Re: [Epic] [E40K]Bug Titans

From: Sutherland <charles_at_...>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 07:19:05 -0500

At 06:12 PM 4/14/97 +0800, you wrote:
>At 08:51 PM 4/14/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>Mark A Shieh wrote:
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>>> As far as I can tell, Tyranid Titans are not much more fragile
>>> than their Imperial counterparts. They have the same number of Damage
>>> Capacity as their Imperial equivalent has in Shields+Damage Capacity.
>>> They have one less weapon. They go 33% faster and ignore any terrain
>>> modifiers. They have the same assault.
>>
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>Have anyone tried equipping a Hiero with two assault and one ripper
tentacles ?
>The Assault factor will be 30 (?) x 2 x 2 = 120 ?!! And the ripper tentacles
>will be pretty nifty in nullifying the opponent's assault weapon. Is this
>correct or am I missing something ?

You cannot have 2 close combat wpns.

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>Thanks
>Oki
>p.s. BTW do you guys think that Titan battlegroups or Gargant mob will make
>a comeback ? It kind of worry me, as the Armies book only allow you to take
>one Titan or so only. While I do want to see those units making a comeback,
>I am a little worried.

uh...you can only have one per detachment. Nothin stoppin you from takin
more det. of gargants.

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>I suspect that for Epic40k, GW only playtested the armies with only one
>Titan per side only. And the cost of Titans and their effect on game balance
>were tested and toned down/up depending on their playtesting.

Saw a playtest with at least 3 titans on the board.

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>But if and when GW releases new units/ battlegroups in WD, I have a feeling
>that those new units will not be tested as extensively as the original
>release units. For example, in Epic 2nd edition the Warlord Titan only
>appear rarely and in single unit only. And the Warlord does not rule the
>battlefield. Yet when GW releases the Titan Legion, those battlegroups
>simply dominate the battlefield. Remember the 3 Warlord with MRL, Vortex
>missiles, Plasma Cannon ? And the Titan missions ?
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>I think the problem is that GW did not fully tested the new units with the
>new ones. "OK, mates, we tried these new battlegroups ten times against a
>conventional forces. They win five times out of ten. I think they are pretty
>balanced, what do you guys think ?"
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>As such I am quite concerned about the battlegroups/knights/unreleased units
>not in the Armies books now.

Let's hope they keep up the good work on E40K. This IMHO is probably one
of the best games they have done yet. They resisted the urge to over do
the game like they usually do.

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>Regards
>Oki
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Received on Mon Apr 14 1997 - 12:19:05 UTC