Re: [Epic] what should i run as a 3000 point army against eldar?

From: Aaron <akkala_at_...>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 09:31:16 -0600

Thane Morgan wrote:

>While a decent strategy, you will likely have a very boring game if you
> play the artillery too much. If you put a 1/3 to 1/2 of you points in
> static units, you lose the joy of maneuver and some of the bragging
> rights of victory (great, you beat me. A chimp could have kept his army
> on overwatch...) Also, if your opponent takes any nightspinners he can
> shut down a lot of points really quickly, plus cost you a lot of morale.
> Not that there's anything wrong with artillery, and against another
> pure artillery force it's probably the best thing (except being in their
> face with pods), it just removes a lot of thought from a game which has
> already lost much of its tactics. I've played the heavy artillery army,
> and its gets boring really fast.
>
> Take maybe 6 to 8 artillery for special purposes, and get in your
> opponents face with the rest.

I agree again. Maybe 15-20% Artillery is good, too much and you run the
risk of being cheesy (or screwed by drop pods).

                                Aaron D
Received on Tue Mar 10 1998 - 15:31:16 UTC