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

From: Chen-Song Qin <cqin_at_...>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 21:17:34 -0700 (MST)

On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Bayani R Caes wrote:

> 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
>

Well, the GW game ranges are kind of screwed. It's strange how sci-fi
weapons have terrible ranges and sometimes the ranges are downright
inconsistent, as you've noted.

                                                        Chen-song

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