slaughter everytime. The
player
> uses the same tactics and I haven't seen this army lose yet. I think this
is
> what he means by powergamer. One who uses special or rare units in small
> games and relies on them to put the balance in their favor. The army I was
> talking about is played in 3000 pt games and I came close once to beating
> it. For me it is the challenge of taking on this kind of army with a
> balanced army and winning.
> Darius
>
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