RE: [Epic] Bad Choas Force (was: What scares me about Epic 40K)

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 02:00:21 GMT

At 01:41 PM 10/1/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> From: Keith Zanardi <xenofobe_at_...>
>>
>> No, he fired the Barrage Missile launchers and DS heads turn one.
>> He got like 35+ templates (a little better than average) which
>> wiped out my artillery co. and a Shadow sword. turn 2 (it had
>> to have been 2 turns sorry guys.) I don't think he fired every
>> weapon on the titans on turn one. Anyway on turn 2
>> he opened up with 12 Plasma Destructor shots and finished off
>> all of my Super heavies the remnants of the Artillery Co.
>> I figured it was all over (I am going from memory as it's been a
>> while) at the end of turn one anyway. Not trying to be a pesimist,
>> but hey, 75 Bloodletters were comming for me so I figured I was
>> being more of a realist. As far as I know I don't think he moved
>> the titans at all.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> Ps Every model was WISIWIG!
>
> Now this is the _really_ scary part. This guy actually
>had 75 bloodletters??? 2 LoBs with 2x deathstorms each? (that
>would take a little work, since deathstorms are only made for the
>left? arm). That boy's got some problems.
>
> Well, for the time being, at least, Epic powergamers
>seem to be few and far between. The closest thing I ever saw
>was an Eldar player with 16 Firestorms, which wasn't really cheesy,

It wasn't?!? What, exactly, would be "cheesy"? We figure that more than
three of anything is probably being "cheesy".


>it was just damn annoying and not the sort of thing you expect
>to come across. Say 'bye-bye' to those Marines in rhinos...
>
> So what horrid army lists have other people come across?
>

Well, there's still the dreaded 28 Shok Attak Gunz...

Also Ghazkul Thrakka and an army full of bike boyz and Nobz warbikes was a
bit of a surprise once... (Luckily, we had a couple of Wave Serpents lined
up on some heavy enemy concentrations in turn 1 and we managed to hold back
the advance by an extra turn so that we had time to shoot them up!)


Agro
Received on Sat Jan 11 1997 - 02:00:21 UTC