Spectrar Ghost wrote:
Rug wrote:
I added a Hydra and Ogryns to my Arty and put a Commissar in with the Ogryns, the guns were 8 Basalisks and 1 Manticore for 10BP T1, 8BP T2, and 10BP T3. Having 9BP is a waste as it's exactly the same as 8.
This has truth, though I personally run pure Basilisks due to my inability to get a hold of any Manticores that I can get to stay together (at least GW styled ones)
:-). Heh. Yeah. The missiles are neat, but they've spent more time stuck to my fingers than the launch rails.
Rug wrote:
The other problem is is that Arty is next to useless vs war engines, 650-750pts of anything else is better!
Hmm... if you were facing a titan with your 8 basis and one Manticore, would the optimal shot be a 'mixed' fire: a 2bp direct fire barrage with 8 AT4 direct fire basi shots.... (this would, as I understand it, preserve the disrupt ability of the barrage while not losing the basilisks).
Thinking of it, this sort of tactic suggests an interesting usage for the Steel Legion Arty co: as a maneuver element dedicated to direct fire support rather than emplaced artillery. The Manticores can fire direct-fire barrages, correct... and they don't lose their 'disrupt' if the the accompanying basilisks fire direct fire AP/AT shots? Suddenly GW's 6/3 Artillery company package seems a little less perverse...almost Soviet, even.