Re: [Epic] Blast Markers and WD216

From: Elias Tiliakos <elite_at_...>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 97 23:18:46 EST

At 12:04 PM 11/25/97 +1030, you wrote:
>Hiya,
>
>I read it as follows ...
>
>consider a battery of 3 Heavy artillery(Imperial Guard)
>
>If they fire and can fit 3 models under the blast template then they can
>make a 9 FP attack.
>
>Now then, If there is a blast marker on the detachment they can only fire
>with 2 of the weapons hence giving a 6 FP attack. If there are 2 blast
>markers then the attack is 3 FP and so on.

Yep, I agree.

>
>What I got from that paragraph follows.
>
>Each Blast Marker on a detachment will neutralise one Super Heavy weapon
>REGARDLESS of what that weapon's effect is. For example a Warlord titan
>armed with 2 weapon batteries, a mega cannon and a vortex missle. If this
>titans closest target is 75 cm away and has a blast marker on it then it
>may not fire it's vortex missile since it counts as a super heavy weapon.
>
>Any of the weapons listed as super heavy weapons in the rulebook (can't
>remember the page number) are shut down by a single blast marker. The
>Pulsar counts as a single super heavy weapon.
>
>Interestingly enough, the Imperator has it's main weapons listed as ..
>Hellstorm Cannon (3x Mega Cannon) and Plasma Anihillator (3x Death Ray). To
>me, this suggests that these require 3 blast markers each to shut them
>down.
>
>Any thoughts ????

I agree here as well. The Hellstorm and Anihillator are not SHW as such (they
are not mentioned in the the section of the rulebook covering SHWs, at least),
they merely have the effect of three of the proper type of SHW. This means,
of course, that an Imperator can be fully supressed with only 6 plast
markers (at
a range of 60cm, mind you). Closer than 45cm, and you are toast, though.

The Pulsar and Pulse Laser, on the other hand _are_ mentioned in the rulebook.
Thus, each takes one BM to supress. Of course, I would be more than willing to
let an Eldar opponent of mine use the individual AT shots for suppression
purposes, as the one to one ratio does _severely_ limit the use of Eldar Titans.
I mean really, a Revenant fully suppressed with only 6 blast markers? That's
ridiculous. They're Titans, after all. They should be able to take more and
still keep going, inexorably, until killed. Kinda like Terminators (the
Arnold Schwarzenegger ones, not the GW ones).

>
>Cheers, Chris.
>

Elias

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