Hi!
As everything we mke nowadays, its purely optional.
Peter
--- In netepic_at_y..., <eivind.borgeteien_at_c...> wrote:
> Hehe...
>
> I see that Rune really is on the warpath here, but since I have
played a lot of battles using squats and only one of them had the
potential of being a victory (all though never finished)any point
increase on the praetorians is a big no-no in my book.
>
> Eivind
> >
> > Fra: Karlsen Rune <rune.karlsen_at_e...>
> > Dato: 2001/05/31 Thu AM 10:10:27 CEST
> > Til: "'netepic_at_y...'" <netepic_at_y...>
> > Emne: RE: [NetEpic ML] unballanced armies
> >
> > I too have been amazed at how little the Squats have to pay for
their
> > Praetorians.
> > They can outshoot anything short of an Eldar titan armed with
pulslasers,
> > but
> > are 5 times more resilient. 650-750 sounds much more reasonable to
me.
> >
> > Rune
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Ramos [mailto:primarch_at_b...]
> > Sent: 31. mai 2001 01:04
> > To: netepic_at_y...
> > Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] unballanced armies
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > Hmmm.. very interesting points, you should have pointed that out
during the
> > revision, we could have up the cost. I see the merit in what you
say, they
> > are pretty more resilient know with templates, especially since
vortex and
> > other one-shot kills are now expensive, makes preatorians pretty
nasty.
> >
> > What say others in this regard? I think the points cost Ryan
states are on
> > the money too, opinions?
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > Ryan Lawson wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > Squat praetorians have a LOT of firepower. They have better
firepower than
> > titans. They also have the FF and move ability which is also
extremely
> > valuable.
> >
> > In the old rules, the Colossus and Cyclops were pointed properly
with regard
> > to most everything.....but vortex missiles, warp missiles,
gutbusters and a
> > handful of other shield ignoring weapons skewed their value way
too much.
> >
> > Adding hit locations to them made them withstand those one-shot
kill
> > weapons, but it also made them much more resilient against regular
weapons
> > and units. We found that they were too powerful with hit locations
without
> > an additional increase in points. The points I pay right now are
little high
> > probably, I figured it was better to overpay for them than
underpay. Now
> > that we have fielded them a few times as they are, I think 700 is
more in
> > line for a Colossus and 650 for a Cyclops. They take hits better
than
> > titans, have excelle!
> >
> > !
> >
> > nt firepower....but they have no weapon options and
> > their maneuverability is nonexistent.
> >
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