RE: [Epic] Uncheesy detachments

From: Miller, Chris <CMiller_at_...>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 16:10:11 -0600

> >specialists still stomped them most of the time, and the ELdar, if
> >anyone, had no problem delivering overpowered CC troops to the right
> >place.
>
> Perchance you are talking about the Wave Serpent & Scorpion/Harlequin
> combinations?
>
--------> Wave Serpents w/Scorps up the middle, falcons full of Banshees
and Harlies around the flanks, one falcon detach or (worse yet,
Tempests) on pop-up picking off rhinos or engines full of troops,
doomweaver webs choking up clear areas in the terrain, prism cannons &
titan psycannons nuking the greater demons, Nightwraiths shooting up the
Cannons of Khorne (those that didn't blow up themselves). Possibly a
second Falcon detatch dropping reapers or avengers off by some trees to
pop troops next turn while dreads & wraithguard footslog it up the
middle or sit on FF and jetbikes Jetbikes JETBIKES swarm all over the
fastest troops who might actually get somewhere...
    Did I leave anything out?


> >> Then on one turn we'd see an all out effort
> >> by legions (ie 2-3) of rhino and T-Hawk bound marines who's job was
> to
> >> take just
> >> enough Vps worth of objective to push him over the req'd number.
> Sure
>
> Yeah, this was nasty, a possible one turn victory, but against anyone
> who
> had a clue about the game, it could end in a big disaster.
>
-------> In the big battles, objectives alone usually weren't enough to
win. People could do the same thing with Imperial marines and it rarely
worked for a win on it's own.

> >> As for guns - this guy had gone and made himself about 20
> Tarantulas.
> >> 5 Shots at 75cm 5+ and -2 for 100 points in the FF phase and then
> >> another 5
> >> in the advance fire phase ? They were too cheap and effective to
> take
> >> on. TO
>
> I tried them briefly, but I never really cottoned on to their
> effectiveness
> quick enough - Doh!
>
----------> Still think the Jetbike/Falcon swarm would work...little
bloodier maybe, but if you waste 'em in HTH they don't get that second
shot. You're also taking a 300 point greater demon basically for
tarantula support cards - yech (JMO)

> As for Chaos, ever try fighting against those optional Chaos Titan
> rules
> that appeared in the CJ and various web pages? Very, very nasty.
>
---------> You mean that flying monstrosity and the rest? Those were
pretty extreme, but I don't really know how they'd do - have the rules
but never used 'em. Might have to try it with my hold-out purists...

Chris Miller
Received on Tue Feb 10 1998 - 22:10:11 UTC