tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post9093839348998250077..comments2024-02-16T18:32:38.635-05:00Comments on The Back 40K: 'Ard Boyz - Protem's GamesFarmpunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622091234212120598noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-73237742839051451632010-05-18T07:48:09.796-04:002010-05-18T07:48:09.796-04:00I'm once again disappointed at the level of &#...I'm once again disappointed at the level of 'competition' in Ard Boyz.<br /><br />Pure GKs? REALLY?<br /><br />Ugh.<br /><br />Especially since, from the sounds of it, he didn't even have the sense to castle up?<br /><br />Congrats on doing it - it's just hard to imagine you wouldn't be able to do it to that guy again, especially if you used a less-Battleforce-y list yourself.TheKing Elessarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04981821487098781957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-38129185342454292042010-05-17T17:03:13.366-04:002010-05-17T17:03:13.366-04:00Added to top of post.Added to top of post.SandWyrmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02265244938930651317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-46420949160197523102010-05-17T16:16:27.615-04:002010-05-17T16:16:27.615-04:00my list can be seen in this thread :
http://theba...my list can be seen in this thread : <br />http://theback40k.blogspot.com/2010/05/ard-boyz-results-at-saltire.html#commentsstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754922347269614157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-71166961200001475882010-05-17T15:52:27.681-04:002010-05-17T15:52:27.681-04:00I will have to say I'm QUITE interested in sei...I will have to say I'm QUITE interested in seing the list you brought, Steve. :DHussarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896576437729825455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-44594991296901205792010-05-17T13:54:39.300-04:002010-05-17T13:54:39.300-04:002 Land Raiders by the non-melta fire is what I'...2 Land Raiders by the non-melta fire is what I'd expect with good rolls. Not super above average, just a little above. It's defiantly proof that the list doesn't matter so much as the general ship. Your opponent shouldn't have let you get three raiders with one unit. Especially 1 unit on foot. <br /><br />BTW the odds of single melta gun taking out three consecutive Land Raiders is around 1 in a 100 times. That's if your opponent is not doing anything to stop you.CaulynDarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556761303500891267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-85623322264570435542010-05-17T13:40:14.452-04:002010-05-17T13:40:14.452-04:00to clarify all of this, the land raider army was :...to clarify all of this, the land raider army was :<br /><br />HQ<br />1 inquisitor lord with a handful of lackeys<br />captain stern<br /><br />ELITE<br />2 inquisitors with 2 lackeys each<br /><br />TROOPS<br />2 grey knight squads of 5<br />2 stormtrooper squads of 5<br /><br />every unit that could take a raider as a transport did so (everyone but stern).<br /><br />and he ended up killing :<br />10 terminators (1 shooty, 9 punchy)<br />2 full tactical squads<br />2 librarians<br />3 attack bikes<br />...and a handful of marines from my other squads<br /><br />should he have moved more? probably, but 7 land raiders end up getting in their own way more than you'd think. and with all LOS blocking terrain, he wasn't able to support and overlap fire lines like he should have been able to. still, thanks to my terms and a sacrificial tac squad, my whole army had cover for as long as i needed it.<br /><br />also, here's clarification on how his tanks died :<br />3 raiders went down to meltas at short range (all from one tac squad with melta/multi) - kind of what those things are built for, so not that lucky<br />1 to a vortex - took 2-3 tries<br />1 to an assault cannon - admittedly lucky, but it took 4 tries<br /><br />all my other weapons ended up just disrupting the tanks long enough for me to get there. i ended up assaulting one with the shooty terms once, but they didn't do anything but damage it slightly.<br /><br />i would have probably had more trouble with a 2 land raider army myself, but only because there would be other targets to engage. when i only have one type of thing to shoot at, it makes my job a ton easier.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754922347269614157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-56794407643974974292010-05-17T13:26:36.503-04:002010-05-17T13:26:36.503-04:00i agree a little bit, but 7 land raiders simply ca...i agree a little bit, but 7 land raiders simply can't kill enough of me. plus, his 'cheap' units were nothing but a single inquisitor and 2 advisors each. his heaviest units were stern and 2 squads of grey knights. anything else would have been thunderfire food.<br /><br />and i had 4 meltas hidden within 3 full tac squads in his face by turn 3. he couldn't kill enough marines to make sure the meltas died. i agree he shouldn't have bother with the assault terms, but the terrain ruling hurt him there.<br /><br />and it wasn't that he didn't try to shoot me, i was just able to make sure i kept a couple of raiders out of arc or stunned enough that i was able to get too close for him to deal with.<br /><br />having 70% of your army put into just 7 targets just doesn't work out long term. in fact, in his other games he wasn't able to kill much of those armies either. the only reason he did as well as he did was that he was able to park raiders on objectives in the first game and grabbed 2 objectives at a time with his 2 troop units at the end.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754922347269614157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-47914336576594721322010-05-17T13:19:27.499-04:002010-05-17T13:19:27.499-04:00Like I said with my post in the other thread, I th...Like I said with my post in the other thread, I think you got lucky with a lot of your rolls against those raiders. Though you're opponent could have played better. He should have been feeding you his cheap units to deny you shots on his raiders.<br /><br />He also let you walk shooty terminators and librarians across the board and assault him! He should have ignored the assault terminators and shot them instead. The assault terminators don't really threaten Land Raiders with their strength 8 hammers and can survive shooting a lot better than the standard terminators.CaulynDarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556761303500891267noreply@blogger.com