Planet OG IX - Sunday June 3rd

[badusernametag]

Spam ? What spam?

Word! 

Now get the next one up pronto so's we can pimp it!!!

[Angelus Mortifer]

What was the final tally? Gutted I missed out 

[badusernametag]

What was the final tally? Gutted I missed out 

Was a real shame you couldn't play mate. Not least as I'd much rather have lost to you than captain death ray! 

From memory:
1 Ol
2 Dan
3 Steven
4 ?
5 Toby
6 ?
7 ?
8 ?
9 ?
10 ?
11 ?
12 Sasha (HATE)

[fatolaf]

Now get the next one up pronto so's we can pimp it!!!

I'll put the details of Planet OG 10 and the final placings of Planet 9 up tomorrow chaps

[Angelus Mortifer]

Was a real shame you couldn't play mate. Not least as I'd much rather have lost to you than captain double death ray! 

Fixed for you 

It certainly looked good fun. Next time matey for sure 

[rathstar]

Ooow, new shiny stuff

What's the worst that they can do, 2 av11 vehicles for 20% of the army ?  Ok they may have been a pain if they were combined with 2 solar pulses :)

Ol (I'm assuming you had the double scythes): What did you think of the 2 Doomscythes, how did they do ?

Rathstar

[fatolaf]

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Ol (I'm assuming you had the double scythes): What did you think of the 2 Doomscythes, how did they do ?

Rathstar

They were great, gave me the ability to take out tanks and termies for instance whilst the rest of the army gets into range, gives us a much needed edge vs gun lines and mech heavy, since scarabs are target number one nowadays

[rathstar]

They were great, gave me the ability to take out tanks and termies for instance whilst the rest of the army gets into range, gives us a much needed edge vs gun lines and mech heavy, since scarabs are target number one nowadays

I just worry about their fragility, did multiple solar pulses cut down the enemy fire they took ?

I suppose I normally use a Dark Eldar Razorwing jetfighter at 145 pts for the less toughness, so I may just have to give it a go.  My problem is that in my Dark Eldar the razorwing is one of many light vehicles, where as in my Necron army the Scythe would be my only vehicle that isn't av13 - wouldn't that mean than any missile launcher, autocannon and probably any lascannons would target the scythes first ?

Rathstar

[fatolaf]

I did not have any solar pulses at all, and I got the scythes in real close anyway so they would not have helped.
The point of the scythes is you can take out multiple units out in one go, meaning they are expendable.
They never failed between them to take out enough to justify their place in the list..

[rathstar]

I was just to my mate about scythes over a pint :) We were discussing as you can move 12", then put the initial point of the death ray 12" away it's on their deployment zone edge and then you angle the beam diagionally into their deployment zone you could hit multiple vehicles on turn 1.

However I'm concerned about games where the necrons go 2nd, shouldn't the opponent prioritise an av11 vehicle that can do so much damage as target number one. What other things did you have in your list that distracted opponents from blowing the scythes away at range ?

Your experiences have tempted me to try one out. In games that I go second I'll try reserving it and deepstriking.

Rathstar