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Manchester, UK

 Inquisitor Lord Katherine wrote:
Really, among Baneblades, the Stormlord is the only one that's really different from the others.


The other two transport variants are actually pretty good too. The Banehammer's tremor cannon is like 3 battlecannons that always do full damage rolls, with the additional perk of halving movement. The Doomhammer's Magma cannon is a pretty decent AT gun. Not up to the levels of the shadowsword but you get 25 transport slots. Personally, I think both are better than the Stormlord if you are not totally desperate for the 45 transport capacity. The vulcan mega bolter really isn't that great anymore, it is slightly better than a punisher cannon and if you have a russ you get to shoot twice.

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the_scotsman wrote:
Slipspace wrote:
 Unit1126PLL wrote:
Mugaaz wrote:I accept this is all true. However, please accept that absolutely none of those different options feel much different for me to play against. I really don't care which variant or weapon loadout you chose. It is still boring for me to play. I don't begrudge you for liking super heavy tanks and wanting to play them. I'm just not interested in driving to a store, then spending 2-3 hours trying to advance into your parking lot as you shoot down all my favorite models. It is NOT FUN. If someone asks me what army I played against, I feel like I didn't play against any army. Just 3 tanks. It's a namless, faceless terror without character or charm. There is nothing worth me taking a picture of with my phone to show my friends later, there is no drama or narrative. It feels like time I wasted and could have spent doing something more useful, like painting instead.


All my tanks have names and each one is different in subtle ways. Each commander is named, and has a storied history. I repaint ones which suffer Explosions, since the tank is unsalvageable and they'll have to be issued a new one.

I find character, drama, and narrative in that. I don't feel faceless at all; Virgin 05/02, poor thing, has been through hell and back again and again and usually manages to be the last survivor of her company. Needless to say, she's not a virgin anymore. Other players at my old store even formed grudges against her, and we had fun games where the whole point was them trying to destroy Virgin while the other two tanks in the company struggled and closed ranks to protect her and her commander, Illius Krasnov.

To assume there's no character or anything is wrong. I understand you'd rather do something else, but I disagree that an all-tank army is drama-less, has no character, or charm.


But all those things are mainly (or possibly only) of interest to you. It's great that you've named your tanks and they all have a unique history but as your opponent I may not care. Even if I do, your army fluff may not compensate for the unengaging game.


This is a problem with every army though. I've heard plenty of people saying "I hate tau, I don't care if you have fluff, I hate the anime anime fan tau fluff" about various other armies. Personally, I am incredibly sick of Marine fluff.

If the point was that gameplay /= fluff, I agree, but people not caring about others' fluff has nothing to do with army comp.


Yes, my point was essentially gameplay /= fluff. I'm also trying to get across to Unit that a lot of people won't care about his army fluff when playing him because the style of list he's using makes for a dull gaming experience and most players want - at the very least - an interesting gaming experience on the tabletop. Personally, I'm not a fan of the Tau fluff, for example, but I can still enjoy a game against them as a tactical encounter. Even with great background I don't think I can say the same about playing against a tactically boring army.
   
 
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