junkstar wrote:
If hydra to the rear or centre of W/E their LoS will be blocked so cant be sniped, but would provide air cover. Besides hit allocation/damage stems front to rear so what would snipe it?
junkstar wrote:
Even if Los is blocked?
Yes that is certainly true. But the Hydra can still be targeted by an air attack because the WE does not block LOS in that case. And if the formation has a BM on it already then the Hydra is suppressed and can't provide AA cover.
But mostly I think it would look silly having armoured vehicles hiding up in contact with bigger armoured vehicles (war engines). Don't mind infantry doing it, . . . So for me this is mostly about theme.
junkstar wrote:
jimmyzimms wrote:
More important is the theme here methinks. This is a warengine and troops list
Not necessarily, you can swap crassus for chimera iirc
And I do see your point. Giving a formation of armoured vehicles without warengines - infantry in Chimeras or Leman Russ tank sqadrons - Hydras makes sense. So perhaps the Hydra upgrade option might go in as an alternative AA option for where there are no warengines in a formation.
