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

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 23:20:04 -0700

J. Michael Looney wrote:
>
> Sean Smith wrote:
> >
> > On Wed 11 Mar, Stephen Sheldon wrote:
> > > > I have taken to dropping my drop pods in woods, if the woods are
> > > > near a detachment I want to assault with my space marines.
> > > > It means that my space marines land without being shot at.
> > >
> > > Don't drop pods count as vehicles when they are landing? Isn't there a
> > > risk of them being destroyed whilst breaking the canopy?
> > > Steve
> > >
> >
> > Woods are dangerous terrain for vehicles not impassable. So
> > in the battles I have fought we have rolled to see if a drop
> > pod opens if it lands in a wood, if it fails to open then
> > we roll again to see if its destroyed.
> >
>
> Drop pods CAN be shot at by flak units, so any thing that is protected
> vs t-hawks has some protection against DBFF

True, but the flak will only kill one or two units, instead of six. If I
were assaulting a planet, I'd much prefer to be a tiny target in a
swarm, at least by these rules.

Thane
Received on Wed Mar 11 1998 - 06:20:04 UTC