RE: [Epic] SM/TL stuff

From: Miller, Chris <CMiller_at_...>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 09:40:56 -0600

>> Good save modifier? MRLs (the only barrage weapons that
>> warhounds could take) had a save mod of 0 (you did get 8 BPs tho).
>> I always thought it was a shame that there was no titan barrage
>> weapon with a decent save mod...
>
> There was, but it was too cheesy to outfit on a regular basis,
>and only went on carapace mounts. The Barrage Missile one-shot. :(
>It sure made an MRL look silly. Same to-hit?, -2 Save mod instead of
>0, and shot d6+1 times (linked templates) on the first turn instead of
>once per turn, which amounted to 1-3, depending on how long your Titan
>lived. *And* you could walk your fire back onto your target with the
>multiple templates after scattering off... I remember reading about
>horror stories of entire ork clans breaking under one of these. I
>always felt the Pulsar complaints were a bit silly after seeing all
>the Imperial weaponry. (Squats and Orks, OTOH, still didn't have
>enough individual firepower to match it. They just fielded slightly
>less shooty units that would live through it, or inexpensive shooty
>units that didn't care if one or two died...)
>
>Mark

------> Oh yeah, the barrage missile, available in Titan size and
Deathstrike
size. This weapon is what made deathstrike units a bit unbalancing. In
theory,
you could shoot down the D-strike version, but if you timed the launch
right,
the enemy would get, at most, one shot. Using multiple tempates, being
able
to place them pretty much at will...such a deal.
        The first few times I played the orks, I impressed my Chaos-loving
buddy
with greenskin abilities, so next game he decided to play them. I took
Impies with
a unit of deathstrikes (all 3 barrage missiles) and ONE missile broke
the goffs
in a single turn, and another broke the Bad moons the next turn. The
orks
really take a pounding from this thing as they have to bunch up more
compared to some other armies, but it was nasty against all of them. The
titan
version is way more cost effective than the standard MRL, though I would
usually
mix in at least one of them so as to have some shots later in the game.

Chris Miller
Received on Mon Nov 10 1997 - 15:40:56 UTC