One fine day in the middle of the night, Andy Skinner spoke:
>Colen 'Not Colin' McAlister wrote:
>>
>> Eldar Aspect Warriors have the oppurtunity to upgrade themselves to
>> Heavy Weapons for 10 points. Now, for your 10 points, you have 5 Dark
>> Reapers with Gunz. OTOH, Space Marines with Gunz have 2 models with
>> them. Therefore, why not (to balance things out) use Dire Avengers as
>> Heavy Weapon models as well? Do you chaps think that this substitution
>> would be acceptable?
>
>If you're talking about how to stretch your minis, I don't have a
>problem with almost anything that looks OK. I had never heard of Warp
>Spiders before E40K, and I'm inclined to throw them in with the Heavy
>Weapon
>Eldar guys (whatever they're called), 'cause they look similar to me
>with their big guns. Warp Spiders are supposed to act just like
>Swooping Hawks in E40K rules, and I'd just as soon just use Swooping
>Hawks for that.
In 40K, Warp Spiders fire a template that anyone under is hit if they
aren't fast enough. The template isn't really very long ranged (less
than Bolters), so heavy weapons wouldn't be appropriate. What they can
do, though, is warp around the place, so Jump Packs are. Apols if you
know this already. :o)
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