Oh geez...someone else has seen my pain! "I love you Man!!" (to quote
Blossom)
Oh, and Mike, I got a little points happy and I was wonderinng if you
wanted to go 2500?
Matthew "I gonna DIIIEE" Weyna
A. Allen McCarley wrote:
> A lot of the mail we've seen lately seems to be lamenting the many
> losses
> suffered by the Orks during the changeover from SM/TL to E40K. I
> would
> suggest that Ork commanders take heart!
>
> Typically I play an Imperial army, and I have foundt he Orks to be the
>
> most difficult official army for me to beat so far. (Squats are the
> most difficult army if you include the unofficial ones, but I'm hoping
>
> that their Airships and Goliaths get toned down by the time
> they are official.)
>
> Why do I have trouble with them?
>
> 1) In a 2,000 point fight a Mega-Gargant is more than capable of
> walking
> up to my entire army and grinding it to dust. Letely, I've been
> taking
> to including three Deathstrike missle in my army and using them well
> before we close range in order to strip away the Gargants shileds.
> Yes, it's
> tempting to save thise Dstrikes 'til after you've dropped the Mega's
> shields.
> By the time you've gotten close enough to do so however, the Mega is
> capable
> of shattering your army before you finish the job.
>
> 2) Using the Kult of Speed, the Orks are capable of fielding numerous
> Death-Rays.... on *vehicles*!! (Note how these get to fire long
> before
> your unshielded Stormhammers/Baneblades)
>
> 3) Nobz are numerous. Nobz have saves. Nobz don't seem to like me.
>
> 4) Orks kick arse when it comes to winning iniative.
>
> 5) Boarboyz are tricksy creatures that use mean, nasty tactics. That
> Warboss
> Boarboy really shouldn't have a 30 cm range.
>
> 6) Have you faced Stompas???!!!! We'll shoot them..... um, I mean
> we'll firefight them.... um, I mean we'll assault them.... um,
> I mean <squish!>.
>
> 7) The Ork armies that have used all of the above to crush me have
> done
> so without smelling even the *slightest* like cheddar. How is an
> Imperial commander supposed to face defeat without the ready
> excuse,
> "My opponent played cheesey?" (HEY!! What the H - E double
> hockey-sticks
> is up with those gits in the CJ using the word "beardy" when they
> mean to say "cheesey?" Like, just because I wear a neatly-trimmed
> beard -- a sign of superior breeding -- I'm supposed to be more
> cheesey than my opponent??!!)
>
> Anyway, I find the Orks to be challenging, and I look forward to
> facing them
> again.
>
> For those of you keeping score at home, my record in Epic 40K:
>
> My Imperials vs. Eldar 3-1 (They just need to adjust)
> vs. Tyranids 1-0 (Hah! stomped 'em!)
> vs. Chaos 1-1 (Mirror images)
> vs. Orks 1-2 (Very challenging!)
> vs. Squats 0-2 (I don't want to talk about it....)
>
> A perfect record of 50 percent!! (And I'll be very disappointed if it
>
> ever gets very above or below.)
>
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> Allen (The Q&A guy)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
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> If you have questions about EPIC 40K and can't find the answers
> in the rule books, send them to:
> allen_at_...
> They will be passed on to Jervis Johnson and Andy Chambers.
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Received on Wed Sep 17 1997 - 06:04:03 UTC