Re: [Epic] Titans and Eldar (looooong) (was: Titans and CC)

From: Mark A Shieh <SHODAN+_at_...>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 11:13:34 -0500 (EST)

duckrvr_at_... writes:
> At 09:38 PM 3/20/97 +0000, you wrote:
> >>Incidentally, what do you have against the spirit host? Is it the "kill the
> >>warlock/break the company" thing?
> >
> >That's really only a problem against tyranids, [not worth 500
> >points snipped] Wraithgaurd are
> >both cheaper and better than Dreadnaughts and it would be more effective to
> >spend the points on say three Wraithgaurd and two Dire Avengers (to assist
> >in giving the WG orders).

> I disagree. 2 dreadnoughts _at_150 + 1 wraithguard @100 + 1 warlock @100 = 500
> pts.
> You lose the falcon (50 points + command status . . . can we say 75
> pts?),

        So you figure a Warlock is only worth 25 points and a special
slot?

> but you gain a special card slot, and you gain that "destroy every
> model and still don't get the VP" thing. I think it's about even.

        This is one of my favorite companies. I think it's more than
even, since you get a Warlock, which is like freeing up 2 special card
slots, not just one. You also get rid of the "lots of little
half-point hoseed easily broken detachments that fill up all my damn
support card slots" problem that I'm always drowning in. (It's why
I'm usually down a few VP). It's also one of the few companies I have
that doesn't break on a regular basis (>50% of the time) on Turn 2.

> >>Six pulsars concentrated on 2 titans will probably destroy them, possibly
> >>spectacularly. That averages 4 hits. Definitely kill one, and a good shot
> >>at the second. And if the laswings can reach, that ices it.
> >
> >Yep, maybe I didn't make it clear, but if the Imps don't kill the Phantoms
> >before the Phantoms fire, I don't think much of the chance that an Imp titan
> >will be left in round 2...
>
> You mean Warlords, right? Why do I get this strange feeling of being in a
> reality warp? Three imperators . . . no, thank you.

Actually, I think he means Imperials. Specifically, Imperial Battle
Titans, but I can't be certain.

Mark
Received on Fri Mar 21 1997 - 16:13:34 UTC