RE: [Epic] Thread on Orcs, AT & LRs [was barrage]

From: Ken Taborek <oberon_at_...>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 16:11:31 -0400 (EDT)

Hey! I've been playing my IG army with an arty co., a Shadowsword co.,
and Ultramarines as all-around great troops. No one has ever accused me
of having a cheese army. Just because someone doesn't restrict themselves
to "Pure" IG with no SM, or only SM with no IG companies, doesn't mean
they're taking the best of everything.

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



On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Miller, Chris wrote:

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> >----------
> >From: Francois Bruntz[SMTP:fbruntz_at_...]
> >Sent: Thursday, June 19, 1997 10:27 AM
> >To: space-marine_at_...
> >Subject: Re: [Epic] Thread on Orcs, AT & LRs [was barrage]
> >
> >>Sorry David, I don't agree.
> >Imperial Guard and Space Marines are not the same army!
> >Plus, when I play a Space Marines army I don't take more than 1
> >
> >chapter, it would be to easy to only take the best troops of each
> >
> >one.
> >So in these conditions, Space Marines are not so powerful but in fact
> >
> >well balanced.
> >
> >
> >Francois Bruntz
> >
> >----> HEY - there's someone else out there who likes to use the
> >imperials as something other than an "All-Star" team. You mean you
> don't have an IG Super-Heavy group and artillery company guarded by
> Space Wolf blood-claws covering the BA Death Company going in
> on T-Hawks to hold until relieved by some Warlord Titans ?
> Keep it up!
> (But then, I cringe when mixing different Chaos powers in the same
> army and really REALLY wish we had the different Ork clans
> back.)
> I do think the orks are shortchanged on some of the noted areas
> and I'd like to see some changes, but this whining about the imperials
> being GW's favorites is getting old.
>
> They aren't GW's favorites, they are the PLAYERS' favorites!
> >
> If people played them less (I'm talking 40K here too) they would do
> less of them. Look at it this way: Would the game be better if all
> marines
> were exactly the same? (this is dealing with 40K a lot) NO! It would be
> less
> interesting
> . I personally think they could do a little more on the "flavor" side
> and
> less on the "rules" side, but the main advantage is there are more and
> different armies in the game this way. 3 marine codexes plus the IG plus
> probably at least one more is a lot, but it's what people buy. Maybe
> not in your area, but overall it is. Personally, here in D/FW there are
> a ton of Eldar and Chaos players, and not that many Wolves, but
> I know it's different elsewhere. I'm not going to bitch if they try to
> break
> up "imperials" or even "marines" into some smaller groups and make
> them different from each other. Heck, I'd like to see some more
> seperation for Harlequins, the Chaos powers, and the Ork Clans.
>
> Chris Miller
>
Received on Thu Jun 19 1997 - 20:11:31 UTC