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Post subject: Desert Ferrin to fight the Marines  Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 11:04 pm |
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| Quote (primarch @ 01 2005 July,13:33) | | Quote (dafrca @ 30 2005 June,22:59) | | Quote (primarch @ 30 2005 June,15:12) | Why is this so? Is it an inherent flaw in the Epic A basic design?
Why can a titan heavy army not be balanced versus a non titan army in epic A? |
Keep in mind this is my opinion and not "fact".
I think it has to do with the lumping of all "Larger then tanks" together into only one category called "War Engine?. Then doing the rules so all War Engines are treated the same.
What EpicA needed was a third category called "Titan" or some such. Thus you could have had rules that apply to Titans only, the way you have rules that are War Engine only today.
If they had done this, then you could have costed the Titans in such a way that they could be in balance with the rest of the units/armies. Why, because it could/would become more of an OGRE style battle. The one (or small number) of very powerful formations against a larger number of weaker formations.
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Why wasnt it done?
Seems like a logical and simple thing to do. |
Good question, wish I had an answer for you. 
All I know is what I know. 
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Post subject: Desert Ferrin to fight the Marines Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 5:00 am |
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Maybe it's just me ... but using the SM1/AT1 system with a few minor modifications (and activation) worked well for us. Again after reading the E:A rules, I think generally it all should work. I think to many guys think Titans are "Gods" ... they are not ... they are Landships/Very Heavy Mobile Weapons Platforms. The AT1 rules played like a naval battle ... but on land, IMO, ie. the "Landship" paradigm. These things have a lot of fire power and armor compared to the rest of the ground forces (grade 2-4+ weapons, Shields, system's damage, repair capabilities, etc.). But in the end, they are big building size targets. The evolution of Titans on our battlefield/game board, was as I spoke about before (L4SoTR), came down to a simple scenario. The 1 or 2 Titans on the board would pummel each other until one "Blew"! Other systems would help, but you had your overall mission(s) to complete. And killing a Titan just made it easier ... just my take ...
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Post subject: Desert Ferrin to fight the Marines Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:29 pm |
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The subject of the Titan list hits close to home as you can imagine.
In any case, I am glad they tried to give Titans a larger role then just a very expensive support unit.
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Post subject: Desert Ferrin to fight the Marines Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 5:40 am |
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All that firepower, shields, etc. ... are good enough for me ! 
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Post subject: Desert Ferrin to fight the Marines Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 6:20 am |
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| Quote (Legion 4 @ 02 2005 July,21:40) | | All that firepower, shields, etc. ... are good enough for me ! ? |
Amen L4, Amen!
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