Re: [Epic] [E40k] Some Observations

From: J. Michael Looney <mlooney_at_...>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 16:29:29 -0500

PAspin3551_at_... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 20/04/97 15:58:47, you write:
>
> << ?? 1D6 death ray attacks = 3.5 death ray attacks = 2.9 hits (let call
> that 3 hits). All death ray hits do critical damage against war
> engines. You have a 58% chance per hit of making a Engine of Vaul go
> "boom". That works out to a 93% chance of a kill vs a Engine of Vaul, >>
> etc.
>
> The point the guy was making was that Engines of Vaul are skimmers, and thus
> make pop up attacks - and as deathstrikes lack the artillery ability, they
> are never going to be able to fire at them - only other war engines can (see
> Jervis's answers).
>
> Also, vortex missiles only seem to be of any use against super heavy tanks
> and unshielded titans. They are wasted on infantry, and unless you take a lot
> wont be able to kill an imp titan straight out.
> Its very easy to overestimate their abilities...
>
> kris aspinall

Of course I was assuming LOS, You can't shoot any thing with the damn
thing with out LOS, however if you do get LOS on EoV, it's toast. Plus
my favorite launcher for them IS a war engine (Adeptus Mechanicus
Ordinatus).

Lets run the math on that one...
First the Scorpion.
The EoV gets 1D6 A/T. That's 3.5 A/T shots, which is 1.75 hits vs a
target with 8 damage points. The AMO fires back. The EoV dies.
Assuming that you have a herd of EoV that are trading pot shost with the
AMO, well, it takes 4.57 EoV/Turns to to toast a AMO. An AMO cost 200
points. 5 EoV cost 550 points.

Granted a really hot set of die rolls by the EoV could cut it the other
way via critical hits, but it appears that an AMO will beat up to twice
it's point value in EoVs and still come out alive.
  

Now if you get the Cobra EoV with in range of the AOM it goes like this:
It hits on a 2+, doing 2.8 point of damage (1 Critical hit), with a 2.7%
chance of doing no damage or blowing the AOM up. The AOM fires and the
EoV, on the average, is toast. As it so happens an AOM vs Warp Hunter(
err, I mean Cobra EoV) ratio is 3.39 EoV/Turns, but they have to get
with in 45 cm, vs an unlimited range weapon. Given a good field
postion, with good fields of fire, a AOM kills one target a turn for 6
turns.
Received on Sun Apr 20 1997 - 21:29:29 UTC