Thought Experiment: Reducing Abusability

[daboarder]

yeah the more I play and read about other games, the more I'm coming to the conclusion that the Instant Death Mechanic is one of the worst ones in the game.

Its far to easy for some armies to exploit and makes entire unit choices obsolete unless their T and W scale together, thereby cutting off an entire design mechanism. Other games I've played either forgo it entirely or limit it to a prescribed set of "wounds" and they seem to suffer much less in terms of multi wound scaling.

[Lurker]

Hmm, I suppose it's possible. Leaving them with Flak Armour base would allow you to do the Atillan approach as well. I mainly wanna run dirt biker gangs, but they're so fragile it's hard to make them matter.

How about a movement based modifier to hit? Say a -1 to hit if they are moving/moved? it doesn't add to armor but does give an extra level of protection in a way.

[CoffeeGrunt]

How about a movement based modifier to hit? Say a -1 to hit if they are moving/moved? it doesn't add to armor but does give an extra level of protection in a way.

Handy, but it's still Templates that really ruin their day. A single Flamer can wreck the squad. :/

[Popsical]

How about the first post having all the suggested rules changes added to it? Mods?
I like coffee grunts allies idea. (Bet your surprised lol)
Daboarders instant death thoughts are cool too, maybe just d3 wounds?
Serpent shield causes stunning to units in 6" of serpent so they can only snap fire next turn, this allows banshees etc to exit and then charge next turn?

[Lurker]

Handy, but it's still Templates that really ruin their day. A single Flamer can wreck the squad. :/

ooo. forgot about templates. hmm, maybe allow them to purchase refractor fields?