Re: [Epic] Titans and CC (a new theory...)

From: Thomas Bloom <tbloom_at_...>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:11:39 -0500

>>>>>I was having a think about the frightening vulnerability of titans to close
>>>>>combat by swarms of cheap troops and it occurs to me that in fact there is
>>>>>no problem at all...
>>>>
>>>>Actually all you have to do is keep a battery of Whirlwinds with LOS to
>>>>your titans. With thier void shields the Whirlwinds 0 save modifier won't
>>>>hurt the titan but will kill about 1/2 the stuff in contact with your
>>>>titan, wich will be able to handle the rest. Also the Multiple Rocket
>>>>Launcher will serve the same purpose (6 pt. barrage w/ no save modifier).
>>>
>>>Won't the Whirlwinds take Titan shields out ?
>>>Maybe I am wrong, but if a vehicle from your side places a barrage template
>>>partly on a titan, and the titan has - say - one shield left, doesn't the
>>>shield goes down (if the titan is hit) ?
>>>
>>>
>>>Marc Feuerstein
>>>
>>
>>In the Titan Legions rule book under Void shields it states that only
>>weapons with at least a -1 save modifier will knock down void shields/
>>power shields. I don't know the page number off hand.
>>

>
>I guess I should point out that the attacking troops are "inside the titan's
>void shields" and so they would be protected from the barrage anyway...
>
>(Irrespective of the QA about shooting them in the first place...)
>
>Agro

So by that logic if you get troops up close like that they can shoot the
Titan without going through the shields. Which means that if a titan
charges something on FF that unit will get to shoot up the titan without
going throug the shields. I don't think thats what is intended.

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Received on Mon Mar 03 1997 - 17:11:39 UTC