march10k Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 My LGS will be running a 30k marines vs nids mega-battle in a few weeks. At the start of the game, only infantry is allowed on the table, and conditions have to be met to open up table sections for larger models to come on...so my happy thought of the day is massed volkite chargers vs hordes of gaunts. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
helterskelter Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I know it's more risky but I can see sallies and DG having a hilarious good time against hordes of gribblies, with mass flamer action Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4283416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slips Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Chargers? So you actually want to give them a slight chance? Nah man, go for the overkill and use Culverins. :p Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4283442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Perils Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 :devil: :evil: And that shall indeed be a beautiful day ! Be sure to post the results of this glorious mass of ash in the Martian Death Ray Club, brother ! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4283455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 Chargers? So you actually want to give them a slight chance? Nah man, go for the overkill and use Culverins. Well...sooo....thing is, the culverins are for the little bugs, the fists are for the big bugs, all packaged up together in a mob of infiltrating lernaean termies...that's right, infiltrating to start out closer...to nids. It'll be glorious, you'll see! What could go wrong with a plan to start out closer to nids? (actually, big bugs, like vehicles, are banned in the early turns, so it'll be 2x15 infiltrating tactical squads with AHW and 10x infiltrating lernaeans for me...not sure what the other legions are bringing, but the hydra will reap the lion's share of early kills ) Anyway, a squad of ten culverins would be glorious...glorious overkill! I think the original set of shots would wipe a full squad of gaunts...leaving nothing left for the bonus hits to clean up! I think one of my mates will bring 10xML, ten blasts to clear out the living carpet of little bugs, and ten kraks to pound those nasty big bugs that come in squads. I think the host sees this coming and will allow army-wide without-number, at least for little bugs. If that's the case, leaving 2-3 of the bastards alive will delay their respawn... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4283576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slips Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Who cares if they get totally wiped and respawn? You're eradicating them immediately when they come back anyways Good luck with the game and remember to post a Kill-Count tally in the MDRC Thread! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4283579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Quantity is it's own quality, beware. Tyranids are pretty damn weak for sure this day and age, but 60+ attacks are 60+ attacks and they will drag you down. I'd put some distance between you and them to get the ranged shots BEFORE they hit your line, because at that point like it or not you're at a disadvantage. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4283604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 Quantity is it's own quality, beware. Tyranids are pretty damn weak for sure this day and age, but 60+ attacks are 60+ attacks and they will drag you down. I'd put some distance between you and them to get the ranged shots BEFORE they hit your line, because at that point like it or not you're at a disadvantage. Erm..."martial hubris," it would be completely unfluffy to play alpha legion any other way Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4283611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Perils Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Also, don't forget that those genestealers can move through cover and the hormagaunts have a better form of fleet. When you see three times as many genestealers coming within 8 inches of your vets, it's pretty darn freaky, especially considering they cost about the same amount of points... May the Choom be with you ! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4283622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Genestealers are kinda bantha poodoo these days. Gone are the games when I would legitimately tremble at the sight of Genestealers... or a Broodlord (nasty HQs, they were). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4283641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 When you see three times as many genestealers coming within 8 inches of your vets, it's pretty darn freaky, especially considering they cost about the same amount of points... That's when you wish you were 40k dark angels tactical marines in a lion's blade formation...go ahead, charge me! But yeah, if I were playing nids, I'd go for the genestealer cult, just for bonus cool points! Only thing I fear more in melee is raveners... But imagine genestealers....facing ten volkite chargers borne by lernaean terminators buffed with preferred enemy through the presence of their primarch...Pink Mist 'R' Us! Too bad I'm not fielding Alpharius... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4283644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatOneMarshal Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Screw their infantry I'm more scared of the 6+ MC's coming at me! No matter how big the enemy it still falls to Choom! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4283678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Blackwood Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 murder the bugs Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4283681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Between Volkite, sniper vets and FotL, surely the nids dont stand a chance? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4284283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomus Sardauk Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Chargers? So you actually want to give them a slight chance? Nah man, go for the overkill and use Culverins. :p Ah but Slipstreams, you forget; "Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment." So simple, and yet so very true, feed your foe that false hope so that you may delight in crushing it before his very eyes... To quote a badass; "There can be no true despair without hope. So, as I terrorize Gotham, I will feed its people hope to poison their souls. I will let them believe they can survive so that you can watch them clamoring over each other to stay in the sun. You can watch me torture an entire city and when you have truly understood the depth of your failure, we will fulfill Ra's al Ghul's destiny... We will destroy Gotham and then, when it is done and Gotham is ashes, then you have my permission to die." Study this example, learn from it, and use that knowledge to utterly destroy your enemy. :devil: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4284359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slips Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PQ6335puOc You cannot do the above if a few of them live to tell the tale! Only Utter Annihilation is the answer! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318494-happy-thought-of-the-day/#findComment-4284362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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