Re: [Epic] Epic40K stats/Pre-sale

From: Aaron P Teske <Mithramuse+_at_...>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 08:06:10 -0500 (EST)

Excerpts from Epic: 28-Feb-97 Re: [Epic] Epic40K stats/Pr.. by Keith
Zanardi_at_...
> >So they have changed the
> >amount of weapons available down to 6? And the warhounds are fixed weapons?
> >Oh boy I hope this is wrong.
>
> Nope. JR read it to me straight out of the book.

Actually, from what I heard I thought the Heavy Barrage (MRLs) were just
45 cm, not 60, but that's about it... also, the Heavy Weapons battery
have 8 FP, 6 when they're on Warhounds; compare this to 1 FP for your
average infantry stand, or 2 FP for a heavy stand.

> >They've gone from being able to custom build
> >your titan to having a much smaller range of choices. I take it they will be
> >converting all the available weapons to within the categories above.
>
> I didn't ask him about that. He said he would send me the rules in about
> a week or so.

They have weapon recommendations... bleah.

> >(Fire
> >control Towers gone?)
>
> NO FCT's really pisses me off too.

Hoo yeah... though FCTs are *really* easy to house rules in, IMO. +1 to
hit, and a bit more vulnerable in the head area... maybe switch one
"weapon critical" to "head critical".

> >Oh boy, lots of options now. I think they could more
> >easilly made a costing into what each weapon is worth rather then just
> >blending them into a few choices.
>
> Both the boyz in the US & UK gave me this line. " You are in a ship
> orbiting the planet where the fighting is. You are NOT concered as to which
> specific weapon is on a specific titan. You will be more concerned about
> fighting the whole battle not concerned with manuvering a specially armed
> titan to an area of the battle."

Bull. If there's a lot of infantry in one area, I want my anti-infantry
Titan in there. If a lot of tanks, I want my anti-tank Titan near
there... Man, losing all the options sucks!

(Do people remember how I was saying I think I can make a stand-alone
Titan force? Well, it ain't gonna happen under *these* rules....)

                    Aaron Teske
                    Mithramuse+_at_...
Received on Fri Feb 28 1997 - 13:06:10 UTC