On Thu, 13 Feb 1997, Michael the Liu wrote:
> >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).
They are not worse; they are the fastest attack craft available and
can attack rear lines because they skim. Eldar players never think
if the advantages of skimming. :)
> 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.
This was an ork and chaos specialty, IMHO, shouldn't be generalized.
- Jason
Received on Fri Feb 14 1997 - 09:58:23 UTC
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