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Howdy, folks! I hadn't had a game in about 3 weeks, and finally got one in last weekend. I wrote up a Batrep on my blog, feel free to comment either here or on the blog!

http://rumorsofheresy.blogspot.com/2014/01/depression-sets-in-3-battle-report-vs.html

edit: changed post title!

Great report !

Yea nice report though I prefer the full 25 khymera to flocks. Massive footprint and doesn't need to waste forewarning.

I am not looking forward to the return of the beastpack with khymere. Cover saves were bad but invul saves, not fun.

Great battle rep, thanks for sharing.

Great report Adam.

The last time I faced against the Beaststar with Fortune, I just couldn't kill it. Unlike you, my opponent's dice was just golden. Gosh....I put so much firepower into that unit.

Hopefully, you can get your army finished in time for the LVO. Good luck.

Nice one! See you guys in a week!

Dozer Blades wrote:Great report !

Thanks! Did you predict I would win or lose? I always think of that comment you made a while ago saying you could tell before the report even started

Red Corsair wrote:Yea nice report though I prefer the full 25 khymera to flocks. Massive footprint and doesn't need to waste forewarning.

Eh, I *do* like the idea of 25 Khymerae, but that path holds a few problems for me personally. Namely,that the pack is more expensive (both points and money!), has less versatility (no rending), and less total wounds (Razorwings have 5 each, making my beast pack 45 vs. the 30 w/ all Khymerae). You're definitely right that I wish forewarning wasn't such a crutch, but against many opponents, I'll at least have a 4+ cover save (Tau being the obvious exception).

Have you had a lot of success running 25 Khymerae?

buddha wrote:I am not looking forward to the return of the beastpack with khymere. Cover saves were bad but invul saves, not fun.

Great battle rep, thanks for sharing.

HAHA, if you hate BeastStar, you must hate any form of Deathstar! Screamers have a 2++ rerollable, and the Seer Council gets a 2+ save, 2+ cover, AND 4++ rerollable! O'VesaStar just has a ton of 2+ saves, followed by FNP. BeastStar is fairly tame in comparison, with many of the models only getting a 6+ save unless I get lucky and roll both Fortune and Forewarning. Granted, there are a lot more Beasts, but this Star is one of the tamer ones out there

That said, it doesn't appear as if you're hating on my list in general, and I'm very glad you enjoyed it! Maybe I should be keeping this list secret so that the people who pay attention won't be able to problem-solve my list beforehand, but what's the fun in that?

jy2 wrote:Great report Adam.

The last time I faced against the Beaststar with Fortune, I just couldn't kill it. Unlike you, my opponent's dice was just golden. Gosh....I put so much firepower into that unit.

Hopefully, you can get your army finished in time for the LVO. Good luck.

Ha, thanks! I love the BeastStar so far (this was my 3rd game using it). I'm hoping I have a few experiences like your opponent during the LVO - this game was initially very discouraging, like there was no point to having Fortune at all. My opponent actually pointed it out after the game though, that it's a sign of a good list that you can still win despite poor rolling. Who knows if it's an actually good list, but it does very much cater to my personal play style, which I feel is more important than the raw 'power' factor of a list!

Reecius wrote:Nice one! See you guys in a week!

Thanks, we're looking forward to it! Hopefully I won't just want to sleep the whole time, as my wife and I just had our first child, who makes sure we get as little sleep as possible. Who could predict someone would want to go to a 40k event in Vegas to help catch up on sleep??

I predicted that you would win. : )

My only .02 is that the jetseer with the guardians will be at a different cover save than his squad.... might as well protect him and save 15 points. Or maybe you feel it is worth the flexibility?

Dozer Blades wrote:I predicted that you would win. : )

I'd say that too, HAHA

It's all good though - the result is often not the value of Batreps (at least, not when I read them). I like to see the variance and the tactics used throughout a game for new ideas. Hopefully it's the same for you!

Living Still wrote:My only .02 is that the jetseer with the guardians will be at a different cover save than his squad.... might as well protect him and save 15 points. Or maybe you feel it is worth the flexibility?

Um... I agree that he's a different cover save, but that actually protects him a little more (doesn't it?). I mean, if someone decides to focus fire, they would still have to hit guardians first, because they either have no cover save, or a 5+ from being in terrain, which is the same as the 5+ a bike affords. If I'm wrong about this, please feel free to correct me, it's something I would be wise to pay attention to

The flexibility of the bike is just really good, especially because I will often depend on that character to cast Fortune on my advancing Beasts. The additional 12" + assault jump will be much better for keeping the beasts in range, being in range of enemy units when I have a witchfire/malediction, and in some cases, accompanying the Beasts. I dunno... guess I'm just a fan of flexibility when I have to choose between flexibility and raw hyper-efficiency! Plus, you can do some pretty sneaky stuff with a JetSeer

This time the win was not telegraphed which made the read all the more exciting. I looked at the lists and based on your experience figured you would win.

Dozer Blades wrote:This time the win was not telegraphed which made the read all the more exciting. I looked at the lists and based on your experience figured you would win.

Hm, I'll have to work on the telegraphing! Hopefully I'll have the time to write up Batreps for LVO and try to remain inscrutable :-p

Good luck! I'm sure you'll do well.