Posible IG list: 3k armoured rgt |
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Xavi
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Post subject: Posible IG list: 3k armoured rgt  Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 6:00 pm |
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Point taken. I pretend the list to be an all-rounder, so I will go for your baneblade + 2 shadowswords combo.
On the artillery issue, I think that I will keep the manties right now. I am getting an artillery company there (6 basilisks + 3 manticores) so getting each one of them should be easy enough. Right now I have the following issues, though:
1) The 6 BP every 2 turns seems much more powerful than 3 BP per turn. Seems that there are clear breaking points in the barrage table, so I think that the manties are more powerful, even if they are slow firing. remember that the manties place one blast marker per hit, not per destroyed unit. This means that they can have a massive impact if I plan to assault an enemy formation
2) If I wanted to fire directly at the opponent I would be getting a hydra battery and save 100 points in the process. Not sure that the flexibility that the basilisks provide is a bonus here. A force should be flexible, but in general this is achieved through combined arms. In general, unspecialized units are overall weaker than specialized ones. At least my experience playing WH fantasy has told me that.  It is better to have specialized units acting together. The result is much more powerful than having "average" units that can deal with everything acting together. To shot at enemy formations I have other units (tanks and infantry). The issue of artillery is to rain death from above to the enemy. At least I see them like that.
So far so good.  In any case this needs heavy playtesting!  but I am still unsure that the artillery change would be good. In a company the basilisk wins hands down. However, in a battery sized formation I think that the upper hand goes to the manties. I might be wrong and massive defeats against me will teach me that but still. Thanks for the input 
Regards,
Xavi
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