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Lemartes wrote:I have a good friend who plays DA probably better than anyone I have seen. He basically plays with a balanced list with two tacs, jump troops, preds, and various other mis and matches. Problem is you can build the same force using the marine dex with the same effect. He has tried the various Ravenwing/Deathwing forces combo's and just can't seem to find the synergy. That my friends is why the DA dex is just lame because the things that make them unique in thier options are just not as effective as they should be IMO. BA are much the same as far as battle squads but have more flexibility in some of thier unit options choices (mainly DC,assault squads as troops, great characters and Baal preds) although this was written after the DA dex so maybe they learned a few things with all the teeth nashing about the DA dex from veteren players.

Just curious, is your friend stationed at HAFB?

If so, he seemed like a good player to me.

I still don't like the fact that you need to take special characters to use deathwing and ravenwing armies. It makes the list seem a little less personalized, to me anyways.

Lemartes wrote:
I have a good friend who plays DA probably better than anyone I have seen. He basically plays with a balanced list with two tacs, jump troops, preds, and various other mis and matches. Problem is you can build the same force using the marine dex with the same effect. He has tried the various Ravenwing/Deathwing forces combo's and just can't seem to find the synergy. That my friends is why the DA dex is just lame because the things that make them unique in thier options are just not as effective as they should be IMO. BA are much the same as far as battle squads but have more flexibility in some of thier unit options choices (mainly DC,assault squads as troops, great characters and Baal preds) although this was written after the DA dex so maybe they learned a few things with all the teeth nashing about the DA dex from veteren players.


Just curious, is your friend stationed at HAFB?



He is and he just recently returned from a tour.