J. Michael Looney wrote:
>
> Steve Sheldon wrote:
> > I don't think the IG bikes should be as good as SM, therefore the
> > points
> > seem justified, Also, ork bikes have 45cm range, Eldar have 40cm move
> > with the skimmer ability. Bikes aren't that good, but they are good at
> > getting out to objectives and firefighting.
>
> I don't have your original post in front of me right now, but your stats
> were BETTER than the SM, and the unit was cheaper. This does not
> parse. An assult value of 4 is way over the top for bikes in E40K
Mike L, you misread his post.
Here's your message from earlier, quoting his (note the assault value):
> > The stats for the bikes are
> > Move: 30
> > range: 15
> > fp: 1
> > Assault: 1
> > armour: 4
> > cost: 8
> >
> > Any comments?
>
> In the current IG list of the E41K project the stats for bikers is:
>
> IG Bikers 35 15 1 2 4+ (at 10 pts per)
> Which is the same as SM bikers, BTW.
>
> The current though in E41K is that bikes are not all that great as HTH
> troops. I know this flies in the face of SM/TL practice, but there it is.
> No bike unit is the game has an assault value of higher than 2. SM and CSM
> bikers have a value of 2, Ork and Eldar have a value of 1. I can't see IG
> bikes getting a value over 2. I also have a little problem with the 8
> points, when the cheapest other bike unit is 10 (SM/CSM), with orks being
> 13 and eldar 15 (granted this is skimmer unit).
Note he said assault value 1, armor 4.
andy
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Received on Thu Jan 15 1998 - 17:53:53 UTC