(Chroma @ Mar. 26 2007,02:43)
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(The_Real_Chris @ Mar. 25 2007,19:04)
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Shall we bet on results? I reckon the titans have it in the bag as it isn't that powerful an ork force (a lack of zap brigades for one, though perhaps the surprisingly high number of gunwagons could help).
I still don't get the focus on Supa-Zzap guns... I retrospect I really wish all my Oddboyz had been Soopa-gunz. Two MW barrage templates is fantastic! You can put BMs on multiple formations, you can get multiple attack on Titans; with doubling and firing into cover, those Zzaps are only hitting on a 5+, and what if the opponent has no war engines? I've always found Soopa-gunz to be the superior choice of weapon.
Zzap gun, 5+ to hit, avg 2 points of damage per hit - ~2/3 points of damage per shot.
Soopa gun, 6+ to hit, 1 shot per 2 DC, save allowed -
Warlord ~1/3 point per hit
Reaver ~1/4 point per hit
Warhound (assume 1 center, 1 non-center) !~1/3 point per hit
That's average. Look at what happens with the upside on lucky die rolls and you'll see an even larger differential.
You're not going to catch multiple formations with templates more than about once if your opponent knows what they are doing. Even if you do, you won't be able to center the templates for max damage.
Soopagunz have a niche against certain kinds of targets, but not titans.
