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After what i'd call a long career break i'm now back in the realms of the 40K world and have resurrected another eldar army as my previous force, 15 or so years ago, served me well in many a battle.
Having the previlege of using tanks in an army is something new to me however dark reapers are not. In my old army (2000pts i think) i made use of two squads of three which weighed in at a hefty 210pts per squad but packed a str 8 shot in them glory days.
I've read on various sites including this one how those players that field an Eldar army rave over how good reapers are. Unfortunately i just cannot see the point of them for the reasons below:
1. They are a heavy support choice.
2. There 35pts per model.
3. Reaper launcher is only Str 5 AP 3 (Heavy 2)
4. They are not flee of foot and may only move or fire.
When i think heavy support i think of something that can turn a tank into a smoking creator. Str 5 isn't going to cut any ice with me never mind the front or side armour of any tank. IMO i don't even see them as character killers as there is no chance of instant death and most characters carry sufficient armour/fields etc to stop those shots that do wound.
Therefore, the only advantage that i can see that reapers can bring to any Eldar army is range which is sadly lacking from most Eldar weapons. However, given the speed of Eldar most troops can be in range but turn 2 if you lucky. In essence, they are long range rank and file troop killers. Personally i'd rather spend the points elsewhere like a couple of walkers with shurriken cannon and scatter laser configuration for example for rougly the same cost as three reapers.
Let me have any thoughts on what you fellas think and how you use them as i'm looking to expand and can't help but think that i must be wrong on this and missing something given the general concensus on this subject.
After what i'd call a long career break i'm now back in the realms of the 40K world and have resurrected another eldar army as my previous force, 15 or so years ago, served me well in many a battle.
Having the previlege of using tanks in an army is something new to me however dark reapers are not. In my old army (2000pts i think) i made use of two squads of three which weighed in at a hefty 210pts per squad but packed a str 8 shot in them glory days.
I've read on various sites including this one how those players that field an Eldar army rave over how good reapers are. Unfortunately i just cannot see the point of them for the reasons below:
1. They are a heavy support choice.
2. There 35pts per model.
3. Reaper launcher is only Str 5 AP 3 (Heavy 2)
4. They are not flee of foot and may only move or fire.
When i think heavy support i think of something that can turn a tank into a smoking creator. Str 5 isn't going to cut any ice with me never mind the front or side armour of any tank. IMO i don't even see them as character killers as there is no chance of instant death and most characters carry sufficient armour/fields etc to stop those shots that do wound.
Therefore, the only advantage that i can see that reapers can bring to any Eldar army is range which is sadly lacking from most Eldar weapons. However, given the speed of Eldar most troops can be in range but turn 2 if you lucky. In essence, they are long range rank and file troop killers. Personally i'd rather spend the points elsewhere like a couple of walkers with shurriken cannon and scatter laser configuration for example for rougly the same cost as three reapers.
Let me have any thoughts on what you fellas think and how you use them as i'm looking to expand and can't help but think that i must be wrong on this and missing something given the general concensus on this subject.