Re: [Epic] Re: trivia quiz 7&8 answers

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 18:08:00 -0700

Aaron P Teske wrote:
>
> Excerpts from Epic: 11-Mar-98 Re: [Epic] Re: trivia quiz .. by Scott
> Shupe_at_...
> > > For worst army choice I think the award goes to the
> > > Imperial commander facing the tyranids in their "showcase" report - I
> > > mean, you know you're going to lose, but did you have to make it _that_
> > > easy?
> >
> > I think I laughed out loud when I saw what the IG player
> > selected. Never has there been an army more designed to lose to
> > the nids... (well, aside from the tac company, but tread-head
> > never did anything with them so they don't count)
>
> I remember wincing when I looked at Gav's troop selection for the TL
> Orks vs. Imperials battle; after taking 3100 points of Gargants (1 Mega
> and a Mob) he then filled the remaining 2900 points with troops from
> *four* clans! Talk about weak breakpoints.... (Well, okay, mostly 3
> clans, but the Mega was Bad Moonz and he took only a Weirdboy
> Battletower under it. Still.)
>
> Though you're right, taking Knight *detachments* against 'nids (I think
> he did, anyway) is a good way to cough up VPs. Even the companies won't
> do so well, though they have a chance of pinning a Dom... maybe....
>
> Aaron Teske
> Mithramuse+_at_...

I liked taking knights against nids. Keep them supported with marines or
bikes until ready to close in on a dominatrix or biotitan. You could
also sacrafice one or two to pin the dominatrix where she couldn't do so
much damage.

thane
Received on Thu Mar 12 1998 - 01:08:00 UTC