Re: [Epic] Hello

From: Aaron P Teske <Mithramuse+_at_...>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 23:08:00 -0400 (EDT)

Excerpts from Epic: 7-Jul-97 RE: [Epic] Hello by Carl Woodrow_at_...
> The reason that the Squat rules are a bit flaky is that GW are =
> redesigning the Squat characteristics for 40K and didn't want to release =
> any rules for the Epic Squats until this has been completed.

Am I the only one who thought that Epic Squats *did* have their own
character? *Much* more so than the 40K Squats? Admittedly, the Epic
Squats didn't translate very well into 40K, since they liked SHVs & all,
but *I* didn't care about that....

> I was informed that the Squats WILL be getting a complete overhaul =
> sometime in the future,

Well, at least "sometime in the future" is a bit more honest than the
"next year or two" GW has been saying for the past four or five years.

> I know it is not an ideal situation but it was done purely as a stopgap =
> NOT as a set of diffinitive Squat lists.=20

Which is presumably why the rules were only published in CJ, since we
know how much GW hates making rules corrections later, in case they
cause confusion.... </sarcasm>

> After all, the Squats were part of the overall Imperial forces in the =
> original Codex.

Keep in mind, though, that they *are* a totally independant fighting force....

> The problem that the designers perceived was that the Squats were being =
> used purely as a sit back and pound the daylights out of the opposition =
> with artillery.

Hmm, I suppose I did do a fair bit of that, but it's not like I didn't
charge into CC as well... or are you talking 40K, which I have no
experience with? Apart from that, the way Squats were designed (piss
for CC troops) you didn't have too many options apart from the pounding,
not that I didn't try on several occations. (Termites, anyone? ^_^ )

> Hopefully the new squat revisions will once again create a completely =
> different race with their own unique characteristics.

"Once again?" I've got Rogue Trader, and they're not *that* unique.
Yeah, the deployment is different, IIRC (RT is at home), but that can be
easily duplicated.

Again, though, the question is "when?" From everything that I've heard,
there are the various Imperial Agents codicies heading out the door, and
revisions of the WHFB army books, etc., etc. Battlefleet Gothic seems
to have a higher priority than the Squat Codex, from everything I've
heard! (Talking with several GW peoples on the phone and at
conventions.) Not that this is a Bad Thing (tm), since I'd love to get
more Space Fleet ships (though prices will be horrendous), but I think
it is an indication of the, shall we say, disregard GW has for the
Squats?
                    Aaron Teske
                    Mithramuse+_at_...
                    Squat Leader, Den'Len Fetch
Received on Tue Jul 08 1997 - 03:08:00 UTC