Hiya
Without trying to sound tetchy, I think you may be missing the point. All
four support weapons fill a similar role within an army, furthermore they
have a similar effect. Not Identical but similar. In E40K the aim was to
abstract above the things which are similar and concentrate on the
differences. I am the first to admit that the final result of this was a
bit of a mishmash (Consider the Ork battlewagon debate) but I think the
principle is sound.
Cheers.
Actually, the differences in the stats do reflect differences in the
weapons. The original guard and marine support weapon is, I believe,
supposed to be the Tarantula, though GW just tossed all the other
"small" weapons in there with it for simplicity. Then they added a bit
of variety with the Squat support weapon, presumably the Thudd Gun, and
(perhaps) more with the tech-guard list. (Not sure on this one.)
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Received on Mon Nov 10 1997 - 04:17:50 UTC