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Platoon command squads can give orders to Company command squads. That makes perfect sense.

I see that Death Guard bikers are now T6 and as the T value in parenthesis have been removed I presume that they are now completely immune from S based instant death?

Palindrome wrote:Platoon command squads can give orders to Company command squads. That makes perfect sense.

Is there nothing more unintentionally funny than a GW FAQ?

ZebioLizard2 wrote:

Joey wrote:

ZebioLizard2 wrote:
So what does it count as for affecting vehicles than? AP2? AP1? All the other (with few exceptions) "Ignores armor saves" have gained actual AP stats, so I believe it was just a mistake on their part.

Well it's not AP1 or 2 so you have your answer. It may have been a mistake not to give it an AP value but it doesn't need one.

AP3 than, gotcha.

(!(AP1 | AP2))!=AP3.
Treated as AP3 on vehicle damage chart, sure. But still ignores armour saves.
Honestly I can't see this being a problem outside of the internet.

Edit: Reading fail

H.B.M.C. wrote:

Palindrome wrote:Platoon command squads can give orders to Company command squads. That makes perfect sense.

Is there nothing more unintentionally funny than a GW FAQ?

They always could.


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yakface wrote:Mastery level is equal to the number of powers a psyker was already allowed to use each turn. If the psyker could only use one power, then he's mastery level 1.

Yak, I've seen you say this a few times, and I think it's wrong. See the BA faq:

Q: What mastery level is a Blood Angels Librarian? (pg 46)
A: Mastery Level 1. And Epistolary is Mastery Level 2. They both know 2 powers.

The BA codex says a normal librarian can use one power each player turn, while an epistolary can use two powers each player turn, but both are only mastery level 1.

So, that seems to illustrate that Mastery Level does not equal the powers that can be cast per turn (assuming you meant player turn).

Librarian can cast one spell per turn, so he's Mastery Level 1. Epistolary can cast two spells, so he's Master Level 2. What's the problem here?

Did I miss something---or are DoA armies restricted by the 1/2 reserve rule? I don't see an exception in the FAQ...

streamdragon wrote:Awesome, not only are tyranids the only army that can't have allies, we're the only army that can't use the emplaced weapons on a bastion. what the crap GW? What the crap?

Not manually, but Bastions have an automatic fire mode at BS2.

Formosa wrote:seeker missiles hit flyers on a 2+, surly thats a buff? mind you, you need to hit it on 6 with marker lights

Yeah, I was pretty happy with that, Just a shame about the skyray itself and other markers being so hard to hit with :(

There used to be a somewhat quirky line about it too. Something like. "In reality, the platoon command squad isn't *ordering* the company command squad, they are simply politely requesting that his senior officer gets a move on."

Definite straw grasping here, but how does the signum interact with the 'shooting at flyers' rules?

pg 88 Chaos Codex.
A model with the mark of tzeentch may attempt up to two psychic powers per turn.

Core rule book pg 66.
in older codex's, Mastery may be written out longhand in the form of a special rule that allows them to use more than 1 psychic power per turn - the number of psychic powers that can be used per turn is their mastery level..

Mark of Tzeentch gives a mastery level. (as would epistolary). There is no other way to read that.

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I'm surprised that the GK psychic powers weren't updated with new effects (a la the new USRs). Not that it's that bad, but it would have been nice if Shrouding granted the... you know... Shrouded special rule.

Also, did anyone else notice that "Bolster Defenses" can now target non-ruins? That actually makes it a bit more useful, especially with the 5+ nerf to cover.

P.P.S: The BT FAQ is really punishing. They reversed the "EC can be your required HQ ruling," and the vows are all terrible now (Suffer Not still doesn't stack with furious charge, Accept Any Challenge is just an extra attack, Abhor the Witch is just a slightly better Deny the Witch, and Uphold is basically unchanged).

Snufflesms wrote:TAU Battlesuits can no longer take Target Locks, which means they cannot split fire between the suits. This is a massive hit to Broadsides.

What the EFFF!

Why would they do this? That was key to a possible Tau army. Now I might not even bother.

AgeOfEgos wrote:Did I miss something---or are DoA armies restricted by the 1/2 reserve rule? I don't see an exception in the FAQ...

Looks like it

@Joey- You're right, that's a reading fail on my part, I blame lack of sleep.........

Hmm. Quite a kick in the nuts.

-Kharn the Betrayer now goes at Ini 1.

-Abaddon the Despoiler gets owned by regular PF/TH terminators

-Daemon Princes are not flying MCs...despite the fact that in the WD battlereport he was picked -precisely- because he was a flying MC with vector strike.

-No word on agonizers or Vext's scepter, so they must be AP 3 and therefore night-useless.

-Wyches didn't get any revision and are now bad tank hunters in a codex that doesn't need more AT.

-No word if Mark of Tzeentch increases Warp Charge, though it by all definitions should.

-Skyfire is pathetically limited. Have fun dodging missiles, Chaos Daemons, Nids, CSM and other low-volume-of-fire armies.

Honestly, my gaming group could have done this better, given how long they had.

I seriously hope that armies get some sort of AA then...right now, it's all about who can field the most flyers that can only be hit on 6s...

Imperial Guard FAQ wrote:Q: Can Ministorum Priests or Techpriest Enginseers be taken as the mandatory HQ choice? (pg 96)
A: No. You will need to take another model to be your warlord.

I'm guessing that applies to taking IG as allies, too? Warlords must come from the primary detachment, but since it says the mandatory HQ choice, that probably covers them as allies, too.

Time for some house ruling

delighted to see stealth suits getting a buff.. Long overdue!

Just to be clear, the FAQ doesn't state that the Stormraven is a flyer. Is it not? Or is that only listed in the main rulebook?

Just wondering (as im waiting for my local store to open so i can get my book) Has the GK Psyfleman dreadnought become useless? Cannot find if the Autocannon itself is a AA gun now and only snap fires at ground targets..or am i simply being paranoid.And if my fear is correct..Man do i have alot of Dreadnoughts to sell lol.

Book didnt get delivered today. :(

Have the stormtalon rules changed then?

Autocannons are not skyfire. Only the IG Hydras have skyfire autocannons.

space wolves with acute senses is stupid now, what outflanks except scouts and the warlord trait, if you roll it? Otherwise I think TWC just got nastier too, but that just me

Same with 90% of the Tau army with Acute Senses.

Xca|iber wrote:Just to be clear, the FAQ doesn't state that the Stormraven is a flyer. Is it not? Or is that only listed in the main rulebook?

Every vehicles type seems to be looked up in the main rulebook now.
Like the vehicle upgrades, who are also moved to the rulebook.

1hadhq wrote:

Xca|iber wrote:Just to be clear, the FAQ doesn't state that the Stormraven is a flyer. Is it not? Or is that only listed in the main rulebook?

Every vehicles type seems to be looked up in the main rulebook now.
Like the vehicle upgrades, who are also moved to the rulebook.

Thanks. My rulebook isn't going to arrive until next week (hopefully that soon ).

lord_blackfang wrote:Is it just me or did nothing gain the Skyfire rule?

This is something I noticed. Same thing for Interceptor. Looks like I'll be investing in a load of swooping hawks but how on earth are Eldar going to deal with flyers at range? I'm pretty disappointed with the FAQs so far but another thing I've realised is that I'm actually not going to learn these rules quickly - there's a LOT of stuff in that rulebook.

Perhaps I'm blind, but where are we supposed to get our vehicles hull points from if not our FAQ's? I see nothing anywhere stating what has what for HP's.

I don't think the idiotic changes to Chaos (Kharn at I1, AP3 Daemon Weapons) matter all that much because that book - if you can call it that - will be replaced in a couple of months anyway.