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>I think it was also brought up that there enough anti-titan weapons in
>the game already. Barrage is not one of those, it is anti-infantry.
>
>Along this thought, I did blow up a Mega-Gargant with a single D-Cannon
>shot last weekend before my friend ever fired a single weapon from it.
>He rolled, double sixes for the critical, and 6 for catastrophic. He
>was pissed.
>
>Cyril
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>> From: Stephen Sheldon[SMTP:stephes_at_...]
>> Reply To: space-marine_at_...
>> Sent: Friday, June 12, 1998 12:20 PM
>> To: space-marine_at_...
>> Subject: Re: [Epic] Barrage templates and titans
>>=20
>> >=20
>> > Tu as =E9crit :
>> >=20
>> > > I think we should keep in mind that the barrage is
liberally
>>=20
>> > >spraying the target with ammo, i think this is not enough to hurt
a
>>=20
>> > >titan...
>> >=20
>> > Well, I think that if a barrage can damage a LR (armour =3D 6+)
then
>> it=20
>> > should damage a titan, shouldn't it?
>>=20
>> I have been following this post waiting for the big point to come up.
>> It=20
>> didn't. The barrage shells are typically large fragmentary devices,
or
>> a=20
>> liberal spraying of smaller shells, excellent for taking out
infantry,
>>=20
>> not so good at taking out vehicles, therefore, I think that the
titans
>>=20
>> are not going to get more than a single hit, because with a frag
>> device,=20
>> or HE, it is a single non-armour piercing shell, and the smaller=20
>> bombardments (Basilisk for eg) are going to have a relatively low=20
>> probability of damaging a titan, made more likely by the mass
>> quantity.
>> In other words, it works fine now, so don't mess with it.
>>=20
>> Steve
>>=20
>>
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>> -
>> When you dream there are no rules, people can fly, anything can
>> happen.
>> Sometimes, there's a moment as you're waking, that you become aware
of
>> the real world around you, but you're still dreaming.=20
>> You may think you can fly, but you better not try it...
>>
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>> -
>>=20
>
Heck I would be too to bring a big ol titan on the field and have it
blown to itty bitty pieces b4 it got a shot off..
James
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