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a hovertank would have higher movement units though i think.

<matc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ungmjjmji5ak6a@corp.supernews.com...
>                     Hi I am a nubie to the net & this group & wanted to
>        share my opinion & get yours. Do to the cost in special materials
>        that is needed to build a hover tank is it not cheaper to use a
>        rookie in a flying suit for scouting.

"roid" <rn6yy3001*NOSPAM*@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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> a hovertank would have higher movement units though i think.

And wouldn't be vulnerable to psionics...

"roid" <rn6yy3001*NOSPAM*@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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> a hovertank would have higher movement units though i think.

And wouldn't be vulnerable to psionics...

Quoth the matc...@hotmail.com:

>                     Hi I am a nubie to the net & this group & wanted to
>        share my opinion & get yours. Do to the cost in special materials
>        that is needed to build a hover tank is it not cheaper to use a
>        rookie in a flying suit for scouting. 

Well... a tank has a greater moving rate than a flying suit. Also, it can 
take a few hits. That's enough. Those rookies cost a lot, taking into 
account the fact that the scouts tend to get shot at. A tank, usually, can 
take it.
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matc...@hotmail.com wrote in message news:<ungmjjm...@corp.supernews.com>...
> Hi I am a nubie to the net & this group & wanted to
>        share my opinion & get yours. Do to the cost in special materials
>        that is needed to build a hover tank is it not cheaper to use a
>        rookie in a flying suit for scouting.

Yes it is cheaper for sure.  IMO, hover tanks should only be used for
those important assault missions like the big ships, alien bases and
the final battle.

Even cheaper for scouting are rookies with nothing equipped.  That's
what I would use.

Vince

matc...@hotmail.com wrote:
>                     Hi I am a nubie to the net & this group & wanted to
>        share my opinion & get yours. Do to the cost in special materials
>        that is needed to build a hover tank is it not cheaper to use a
>        rookie in a flying suit for scouting. 

Tanks.  Always tanks.  If they blow up, it's just scrap metal and 
electronics.  No letters that need to be written to families of the 
rookie who died.  'Least that's how I play.

- Bluemage
http://www.two-faces.org

In message <alaa95$sob$1...@helle.btinternet.com>, Lonie 
<IanL...@btinternet.com> writes
>
>"roid" <rn6yy3001*NOSPAM*@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
>news:ala72q$qal$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
>> a hovertank would have higher movement units though i think.
>
>And wouldn't be vulnerable to psionics...
>
*Sure* about that?  One -can- control the (supposedly) robotic cyberdisc 
and sectopod ...

(I don't know whether hovertanks are immune ... and rarely use them)
-- 
Rex M F Smith

Lonie <IanL...@btinternet.com> wrote:

> "roid" <rn6yy3001*NOSPAM*@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
> news:ala72q$qal$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
>> a hovertank would have higher movement units though i think.

> And wouldn't be vulnerable to psionics...

And a near infinite supply of free, powerful ammo. And you don't loose
all the increases in stats if it blows up. There size can sometimes
make maneuverability a problem, but occasionally you can just use lots
of shots of their plentiful ammo to carve a way through the scenary.

>                     Hi I am a nubie to the net & this group & wanted to
>        share my opinion & get yours. Do to the cost in special materials
>        that is needed to build a hover tank is it not cheaper to use a
>        rookie in a flying suit for scouting.
>

I'd go for two or three roks without any armour, or wearing cast off armour
that my experienced soldiers no longer use. And I rarely use flying armour
before the final mission; I never have the elerium to spare.

IMO, it's not so much a question of what's cheaper per se, but rather
equipment. Once I start flying around with Avengers, the 80-item limit
hurts a lot when you've got 26 guys to outfit. Now, if you put in two
plasma hovertanks, they have high movement, shoot back when they get
shot at (assuming they've got enought TUs left) because they've got
the armor, and the soldiers can be fully equipped. 1 heavy plasma, 1
spar clip, 1 medi-kit, that's 78 items already, if you've got 26 men. 


On Fri, 06 Sep 2002 20:29:13 -0400, Bluemage
<bluem...@spammersdie.yahoo.com> wrote:

>matc...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>                     Hi I am a nubie to the net & this group & wanted to
>>        share my opinion & get yours. Do to the cost in special materials
>>        that is needed to build a hover tank is it not cheaper to use a
>>        rookie in a flying suit for scouting. 
>
>Tanks.  Always tanks.  If they blow up, it's just scrap metal and 
>electronics.  No letters that need to be written to families of the 
>rookie who died.  'Least that's how I play.
>
>- Bluemage
>http://www.two-faces.org