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Here is the unfair part of it; I told him whats in my Transports

He refused to tell me

He did not show me his list(I didn't either but he knows a lot of about Imperial Guard and I told him special rules about my vehicles while he didn't tell me anything beforehand)

I don't know jack gak about eldar;

He also told me some BS rules like Eldar tanks ignoring 2d6 pen from meltas and stuff like that

Sigh....

Some Eldar tank DO have such a rule. Perhaps you should do some research before saying that another person talks BS.

Steelmage99 wrote:Sigh....

Some Eldar tank DO have such a rule. Perhaps you should do some research before saying that another person talks BS.

Well, if I played an opponent who waited until I identified what squads were in what transports to tell me that he would refuse to tell me what were in his and then wouldn't allow me to see his list, and I didn't know much about his army and was not allowed a glance at his Codex, then I'd probably react with moderate suspicion when he tries to claim Wave Serpent Energy Fields.

Then again, life's too short for that crap, and the game wouldn't have gotten that far, because I'd have moved a table down and played someone else instead. Alternatively, called the TO.

at the end of this debate, i am glad my guard doesn't use transports.

With my eldar- each unit is in a seperate transport, all marked with a coloured line, e.g my DA have a blue line etc etc.

the way i work it with my list is (because most of the time i buy dedicated transports) i put the following.
DA (gear,points)
Transport: Wave Serpent, Blue marking (gear,points)

and i ALWAYS share lists, that way, i explain everything for my opponent and hand them my list then ask if they have any questions- this helps me to write a clear and concise list too, as i know someone else has to read it.

Also- someone mentioned realism- what army doesn't have scouts who scout out the enemy force and report back, or know by some other way (be it psykers or w/e)

Page 92 in the 40k rule book under a (note on secrecy) "always make sure to tell your opponent which units are embarked in which transport vehicle".

I really dont understand how there are 5 pages of conflicting views...the rulebook blatantly answers this question rofl.

It started out as a 'how' not should you, then it got taken over by 'should secrecy happen', op wanted to know how we did it, it started off well like standing guys on top of th vehicles etc

Because one poster truly believed that saying "WG unit 5", and not showing you what WG unit 5 actually IS, was somehow identifying the unit.