Vaaish wrote:
Which books are you finding that in? I'd like to read through it. Currently, based on the Taros campaign, the loss of a titan, even a warhound, shocked those nearby and prompted their withdrawl. No information was given on the crews response, but the BM doesn't have to represent just the response of the crew. It could also be high command telling them to be more cautious or whatever other reason it would reduce their performance and perhaps eventually lead to the titans pulling back. in any event, I don't see the imperium throwing titans away without good cause and the possibility of the rest of the force taking a BM gives the player a good reason to think about how necessary it is to sacrifice a titan.
Primarily
Titanicus, but also
Mechanicum, and
Storm of Iron - I'm pretty sure there's a fair amount of titan action in the latter two. It has been a while since I've read any of them, so I can't provide exact references to relevant text.
To what end do players typically sacrifice their warhounds? Given that their job is scouting, an inherently dangerous mission, is this really a problem?
I still return to activation count here - even though a single warhound is a small points expenditure in a titan list, it's an activation that is sorely needed in turns 3 and 4. Sending it on a suicide mission would seem to pose as many problems as it might solve for the AMTL player. As far as making it possible to get more bang for the buck of concentrating on the weaker titans, I'm not sure it's necessary to gain a victory. Spread the objectives out, and an 8-10 activation opponent should be able to make it very hard on the AMTL by spreading them very thin. An opponent can handle the forge knights and sentinels while avoiding/hiding from the battle titans. So taking down a couple warhounds (say, using termies) has a lot of effect if the only other things left on the table are 2-3 battle titans. in other words, if the opponent goes for the objectives rather than the engine kill, there's only so much a few warlords/reavers can do, even if they're healthy.
Of course, experience can vary. I don't particularly like the "It's only IMO" disclaimers but consider it disclaimed anyway.
