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

From: PAULO ALEXANDRE CORREIA POMBAL(leic) <"PAULO>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 10:19:03 +0000 (WET)

 

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

> 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
>
Yeap, you're damn right!

Paulo Pombal
pacp_at_...
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