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In 6th Edition, with the ability to spam flyers from hell to breakfast, Elysians turned from "interesting tactically-flexible army" to "cheesy cheese of cheesiness," broken far beyond (almost) anything you faced before. Although, like with the Grey Knights, Necrons or Tau, you can create a balanced and interesting army with lots of deep striking guardsman, multi-melta sentinels, and heavy (but not cheesy-heavy) flyer support if you do not want to be a power-gaming douchelord. And by "can" we actually mean "'''must'''", unless you want to be beaten to death with old metal dreadnought models by everyone playing with you and/or watching you play. | In 6th Edition, with the ability to spam flyers from hell to breakfast, Elysians turned from "interesting tactically-flexible army" to "cheesy cheese of cheesiness," broken far beyond (almost) anything you faced before. Although, like with the Grey Knights, Necrons or Tau, you can create a balanced and interesting army with lots of deep striking guardsman, multi-melta sentinels, and heavy (but not cheesy-heavy) flyer support if you do not want to be a power-gaming douchelord. And by "can" we actually mean "'''must'''", unless you want to be beaten to death with old metal dreadnought models by everyone playing with you and/or watching you play. | ||
Everyone thinks they're French, just because their standard lasgun looks like the FAMAS (French assault rifle). However, due to their enormous steel balls and the rather obvious fact that they don't surrender, it would be more accurate to think of them as counterparts to the British Paratroop Regiment or the US Airborne Divisions. No offense to the French. | Everyone thinks they're French, just because their standard lasgun looks like the FAMAS (French assault rifle). <s>However, due to their enormous steel balls and the rather obvious fact that they don't surrender, it would be more accurate to think of them as counterparts to the British Paratroop Regiment or the US Airborne Divisions. No offense to the French.</s> "Cheese-eating surrender monkey" is tired, old American joke. Major visual influence is likely French, whose military doctrine prefers the use highly mobile, fast-reaction forces whenever they can help it. Obvious comparisons can be drawn between the Tauros and the French predilection for armoured cars, as well as how they get massacred due to strategic failure or lack of support. Secondary influences are US Airborne and Air Cavalry, as well as the British SAS. | ||
We have a tactica for these guys, it's [[Warhammer 40,000/Tactics/Imperial Guard/Elysian Drop Troops|here]]. | We have a tactica for these guys, it's [[Warhammer 40,000/Tactics/Imperial Guard/Elysian Drop Troops|here]]. | ||
Revision as of 04:34, 29 April 2014
Elysian drop troops use tactics along the lines of using rapid deployment to throw troops straight into enemy lines. They are famed in battles such as the Taros campaign, the Anphelion project and defence of Betalys. They come from Elysia, a planet about 30 light years away from Armageddon. Elysians are well trained in ship-to-ship boarding actions, ambush and guerrilla warfare as well as fighting in concert with orbital support when attacking enemies. Hilariously enough, despite being the most competent guardsmen around, in pretty much all canon conflicts they take part in they get dicked over for one reason or another, though it's always due to incompetent command, betrayal of some allies or the fuck-ups of other regiments. The Elysians, on the other-hand, always accomplish their missions and then get killed to a man due to not receiving reinforcements in time. Such is a life of space paratrooper. Maybe they're getting slapped with some kind of bad luck, or there's some heresy going on at Forge World.
Training Elysians usually include throwing kids from the back of moving Valkyries until they learn to use grav chutes, or being shown how to clusterfuck even Orks from behind with only a lasgun. It is a good time to mention that the Guardsmen being trained to do these kinds of things all volunteered to do this, which adds some rather wiry hairs to their massive steel balls. They also often employ Drop Sentinels and the Tauros and Venator vehicles because the Leman Russ Battle Tank is too ponderous for their way of deployment for pussies.
In 6th Edition, with the ability to spam flyers from hell to breakfast, Elysians turned from "interesting tactically-flexible army" to "cheesy cheese of cheesiness," broken far beyond (almost) anything you faced before. Although, like with the Grey Knights, Necrons or Tau, you can create a balanced and interesting army with lots of deep striking guardsman, multi-melta sentinels, and heavy (but not cheesy-heavy) flyer support if you do not want to be a power-gaming douchelord. And by "can" we actually mean "must", unless you want to be beaten to death with old metal dreadnought models by everyone playing with you and/or watching you play.
Everyone thinks they're French, just because their standard lasgun looks like the FAMAS (French assault rifle). However, due to their enormous steel balls and the rather obvious fact that they don't surrender, it would be more accurate to think of them as counterparts to the British Paratroop Regiment or the US Airborne Divisions. No offense to the French. "Cheese-eating surrender monkey" is tired, old American joke. Major visual influence is likely French, whose military doctrine prefers the use highly mobile, fast-reaction forces whenever they can help it. Obvious comparisons can be drawn between the Tauros and the French predilection for armoured cars, as well as how they get massacred due to strategic failure or lack of support. Secondary influences are US Airborne and Air Cavalry, as well as the British SAS.
We have a tactica for these guys, it's here.