Re: [Epic] E40k from 2ed Perspective

From: Scott Shupe <shupes_at_...>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 13:14:59 -0400

oki_at_... wrote:
>
> BTW, as I have not played any E40K (hopefully in abt a week's time. Yippee)
> I would like to get more feedback from prev. edition Epic player. How does
> this extreme assault movement as well as the shortening of weapon's range
> affect the gameplay as compared to the old Epic system
>
> Any feedback would be much appreciated.

        OK, well I finally got to play the game this weekend. Tried
2 small (500 pt) Chaos vs Tyranids, and one 1500 pt Chaos vs SM/titans.

        As far as I can figure out, unless you have a wide open space
around you, you're not going to get to shoot at assaulters before they
get a chance to smack you. This makes artillery fairly important, since
it can shoot at anything in range (no LOS needed). OTOH, if you can
put a few blast markers on non-tyranid assault troops, there's a chance
they will fail their Leadership test to move in the assault phase,
leaving you safe & sound for a turn.

        So it kinda sucks that (generally) you won't be able to shoot
at the CC troops before they get to you.

        Oh, and the bugs' ability to auto-pass Ld tests really sucks,
too.

Scott
shupes_at_...
Received on Mon Apr 28 1997 - 17:14:59 UTC