(Hena @ Jul. 29 2006,22:58)
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I dunno. My two ~30 gaunt swarms have been able to their job pretty well in 7.1 as well. I have hard time justifying buying twice as expensive troops even with save. Although I haven't played that many games with 7.1.
Hmmm... can you take or do you have a picture of what one of these large 'gaunt swarms looks like deployed Hena? That would be something like 1/3 of your army at 3000 points (the usual point level we play around here) in those two formations.
Clustered around Tyranid Warriors (I assume) would make a nice big barrage target to me as well as being vulerable to modified clipping assaults. Certainly attacking an enemy formationt that has Blast markers means you're +4 on resolution before any attacks are made, and that's great! The thing is, every hit your opponent makes is +1 for them... and that can add up fast. I guess I'd just like the saves. How much of your 'Gaunt swarm usually makes it to the enemy for its first assault?
Two swarms of 15 Raveners would be nothing to sneeze at either!
