Yeah, the Fleshtearers are OK, but 1000 points is stifling... The Storm Raven is amazing, as long as it stays a Flier... Landing to have the lads and DN assault is the turn before it dies... So, have to learn a bit better when to actually works out in my favor to fully commit... Something to work on, but REALLY only something I think comes into effect at levels over 1500 points... Means I am committing ONE of my assault elements, not the bulk of my army... And with my usual attack involves several elements all going at the same time, so it will not be the same guarantee that the Raven dies... VERY vulnerable of course, but not just waiting to die.
Brings me to what I am thinking about... Probably going to switch out my army. Wolves are interesting, and seeing more than a few Tank Line armies locally, I think the Wolf Scouts are going to be brutal. My initial response was they are shelved with almost every army fielding the Aegis line with the quad gun... Now, not really seeing the Quad guns or Aegis lines, so the Scouts appearing in the backfield with Melta and Plasma would be a very good thing... The Rune Priest is still the only real psychic defense Marines have, and it till wounds Daemons on a 2+... Long Fangs are OK, but with the Heldrake roaming everywhere, I do not have the same confidence I once had. Maybe with a Wolf Guard and Rune Priest in Terminator armor in the squad... Just seems a LOT of my points in one small squad. Grey Hunters are a solid choice and I am liking the Razorbacks with small squads these days... Probably helps that I snagged the last metal Njal at the Gopher and Munin sent me the last of my Wolf Scouts, but we'll see if I can make them work... And I am REALLY liking how my new paint scheme test mini came out, so the lads will be getting repainted... Or painted :-) Some of the lads haven't ever really been finished since they hit the field in the ancient pre Heresy days of the RT edition...
Praetorians and Eldar are also starting to make their way back to the top of the list... With my Praetorians, I am thinking I could abuse Artillery and just win by shooting and Arty sniping... So, potentially devastating but ultimately boring I think. Eldar will be more of a challenge, but mostly because I do not believe they are competitive in the current edition. OK, I didn't think they were competitive in the previous edition either, and it has really just gotten worse... Farseer or Eldrad look like they'd be good, and I can put out a metric crapton of Str 6 shooting... Neat, but... For Troops, the Pathfinders are good, but only until someone else locally figures out that there are a lot of things that ignore cover saves... Once someone else figures it out, well, the Pathfinders will evaporate... HtH is limited and the Vehicles by and large are overpriced... Oh, and unless I use IA, nothing close to a Flier or AAA... OTOH, excellent flier in IA 11... So, I think I could make something work...
I totally agree that Eldar are a bit sub par at the moment, but a challenge is always good, and they could be a good fit with the guard.
ReplyDeleteoh and 'Shooting is boring'? Don't let the regimental commissar hear you say that!
:-) Guess I was just kind of remembering the last few times I actually played them... It was a "Light Rifles" Company, so not really Mechanized, but... I seem to recall fielding more Heavy Weapons than the other players fielded models... I got some good dice rolls the first few turns and it was just cleanup after that. Artillery ignoring cover saves destroys units of Marines hiding in cover, and massed Autocannon/Missile fire kills off whatever it catches in the open... I think my comment at the time was I move the lads twice. Once to deploy and once after the game is won to move to the next table... Didn't really require a lot of skill or attention frankly once deployed. Now, that was 5th edition, so perhaps things are different now... And I am almost a third of the way through the mass repaint project... Just a LOT of Praetorians, gets old painting the same figure over a hundred times :-)... Even with "Zulu" playing in the background...
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