xols
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Post by xols on Feb 13, 2014 18:16:34 GMT -5
Looking forward my next Gruntz games, and I was thinking that the rules for flying vehicles need some extra detail.
I love using my big DOE gunship from Khurasan on my games and even tough it can do quite a lot of damage, the fact that it cant take cover makes it quite the sitting duck for enemy fire.
I was thinking that maybe as an action move a flying vehicle can "hit the ground" and do some NOE flying. This way the vehicle can take advantage of scenics. and take cover
what do you think of it? what are your experiences with flying vehicles?
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Post by carvo on Nov 4, 2014 10:41:56 GMT -5
in the games i have played with my flyers i find them to be fairly balanced, the guard/soak ratio seems to work given the points cost for the weapons they can carry, i run a shoot 4 medium AAV heli which gives me guard 13 and soak 15 with 12 dam, has a medium missile and light gatling, with advanced AI clocks in at 29pts
given the damage this thing can throw out it seems only fair it is lightly armoured.
I do get what you mean though - in our group we give some flyers 'smoke launchers' for the +2 guard but for 5pts and multi uses but cannot shoot and use launchers in the same turn, we work in that instead of popping smoke the flyer is doing 'evasive manouvers'
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wikkid
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Post by wikkid on Nov 11, 2014 9:27:44 GMT -5
in the games i have played with my flyers i find them to be fairly balanced, the guard/soak ratio seems to work given the points cost for the weapons they can carry, i run a shoot 4 medium AAV heli which gives me guard 13 and soak 15 with 12 dam, has a medium missile and light gatling, with advanced AI clocks in at 29pts given the damage this thing can throw out it seems only fair it is lightly armoured. I do get what you mean though - in our group we give some flyers 'smoke launchers' for the +2 guard but for 5pts and multi uses but cannot shoot and use launchers in the same turn, we work in that instead of popping smoke the flyer is doing 'evasive manouvers' Or shooting off flares/chaff?
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Post by carvo on Nov 14, 2014 8:38:12 GMT -5
yeah exactly - has worked out quite nicely and helps to balance i find
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Post by inrepose on Dec 30, 2014 4:32:46 GMT -5
Chaff sounds good. I was also wondering about the pop-up idea of using terrain.
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