Re: [Epic] Tournament army for review

From: Sutherland <charles_at_...>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 17:23:35 -0500

At 11:31 AM 6/17/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 04:52 PM 6/16/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>HQ +25 185 (50 AF. Mv 30, charge 45
>>Aspect +JP,+Aslt,+Psy even bugs look twice.)
>>Aspect +JP,+Aslt x9
>
>sounds good.
>
>>HQ +25
>>Aspect +JP x5 NightSpinner x5 300 (jp so they can keep up)
>> (suppress the bejeezus out of someone)
>
>Why the aspects? Just 'cuz they're cheap?
I bought the aspects so that I could move the detachment into place and
start firing as soon as possible. And if they need to run away they have
the speed to do so.
>
>>HQ +25 305 (trnspt for Harlies)
>>Vampire x3
>>Pheonix x2
>
>Are they just transport or are you planning on making them bombers? If you
>put the detachment on transport orders the phoenixes are just wandering
>around, aren't they?
On the turn I transport the harlies in the pheonixes just accompany them
and only use half of their FP. (still add up to 15FP!)
>
>>ShadowSeer Great Harlequin 207 (cause they look so
>>Harlequin Squad (2) x3 darn cool. and 58 AF
>>Harlequin squad (2)+Solitaire x2 isnt bad either.)
>
>Looks okay.
>
>> I also toyed with the idea of replacing the flyers and harlequins with a
>>warlock titan. It seems like this is way to fragile. Not enough units on
>>the board. I have not played that many games so I am unsure how this is
>>going to work out.
>
>I think a better flier composition would be advantageous. Maybe jetbikes
>instead of Harlies and homogenous fliers?

Need the mobility of the flyer transport to put the harlies down their
throats as soon as possible. The jetbikes are nice but they have to get so
close to do anything than they get overrun in an assault half the time.
>
>> The plan was to use the 5 NightSpinners on overwatch to place 4-5 BMs
>Then why aspects? Pick something that will benefit from being on overwatch
>with them, like falcons. They are more expensive, but they will be useful,
>while your jp aspects will sit on overwatch with nothing in range.
>
>> When they are sufficiently covered in BMs(turn 2 I would think) I
>>would drop the harlequins on his rear line and charge with the aspect
>>detachment. after that I could use the flyers as ground attack with 24
>>FP!!! It still seems like to few units to me but with Eldar you are kind
>>of stuck with that.
>
>1) If you are using the "Meeting Encounter" rules for the tourney, then you
>won't get to pick when the fliers arrive, as they are considered reserves.
>Since they will be your only reserve detachment, they _will_ arrive during
>the movement phase of turn 2.
>
>2) If you put them on transport orders, the phoenixes are just hanging out,
>being worthless. Assuming they don't take any damage at all, you can't do a
>bombing run until they refuel, i.e. turn 2.
>
>I would suggest adding falcons to the Wavespinners, and replacing the
>harlies with bikes. I believe you would still have enough points for a
>decent air support detachment.
Jetbikes are alot more expensive than the harlies and falcons a whole lot
more pricey than the aspects. I would have to give up a detachment to do
either of these. I will crunch the numbers and see what it will look like.
          The warlock titan still looks so cool that I hate not using it. Aaargh.
 May not be the best thing to do tacticly but it would look groovy. Aaaargh.

                        Thanks for the help everybody.
Received on Tue Jun 17 1997 - 22:23:35 UTC