There have been some pretty cool developments for the guard that forgeworld have implemented, that have epic models or proxies, but no real list. The crassus transport, the dominus bombard, the Macharius omega and the praetor launcher are a few examples of these.
I'm lucky enough to have some models in my collection that can be used as these, so have come up with a list that allows me to do so. I'm not the most experienced player in the world, and I have struggled with trying to find balance, but have had a crack anyway.
I'm at the point now where I'd like to play a couple of games, so would appreciate some input from you all.
How would you feel about using this list?
Have I nerfed it too much, or not enough?
How would you feel about going up against it?
Is it a hopeless joke; or does it contain some hidden broken combos?
How will it play? Will it be fun or boring to play with and against?
I've tried to maintain the flavour of a heavy mechanised assault, but have taken out some of the more powerful guard and allies toys, in an attempt to balance the fact that you can potentially take a lot of reinforced armour war engines (dc2, but still war engines).
I'm not experienced enough at list building to know if I went too far, or not far enough.
Some commentary on the units and formations:
- The companies are basically a cross between steel legion and death korps, with the infantry being steel legion clones, and the crassus being a "gorgon-lite".
- The war engine tanks and artillery are support formations, to limit their spammability a little.
- There is a deliberate limitation on tk and macro weapons. Perhaps too much...
- The praetor formation is basically 2x manticore formations. The dominus formation is basically 2x bombard formations.
- I have kept the titan allies in, but limited the warhounds to pairs, and replaced their plasma blast guns with inferno guns to reduce the mw shooting available.
So if you have a chance I would appreciate some feedback, and welcome constructive criticism.
Cheers Mat
Edit. Version 0.8 is attached. Now with less wtf.