Re: [Epic] [E40K] Squats -- different list

From: Ken Taborek <oberon_at_...>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 12:12:13 -0400 (EDT)

OK, but I'm wasn't debating cost vs effectiveness in any way. Just that
Thunderers were the best heavy weapon infantry in epic2. Make 'em cost
more if they're better, I don't care.

--Ken Taborek oberon_at_...
"Show respect for age. Drink good Scotch for a change."- random fortune



On Mon, 5 May 1997, W. Gregory Klett wrote:

> >Your forgetting that they had 3! dice each at 5+ to hit. This was 50%
> >better firepower per unit than any other heavy weapon unit.
> >
> >--Ken Taborek oberon_at_...
> >"Show respect for age. Drink good Scotch for a change."- random fortune
> >
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 5 Jun 1997 duckrvr_at_... wrote:
> >
> >> At 11:38 PM 6/4/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >>
> >> >Thunderers as Warriors + 2x Heavy
> >>Weapons
> >>
> >> What is 2x Hvy Wpns? And while we are on the topic, why is it everyone
> >> seems to have a hard-on for thunderers? The only advantage they had over
> >> DRs in 2nd ed. was stayng power. You already have stubborn, why do this
> >> funky 2xhvy weapons/rapid fire hvy weapon stuff?
> >>
> >> Temp
> >>
>
> What everyone seems to be avoiding is that in Epic 2nd, Imperial, Eldar
> and Squat Heavies were very nearly IDENTICAL from a cost per hit basis.
> Admittedly, the various heavy units had radically different
> survivabilities on a unit to unit comparison, but from a cost/effect basis
> they are the same.
>
> Guard- 200pts, 5 stands, 10 shots at a 5+, 3 hits, 67pt/hit
> Squat- 300pts, 5 stands, 15 shots at a 5+, 5 hits, 60pt/hit
> Eldar- 200pts, 3 stands, 6 shots at a 4+, 3 hits, 67pt/hit
>
> I don't remember the cost of Marine heavies.
>
> Greg Klett
>
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