Re: [Epic] Hello all from an ex-lurker

From: <oki_at_...>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 09:41:53 +0800

At 11:51 AM 1/31/97 +1100, you wrote:
>>I like the spirit of this rule a lot, though with that 100cm range (or
>>whatever the Ballround has), like you said, I can't see it making much of a
>>difference very often. Funny that the other races haven't come up with lame
>>ass solutions to void shields like, "let's roll a giant cannon ball at the
>>void shields, and knock 'em all down!" That has got to be one of the
>>stupidist ideas GW's come up with yet. It unbalances the game, and doesn't
>>make sense either. Can I run Nightwings charging at 200 into Titans to take
>>down all there shields? No!
>
>Maybe we should bring ram attacks back into the game. Another thing about
>shields that always stumped me is that close combat avoids shields - you can
>fire a tacnuke at the Titan and have it bounce of the shields (ID4 style)
>but a Grot armed with a pointy stick can simply walk up to it and start
>beating on it. The Grot always gets 9 colours of s**t beaten out of him, but
>that isnt the point.
>
>
I always see the shields to be like the one used in Dune. It stops fast
moving projectiles/ energy-rich particles but offer no protection against
relatively slow moving objects.

Regards
Received on Fri Jan 31 1997 - 01:41:53 UTC