That Torpid Gamer wrote:All super unit ranged variants do huge damage with their default attacks bar the battlewagon, but that things just, just a battlewagon... try standing banshees near a land raider redeemer's flamers, or some shoota boys, they melt.
those are also t1 units that have the weakest durability attributes in the game.
high model count, low model hp with infantry armor. you don't need a land raider to one shot those squads.
we are talking about a t3 super unit vs a t1 starter unit. Not a fantastic comparison if you ask me. you also inadvertently demonstrated my point with your comment .
"try standing banshees
near a land raider " exactly: you have to be rubbing noses with it for its so-called awesome weapons to be felt. Now what kind of silly person would do that?
remember this is t3 , even eldar would be breaking out the prisms / d-cannons and wraith guard by now. those should be the kind of units to make a comparison too .
often the effectiveness of a weapon is not in how much damage it can do , but the reliability in which it can deal said damage. This is why shoota boy upgrades tend to be more reliable than say squad upgrades that add frag grenades for less skilled players.
the shootaboy squad just flat up adds hp model count and damage to an already constant method of damage. But by all means an eldar plasma grenade used correctly has far superior damage potential . Yet if you miss with it , then all that money is wasted. The same can be said for land raiders, they are easy to predict and even easier to guard against making their damage unreliable , thus givin the impression that they are under powered.