MEA Squad box question

[Lorcan Nagle]

due to a slight mess-up in my LGS, I've yet to get my MEA squad boxes, and I just wanted to check the unit composition - You get 8 dudes in the box, of which one has an RPG, right? So you can field a base squad and attach up to two extra troopers of the maximum 6, but you don't get any extra RPGs?

 

[Turtle]

Actually, you can take up to two extra gunners, which come with RPGs, and some additional riflemen, but I don't remember how many off hand.

 

[tneva82]

due to a slight mess-up in my LGS, I've yet to get my MEA squad boxes, and I just wanted to check the unit composition - You get 8 dudes in the box, of which one has an RPG, right? So you can field a base squad and attach up to two extra troopers of the maximum 6, but you don't get any extra RPGs?

Sadly yes

Would have been better if there would be 2 RPG's...Big packaging mistake. As pointed out earlier in similar thread 2 RPG's would mean 3 box=2 fully kitted out MEA squads.

Hopefully they release "booster" packs later. 2 RPG and 2 rifle guy for example. That would allow to get full squad by adding booster pack to MEA pack.

For price half the MEA squad would be pretty much only sensible option...Less than half of current box and people would just buy these. More and people would complain about mongoose being greedy :lol:

That would solve the packaging problem without making it any more expensive to get full squads than if they had put 2 RPG's to box in a first place.

 

[Mr Evil]

in box is 8 figs of wich 1 is a RPG gunner.

squad mix is 6 men inc gunner with RPG for 75 points

box points value as it comes is 95 points

mongoose plan on selling seperates (about £2.50 each) so an extra gunner with RPG will take box value upto 120 points.

i got 4 seperates at open day and i have 4 boxes of MEA and a box of technicals, this allows me to feild 500 points.

wave 2 il ad 2 boxes of fedayeen and 2 more boxes of technicals (army list permitting) this will take me to 1k+

hope that helps

 

[Turtle]

whoops, nevermind.

Just remember though that those MEA rockets have a range of 30. Kind of makes up for the lack of MG suppressing power by having some nice long ranged killing power.

They're particularly nasty against PLA, with their large numbers, small command range, it's easier to catch extra models in the 2" blast radius. Nasty work.

 

[Lorcan Nagle]

Thanks for that guys, the MEA are my backup force (GO EFTF!), so I'll be pickipg up some additional boxes of the base troops in coming months to try and bolster the numbers a bit.

 

[Mr Evil]

my advise is 4 boxes oif mea, then fill out with other stuff and some single if you get a chance for rpg's, alternativly one of the kneeling down guys is well posed to carru an rpg, if you order a metal one seperatly and afix it to the guy (just paint it green and glue it on)

and on that bomb shell, where can i buy some seperate weapons rough scale ? ive seen them but my bookmarly bit on my browser doesnt function

 

[Rob_A]

Yeah, you should be able to take that many techincals evil.
1 transport per squad.
I can't wait to get the inspiring leader (or whatever he is called).
Oh and the fedayeen, they are just brilliant, as demonstrated at MGT.

 

[Mr Evil]

if you wish to convert a few to cary an RPG then these look right (RPG's)

http://www.theassaultgroup.co.uk/store/home.php?cat=25&sort=productcode&sort_direction=0&page=1

but at £3 its cheaper to wit to get the singles prepainted to be honest, if i could find some for around £1 each id be chuffed.

 

[Bondarus]

Hello mate.

Was reading a thread ages ago on rpgnet about getting scale weapoms for ya minis and remembered the link.

http://www.theassaultgroup.co.uk/store/home.php?cat=23

Pretty sure the weapons are for 28mm minis.

 

[Mr Evil]

yeah trouble is at £3 each its a bit steep.

but i do like these for fun

but im gonna stick to prepaint only i think, with the exception of the rpg, wonder if mongoose will do little simplle metal bits for conversions ?

 

[Bondarus]

:lol:

They're quality!

Yeah, I know what ya mean. £3 is lot of money for what it is.

I'd expect to get sumat more for my money than that, but I guess they're offering a specialist service, so can charge what they want.

Mongoose should put extra bits in the boxes with the minis, so you can convert the ones you've got, without having to fork out for another box set to get the bits you want.

I still haven't bought the game yet, but am digging everything about it.

Just a matter of time I feel...

 

[Lorcan Nagle]

Yeah, you should be able to take that many techincals evil.
1 transport per squad.
I can't wait to get the inspiring leader (or whatever he is called).
Oh and the fedayeen, they are just brilliant, as demonstrated at MGT.

You can take 3 technicals per transport slot in a platoon...

And as for conversions, I'd just get some brass rod and add some bits to the side if I was going to go down that route....

 

[Mr Evil]

to be honest of your desperate for a extra rpg then you could use the tube bit inside a ballpoint pen as the end bit is never full of ink so cut it of and exchange a ak for it. and paint it green, and job done cheeap cheap.

 

[Ben2]

The important point is that Fedayeen are a squad choice, as are the MEA squad, so you can take them as basic troops, and each squad comes with 2 AT-14s (way better than RPG-29s) and 2 sniper rifles.
Technicals are also great, and cheap enough to have lots.

 

[Lorcan Nagle]

the Feyadeen are a support choice...

 

[Helstrom]

I believe the TAG weapons actually come as 10 per set, though the two-piece RPGs may be 5 per set.

 

[lastbesthope]

i got 4 seperates at open day and i have 4 boxes of MEA and a box of technicals, this allows me to feild 500 points.

They had seperates at the Open Day? Any Brits, like Warriors?
I can't say I noticed any, I was too busy playing the game, and made my purchases late in the day.

LBH

 

[JoseDominguez]

wargames foundry do modern weapons, I got loads free in the boxes my stuff for GOMC-1 came in there's a few RPGs in there.

 

[Mr Evil]

i got 4 seperates at open day and i have 4 boxes of MEA and a box of technicals, this allows me to feild 500 points.

They had seperates at the Open Day? Any Brits, like Warriors?
I can't say I noticed any, I was too busy playing the game, and made my purchases late in the day.

LBH

only wave 1 figs bud