Re: [Epic] Land Raiders

From: The Forgotten Spice Girl <adixon_at_...>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 08:41:43 -0700 (PDT)

Ok, this is just getting gross. I'm getting really tired of the LR are
cheesy argument. Please, stop the whining and look, for a moment, at the
Space Marine army list. I know that the makers intended a mixed SM/IG
army when they created that list, but unlike most players I think they
were mature enough to create balanced detatchments that reflect the
relative rarity of Land Raiders. If you read the codices for 40K, only
the 1st company and captains of other companies would have acces. That
leaves, at most, 21 Land Raiders per company. Now, when creating a Space
Marine force, do you really think that you would risk half of your supply
of your best tanks in ONE battle?

Again, as I see it, the Marines and IG are not one and the same. I don't
object to seeing them together, but taking SM infantry & tanks, and IG
armor and artillery detatchments is just plain wrong! Even though the IG
have a huge variety of tanks and artillery pieces, they are (IMHO) an
infantry army. Sure they have huge tank columns rolling over the enemy,
but what about those massed troop companies??

I don't know, maybe it's because the fluff has gotten so crappy, but as
long as I have been playing these games (nearly 5 years) I have always
tried to field armies with the same feel as the race. IE Mobile, hard
hitting space marine forces, and huge mechanized armies incorporating
tanks and artillery for IG.

Think about it. The artillery in an IG army is so good because the
infantry need all the help they can get! Only by placing blast markers
early on in the game can the IG foot sloggers hope to win firefights and
assaults. But if you couple the amazing artillery of the IG with the
superior infantry of the Space Marines, it does get a bit one-sided.

What is this rambling message getting to? I guess I can see that Land
Raiders are powerful, and over used, are VERY powerful. But I hate it
when people simply call an army/item/unit/squad/character plain cheesy,
because there are very few of these that are. It's only in the execution
of building armies that certain items become cheesy. Damnit, if something
is too powerful, find a way to kill/neutralize/get rid of it.

later,
adam

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