Re: [Epic] Eldar Super Heavies (er I mean War Engines)

From: J. Michael Looney <mlooney_at_...>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 14:48:46 -0500

Mark A Shieh wrote:
>
> The Ogre <the.ogre_at_...> writes:
> > The games that I have played against eldar opponents are perfectly happy
> > with this (to a degree). As they basically can stay on Assault orders
> > and run straight up the field and get mixed up in Firefights pretty
> > quickly, this is their saving grace, that they can seriously mix it up
> > in firefights. That firepower 2 is rather nasty!
>
> True, but I haven't noticed firefights doing much. Guardians
> probably aren't mean enough to take on 2 detachments, and ganging up
> on one detachment still causes only one hit on the nearest target and
> a blast marker. And then they run the risk of getting CCed and paying
> for that one casualty they dealt earlier.
> Is your experience different? I just didn't notice Firefights
> doing much.
>
> Mark
Don't forget that lossing a fire fight _breaks_ a detachment. The MUST
retreat and any units that can't get more than 15 cm from the enemy is
DEAD.
Received on Mon Apr 14 1997 - 19:48:46 UTC