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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 3:53 pm |
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Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:13 pm Posts: 36984 Location: Ohio - USA
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C/C you may have to do what I do with F/W. Buy a pack of each, keep what you want and sell your extras here at cost + postage. I've done it many times before. It's the only way to go. And there are other guys out there like us who don't want 3 of everything ! 
_________________ Legion 4 "Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War !" ... "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
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Cuban Commissar
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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:10 pm |
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Joined: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:32 am Posts: 2933 Location: Colorado, USA
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Thanks for the replys guys. looks like the best solution is to get both types.
Flexibility right... 
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primarch
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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 11:32 pm |
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Joined: Fri Feb 14, 2003 12:46 am Posts: 27069 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma USA
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Hi!
I consider the baneblade to be the "staple" super heavy tank, with the shadow sword as a heavy support tank. I usually get them in a proportion or 2 to 1 in favor of the baneblades.
Primarch
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Markconz
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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 2:05 am |
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Joined: Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:43 pm Posts: 7925 Location: New Zealand
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Primarch, that is also the way I thought about them. I have two companies of 3 baneblades, and 4 shadowswords which usually get fielded individually.
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primarch
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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 2:32 pm |
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Joined: Fri Feb 14, 2003 12:46 am Posts: 27069 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma USA
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Hi!
I field them like that usually too Markconz, a company of baneblades with shadow swords (or the other heavies for that matter) as support.
I think they only other super heavies I have actually fielded like a company of stormblades in an anti-titan role.
Primarch
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Legion 4
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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 4:30 pm |
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Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:13 pm Posts: 36984 Location: Ohio - USA
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I use them in both separate and mixed dets. Especially, with all the variations ... Stormblade, Stormsword, etc., etc. ...
_________________ Legion 4 "Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War !" ... "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
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primarch
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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:46 pm |
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Joined: Fri Feb 14, 2003 12:46 am Posts: 27069 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma USA
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Hi!
The baneblade was the first super heavy wasn't it? Or was it released with the shadow swords?
Primarch
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Legion 4
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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 5:44 am |
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Yes, IIRC, they were first released at about the same time, back with SM1 a long, a long time ago ...
_________________ Legion 4 "Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War !" ... "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
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Serps
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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 7:16 am |
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Joined: Tue Sep 02, 2003 2:47 am Posts: 388 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Yep, I still have a trio of Space Marine-era baneblades in their blister packs 
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Mojarn Piett
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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:01 am |
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Joined: Fri Feb 14, 2003 7:35 am Posts: 5455 Location: Finland
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Lucky dog! I wish I had some more. And Commissar, whatever you do just remember: "There's no such thing as too many superheavy tanks!" 
_________________ I don't know and I let who care. -J.S.
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iblisdrax
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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 4:00 pm |
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Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2003 10:54 pm Posts: 3381 Location: First star to the right, and straight on till morning.
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Especially in Epic:A, since they have a much higher survival rate than in Epic 40k. Sigh. All my pretty tanks burning...what sad memories.
my 2 cents
iblisdrax
_________________ "Have Leman Reuss, will travel"
"Hallo. My name is Indigo Montoya. You killed my father prepare to die!"
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Legion 4
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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 4:39 pm |
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I know a "Cpt. Krueger" said that during the E40K "period" ... , it's in a W/D somewhere ! With SM1 the Baneblade Mk.1 and Shadowsword Mk.1 were released. With SM2, the Stormhammer and Stormblade, respectively. Then E40K the B/B Mk.2 and S/S Mk.2, plus F/W released 2 versions of the B/B Mk.3, and one S/S Mk.3 as well as the Stormblade Mk.2 and Stormsword Mk.1 ... confused yet ! I have anywhere between 1-3 of each of the AFVs in my IG Rgts. They are heavy AFVs, so are fewer compared to the L/Russ MBTs.
_________________ Legion 4 "Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War !" ... "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
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primarch
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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 3:54 am |
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Joined: Fri Feb 14, 2003 12:46 am Posts: 27069 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma USA
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Hi!
Super heavy survivability in net epic is "scaleable". You can either use short concise rules to make them more resilient or full fledged damage tables for maximum ruggedness.
Primarch
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Ork Dreadnought
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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 9:13 pm |
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Okay, I know its all gold as far as material is concerned, but 17 pinned topics is a bit much
Its a pain to scroll down to the bottom of the page before we actually see new posts.
_________________ "Do not act incautiously when confronting little bald wrinkly smiling men!"
-- Rule One (Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time)
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iblisdrax
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Post subject: Too many pins! Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 9:29 pm |
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This is being discussed/worked on in another post, shouldnt be to long before it is fixed.
my 2cents,
iblisdrax
_________________ "Have Leman Reuss, will travel"
"Hallo. My name is Indigo Montoya. You killed my father prepare to die!"
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