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nealhunt

Post subject: Squat Gyrocopters

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:11 pm

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For the most part I agree with Jaldon.

You can't use them defensively in the basic lists because babysitting objectives makes it too easy for the enemy to completely avoid your weapons fire.

Warlords limit you to 2 possible strategies. You can either take them straight up the middle with lots of support or you can give them minimal support and let them hold the middle while you hit a flank with the main body of troops.

You will need to either sacrifice a turn of fire to move into position (marching as Jaldon said) or count on frequent double moves.

Personally, I prefer the double moves. I would rather take weaker shots _right_now_ than wait for a (hopefully) better shot later in most cases. With a relatively small area for the enemy to avoid, the Warlord can't count on getting its fire if the enemy reacts successfully.

While you take a -1 for doubling, with a TK2+ and 8 shots that are AT3+ if you get sights on an armor formation, the -1 penalty affects your fire far less than it would an ordinary formation.

Also, I think it's important to get as much firepower out of titans as possible. I definitely do my best to get into FF range to support an assault from another formation. If you march, you cannot supply supporting fire so again, I think that favors double moves.

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MemphisMark

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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:48 pm

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I have a Warlord Titan, and I use it as a offensive weapon. I usually double move, as its great anti-tank weaponry isn't that affected by the +1 to hit. I double move it right up the middle and cause as much havoc as possible. My usual opponent tries to counter my titan by putting scouts and tactical units in its way to slow it down and waste the firepower of the titan.

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