(eysi @ Apr. 06 2008,10:59)

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Hi there,

We had a netepic game on Saturday and some questions remained open, perhaps some of the veterans can help us out.

1. This kind question was asked before but to get 100% sure I will bother you again.
Can a spell/card which targets a detachment be used against units/models/titans?
a) Does a card like master mime; which states that the target is a detachment affect titans, praetorians or other models/units as well?
b) Does the Farseers power Precognitive Direction affect moved units/titans? The older rules said unmoved but in the current one it has been removed.
e.g. I move a warlock titan on charge orders and change his orders in the combat phase?
(we had a discussion about comparativeness, this power vs. warlock passive talent vs. command head vs. master of ravenwing etc. .
c) Does the Tyranid special card Adrenaline Surge affect titans or titan broods as well?

2. We had some trouble in determining how the combat is resolved correctly
e.g.
One stand of Devourers charged Warlord titan in the compulsory movement phase.
Tyranid titan charges Warlord titan.
Greater demon of Khorne charges Tyranid titan.
In our situation the demon was pimped up by chaos cards, the warlord was crippled and the tyranid titan was equipped with a melee setup. due to the rules the cc weapons of the bio titan are useless against the knight because he is charging alone.
One party wants the fight with demon and bio titan handled first the other party the fight between bio titan and warlord titan. Both parties had 2 units/models in close combat.
This leads to two other subquestions
a) At which point of the game is the melee between infantry and titans resolved? Does infantry count towards the outnumbering rule or is the stand destroyed before the real combat is handled?
b) What is the advantage of a  or two tentacle weapons if you are in a fight like the one described? Does the tentacle arm work only if the titan is charged or even if he is in charge?

There may be more questions, but time is short so i will add them later on.

thanks for your efforts

(eysi @ Apr. 06 2008,15:59)

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2. We had some trouble in determining how the combat is resolved correctly
e.g.
One stand of Devourers charged Warlord titan in the compulsory movement phase.
Tyranid titan charges Warlord titan.
Greater demon of Khorne charges Tyranid titan.
In our situation the demon was pimped up by chaos cards, the warlord was crippled and the tyranid titan was equipped with a melee setup. due to the rules the cc weapons of the bio titan are useless against the knight because he is charging alone.
One party wants the fight with demon and bio titan handled first the other party the fight between bio titan and warlord titan. Both parties had 2 units/models in close combat.
This leads to two other subquestions
a) At which point of the game is the melee between infantry and titans resolved? Does infantry count towards the outnumbering rule or is the stand destroyed before the real combat is handled?
b) What is the advantage of a ?or two tentacle weapons if you are in a fight like the one described? Does the tentacle arm work only if the titan is charged or even if he is in charge?

There may be more questions, but time is short so i will add them later on.

thanks for your efforts

(eysi @ Apr. 07 2008,16:12)

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Dont you think the power is way too weak?
the farseer is the "mightiest" caster in the eldar army and its power (precognitive direction) is FAR behind the warlock passive ability. its quite useless to be honest
furthermore eldritch storm puts coercion to shame. can you explain why the farseer is worth 2VP and warlock just 1VP?

but maybe its just me

i can see why it would be unbalanced to play a master mime on a imperator titan, because this card costs one victory point.
But to get an eldar titan charge order and let him fire on advance doesnt sound that cruel to me. since we dont have anything like a vulcano cannon etc. we have to get on close range to kill an enemy titan effectively, which usually dont have to move to shoot.
just my 2 cents why i feel it balanced this way on eldar.

but again, maybe its just me

two other questions.
1. There are several weapons and spells that differ between d3/d6 hits and wounds is this the same or is it intentionally or not? (dominatrix energy pulse comes to my mind)
2. Eldar spell again - eldritch storm used against infantry units in a building, how do we have to handle the situation? We put them out of the building and they can do nothing more in this turn.

Thanks for the help