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Re: Tanks or Power Armor
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Thu, 26 Aug 2004 04:20:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Elroy Davis wrote:
   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.

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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  Re: Tanks or Power Armor
 
(...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)

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