Re: [Epic]Titans

From: Alan E & Carmel J Brain <aebrain_at_...>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 21:02:01 -0800

Scott Shupe wrote:
>
> Alan E & Carmel J Brain wrote:
> >
> > And as soon as I can get a copy of The Lost and The Damned etc I will do
> > up Chaos.
>
> How much are you willing to shell out? I've been trying
> to get a copy myself for ages now, but all the internet auctions
> end up going beyond my price range.

Ditto.

> If you're talking stats, this is what was hammered out
> on the list a few months ago:
>
> Add this to the Chaos Space Marine Detachment listing under Main Force:
>
> Chaos Space Marine Calvary Squad 21 pts
> Consists of 1 Chaos Space Marine unit (Calvary)
> Upgrade to Slaanesh Beast Riders (Stubborn)* + 1 pt
> Upgrade to Khorne Juggers (Rampage, Assault)* + 2 pts
> Upgrade to Tzeentch Disc Riders (Skimmer)* + 3 pts
> (* MUST choose one option)

Agree as to the stats, dunno if they belong in the Space Marien section
though.
I'd give Juggers a save too, and increase their pts.
 
> My own ideas for beast of nurgle, minotaur/troll, chaos
> squat, and chaos android stats/point costs can be found at:
>
> http://www.rpi.edu/~shupes/EPIC/E40K/post.mia.html

Which is where I was going to - ah - 'Borrow' them from. With
attribution. Or maybe just give a link...
 
> FTR, the last version of the point formula that was posted
> here does not work on units with 0 FP. There seems to be a fairly
> decent price break on such units - perhaps it's just a simple
> percentage of the normal points total, although I haven't really
> looked at it closely.

Yup. And having things like "A Lifta Droppa on a 6 armour vehicles costs
+22 pts" doesn't help either, unless an LD has an equivt FP of 5.5...
 
>
> Also, you might want to check out
>
> http://www.rpi.edu/~shupes/EPIC/E40K/post.chaos_additions.html
>
> which talks about extending the chaos detachment lists to make any
> current WH40k chaos army possible with E40k.

That I haven't seen, thanks.
 
> Also again, something I was going to add to the above page
> (but haven't gotten around to yet) was a rewritten Daemon detachment
> listing that only allows for 1 GD per detachment. The current list
> is poorly worded, and while personally I don't feel that detachments
> containing only 5 Bloodthirsters are unbalancing, only having 1 GD
> per det mirrors the way things should be, flavor-wise, better than
> the current list.

Concur as to flavour.
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