I do agree with Rune on this one (surprise?) I have not won a single battle using squats, so I have a hard time acepting a rise on the praetorians. An other thing is that its not just prices to consider, you alo spend a special card purchasing them. IG can for example buy a 3 baneblades as a companycard for 600 points. I think both firepower and staying power are comparable.
Eivind
>
> Fra: Karlsen Rune <rune.karlsen_at_...>
> Dato: 2001/05/30 Wed AM 09:18:40 CEST
> Til: "'netepic_at_yahoogroups.com'" <netepic_at_yahoogroups.com>
> Emne: RE: [NetEpic ML] unballanced armies
>
> I think i've only taken out a squat Colossus/Leviathan
> once, and that was with an early Slann version.
> They're pretty darn cheap if you compare them to other
> Titans/Praetorians, but the rationale here has always
> been that the Squats should have cheap Praetorians since
> they're so good at building them or something.
> Compare their firepower and staying power to f.ex a
> Necron Titan.
>
> Rune
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Ramos [mailto:primarch_at_...]
> > Sent: 30. mai 2001 01:46
> > To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] unballanced armies
> >
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > Damn thats expensive! The original idea was to make preatorians worth
> > their points by giving them templates, is templates and their
> > original
> > cost too good? I'd like to hear comments on this, since its a very
> > interesting point.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > Ryan Lawson wrote:
> >
> > > I agree, we definitely need more games against the
> > > Squats, to test them out. But what we can already say,
> > > based on what we've seen so far, is that they are
> > > very strong. The combination of high BP, cheap Praetorians
> > > ,very strong and fast CC troops and good artillery
> > > makes them one tough cookie to beat. It's not impossible
> > > to beat them, but it seems to me they already have the
> > > odds in their favor. The fact that not only we have
> > > noticed that, but people from other gaming groups as
> > > well, only encourages my belief that they've been
> > > back to the cheesecupboard for seconds.
> > > ***************************************
> > >
> > > In our group we give Squat praetorians hit locations like
> > titans, but I pay
> > > extra for it. I pay 800 for a Colossus and 750 for a
> > Cyclops. This is not
> > > cheap. In several games that I have fielded them like this,
> > on 3 occasions
> > > they would have been one-shot killed on turn 1. Anything
> > that can be easily
> > > one-shot killed is not worth 500 points. It was worth an
> > extra 300 points to
> > > have a Colossus and Cyclops take a pounding, get damaged,
> > but hang in there
> > > for 3 or 4 turns.
> > >
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