Re: [Epic] Eldar & Disrupts.

From: Greg Lane <greg_at_...>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 15:15:29 -0500

Good thought...

However consider ...

This sort of detachment becomes a REAL target for everything the other side can
throw at you!

Spreading the Disrupts around a little ... in more detachments ... does not reduce
your ability to lay down BM's very much but does make the targeting problem tougher
for the oppo9sitions

Of course, these points make more or less sense depending on the race of your
opponenet and their playing style, as well.

But, overall, I think you've got the idea!

Greg

J Andrew Evans wrote:

> Given my new understanding of the number of BMs a disrupt weapon can inflict
> (see previous threads) I have been reconsidering my Tyranid and Eldar
> detachments.
>
> It is possible with the Tyranid to have an artillery swarm with an amazing 20
> Biovores. This would inflict at a range of 60cm a likely 12 BMs every time it
> fired (2BMs plus 50% hits on average at 4+ of the 20 Biovores firing). This is
> likely to suppress most activity while the genestealers run over and start
> eating. In addition it will take 11 hits (or BMs) before they lose the
> automatic 2 BMs just for firing. Pretty good, huh.
>
> Eldars on the other hand are quite limited by the army lists. In one detachment
> I could cram 5 Night Spinners as support to five Eldar stands likely in three
> Wave Serpents (though one could expand to 6 Wave Serpents, five in the main
> force and one for the Farseer). This gives 11 Disrupt weapons and a likely BMs
> of 7. However I bit of accurate fire back or a couple of BMs and this number
> drops quickly. The only advantage is the extended range of the Night Spinners -
> but fire from that far out and you lose the Wave Serpents, dropping the BM count
> even further.
>
> H'm.
>
> Just thinking aloud. Any thoughts coming back?
>
> A#
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