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Instead of giving rough riders a default explosive hunting lance, it might be better to give them each a lascarbine (it's made up but it could be range 18 inches, strength 3, AP - and assault 2). They then could be given upgrades in a similar way to Space Marine bikers.e g. Melta guns). One of these upgrades could be a lance. By doing this, it would extend the rough riders role on the battlefield from cavalry charging (which tends to lead to annihilation or heavy casualties among the riders) to other roles, such as tank busting, harrasing flanks with small arms fire and act as outriders for transport vehicles (by this I mean preventing enemy close assaults using ranged weaponry,and yet keeping up with the vehicle/tank). With this simple modification to the rule, the tactical diversity of the riders will, in conclusion be increased, enabling them to accompany more types of Imperial Guard forces and thus make them a more popular choice for any Imperial Guard player.



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I apologise for my comment regarding the special weapons, but i still believe the idea for the lascarbines is valid

I think you should have the option of having one of them carry a heavy weapon that you could fire on the move, like Assault bikes sidecar weapon. In the Rough Riders case, this would be represented by a Pony tied to the side of the horse, with a lascannon/missile launcher/autocannon/heavy bolter on its back.

Yeah, or an infantry portable version of the heavy stubber/ the compact space marine style rocket launchers that could be carried and fired by oe man in the unit (bcos their on horsback i gues the normal second man for carrying ammo for heavy weapon teams wouldn't be needed).

I think that the horses of the rough riders should have some king of armour so that it gives them some kind of invunrable save

In the process of making Raptor Rough Riders, and I wish they were much more versatile as I have 12 and I wouldn't ever bring them in a list outside of maybe my first time just to test how effective they are.