Re: [Epic] Range and scale (was Rumours R Us)

From: Cameron Bentsen <stu7i95_at_...>
Date: 19 Feb 1997 15:38 EST

In message "[Epic] Range and scale (was Rumours R Us)", you write:

> Excerpts from epic: 19-Feb-97 Re: [Epic] Rumours R Us by Chen-Song
> Qin_at_...
> > It's true about the range thing with Epic. In general, Epic feels like a
> > napoleonic game with sci-fi and weird weapons. Check out Dirtside II if
> > you want something that addresses the range issue properly.
>
> Let me see if I have this right:
>
> Epic is on the 6 mm scale, 40K on (for the sake of simplicity) 30 mm
> scale. Which means something (say, a lasgun) that fires 24 inches
> (circa 60 cm) in 40K should fire 60cm*(6mm/30mm)=12 cm in Epic.
>
> Is this why old IG tac stands (which shoot 50 cm) used to have a
> lascannon model in them, and old heavy stands had many lascannons in
> them? (Or so I've been told.)
>
> -BC
>

I would expect so. At least, that's what I always thought, especially
considering that vehicular bolter fire typically has a range of 15cm.

Cameron Bentsen, Ottawa
Received on Wed Feb 19 1997 - 20:38:00 UTC