>>Another thing worth mentioning was that in these older rules you could
>>not fire into close combat(regardless of pinning), any opinions on what
>>is prefered?
>
>I prefer the ability to shoot into combat, but skimmers should be allowed to
>voluntarily allow themselves to be pinned. They're only hovering a few feet
>above the ground usually, and I see no reason to make Eldar bikes worse than
>those of everybody else (MHO).
>
>Also, I suggest adding the ability to barrage your own units if you want to.
>It has always bothered me that you're not allowed to even when its
>tactically useless. Chaos wouldn't care, they're just returning to their
>immortal selves in the warp. Imperials wouldn't care, as the greater good
>is all that matters and everyone is just a servant of the Emperor/Machine
>God. Orks certainly don't care, because they're Orks, with the same for
>Tyranids. And Squats and Eldar could probably be explained by the fact that
>they're not stupid. If barraging a losing battle of CC means the difference
>between killing a detachment of your own men, and losing your entire army, I
>think the choice is clear.
>
>My group has playtested this rule and has used this for a long time, so game
>balance isn't too adversely affected obviously. All this means is that you
>have to think before you CC, and not expose yourself into blatantly
>dangerous situations hoping to use CC as a shield, and not to put all your
>eggs in one basket (ie entire army in CC vs Dominatrix).
>
>Mike the Liu
>
Q&A covers this point. Chaos, Orcs and Tyranids CAN barrage their own
troops. No one else can...
Agro
Received on Fri Feb 14 1997 - 00:42:28 UTC
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