| Quote (Jaldon @ 31 2005 July,20:25) | (1) In General Too Weak in Assaults
(2) Vindicator Not Worth It
(A) Increase it's speed to 25cm
© Give Demolisher Cannon Ignore Cover
(3) Too Weak Against WE
(B) Live with it every army should have weaknesses
Jaldon  |
Are Marines weak in assault?
Whenever my regular opponent gets an engagment going I really suffer, but if I do it on my terms then he suffers.
Vindicator - Increase in speed almost universally agreed & ignore cover, no problems from me there.
Can't deal with WE? Well there are termies, and you can have your own WEs so whats the problem.
Now for the disclaimer. I don't play Marines. I find them too difficult to play with, but I am prepared to look for solutions and try and test new ideas.
A problem that has been raised is that a single shot can cripple the movement of a formation by destroying one of its transports. Now Marines can still double and March which can cover a lot of ground.
I originally had a possible solution of increasing the save for Rhinos and Razorbacks, but discussing this with Nick (Mekboy) Simmerson, Speed Freak Champion and general brilliant player he came up with a better solution.
Similar to IG and their Commissars, Marines have Techmarines. Before a battle the Marine player rolls a D3+1 for techmarines (assuming upto 3000pts). He does not have to allocate these, but must have a suitable marking system to show that he has them.
Then during the game these techmarines may be used to allow the player to re-roll a failed armour save on a vehicle. Note a save can only be re-rolled once and if the vehicle has already used a re-roll for say Reinforced Armour, he can't re-roll a re-roll. However if the same vehicle is hit by a MW then the first save is lost, the second save can be taken and if this is failed then a techmarine may be used. Of course TK weapons would not be affected by this rule.
Well I'm open for comments and if there is a bit that doesn't make sense then I'll try to clarify it.
Tim
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