Re: [Epic] Hello all from an ex-lurker

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 11:56:04 GMT

At 04:41 PM 30/1/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>>* Some units have "over-riding" weird rules that seem to send play balance
>>out >the window. (Ball rounds + void shields in ANY strength = no void
>>shields, One >warp missile + 1 SHV with shields = 1 dead SHV)
>
>>Just a quick point here (I don't want to start a huge arguement here) but
>>how DO people use the Ball round from the Ork Gutbuster? The rules seem a
>>little vague (IMHO) but they seem to state that when a ball round ploughs
>>into a Void/Power Shielded Titan it loses all the shields as it knocks them
>>down one after the other. Now is this just that it automatically happens or
>>that it loses some momentum as it hits them?
>
>>At our local club we thought that made them a little too powerful so we have
>>always played that for each shield knocked down you loses 1cm of roll from
>>the ball's movement. This usually makes little difference, but can mean
>>that some units are saved as the Ball stops short. It makes sense to me
>>that the Shields absorb some of the momentum of the ball as they go down.
>>BTW it was my idea and I am the resident Ork player (Warlord NobJobz). What
>>do others think of this?
>
>I like the spirit of this rule a lot, though with that 100cm range (or
>whatever the Ballround has), like you said, I can't see it making much of a
>difference very often. Funny that the other races haven't come up with lame
>ass solutions to void shields like, "let's roll a giant cannon ball at the
>void shields, and knock 'em all down!"


I never thought of it that way, but that is 100% accurate...
Surely any army should be able to field such a low tech solution to the Void
Shield.
It really is stupid that 40K technowlegy is so terribly vulnerable to 1k tech...

Agro


>That has got to be one of the
>stupidist ideas GW's come up with yet. It unbalances the game, and doesn't
>make sense either. Can I run Nightwings charging at 200 into Titans to take
>down all there shields? No!
>
>Sorry, just whining a little, I've always hated that weapon.
>
>Michael the Liu
>
>
Received on Tue Feb 11 1997 - 11:56:04 UTC