RE: FMA at EEC: was Re: [GZG]Re:GZGECCX:Indy'sAAR(parts1&2) [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

It was their attempt to make a viable "shooty" army list that didn't
work out very well.  Its an artifact of their combat system that close
combat decides over 75% of game results (and is heavily slanted in
effectiveness).

Brendan
'Neath Southern Skies
http://home.pacific.net.au/~southernsk/

> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Damo
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 12:56 PM
> Subject: Re: FMA at EEC: was Re: [GZG] Re: GZG ECC X: Indy's 
> AAR (parts 1 &2)
> 
> GW does what it can with the stat system it has developed 
> over the years.  There is a certain flavor to the various 
> races though.  Tau don't like close combat and rely on their 
> weapons to settle the score.	Their stat line reflects this 
> with poor close combat values (Mr. Acord knows *all* about 
> this).  Whether this dislike for close combat is a result of 
> poor martial skill or just a deep seated psychological hatred 
> of getting messy is beyond GW's scope methinks.
> 
> To me it leans towards the psychological but what do I know?
> 
> Damo
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