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Its bit like forgetting to fire your 250pts worth of rangers/ <insert unit> for half the game game..

I think we all handicapped ourselves at one point or another. I once played an entire game forgetting to my shrugs(on the entire army) as well as not rolling for CP..

 Argive wrote:
Its bit like forgetting to fire your 250pts worth of rangers/ <insert unit> for half the game game..

I think we all handicapped ourselves at one point or another. I once played an entire game forgetting to my shrugs(on the entire army) as well as not rolling for CP..

That's not even saying the time I forgot my Warlord with a squad in a chimera the whole game. I got to the end and started saying.." and my HQ, was so crap, he didn't do a damn thing. " My friend said.." Yeah...where was he anyways ? " I thought on it a bit....." Gak! I forgot he was coming in with his squad inside a chimera ! " I was pretty annoyed with myself.

How the hell are you people forgetting to use entire units?

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:
How the hell are you people forgetting to use entire units?

You get wrapped up in having fun and it slips your mind.

I had a Thunderfire Cannon in a ruin that I forgot to fire T1 and T2. By the time T3 had rolled around, I just slipped it back into my storage without the other guy noticing, since I was running some Marines and was so far ahead that it'd be pretty naff to say "Oh, I forgot I had an entire extra unit I should've been shooting!"

I'd highly suspect you've made a similar mistake, Slayer-maybe not when playing 40k, but can you honestly say you've never missed something obvious?

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:
How the hell are you people forgetting to use entire units?

I do it all the time. When there's so many units on the table, and things to do, it's not hard.

If you find yourself forgetting units either in reserves or on the table might I suggest making a list of units and checking them off each time you use them (or hold them out due to them being in reserve). If they die cross them out. Done, never miss a unit's activation again.

Sometimes camouflage works as intended. I’ve missed shooting scout snipers camping out off to the side in the woods before.

On the flip side, sometimes they lived far longer than they should have because my opponent missed them as well.


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Sometimes camouflage works as intended. I’ve missed shooting scout snipers camping out off to the side in the woods before.

On the flip side, sometimes they lived far longer than they should have because my opponent missed them as well.

 Canadian 5th wrote:
If you find yourself forgetting units either in reserves or on the table might I suggest making a list of units and checking them off each time you use them (or hold them out due to them being in reserve). If they die cross them out. Done, never miss a unit's activation again.

thats a good idea, or just activate your units following their order in your battlescribe list. (Yeah i know, often the order you activate matters).

I usualy go from left to right of the table. Unless I have to be really cagey and target priority becomes a make or break of the game..

I certainly forgot to fire entire units/ Rules before.. usualy rangers. Their green camo cloaks just work too well haha

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:
How the hell are you people forgetting to use entire units?

Well if you checked the stories, the first time it was a mix up in army points so we were woefully using wrong points in a game against good friends. The second time I didn't write the list, a friend wrote it as a semi handicap as I was playing as a vet vs a very new player and I thought that would make it fun, using the army you get not the army you want kinda thing. The chimera with squad and HQ inside of it, I had many many units in play, many of them came in chimeras and I just sort of forget as was a good friend and we were shooting the breeze and laughing a lot. Not every game is such serious business, I think I still won the game but did give up that unit because I made a fubar.


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 Canadian 5th wrote:
If you find yourself forgetting units either in reserves or on the table might I suggest making a list of units and checking them off each time you use them (or hold them out due to them being in reserve). If they die cross them out. Done, never miss a unit's activation again.

Yeah I don't miss activation usually or forget units, that was a one off instance cited for laughs. Sometimes we all make errors especially after the decades I've played this game. Not going to make any lists just to avoid a funny memory.


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 Nevelon wrote:
Sometimes camouflage works as intended. I’ve missed shooting scout snipers camping out off to the side in the woods before.

On the flip side, sometimes they lived far longer than they should have because my opponent missed them as well.


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Sometimes camouflage works as intended. I’ve missed shooting scout snipers camping out off to the side in the woods before.

On the flip side, sometimes they lived far longer than they should have because my opponent missed them as well.

That has happened to me as well, forget a sniper unit of min size in a terrain they blended in too well. To be fair, I forgot them and didn't see them but neither did my opponent. We just said they were doing some heavy recon reports the whole game.

I'd still say the issue with drop pods is they can be almost completely ignored once they hit the table. They're pre-immobilized Rhinos. How many units can't sit right next to an "enemy" Pod and do whatever they want while the Pod plinks them? They must have one of the lowest target priorities in the entire game. They shouldn't have some huge offensive ability of course, but it should be enough to make you want to shoot it before it shoots you. 5 turn game, we'll assume it drops on turn 1, Rapid Fire 2 max is 20 shots is 12ish hits, 9ish wounds, 6ish wounds (vs 5+) - the 10 man guard squad that costs less? than the pod and has Obj secured wins all around here. Give them the Each unit in range thing the Bunkers have, then things might get interesting.