I'm kicking around the idea of running some numbers through the old damage calculator, and I think I'm going to do a run-down of all of the buffs and curses in the 8th edition lores. So I want some input on what you all think would be the best "representative" from each race against which I should run the numbers. I'm thinking plain old saurus warriors would make a good candidate for lizardmen, since most armies include them. I'm looking for what you consider the toughest match-ups for each race. Feel free to include any buffs that your unit of choice tends to have on it, like beastmen have primal fury, or a DE hatred + cauldron effect, etc. If it is something unreliable, like counting on a spell to go off, then don't include it. To simplify, infantry will be ranked 5 wide. I will also assume each side has enough models to attack back with the first 2 ranks. Also, this will be based entirely on average performance, with D6 counting as 3.5 and D3 counting as 2. I will evaluate the spells individually, then for each lore, I will add up the most effective results against each target to form a total to represent that lore's effectiveness overall. This is the best way I can think of to evaluate it that will not take forever. I will be working on it a bit at a time, should finish this weekend sometime. Current candidates Beastmen – Bretonnia – Daemons of Chaos – Dark Elves – Dwarfs – Empire – High Elves – Ogre Kingdoms – Orcs and Goblins – Skaven – Vampire Counts – Warriors of Chaos – Wood Elves – Tomb Kings omitted for obvious reasons…
Beastmen – Bestigors Bretonnia – Daemons of Chaos – Bloodletters Dark Elves – Black Guard w/ AP banner, +1A from cauldron Dwarfs – Hammerers Empire – Halberds? High Elves – White Lions or Peenis Guard Ogre Kingdoms – Orcs and Goblins – Black orcs or savege orc big uns, havent read the new book yet Skaven – Vampire Counts – Rape Guard with +1 to hit and WS7 Warriors of Chaos – Tzeench Chosens w/ banner of Frenzy and 2 warshrines Wood Elves –
You might want to check this out then.... http://www.warseer.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5168389&postcount=1
Wow. I guess I can breathe a sigh of relief, someone is more nerdy than I! I can just download the thing and post some analysis on what I get using my original criteria. Thanks for saving me hours of work n810!
I bow to your leetness and skillz! No offense meant of course, I think we all proudly wear the nerd badge here.