Hi!
Thanks for the feedback. Our chaos players main concern, is
that he wont be able to move his units in the first round.
He fears that we will all snapfire his units to pieces
before he can even move. I feel this is exaggarated, but
im sure he'd like to hear it from you :)
Rune
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Ramos [mailto:primarch_at_...]
> Sent: 27. februar 2001 17:20
> To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] Snapfire
>
>
> Hi!
>
> Well, being an experienced...well.. any army player, I'll
> answer these
> questions.
>
> Karlsen Rune wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'd like to have an experienced Chaos player answer me this
> question please
> > :
> > How does snapfire rules affect the chaos army?
>
> Chaos needs to be very, very careful using snap fire. Chaos
> has usually
> very few units than normally stay on first fire. They are needed to
> support the whole host of charging chaos units. Chaos should use it
> sparingly or not at all. The only reason to use it is if you
> can destroy
> some transport-laden vehicles.
>
> > What are your experiences
> > with playing chaos and using snapfire?
>
> I rarely use it due to the reasons above. Now chaos is a good army to
> force snap fire on your opponent. This is a good thing since the more
> fire is taken on snap fire the less there is in the combat
> phase where
> most of your troops will be in close combat. Less remaining
> first fire
> units, means less of them switching to advance to clean up your
> victorious close combat units.
>
> > How often do you see SF
> > used, and how often (and with which units) do you yourself use SF?
>
> On average, regardless of armies played snap fire is not used much,
> perhpas 2-3 times in a whole game. The reason is simple, at first
> everyone who tries it out is snap fire happy, shooting away
> regardless
> or consequences. Then in the combat phase you realize what a
> bad idea it
> was. I seen people lose games because of unnecessary snap
> fire, why take
> shots at -1 to hit when yo ucan take them normally in the
> combat phase?
> If there isn't a good reason to use snap fire-then don't!
>
> >
> > How do you defend against SF? Would you rather play without SF?
>
> You dont really need to defend against it, it is defensive
> rather than
> offensive, you cant target any unit, ONLY those in movement, so it
> limits potential targets. If you really need to attack a
> position use an
> expendable unit first to engage the first fire unit, then
> bring in the
> unit you really need.
>
> > Appreciate any answers, as im currently crusading to implement
> > SF. Its just too logical to play without imho.
>
> As I have said before, snap fire isn't much of a big deal. Its a tool
> like any other game rule, overuse it and you (not your opponent) will
> suffer. Now the sole existance of snap fire does make your opponent
> think, which is a good thing, no more charging rhinos straight up in
> open ground to the objective with you being able to do
> nothing. I really
> don't like a game where there is "free" movement. Everything
> should have
> risk. Overall the threat of it being used has made teh game
> better than
> it actually being used. Anything that adds tactics to a game
> is a good
> thing.
>
> Peter
>
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Received on Tue Feb 27 2001 - 16:46:59 UTC