DLD's fine kits and David's defense
From: "Thomas Barclay" <kaladorn@m...>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 11:36:48 -0500
Subject: DLD's fine kits and David's defense
<snip long rules-based defence from SG2>
David said:
So, in conclusion, the "1 rifleman could
easily mission-kill the vehicle (unprotected
crew)" statement isn't as easy as one
would make it sound, right? :-) David - --
Tomb:
If you're absolutely stuck to rules, then
probably yes. However, I'm not a big fan of
artifactual behaviours in rules. I'd let
people shoot at the crew as if they had
hard cover (or maybe were IP + hard
cover) rather than worry about the armour.
But, more importantly, you also make the
assumption I was talking about "in game
rules". The truth is, your design (in the
world outside of the polyhydral simulation)
would rarely utilize such a design. Half
armour isn't terribly popular. Why?
Two reasons:
1) half armour that doesn't give the crew
good ballistic protection isn't terribly useful.
The crew in that vehicle are too exposed.
Normal squad rifle fire would probably kill
them.
2) given that the armour is ineffective, the
half you've got is weighty. The vehicles
that go light on armour (like FAVs) tend to
go entirely light on armour.
Half protection equals no protection plus
weight. If the game doesn't reflect that
your Badger crew are poorly protected,
then this is an aspect where the game falls
away from reality.
My criticism here is strictly from my own
experience and I don't say the kits are less
than nicely moulded or well made. I just
think that particular design wouldn't last
long in the real world. YMMV.
Tomb
PS - The kit reminds me of an Eldar Walker
which I liked, except for the fact the entire
body of the driver/commander was
exposed to enemy fire. I think they PSB'd it
with a force field, but the real answer was
GW likes to show vehicle crew and they
paint up neat. PSB was just to fill in the
gap. I never liked that and still don't.
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