Re: [Epic] Net Epic

From: <duckrvr_at_...>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 08:59:23 -0600

At 08:46 AM 2/20/97 +0000, you wrote:

>Titans are just fine the way that they are.
>
>They are exceptionally fragile (to CC) if they are left unsupported, so
>support the damn things! Don't change the rules to account for poor
>generalship. Think of titans as land going battleships and (IMO) you will
>be close to the truth.

I've got to agree here. That Tempest host is pretty fragile if you put it
on charge and send it into the middle of the board. Putting an artillery
company in the open on the deployment line is suicide, too. These are not
proper deployments, and neither is sending your Warlord into the middle of
the board without some assault troops to keep the boarders at bay.

>As to some weapons being "useless" and others "exceptional", I don't know
>that I would agree. I would tend to suggest (in fact I will suggest!) that
>every weapon has its place.

Some are clearly better, man. Compare the Hellstorm (I think) vs. a gatling
blaster. More shots, same range, better save mod. No contest. Now,
personally, I think the hellstorm is intended for LoB only, but some folks
on this list have stated that they use it on battle titans, and if Chaos is
disallowed battle groups, I can understand why.

>The only obvious problems with titans that I can see are the fact that the
>Warlord (and Banelord) cost 900pts instead of 750pts, the Impirator starts
>the game with a random amount of plasma instead of a fixed 7 or 12, and
>there is no Slasher Gargant Mob costing 1200pts.

I agree on this point. We had a house rule to this effect (750 for a
Warlord) almost right after 2nd edition came out. The Gargant Mob is
dertainly in line with the other BGs.

Temp
Received on Thu Feb 20 1997 - 14:59:23 UTC