Alan E & Carmel J Brain wrote:
>
> Scott Shupe wrote:
>
> > * War engines continue to not impress me. This is, I think, somewhat
> > related to the above point since WEs can't have OW orders and thus
> > trying to utilize them as FP platforms doesn't work when you're facing
> > high armor values (like tanks or marines). The only good use of WEs
> > that I see is as Death Ray (or AT, depending on your army) platforms.
> > Or as fire magnets (shielded WEs only).
>
> Or, for Orks, as transports. They're also good suckers-up of FP, since
> with 5 BattleForts in a unit, you'll lose more to criticals than FP as
> such.
Yeah, I was thinking of that too, but I haven't seen enough
multiple WE detachments in action to really form an opinion on it.
> > * Bezerkers suck. End of story. Which is a shame, since that makes
> > the idea of a pure chaos marine army that much weaker.
>
> I disagree. At least in part. Just look upon them as Disposable, rather
> than merely Expendable. 1 Berserker vs 2 enemy is about right. The idea
> is not to win the CC, it's to cause casualties.
The idea is to GET to the CC. Which is my main problem with
them. I'm a chaos player, everything on the board is expendable in my
grossly mutated eyes...
> > * Spending points on ground attack air power is a waste.
>
> Not so sure, 3 squads of 3 THs means 9 BMs and 36 dice of damage on one
> unit. Anything other than THs is probably too vulnerable to Flak. Oh
> yes, THs can also transport too :) but no-one ever uses them that
> way.... unless to snatch an objective or two.
> Yes, I think THs are too powerful.
It's kinda interesting that they changed the entire system
around, and people *still* think that Thawks are too much... =) At
least they're somewhat pricey this time.
Thawks are probably the exception to my original statement
above. I'd avoid the other bomber-types though, as they are fairly
easy to drive off. Even if 1 gets through... so what? I think I can
handle a single 5 or 6 FP attack.
Scott Shupe
shupes_at_... shupes@...
http://www.rpi.edu/~shupes
***********************************************************************
"Don't you laugh, damn you, don't you laugh!" - Clockwork Orange
Received on Wed Nov 12 1997 - 18:17:32 UTC