[Epic] Flyers

From: Michael Reed <Reed_at_...>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 11:50:07 -0000

> With a gunnery value of 4 a THawk is going to cream almost anything
> it shoots at - better a gargoyle than a Fighter Bomber.Finally compare the
> gargoyle vs a Nightwing. Nightwings are no better than TBolts vs gargoyles yet
> gargoyles can afford odds that are almost 50% better in their favour......

Methinks you're getting Thunderbolts confused with Thunderhawks (before
any Imperials get too excited!). The thunderbolt has a standard interceptor
gunnery of 2.

> Im not always happy with the games balance or lack of it (as the case may be)
> but when you start to think of stuff like that - the job cant be easy. Maybe
> when 'the best fighter in the game' is actually worse than supposedly poorer
> quality fighters at some jobs the mechanics need reviewing (or I should ignore
> the fluff :) ). Actually point for point TBolts are one of the games best
> fighter types.

The nightwing _is_ the best fighter in the game.... try dealing with the blasted
things with thunderbolts or fighter-bommaz! You get shot up before doing anything,
just as gargoyles do. The difference is you can't afford lots of platforms to take the
hits. Fighter for fighter, it's better than any other.
As a personal opinion, I'd actually give the "best all-rounder" to the humble Ork
fighter-bomma. They're as good as thunderbolts or doomwings in an intercept,
and their barrage attack gives them the potential to generate as much firepower
per unit cost as most bombers - more, in fact, if they get a juicy target like a
big Tyranid swarm. Add that to the fact that they also act as the Orks' artillery,
and, well, they do rate as being fairly vital (IMHO).
                                                Mike Reed
Received on Thu Jan 22 1998 - 11:50:07 UTC