Re: [Epic] Eldar Titans and Vortex Missiles

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 23:06:15 +0100 (MET)

At 04:03 PM 6/1/98 +0100, you wrote:
>> Taking into cosideration what a Vortex missile does, why should a holofield
>> protect a titan from it? According to the rules it creates a type of warp
>> hole. If a titan (holofield distorting aim or not) is in the Barrage
>> template of an exploding Vortex, what is to stop it from getting some damage
>> from it when it finally implodes?
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>same question:
>Taking into cosideration what barrages do, why should a holofield protect
>a titan from them?
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>same answer:
>Because the weapon was fired at a wrong image of the Titan. The missile
>does not hit it, flies past him and explodes in a distance. Got the idea?
>The gunner tries to place the "template" (point of impact) where he
>guesses the Titan is. He may guess wrong.
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>second reason: because every unit with a save (like Terminators) get it
>and the holofield is nothing else (in rule terms, only 2+ rather than 4+).
>
>Holofields got simplified in the proces of creating Epic.


Actually, holofields got simplified in E40K. In Epic SM/TL this tiresome
thread is transparently explained - holofields offer no protection against
barrages because the holofields don't misplace the image by the dozens
(hundreds?) of metres that a barrage template represents...


Agro




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