(zap123 @ Jun. 04 2007,20:46)
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(Juffo-Wup @ Jun. 05 2007,00:14)
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Well, I based the cost on the IG Maurader which you get three of for the same price. They aren't Superheavy, but you get a helluva lot of firepower for that price.
As to the Hell Blade, sure, drop the CAF to +4 but as for the weapons, all Aircraft-based Lascannons are 50cm range weapons. I'm not sure I'd drop the Doom Wings to use over Hell Blades. Doom Wings fill a different role thanks to their template weapon. Hell Blades are light armour killers, Doom Wings are massed infantry killers with a better to-hit than the Hell Blades.
The Marauders are a fairly decent deal. However, as you noted they aren't superheavy and have a CAF of 2+. In any case, I think comparisons with existing Chaos flyers are probably more relevant.
For the Hell Talons, make the weapon an autocannon then.
Remember also with the flyers big speed it's easy for them to get rear arc shots taking their -1TSM lascannon to -3, and making them heavy armour killers.
Actually, I wonder if it would be better to give them a CAF of 6+, Autocannon 25cm 1dice 5+ 0TSM and make the detachment 250 points so they are a strictly air-sup choice for Chaos armies (in lieu of AA units), and quite dissimilar to Doom Wings. Alternatively, leave them with the 50cm guns but drop the CAF way down to 2 or 3+ so they are "strike fighters", and leave them at 300.
Sounds like a good compromise to me.
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