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

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 22:17:18 GMT

At 11:13 AM 21/3/97 -0500, you wrote:
>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.

Correct. (Sorry - I thought it was obvious in context. Maybe I should
write rules for GW :-)

Agro


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>Mark
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Received on Fri Mar 21 1997 - 22:17:18 UTC