Scott wrote :
>OTOH, not every E40k player was a SM/TL player, and there's
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>not a whole lot available for new players right now. I've seen
>Erik's ar=
my, and it consists of a few warlords, a bunch of space
>marine
>plastic in=
fantry/tanks, and some of the new metal SM/IG miniatures
>(thawks, arty, IG=
flyers). I kinda doubt that he could have fielded
>an army that size with=
out taking a mixed force (or if he could have,
>it would be all tac marines=
, land raiders, and whirlwinds).
Didn't think about that... Yes, of course=
if you have not enought
models to play you must use a mixed army. But I d=
idn't want to accuse
Erik of "cheesing".
I actually don't consider mixed=
guard and Sm's cheesy. Using the best of each marine chapter (Deth Company=
+ Ravenwing + whater the other special one is) is cheesy, because it is no=
t that realisting, most marine chapters don't like each other, and I can't =
picture them fighting together in that way, at least not the special troops=
from each one.
Stuff that seems cheesy to me:
Landraiders:Just cost to l=
ittle, and their to common. Actually, ani-tank weapons in general seem unde=
rpriced except on support weapons and Engines of Vaul.
ThunderHawks:Actual=
ly, any flier with a high armour and high gunnery value. They should not be=
able to shoot down hoards of interceptors that attack them. In general, th=
ese should have weaker armour. In SM they were only 4+ armour while nightwi=
ngs had 3+ (The highest flier armour was the Firelord/harridan with a 2+)
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