Re: Use of Elite SF

--- Thomas Barclay <kaladorn@magma.ca> wrote:

> [Tomb] Ignoring heavily armed MP formations, 
> rear area security troops, and a chance 
> encounter with a line formation rotated out of 
> line or new to the area. 

Wehreupon SOF units either end up mostly dead, get
really grateful to the Air Force for saving their
butts, or hide.

> [Tomb] True, but this would not be what I 
> would see as 'using them right' as John 
> suggests. This is 'using them wrong 
> because you need to'. But every trained, 
> expensive, experienced elite raider you lose 
> while he fights to plug a hole in LoB is 
> going to cost you several times the cost of 
> a normal gropo to replace. So it is an 
> inefficient use of elite resources. 
> Sometimes inefficient is necessary, so rules 
> would be handy. But just because you must 
> do a thing doesn't mean it isn't 'using them 
> wrong'. 

Bingo.
 
John

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