GAWD wrote:The problems w/40k go even deeper than its random element.
The magic force field erected in front of enemy units at 24" (or whatever range) seems to defy the laws of physics and offend common sense.
Why don't the troops on our little toy battlefields know about how far they are from the enemy, when every single front-line soldier is taught how to figure this out as a matter of course early in their training. In other words, the game rewards players skilled in carpentry not skilled in command.
The fact that a dude carrying a flamer can't hoof it to the front of a unit after hanging back until getting into position goes against every single squad tactics drill I've ever seen or heard of.
Units fighting to the last man, armies fighting to the last man NEVER happens unless they're trapped ... units & armies fighting past 75% casualty rates NEVER happens unless one or both of the commanders in the battle are mad men ... units & armies prefer to not fight to 50% casualty rates and will generally withdraw soon thereafter
I could go on at length about other non-random elements of 40k that are wrong.
I will inevitably be met w/responses of "it's not supposed to be realistic" ... "it's a sci-fi simulation" ... "it's supposed to give you an approximate battle outcome" blah ... blah ... blah
To these retorts, I'll preemptively answer: Well if it's not supposed to be realistic & it's supposed to be a simulation ... stop arguing when a dude's Banshee Exarch is a nut-hair away from B2B.
What you seem to miss in all of this is that our wars can't be compared to
40k, not because
40k isn't supposed to be realistic, but because
40k armies have a completely different mindset than that of current real-world armies. We don't have superhuman giants covered in thick metal that have taken oaths to fight to the death for their cause, and we don't have a race comprised of green, fungal warmongers who aren't genetically able to fear death. So your point really isn't that valid at all. That and I don't argue when a dude's Banshee Exarch is a nut-hair away from
B2B, because if someone is using Banshees against my orks then I'm just happy, go ahead, ignore my 6+ armor save.
But seriously, typically there's no reason to argue that anyway, because alot of times models like that are modeled in such a way that you can't actually touch base.
Oh, and the
OP just sounds like he really needs to be playing Fantasy instead of
40k, but it won't help with him not wanting to spend 4 hours on 4 turns, which is why I hate Fantasy. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE
TO SET ASIDE AN ENTIRE DAY
TO PLAY A GAME!
