Comments on: A Self Improvement Guide for your Tactical Mind http://www.highelves.net/a-self-improvement-guide-for-your-tactical-mind/ Your complete High Elves resource for the Warhammer Fantasy Battles tabletop game! Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:21:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Max http://www.highelves.net/a-self-improvement-guide-for-your-tactical-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Max Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:51:14 +0000 http://www.highelves.net/?p=42#comment-123 great article. i have one thing to add tho. get one special character that isnt so powerful and expensive but looks big, scary, and well painted. then talk to ur opponent as if that character(or monster) is key to ur army; as in if the enemy kills of 2 swordmasters, quickly say "i dont care, just wait till my dragon gets to u" and act as if that dragon is the cornerstone of ur army--phsycologically this sometimes gets into ur opponent's head and causes him to direct more attention than necesary to your dragon. also if the enemy prizes a certain character or unit--make sure it dies becuz this will have a large effect on ur opponent's mindset(for example, today i was fiting a high elf player with my all cav warriors of chaos army and he destroyed my knights getting off spirit of the forge irresistable(gah very annoying) i probably still could have won, but i started getting careless and lost in the end)) great article. i have one thing to add tho. get one special character that isnt so powerful and expensive but looks big, scary, and well painted. then talk to ur opponent as if that character(or monster) is key to ur army; as in if the enemy kills of 2 swordmasters, quickly say “i dont care, just wait till my dragon gets to u” and act as if that dragon is the cornerstone of ur army–phsycologically this sometimes gets into ur opponent’s head and causes him to direct more attention than necesary to your dragon. also if the enemy prizes a certain character or unit–make sure it dies becuz this will have a large effect on ur opponent’s mindset(for example, today i was fiting a high elf player with my all cav warriors of chaos army and he destroyed my knights getting off spirit of the forge irresistable(gah very annoying) i probably still could have won, but i started getting careless and lost in the end))

]]> By: Austin Conrad http://www.highelves.net/a-self-improvement-guide-for-your-tactical-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Austin Conrad Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:48:07 +0000 http://www.highelves.net/?p=42#comment-89 Extremely good article. I've been playing a mixture of High Elves and Dark Elves for about 3-4 years now, and I've never considered the difference that your state of mind can have on your gaming. Makes a lot of sense. My opinion with the mage problem roger mentioned is that it depends on what Lore you choose. I would recommend High Lore for that oh-so-nice Drain Magic against magic heavy foes like Lizardmen and Dark Elves. You can always take Shield of Saphery, which I have found to be the most useful spell from the lore (Swordmasters are an arrow-magnet!), while Vaul's Unmaking, while difficult to pull off, is a terrific spell against opponents who like to use expensive magic items or against the dreaded... Special Characters. I have wiped the floor with the Green Knight (Bretonnians) after nailing him twice with that. Really, IMO, if you are going to be using a magic based army, go all the way though, Banners of Sorcery and whatnot. Unless you roll like I do, I think you would do fine in a tourney. Extremely good article. I’ve been playing a mixture of High Elves and Dark Elves for about 3-4 years now, and I’ve never considered the difference that your state of mind can have on your gaming. Makes a lot of sense.

My opinion with the mage problem roger mentioned is that it depends on what Lore you choose. I would recommend High Lore for that oh-so-nice Drain Magic against magic heavy foes like Lizardmen and Dark Elves. You can always take Shield of Saphery, which I have found to be the most useful spell from the lore (Swordmasters are an arrow-magnet!), while Vaul’s Unmaking, while difficult to pull off, is a terrific spell against opponents who like to use expensive magic items or against the dreaded… Special Characters. I have wiped the floor with the Green Knight (Bretonnians) after nailing him twice with that.

Really, IMO, if you are going to be using a magic based army, go all the way though, Banners of Sorcery and whatnot. Unless you roll like I do, I think you would do fine in a tourney.

]]> By: High Elf Roger http://www.highelves.net/a-self-improvement-guide-for-your-tactical-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-86 High Elf Roger Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:40:43 +0000 http://www.highelves.net/?p=42#comment-86 i'v been playing high elves for about 7 years and i would say that one BSB is all the combat characters you need. i sometimes think that the good paint job will stop you from making rash decisions on a charge or something like that. my question would be do you think its worth taking a lvl4 mage with book of hoeth and a lvl 2 mage with seer staff who then picks spell 2 of the heavens list to let me reroll a miscast. that ends up being like 450 points. do you think its worth it in a 2250 tourney list i’v been playing high elves for about 7 years and i would say that one BSB is all the combat characters you need. i sometimes think that the good paint job will stop you from making rash decisions on a charge or something like that. my question would be do you think its worth taking a lvl4 mage with book of hoeth and a lvl 2 mage with seer staff who then picks spell 2 of the heavens list to let me reroll a miscast. that ends up being like 450 points. do you think its worth it in a 2250 tourney list

]]> By: BASILIS RAGOUSIS http://www.highelves.net/a-self-improvement-guide-for-your-tactical-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-82 BASILIS RAGOUSIS Sun, 10 May 2009 19:30:59 +0000 http://www.highelves.net/?p=42#comment-82 Hi. i'm new at the game too but i think my case is the totally oposite. I know the most rules since i spent a lot of time reading the rulebook over and over. Still i havent played a single match, because i keep changing colours in my army. first i started with blue and white but now i use red, black and gold. Anyway i just want to say that i found the article very right and that i hope to see some more of that type. PS i am from Greece too Nick!! Hi.
i’m new at the game too but i think my case is the totally oposite.
I know the most rules since i spent a lot of time reading the rulebook over and over.
Still i havent played a single match, because i keep changing colours in my army.
first i started with blue and white but now i use red, black and gold.
Anyway i just want to say that i found the article very right and that i hope to see some more of that type.
PS i am from Greece too Nick!!

]]> By: Loremaster http://www.highelves.net/a-self-improvement-guide-for-your-tactical-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Loremaster Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:56:08 +0000 http://www.highelves.net/?p=42#comment-70 Hi Nick, Great comments. Yes that is the case, you will find the grunts are the ones that make the difference. Don't worry about speed, I am very slow as well. Play more and you get faster. At the end of the day don't forget to have fun! PS that metallic blue sounds like a good idea! Hi Nick,
Great comments. Yes that is the case, you will find the grunts are the ones that make the difference. Don’t worry about speed, I am very slow as well. Play more and you get faster. At the end of the day don’t forget to have fun! PS that metallic blue sounds like a good idea!

]]> By: Nick Papadopoulos http://www.highelves.net/a-self-improvement-guide-for-your-tactical-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Nick Papadopoulos Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:57:30 +0000 http://www.highelves.net/?p=42#comment-65 I'm still too new at the hobby to really give a comment. I'm more of a painter than a gamer. Once I get all the rules etc in my head can proggress. Your comment about "Balance" is very valuable indeed. As is the point of not needlessly sacrificing troops. When I play chess for example I tend to be defensive rather than aggressive so I see your point. My son says I take too long to make moves/decisions for that very reason. As for not spending massive points on "Characters" and fancy stuff as versus balancing out on "...the GRUNTS..." the core foot soldiers thats sound advice indeed.......Nick Papadopoulos. I’m still too new at the hobby to really give a comment. I’m more of a painter than a gamer. Once I get all the rules etc in my head can proggress.
Your comment about “Balance” is very valuable indeed. As is the point of not needlessly sacrificing troops. When I play chess for example I tend to be defensive rather than aggressive so I see your point.
My son says I take too long to make moves/decisions for that very reason. As for not spending massive points on “Characters” and fancy stuff as versus balancing out on “…the GRUNTS…” the core foot soldiers thats sound advice indeed…….Nick Papadopoulos.

]]> By: Nick Papadopoulos http://www.highelves.net/a-self-improvement-guide-for-your-tactical-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Nick Papadopoulos Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:44:29 +0000 http://www.highelves.net/?p=42#comment-64 Hi! I'm new to the Hobby. I'm mainly a World War 2 enthusiast (wish to model a diorama of the Battle of Crete in 1/72 scale as I am of Greek descent and live in New Zealand hence the fixation on Crete-have been there recently),but I am building up a High Elf Army to enjoy some combat with my son Michael (aged 20) who has 3 armies of the dreaded "Druchii". I have spent ages on painting. I have done an alternative to the regular "Mithril" silver look preffering a mettalic blue look rather like the cover of the recent "White Dwarf", and High Elf Rule Book. Thank you for your enlightening article. It would be nice to hear from you. Hi! I’m new to the Hobby. I’m mainly a World War 2 enthusiast (wish to model a diorama of the Battle of Crete in 1/72 scale as I am of Greek descent and live in New Zealand hence the fixation on Crete-have been there recently),but I am building up a High Elf Army to enjoy some combat with my son Michael (aged 20) who has 3 armies of the dreaded “Druchii”.
I have spent ages on painting. I have done an alternative to the regular “Mithril” silver look preffering a mettalic blue look rather like the cover of the recent “White Dwarf”, and High Elf Rule Book.
Thank you for your enlightening article. It would be nice to hear from you.

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