Re: [Epic] Tactical Hint (the benefits of artillery)
> 1 Space marine squad costs 30 points and you get 6 fp, while 2 IG squads
> costs 28 points and you get 4 fp.
>
How does one SM squad get 6 FP?
> 4) Artillery always has the option of inflicting damage before the enemy
> gets to fire, by carrying out a preparatory bombardment.
>
In addition, you can often inflict additional blast markers on a
detachment by using preparatory bombardment rather than combining it with
other attacks in the same shooting phase.
Aaron Day said:
> Sure its keen to be able to attack units from far away, but because of
> the way blast markers work, its usually best to hit one detachment
> really hard before switching to another one.
>
But you can get more BMs through artillery (see above).
Max
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Received on Fri Feb 20 1998 - 17:12:45 UTC
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