Re: [Epic] "FIREPOWER" and Blast Markers

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 13:10:30 -0600

J Andrew Evans wrote:

> Two things.
>
> Firstly, in FIREPOWER it is Super-heavy tanks that are offered a new critical
> table, not all WEs. The new orders apply to WEs which therefore includes
> Super-heavy tanks and Titans.
>
> Secondly, why are disrupt weapons so good? When any one weapon fires there is
> only a 50% chance (4+) of it placing 1 BMs. It seems to me that you need rank
> on rank of Disrupt weapons in order to have any effect. Do this however
> (despite the expense of buying them) and you use up a lots of points on a
> weapons that is only partially successfully. Good old, natural, firepower in
> reasonable numbers places a nicely satisfactory numbers of BMs. Add SHWs and
> the numbers stack up very nicely.
>
> Can someone explain this fascination with Disrupt weapons. What are the tactics
> that I'm missing?
>
> Waiting with bated breath for my preconceptions to be disrupted :)
>
> A#
>
> Alan E & Carmel J Brain wrote:

Disrupt attacks are capable of ending games way faster than regular fire power. For
20 points, you can get a 2 fp, 45 cm heavy weapon unit, or a biovore with a 45 cm
range disrupt attack. For 100 points, you can get 10 FP, or 5 disrupt attacks. 10 FP
= 1 blast marker and maybe 2 casualties, 5 disrupt = 4 blast markers on a typical
role. 2 of such units can either place 2 blast markers and kill 4 units, or 8 bm's.
Those 8 BM's will be deducting morale for 3 turns, and leave the unit stuck in
place, waiting for an assault where they attackers will likely be at +2 just from
BM's.

I usually field this bug Detat:
4 assault spawn
1 HT
2 TW
5 biovore

280 points. If spore dropped, 184 points. I field it in pairs and they can easily
place 8 BM's per turn on 1 detat. In My last game, I used both detats to put 9 BM's
on a Ork Battlefortress, then killed it. By nomal rules, -11 to enemy morale, +2 to
mine. My opponent didn't like house rules, so we didn't use my normal house rule
that you can't lose more morale from BM's on a detat than its normal morale, a rule
I developed specifically to let my tyrannid games last more than 3 turns. Bugs need
biovore to win assaults handily, but by normal rules they drop enemy morale way
faster than their points would seem to merit.

Thane
Received on Sun Sep 13 1998 - 19:10:30 UTC