Re: over sized walkers

> > While i am on the subject MDC's are too cheap as they cost
> > 2 more points per size than HVC's and they have more range and do
> >more dammage.
>
>Don't forget the power requirement. HVCs and HKPs can be used with >CFE

>engines, but you need at least a HMT if you want a large MDC.
>Sure,it's 
>only 20% of the BVP, but that's another 1-2 points per size >for and
MDC on 
>a tracked or wheeled vehicle. If you don't want GEV or >grav
propulsion, 
>the MDC effectively costs 40-50% more than the HVC >and 10-20% more
than 
>the HKP.
>
>'Course, if you only use big/fast GEVs, or grav tanks, you have the
>power to spare anyway... but if you have that kind of technology,
>there's no real reason why you should use primitive chemichal-energy
>weapons anyway <g>

Interesting comments, but I have an observation that kinda flys in the
face 
of that. Mind you though, this isn't from a technology stand point, but
from 
some hard won Dirtside experience.

We had this guy who built a 'soviet' style armor force from a mass of
toy 
tanks he bought a few years ago at a Toys-Are-Us. His tanks were dirt
simple 
slow tracks with CFEs and mounting HKPs with basic fire control. He
simply 
outnumbered my side by a huge margin (I had a company of fairly hightech

MBTs with MDCs and superior fire cons). My tanks nailed his at nearly 
1.5:1... but I was slaughtered by the sheer mass of tanks (which made me

grumble about superior fire cons not being so superior...)

So the moral of the story is- points can make or break your force if you
let 
them. You've got to balance out the technology factors in your vehicles
with 
the sheer fact that you need to keep a fairly large force to compete
with 
the numbers that your opponent might field- a few supertanks in Dirtside

might slaughter several cheaper enemy tanks, but if they are all you
have, 
you're in a world of hurt when you start loosing them.

As for the MDCs- I think the price tag for them is pretty high! :)

Scott
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