Topic: Drop Pod List - 1750 - Viable?

[Drek]

Traits: Cleanse and Purify, Heed the Wisdom of the Ancients
Disadvantages: We Stand Alone, Eye to Eye

HQ:

Epistolary - 380
  Terminator Armor, FotD, Force Weapon, Storm Bolter
  Retinue - 3 Terminators (2x Assault Cannon), Sergeant
  Drop Pod

Elite:

3x Venerable Dreads - 160 Ea.
  Assault Cannon, DCCW, Extra Armor
  Drop Pod

Troops:

2x Tac Squad - 215 Ea.
  7 Marines - 2x Plasma Guns
  Sergeant - Fist and Plasma Pistol
  Drop Pod

Heavy:

Dread - 140
  Assault Cannon, DCCW, Extra Armor
  Drop Pod

Dread - 160
  TLLC, DCCW, Extra Armor
  Drop Pod

Dread - 160
  TLLC, DCCW, Extra Armor
  Drop Pod

Total: 1750

[Guildmage Aech]

Overall it seems pretty good.

One change I'd make is to drop the plasmapistols on the sarges in the tactical units and use the points upgrading a couple of the dreads to having heavy flamers. You can position these really well when you hop out the drop pods and get a lot of damage in with them.
Plus you don't want your sarges to kill themselves because that would be annoying...

[Purgatory]

Overall it looks great IMO, but I have a small unorthodox suggestion:

Have you tried putting Multi-Meltas on the two LC-Dreads instead? Technically, the MMs are better tank busters than the LCs, and with the Pods, the range won't be a problem. Also, the MMs are cheaper, so you can afford 2 Heavy Flamers for the Elite-Dreads.

/Purg