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Lost Nemesis · May 27th, 2009, 00:36

Coming off of the extended Memorial Day weekend here in the U.S., I thought, what better a topic than a flashback episode?

This week's topic is a very broad one, and deals with your Space Marine memories. From the previous editions of the codex (what do you miss, are you glad something is gone?) to the fluff (how has it changed over the years?) to memories of any number of games the Space Marine community of LO have played, this is the thread to talk about it.

Hope you all had a great Memorial Day weekend!

jy2 · May 27th, 2009, 03:33

This may be a little off topic, just thought I'd like to share it. This Memorial day I played my pure Grey Knight Daemonhunter army twice, once against the new Imperial Guards and another against the Witchhunter Sisters army.

We played annihilation and I beat the IG list 12KP to 3KP. I also beat the sisters 7 to 4.

Then the next day I played my Raven Guard marines against a Nob biker army. We played annihilation and his whole army was worth only 5KP's total. In a 1500 game, just his 2 squads of Nobz bikers w/Warboss was already 1460pts. His other squad was some Gretchins who he held in reserves and just hid. My army was 7KP's.

I gotta admit, they're super tough. Probably the 2 toughest single units I've ever gone up against.

Oh...I still managed to beat them 4 to 3.

demyx · May 27th, 2009, 04:48

I remember the old days when my group didnt own a rule book so alot of the games we played had homebrew variations of what we thought the rules were.
Favorite moment was when my land raider crusader attacked a catachan squad and every shot hit and killed and the last guy ran straight off the table edge

Shad0w_Reaper · May 27th, 2009, 05:27

I miss Shrikes wing

...

~SR~

jy2 · May 27th, 2009, 05:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shad0w_Reaper

I miss Shrikes wing

...

~SR~

Yeah, but fleeting thunderhammer termies rock!

Shad0w_Reaper · May 27th, 2009, 06:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by jy2

Yeah, but fleeting thunderhammer termies rock!

Correction, Infiltrating fleeting thunderhammer termies rock!

~SR~

Demon in White · May 28th, 2009, 00:35

I miss being able to create your own chapter freely, I thought that was the worst thing to go with the new codex

On the bright side, everything else has improved so that's OK then

DiW

kevin vanrooyen · May 28th, 2009, 00:49

I miss:
-Chapter Traits
-the old razorback models, with the guy in the turret
-Veteran skills on termies, suddenly those twin LC termies aren't such a good idea
-Marine profile scouts
-when the specil characters couldn'tt be abused and make your force broken, Vulkan w/ 50 flame/melta weapons for example.

Not that much really.

BloodRavenextr · May 28th, 2009, 02:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by demyx

I remember the old days when my group didnt own a rule book so alot of the games we played had homebrew variations of what we thought the rules were.

Similar situation with my buddy and I. I played SM and he played IG. We said that hunter killer missles didn't need LoS, so the first turn would always be each team firing off all of their HKM and often a lot would ride on the first round, fun times.

Also we got lazy one game (after palying for about four hours), we said from now on the pie plate from my vindicator would hit/kill all or nothing. First shot I did with it missed (all), next on killed like 25 guardsmen, hahaha.

Intrepid · May 28th, 2009, 04:26

Back when I had Marines (last edition), I was the only guy who fielded the Typhoon-pattern landspeeder. It routinely performed well, often survived, had several major kills tallied on its side, and, best of all, my opponents never quite took it seriously. You gotta love it when your favorite, best-performing model is deliberately ignored all the time.

The Typhoon is even better now but still nobody seems to field it. Truly, you Marine players have some really cool toys that you keep ignoring in favor of Pedro, Vulkan and storm shields all the time. It's starting to get funny.

May 27th, 2009, 00:36	#1 (permalink)
Lost Nemesis Shadow Captain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Virginia, USA Age: 20 Posts: 11,988 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 147	Topic of the Week: Memorial Day Memories <a onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outgoing/http_d1_openx_org_ck_php_n_a83f474f_amp_cb_46587945173');" rel='nofollow' href='http://d1.openx.org/ck.php?n=a83f474f&cb=46587945173' target='_blank'><img src='http://d1.openx.org/avw.php?zoneid=22572&cb=46587945173&n=a83f474f' border='0' alt='' /></a> Coming off of the extended Memorial Day weekend here in the U.S., I thought, what better a topic than a flashback episode? This week's topic is a very broad one, and deals with your Space Marine memories. From the previous editions of the codex (what do you miss, are you glad something is gone?) to the fluff (how has it changed over the years?) to memories of any number of games the Space Marine community of LO have played, this is the thread to talk about it. Hope you all had a great Memorial Day weekend! __________________ my project log - fluffy raven guard forum rules

May 27th, 2009, 05:27	#4 (permalink)
Shad0w_Reaper Victorus aut Mortis Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 632 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 40	I miss Shrikes wing ... ~SR~ __________________ Space Marines (4000 points) - White Scars (1750 points) Space Wolves (Under Construction)

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Demon in White Beneath the Dying Sun Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Leeds/Fort William Age: 17 Posts: 1,951 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 26	I miss being able to create your own chapter freely, I thought that was the worst thing to go with the new codex On the bright side, everything else has improved so that's OK then DiW __________________ We warned you of the price of your actions, now you must pay it in full - in blood. On the Winds of Retribution - Dream Thief and Demon in White's Eldar WIP

May 28th, 2009, 00:49	#8 (permalink)
kevin vanrooyen The first and only -.- Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,594 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts Rep Power: 44	I miss: -Chapter Traits -the old razorback models, with the guy in the turret -Veteran skills on termies, suddenly those twin LC termies aren't such a good idea -Marine profile scouts -when the specil characters couldn'tt be abused and make your force broken, Vulkan w/ 50 flame/melta weapons for example. Not that much really. __________________ Played since december/03 W/D/L Feb.6-09- now 40k Guard 15-7-5 Marines 4-3-4 40k Universe 'Munda 9-0-7 Space Hulk "Nids" 7-0-1" "Terms" 9-0-1

May 28th, 2009, 04:26	#10 (permalink)
Intrepid Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Central California Age: 31 Posts: 1,337 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 74	Back when I had Marines (last edition), I was the only guy who fielded the Typhoon-pattern landspeeder. It routinely performed well, often survived, had several major kills tallied on its side, and, best of all, my opponents never quite took it seriously. You gotta love it when your favorite, best-performing model is deliberately ignored all the time. The Typhoon is even better now but still nobody seems to field it. Truly, you Marine players have some really cool toys that you keep ignoring in favor of Pedro, Vulkan and storm shields all the time. It's starting to get funny. __________________ "Silly man. There was a time the Imperium didn't have your Inquisition. The Imperium had us." -Lord Grimstone of the Night Lords

May 27th, 2009, 03:33	#2 (permalink)
jy2 Hive Fleet Pandora Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: San Jose Posts: 2,130 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Rep Power: 42	This may be a little off topic, just thought I'd like to share it. This Memorial day I played my pure Grey Knight Daemonhunter army twice, once against the new Imperial Guards and another against the Witchhunter Sisters army. We played annihilation and I beat the IG list 12KP to 3KP. I also beat the sisters 7 to 4. Then the next day I played my Raven Guard marines against a Nob biker army. We played annihilation and his whole army was worth only 5KP's total. In a 1500 game, just his 2 squads of Nobz bikers w/Warboss was already 1460pts. His other squad was some Gretchins who he held in reserves and just hid. My army was 7KP's. I gotta admit, they're super tough. Probably the 2 toughest single units I've ever gone up against. Oh...I still managed to beat them 4 to 3.

May 27th, 2009, 04:48	#3 (permalink)
demyx not sure if serious Join Date: May 2009 Age: 21 Posts: 55 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 7	I remember the old days when my group didnt own a rule book so alot of the games we played had homebrew variations of what we thought the rules were. Favorite moment was when my land raider crusader attacked a catachan squad and every shot hit and killed and the last guy ran straight off the table edge

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