RE: [Epic] comment on Rob L.'s envelopment thing

From: Christian Nielsen <raveallnight_at_...>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 23:57:42 -0700 (PDT)

---John Erickson wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Just another comment on the values of Attack vs standard bikes, even
> though ABikes have better FP they are a larger target. This was
important
> for my game because of the limited cover (btw I don't waste effort
> mounting bikes 3 to a base, why have 2 stands when you can have 8 )
the
> small bikes can then be placed into almost any cover. This isn't
much but
> it can sometimes be important. eg all 8 bikes +4 Land Speeders could
hide
> behind the hill in my game, it probably would not have been possible
with
> ABikes.
>
> Rob L.
> (feeling humbled that a thread has his name on it :) )
>
> -----> Am I reading this right that you don't base your bikes at
all? Now I don't
> have a problem if my opponent has one bike on a base. But if he put
an unbased
> bike on the table and said it was a whole squad I would have a
problem. Base
> size is very important for just the reason you pointed out. The
base, not the
> figure, represents a certain number of troops and the space they
occupy. If I am
> reading this wrong I apologize.
> John
>

Reminds me of an Ork player I used to play with. He didn't base his
Kult of Speed (+supports), and I remeber destroying the whole company
with a single barrage attack (2nd ed).

Christian

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