Ok, I am sick and tired of my troops never doing ANYTHING for me at all. It just seems that every single point I spend on troops is wasted, and I am so close to go go down the 2x5 guardian road and spend as many points as possible on something else. But I am not that unreasonable.. I want to keep my army fluffier than that, but on the other hand I also want to win battles. Let me tell you about my trouble troop for troop:
Guardian Defenders: T3 and 5+ save = these guys drop like flies, and it hurts my fluff-loving heart to field troops like that. Every eldar life is prescious. Game wise, these guys dont really cut it either. Due to the short range of the suricat, they usually have to spend the first 3-4 turns marching across the table, taking fire all the way, and when they finally arrive and fire their guns once, before they are rapid fired to death. I have never in my life seen a guardian squad, even with conceal, take a round of rapid fireing and still remain battleworthy. And those severly overpriced weapon platforms are not really worth their points eother, unless you are very lucky.
Storm Guardians: The same points apply here. They simply never live long enough to do a god damn thing, which is especially bad for cc troops. Unless something infiltrates or deep strikes right in front of them, they will simply be too few to make a diffrence in cc, and the sheer number of guardians needed in a squad like this makes it impossible to hide it behind anything, and they will be gunned down.
Black Guardians: The same. + 1 WS or BS does not make the squad survive longer, although the weapon platforms are close to be worth their points in these squads.
Dire Avengers: I like the idea of super guardians, but their short range and few numbers make these guys even more useless than guardians. Plus, they are very expensive for what they do.
Rangers: Only really good in Alaitoc, where disruption takes care of the enemy bulk. Non-alaitoc armies based on rangers always semms to become outnumbered and slaughered.
Please tell me that I miss the big picture here, and show me trhe light, or is it really true that the eldar havent got a single fieldworthy troop choice?
Guardian Defenders: T3 and 5+ save = these guys drop like flies, and it hurts my fluff-loving heart to field troops like that. Every eldar life is prescious. Game wise, these guys dont really cut it either. Due to the short range of the suricat, they usually have to spend the first 3-4 turns marching across the table, taking fire all the way, and when they finally arrive and fire their guns once, before they are rapid fired to death. I have never in my life seen a guardian squad, even with conceal, take a round of rapid fireing and still remain battleworthy. And those severly overpriced weapon platforms are not really worth their points eother, unless you are very lucky.
Storm Guardians: The same points apply here. They simply never live long enough to do a god damn thing, which is especially bad for cc troops. Unless something infiltrates or deep strikes right in front of them, they will simply be too few to make a diffrence in cc, and the sheer number of guardians needed in a squad like this makes it impossible to hide it behind anything, and they will be gunned down.
Black Guardians: The same. + 1 WS or BS does not make the squad survive longer, although the weapon platforms are close to be worth their points in these squads.
Dire Avengers: I like the idea of super guardians, but their short range and few numbers make these guys even more useless than guardians. Plus, they are very expensive for what they do.
Rangers: Only really good in Alaitoc, where disruption takes care of the enemy bulk. Non-alaitoc armies based on rangers always semms to become outnumbered and slaughered.
Please tell me that I miss the big picture here, and show me trhe light, or is it really true that the eldar havent got a single fieldworthy troop choice?