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Post subject: 1st lift of E:A reaches L4 !  Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 4:37 am |
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You gotta love Volcano cannons... 
...and hate it when the guy with it dies on you 
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Post subject: 1st lift of E:A reaches L4 ! Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 5:10 am |
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Well at least we have something "official" for the TAU ! 
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Post subject: 1st lift of E:A reaches L4 ! Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 9:42 am |
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Post subject: 1st lift of E:A reaches L4 ! Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 9:50 am |
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| Quote (Mojarn Piett @ 27 2004 Jan.,07:15) | | Looks good at a glance save for the battlesuits having reinforced armor. This combined with the ubiquitous 4+ save makes them as durable as a Leman Russ or a Land Raider, which really isn't the case in 40k. |
Yeah, but thats 4+ against AP fire. AP fire doesnt even effect a land raider, but in 40K, a (very) lucky glancing hit from a bolter could still do damage (if im not mistaken - I've only played 40K once....)_________________ Cheers, Paul "TuffSkull" T. http://hobbybrush.com - My New Website, with thousands of painted Mini Pics :) http://hobbybrush.blogspot.com - My Hobby Blog TuffSkull's notepad- My Old Blog on Wargames Wiki.
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Mojarn Piett
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Post subject: 1st lift of E:A reaches L4 ! Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 10:47 am |
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| Quote (TuffSkull @ 28 2004 Jan.,08:50) | | Quote (Mojarn Piett @ 27 2004 Jan.,07:15) | | Looks good at a glance save for the battlesuits having reinforced armor. This combined with the ubiquitous 4+ save makes them as durable as a Leman Russ or a Land Raider, which really isn't the case in 40k. |
Yeah, but thats 4+ against AP fire. AP fire doesnt even effect a land raider, |
That's true, but since a battlesuit is classified as infantry you can't shoot it with AT weapons, so the battlesuits are immune to heavy weapons. And then there are the small arms used in firefight that DO affect Land Raiders, although these may well be said to include meltaguns in abstracted form so the point is kind of moot.
but in 40K, a (very) lucky glancing hit from a bolter could still do damage (if im not mistaken - I've only played 40K once....)
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Nope, a bolter has a strength of 4. When shooting at vehicles you roll a d6 and add the weapon's strength. The maximum result a bolter can have is 10, which is well short of the 14 required to get a glancing hit on a Land Raider.
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Post subject: 1st lift of E:A reaches L4 ! Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:00 pm |
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| Quote (TuffSkull @ 28 2004 Jan.,08:50) | | Yeah, but thats 4+ against AP fire. AP fire doesnt even effect a land raider, but in 40K, a (very) lucky glancing hit from a bolter could still do damage (if im not mistaken - I've only played 40K once....) |
Nah bolters can't glance land raiders in 40K. They could only glance vehicles with armour 10 if they rolled a 6, and 10 is the lowest armour value in WH40K.
However the majority of WH40K vehicles do have a rear armour value of 10, so if you can flank enemy vehciles you could potentially destroy them with bolters.
The land raider is one of the few vehicles that doesn't have a rear armour of 10 (LR is armour 14 all round).
In E:A the bolters (small arms) can still destroy land raiders in firefights.
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Post subject: 1st lift of E:A reaches L4 ! Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 5:33 am |
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Well, I finally got my first order of E-A from GW- US! 
- 2 Rule Books,
- 1 pack of Land Raiders,
- 1 pack of Rhinos,
- 1 pack of Whirlwind/Hunters,
- 1 pack of Predators,
- 1 pack of L/Russ Co.,
- 1 pack of IG Arty,
- 1 pack of Stormtroops and
- A blister of Ork Scorchas & Buggies! ?
All very neat and most appear to have molded out well! Rhinos and Raiders appear a bit larger then the previous releases, but all in all I'm satisfied. I'll be preordering my next bunch tomorrow, based on the list in new issue of W/D, I just got today also. I'll check on my Fan Mag too! It has been an Epic Day!
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Post subject: 1st lift of E:A reaches L4 ! Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 6:52 am |
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| Quote (Legion 4 @ 20 2004 May,21:33) | Well, I finally got my first order of E-A from GW- US!
- 1 pack of Stormtroops |
How do the stormtroopers look in real life?
I can not wait to get some myself.
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Post subject: 1st lift of E:A reaches L4 ! Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 8:04 am |
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2 Rulebooks L4? Is that like one for upstairs, and one for downstairs?
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Post subject: 1st lift of E:A reaches L4 ! Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 8:32 am |
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| Quote (Chris @ 21 2004 May,09:04) | | 2 Rulebooks L4? Is that like one for upstairs, and one for downstairs? ? |
Sadly, L4 is not the only one. When I ordered the EA rulebook, GW sent me two by mistake; and charged me for both (no freebies there). The really sad bit is that I kept both, didn't complain, didn't return one and demand $ back - I couldn't decide which of the two to keep.
So one lives on a bedroom shelf, with LOTR and Warmaster rules, and the other in the study, with BFG rules and The Generals' Compendium...
Sadder and sadder still, I also have two Warmaster rulebooks... bought one, got given the second, couldn't part with it. The small 'uns have a big hold on me.
I think I need help.... 
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Post subject: 1st lift of E:A reaches L4 ! Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 10:08 am |
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Post subject: 1st lift of E:A reaches L4 ! Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 4:48 pm |
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Post subject: 1st lift of E:A reaches L4 ! Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 5:12 pm |
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L4, in the pics the Stormtroopers look like regular IG troopers. Are the models similiar or are they a different sculpt?
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Adrian
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Post subject: 1st lift of E:A reaches L4 ! Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 5:51 pm |
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The Stormtroopers hasn't got the coat worn by the Valhalllan/Steel legion guardsmen. I agree that the pose is very similar but it is definitely a different sculpt. The heads and backpacks are also slightly different. Lovely models!
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Mojarn - I still have to send pics of my SM1, SM2 etc., etc. ! Another project still very much in the planning stage ...