So, I have company coming and here I am sorting the piles of paper on my desk into new piles for review or the recycle bag. I came across a printout of a scratch tactica for Max Body Drop Pods using Black Templar. I think it was from Bolter & Chainsword, but I forget the author. Something I notice, it touts having a lower KP than the MSU versions, but not so much I'm thinking. After all, it has 3x Elites, 3x FA, 4xTroops 7xDrop Pods & 1xHQ in the 1500 point version. Which gives it 18 KP. At 1500 points! In keeping with the formula of 1 Troop/400, at 2k it would add 4 KP for two Troop choices bringing it up to 22 and the only way to avoid more KP would be to add another pair of Typhoon Speeders. That is not "less" KP.
I also note that it avoids Terminator squads entirely because they will have to take the concentrated firepower of the opponent, supposedly as a weakness, but I'll note that Terminator squads are a lot more durable than Dreadnoughts and the long range of the Cyclones lets you avoid a lot of that firepower in most lists, while area terrain gives you the common 4++ save.
I also note that it avoids Terminator squads entirely because they will have to take the concentrated firepower of the opponent, supposedly as a weakness, but I'll note that Terminator squads are a lot more durable than Dreadnoughts and the long range of the Cyclones lets you avoid a lot of that firepower in most lists, while area terrain gives you the common 4++ save.
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