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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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Anecdotally: Playing MechWarrior this weekend suggests that tanks may well
continue forward. Could be a flaw in that rules system, of course but my tank
and squad decimated the opposing force of mechs and hoverbikes...
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I’d have to agree, at least based on what I’ve experienced playing BattleTech.
A friend of mine always used to use tanks to go up against Mechs and Elementals
(I think that’s what the power-armor was called in BattleTech. It’s been a few
years.), and he almost always won quickly. The tanks were cheaper, so he could
have more of them, they were quicker, and they were more difficult to wipe out.
On the other hand, a squad of Elementals, while being cheap, where somewhat
slow, since they walked, and easy to wipe out since they were small and less
armored.
On the other other hand (?), I once saw a game where one guy spent all his
points buying tons of un-armed Elementals. He pit them against a couple lances
of Mechs, and won by swarming them, tearing their armor off one piece at a
time, and ripping out their inner components. It was pretty funny watching the
other player try to figure out how to shoot Elementals off from his own mechs
without causing any more damage.
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Elroy Davis wrote:
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On the other other hand (?), I once saw a game where one guy spent all his
points buying tons of un-armed Elementals. He pit them against a couple
lances of Mechs, and won by swarming them, tearing their armor off one piece
at a time, and ripping out their inner components. It was pretty funny
watching the other player try to figure out how to shoot Elementals off from
his own mechs without causing any more damage.
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I’d think it would have been more funny catching his reaction when he switched
from smug dismissal of the unarmed opponents to realizing just how deep he’d
stepped into it. It sounds about on par with the British forces who lost a
fortified position to spear-wielding Zulu warriors because they didn’t have
enough screwdrivers to open up the ammo crates fast enough to keep up with their
rate of fire.
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