[Epic] Question about Engines of Vaul...

From: Larry Irish <wirish1_at_...>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 14:30:21 -0400

Hi all -
A bit of a ramble about the Engines of Vaul, followed by a couple question
about how I _think_ the EoV's should work....

Both the Scorpion and Cobra are armed with SHW's - a Pulsar and a D-cannon,
respectively. They also have Hull weapons for a FP of 2. Looking over the
most recent Q&A from Jervis (Thanks, Allen!), I see:

>Pulsar
>Q: An Eldar Pulsar fires as D6 Anti-Tank shots. How many blast markers
>shut down a Pulsar?
> a) A single blast marker will prevent a Pulsar from firing.
>Answer: a

Ouch. It sounds like BlastMarkers are the bane of both EoV's, since the
D-cannon is definately a SHW, no discussion. Some quick math told me that 3
little BM's would completely silence a unit of EoV's. <sigh>

Then I remembered the Hull weapons - you can use their FP to 'pay off' the
lost FP due to BM's, right??

Another question: In order to use the hull wpns, do they have to be in
range? This sounds a bit dicey, I realize, but I'm wondering how I can use
the EoV's as I envision them: keeping them at max range and popping up to
blow away bad guys. As it stands now, if I keep them at a distance, some
incoming fire (which they should survive with a 4 damage capacity) will
silence their guns all too quickly. But then, if I move into range to use
the hull guns and avoid some of the penalties for BM's, I put them right
into harm's way from assault (their assault values are quite poor, yes?)

Anyway, in closing, a simple question -
Are the Engines of Vaul, despite being way-cool models, Tragically
Flawed(tm)?? :)

Do any Eldar players out there have any sucess stories with these units??

Thanks for enduring yet-another-rant...
Larry
Received on Thu Aug 06 1998 - 18:30:21 UTC