Re: [Epic] New Game Grumbles

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 09:38:36 GMT

At 02:26 PM 13/3/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Brett Hollindale wrote:
>>
>> At 10:21 AM 12/3/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> >> From: Stuart Mottershead <stuart.m_at_...>
>> >>
>> >> Since subscribing to the list a week or so ago to find out about the new
>> >> game system (I don't collect space marine but have been collecting 40k
>> >> for about a year) I have heard a lot of complaints about it. These seem
>> >> to fall into four catagories,
>> >>
>> >> 1) The models are a bit different.
>> >
>> > The infantry bases are different. I don't think anyone's
>> >complaining about the new models, which look really good IMHO.
>> >
>> >> 2) GW are rip-off merchants.
>> >>
>> >> 3) The new game is not as 'realistic' as the old one.
>> >
>> > The new game has an increased emphasis on close combat, which
>> >some people find silly in a futuristic wargame. YMMV.
>> >
>> >> 4) The new rules are going to 'spoil the game'.
>> >
>> > The new rules remove a lot of flavor from the game. This
>> >is the only really valid complaint as far as I'm concerned. #1 isn't
>> >a big deal, #2 is to be expected, #3 is a matter of personal taste.
>> >#4 is a stupid move on GW's part. A flesh hound is not the same
>> >thing as a beast of nurgle. A death skull is not the same thing as
>> >a goff. A gatling blaster is not the same thing as an inferno gun.
>> >
>> >> It seems to me that the first two are fair enough (but not exactly
>> >> unnexpected), and the third may also be true (if a little irrelevant)
>> >> but I don't understand the fourth. I may be missing something, but IMHO
>> >> if the game has not been released yet, then surely the only people that
>> >> can truely judge it are those few that have actually played it.
>> >
>> > True, but people on the internet love to bitch. It's fun,
>> >try it!
>>
>> I thoughtthe whole point was a bitch about our bitching...
>>
>> Agro
>
>Hey, stop bitching about me bitching about you bitching, and don't
>anyone dare to bitch about me bitching about you bitching about me
>bitching about you bitching, OK!!!
>
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>Stuart Mottershead
>
>stuart.m_at_...
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I'm not bitching or anything, but your sign off comment line is too cool!

Agro
Received on Fri Mar 14 1997 - 09:38:36 UTC