But then in tabletop you can only practicably use Baneblades in Epic or Apocalypse, so you have equivalent size armies to stand up to the firepower.JakubK666 said:
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DoW is god... but yeah heavy bolter turrets and some good old flamers and yer nids are royally fecked. As for the RTS comment which started all this, i suggest Settlers 3, its so much fun to play and focuses on economy without getting boring, Empire Earth, Any Command and Conquer, Warcraft 1-3....
As for the baneblade argument... Mr. Baneblade, meet Mr. Land Raider Terminus. Now bend over and get ready to recieve
As for the baneblade argument... Mr. Baneblade, meet Mr. Land Raider Terminus. Now bend over and get ready to recieve
If there is one game that defines the RTS genre. its Warcraft 3
Any and every self-respecting tournament has to include it by default
Any and every self-respecting tournament has to include it by default
It's amazing how easily DoW takes over conversation. I love it too but still...
Anywho, from my completely biased point of view of absolutely loathing fiddly micromanagement and base-building I can recommend Defcon. You're given your units, you deploy them and off you go, preparing to wage nuclear war on everyone around you. This game is played in a completely different mindset to typical games because of three factors.
1)Everything is extremely powerful. This game involves nukes.
2)Everything is very slow relative to its destructive power.
3)Everything is very fragile.
So the game becomes a doublethink of move and counter-move and co-ordinating massive strikes in secret and searching for your opponent's before Defcon 1. The provisos are that the community is relatively small so getting a 6 player game can be instaneous or take 10-20 minutes at worst. It's cheap though.
Anywho, from my completely biased point of view of absolutely loathing fiddly micromanagement and base-building I can recommend Defcon. You're given your units, you deploy them and off you go, preparing to wage nuclear war on everyone around you. This game is played in a completely different mindset to typical games because of three factors.
1)Everything is extremely powerful. This game involves nukes.
2)Everything is very slow relative to its destructive power.
3)Everything is very fragile.
So the game becomes a doublethink of move and counter-move and co-ordinating massive strikes in secret and searching for your opponent's before Defcon 1. The provisos are that the community is relatively small so getting a 6 player game can be instaneous or take 10-20 minutes at worst. It's cheap though.
you must remember that flamers aren't anywhere near as powerful as they are in the tabletop game. They're only good at lowering morale. Keep the 'Nids in synapse range and their morale shouldn't drop (if they try and emulate that feature of the game, anyways). Yeah, my 'nids would be fecked if you got a lot of heavy bolters....IF being the operative word thereSociocidal said:DoW is god... but yeah heavy bolter turrets and some good old flamers and yer nids are royally fecked. As for the RTS comment which started all this, i suggest Settlers 3, its so much fun to play and focuses on economy without getting boring, Empire Earth, Any Command and Conquer, Warcraft 1-3....
As for the baneblade argument... Mr. Baneblade, meet Mr. Land Raider Terminus. Now bend over and get ready to recieve
As for the Baneblade, I'd like to offer the nid-friendly solution; two lovely little words called Mycetic Assault. 5 deep-striking Carnifexes...as a SQUAD! That Baneblade's about to feel the Warhammer 40k equivalent of prison gang rape.
OMG I had completely overlooked Defcon! Yeah, it's frigging awesome too! I loved the movie WarGames, and so this game reminds me of it every time I blow up something. Who wants to play a game...called Global Thermonuclear War?!Saskwach said:
Well, it seems all the good strats have been given the nod. Bah. So I'll throw my sticks down with the rest of the DoW crowd (only played the Sisters on SS; Tau are still my fave) and add honorable mention to Defcon. Such a good little game, as dark as it is.
you are very correct about the DoW flamers, but that lovely hellhound would just have so much fun with Nid swarms...irishdelinquent said:you must remember that flamers aren't anywhere near as powerful as they are in the tabletop game. They're only good at lowering morale. Keep the 'Nids in synapse range and their morale shouldn't drop (if they try and emulate that feature of the game, anyways). Yeah, my 'nids would be fecked if you got a lot of heavy bolters....IF being the operative word thereSociocidal said:DoW is god... but yeah heavy bolter turrets and some good old flamers and yer nids are royally fecked. As for the RTS comment which started all this, i suggest Settlers 3, its so much fun to play and focuses on economy without getting boring, Empire Earth, Any Command and Conquer, Warcraft 1-3....
As for the baneblade argument... Mr. Baneblade, meet Mr. Land Raider Terminus. Now bend over and get ready to recieve
As for the Baneblade, I'd like to offer the nid-friendly solution; two lovely little words called Mycetic Assault. 5 deep-striking Carnifexes...as a SQUAD! That Baneblade's about to feel the Warhammer 40k equivalent of prison gang rape.
besides everythings fecked against a bloodthirster....
Ok not technically RTS, but for its pure scale of battles, Rome total war....
you are very correct about the DoW flamers, but that lovely hellhound would just have so much fun with Nid swarms...irishdelinquent said:you must remember that flamers aren't anywhere near as powerful as they are in the tabletop game. They're only good at lowering morale. Keep the 'Nids in synapse range and their morale shouldn't drop (if they try and emulate that feature of the game, anyways). Yeah, my 'nids would be fecked if you got a lot of heavy bolters....IF being the operative word thereSociocidal said:DoW is god... but yeah heavy bolter turrets and some good old flamers and yer nids are royally fecked. As for the RTS comment which started all this, i suggest Settlers 3, its so much fun to play and focuses on economy without getting boring, Empire Earth, Any Command and Conquer, Warcraft 1-3....
As for the baneblade argument... Mr. Baneblade, meet Mr. Land Raider Terminus. Now bend over and get ready to recieve
As for the Baneblade, I'd like to offer the nid-friendly solution; two lovely little words called Mycetic Assault. 5 deep-striking Carnifexes...as a SQUAD! That Baneblade's about to feel the Warhammer 40k equivalent of prison gang rape.
besides everythings fecked against a bloodthirster....
Ok not technically RTS, but for its pure scale of battles, Rome total war....