RE: [DS] Combat Walkers?

Their mobility makes them well used as artillery observers.
They have been able to pop over a slope and call the round to the
complete
surprise of their opponent several times on our tables. Even after you
see
it down a few times, you are just used to terrain degrading movement and
walkers confound that.

That said, I am not sure they have added much more than that... because,
as
Beth says, they are fire magnets.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
[mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of
Beth.Fulton@csiro.au
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 10:23 PM
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: RE: [DS] Combat Walkers?

G'day,

>> I'm attempting to justify my ownership of too many
>> Battletech minis, and was wondering how many of you
>> had experience using combat walkers in DS2.
>> Are they worth it?  Advantages/disadvantages?

I use them with my Daleks and they're a lot of fun, but they are
definitely
a fire magnet! We even went so far as to drop the increased signature
bit
(we kept forgetting anyway) and it hasn't unbalanced the game any (you
could
justify it away as them going prone etc when need be I guess). I
wouldn't
use them for MBT replacement completely, but they do have the advantage
of
seeing and moving over terrain others can't (or can't so easily)... mind
you
that means you may be seen back ;)

Cheers

Beth