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 Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:03 am
Brother Felix Greetings puny guardsmen I am Lord Felix of the Iron Warriors. I've stopped by to go on about the fact that I will have a Basilisk soon. woohoo!!!! You tie up more points in your long range s**t and we'll beat you even more easily. Especially since you can't hide your armor 9 vehicle unless you make it fire indirectly at which point you are an idiot since you probaly can't put that extra range to good use before we move our entire army into it's min range.
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:30 am
Dubyamn Brother Felix Greetings puny guardsmen I am Lord Felix of the Iron Warriors. I've stopped by to go on about the fact that I will have a Basilisk soon. woohoo!!!! You tie up more points in your long range s**t and we'll beat you even more easily. Especially since you can't hide your armor 9 vehicle unless you make it fire indirectly at which point you are an idiot since you probaly can't put that extra range to good use before we move our entire army into it's min range. Do you even have an Imperial Guard codex? Seeing as the Bassie does not have AV 9 on any side.
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:07 am
Lt_Brookman Brother Felix Greetings puny guardsmen I am Lord Felix of the Iron Warriors. I've stopped by to go on about the fact that I will have a Basilisk soon. Oh, I am so scared! Big whoop, it's still an open topped BS3 tank with limited uses on the battlefield. Might as well just take a Vindicator. BS about how we should quake in fear aside, today I am going to make my guardsmen more pious by the liberal application of purity seals and trinkets of the Space Marines tac squad boxed set. limited uses?!! most people think the basilisk is usless but it's not! it is very good at pinning down units in cover (they gotta fail that LD test sooner or later) it is a barrage weapon so it minus 1 from LD as well i think. it can bring artilery support to amoslt any part of the battle field when a lemus russ would have to drive there first AND with strength 9 it (somtimes) can be used to kill vechicales, although it's a little inaccurate
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:17 am
Nuclearwinter Lt_Brookman Brother Felix Greetings puny guardsmen I am Lord Felix of the Iron Warriors. I've stopped by to go on about the fact that I will have a Basilisk soon. Oh, I am so scared! Big whoop, it's still an open topped BS3 tank with limited uses on the battlefield. Might as well just take a Vindicator. BS about how we should quake in fear aside, today I am going to make my guardsmen more pious by the liberal application of purity seals and trinkets of the Space Marines tac squad boxed set. limited uses?!! most people think the basilisk is usless but it's not! it is very good at pinning down units in cover (they gotta fail that LD test sooner or later) it is a barrage weapon so it minus 1 from LD as well i think. it can bring artilery support to amoslt any part of the battle field when a lemus russ would have to drive there first AND with strength 9 it (somtimes) can be used to kill vechicales, although it's a little inaccurate Thank you Nuke. I see some one has been reading his codex.
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:18 am
I have seven vehicle and not one is a basilisk. Why? because they just arent that effective
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:32 am
Mat I have seven vehicle and not one is a basilisk. Why? because they just arent that effective In the right hands a Basilisk can be devistating.(sp?)
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:39 am
not when its dead its not and beside you still have to rely on make good on scatter rolls or it cant hit anything
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:41 pm
I only field my basilisk when im up against horde armies to disorganize them, that and to make my army look cooler
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:52 am
Bassies have great range and hitting power, the simply lack armour and when in Indirect firing mode, the gun has a minimum range of 36". Uhm, hello? Am I one of the few seeing the point of 36" wasted here? Sure, you can use it as a direct fire weapon, but it's AV 12 frontal armour wont hold up long at all in the open, as the enemy will close in.
I want my fecking Griffon restored in honour again you measly weasels!
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:09 am
Lt_Brookman Bassies have great range and hitting power, the simply lack armour and when in Indirect firing mode, the gun has a minimum range of 36". Uhm, hello? Am I one of the few seeing the point of 36" wasted here? Sure, you can use it as a direct fire weapon, but it's AV 12 frontal armour wont hold up long at all in the open, as the enemy will close in. I want my fecking Griffon restored in honour again you measly weasels! there's an easy solution to the 36 inch minimum range, just keep it on the oppisite side of the of the board, plus if your enemy dosn't feel like geting his a** shelled anymore he may be forced to move foward into it's minimum range puting the squad closer to the range ofyour las guns. or just aim for things that won't be moving, like arterilery
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:26 am
Which work fine until turn 2 when my armour is within 36" oh and dont forget ive been hamming your troops with my autocannons, Heavy Bolters, Lascannons, and Sniper Rifles for the last 2 turns
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:28 am
oh yeah and i ally witch hunter and my seraphim i within 36 as well
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:53 am
the emporere trully provides....DEATH TO THE ENEMY!!! GO BASALISK AND ME!@
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:48 pm
Honestly I don't like ther Basalisk a) or its limited range (and I have only found it useful in indirect fire situations), and 2) I think it costs too much, its a 125 point vehicle that will die turn 1 if left out in the open.
My artillery choice: The Griffon. Its only 75 points, so you can take three for the cost of two basalisks and still have points left over, and its ordnance template will kill anything, even if it does have AP4, i have never seen it fail to kill off some marines.
Just a side note, remember, in the guard redundancy is your freind, multiple of two or three are allways better than one.
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:39 pm
Mat Which work fine until turn 2 when my armour is within 36" oh and dont forget ive been hamming your troops with my autocannons, Heavy Bolters, Lascannons, and Sniper Rifles for the last 2 turns well, basilisks aren't made to take on the fast moving targets now are they? they can be uses to destroy dug in units that usually don't move unless they have to, and every army has somthing like that: Basilisk targets against the... Imperial Guard: morter/ heavy weapon teams; other basilisks, officer squads (followed by infantry squads with out officer support) Space marines: devistator squads, whirlwinds Chaos: Defilers/ heavy weapons Tau: light battle suits hiding behind cover, any infantry Tyranids: those giant bugs that only move 6 inches per turn with the cannon i forget what they are called Orks: Arterilery; orks on foot; looted tanks Necrons: this is the one army that the basilisks would be near usless against because they are all fearless but shooting the slow moving infantry would kill them with AP3
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