Elias Tiliakos wrote:
>
> At 11:03 AM 11/4/97 -0600, you wrote:
>
> <snip Landraider/Stompa comparison>
>
> Interesting points. However, take a look at the following:
>
> 5 Stompas - 20 assault, 20 firepower.
>
> 5 Landraiders - 10 assault, 10 AT shots.
>
> Using the middle column on the firepower table, 20 firepower will
> get you 10 dice. Granted, they're not guaranteed 4+, but the Stompas
> aren't as suceptible to blastmarkers, and can actually defend themselves
> in CC. Plus, you're guaranteed to have some boyz along with the Stompas,
> so you'll have a better chance of having a means to prevent the Stompas
> from getting destroyed.
Though the Land Raiders are able to ignore the Boyz and go right for
the Stompas, while the Stompas need to work their way back using fp.
On the other hand, Space Marines don't have cheap stuff they don't
mind getting shot up, and even shooting other stuff along with Land
Raiders is both increasing the blast markers on the LR's detachment
and reducing the fp the detachment can use to soak the blast markers.
> I do think that the Ork Army is really lacking in anti-tank ability.
> Taking out Titans is a pain in the butt. You need huge amounts of
> firepower to get through the 6 armor on most Imperial Titans, and
> if you take too many Pulsa Rokkits or Mekboy Deathray Speedstas
> you get screams of cheeze (although this is not from personal experience,
> just the general vibe I get from reading this mailing list and
> r.a.m.w. newsgroup).
Depends on what "too many" is. You took 3 rokkits and 2 speedstas--I
wouldn't have complained about cheese if you had more, though I wouldn't
have liked 'em, either. :-) I could see there being a limit, but
I don't think I'll think about what it is. :-)
andy
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Andy Skinner
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Received on Tue Nov 04 1997 - 17:41:55 UTC