Lots of great work. Lets not forget the KISS principal.

oh i know. but this will let me iterate combinations much much faster then otherwise possible.

the aim is to get it ready to playtest on nice solid foundations. Plus I can be fiddling with excels files at work and no-one will notice.

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nearly there, just got two more epithets to add in.

things that have become apparent as i work more on it - upgrades should be kept as cheap as possible.

This includes both weapons and epithets.

otherwise, you run the risk of a 4 CCW naked warlord running around the field for 550 points, whilst a typical build still costs less then a normal 850.
Basically, we can allow 700 odd builds, but it's best to keep them within a narrow range of prices. I think it also makes people more tactical when list building, instead of easy min-maxing.

This means that weapons will be getting better to offset the higher base cost.
I will also 'unbalance' the naked option slightly, by making CCW slightly weaker. This means all of the CCW bonuses in the epithets will balance up.

Finally, CCW attacks in the actual list will be maybe 1/2 of what will be in the sheet. The sheet does not take into account the massive consequences of losing an assault, as opposed to merely being shot at. As such, CCW's that balance in the sheet would probably be just ridiculous on the table. (ie reaver attacking imperator and destroying it in a single round).

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BOOM.

Spreadsheet done. decided cheapest titan was too cheap so upped the cost and rejigged the weapons.

If you want to play around with it, go ahead. green squares are ok to edit. (if you change the weapons too much, the bonuses like ignore cover might cease to be optimal.

Again: this is only a guidline, actual playtesting will trump this heavily. Likewise, CCW will get 1/2 the number of attacks they do in the sheet to account for the devasting effects of losing an assault.

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Drat - it's too big. I'll try and sort out some sort of file hosting. I should probably actually write the list up aswell...


EDIT: sod it - if you want the excel file email me at madd0ct0r@yahoo.co.uk

i'll try and get the actual army list up over the next few days.

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army list up here: viewtopic.php?f=82&t=23250

new type of list, so new thread.

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