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Ok, rules question here. With the Deathstorm drop pod it reads “When it lands it opens fire indiscriminately. After landing all units (yours or opponents) with in 12” and in line of sight comes under fire for 1D3 attacks” –note this is my wording please check out the official wording with the free pdf at forge world.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/pdf/ia2-update.pdf

the question I am asking is when a pod lands from deep strike would you resolve the hits on all units before moving on to your next deep strike because that’s the way the rules appear to read. Your not actually going through the shooting steps because your not declaring a target since everything gets shot up.

I wanted to get a feel for what other people think about the way this unit is worded. this question was brought up inbetween games by my oponent last game i had been resolving them all in the shooting phase not when they land and he wanted to know if that was correct or not.

As read, I would apply attacks immediately against all units within 12", not in the shooting phase.

i read the rule as it shoots in the shooting phase as there is nothing that specifies it shoots in the movement phase when it lands .
it says AFTER LANDING i read this to be in the next shooting phase it shoots indiscriminately------ NOT immediately
so as there is nothing expressly allowing you shoot out of turn ----so you cant
this just makes landing troops around it a lot more tactical with more chances for SNAFU


Automated Weapons: When a Deathstorm drop pod lands it
opens fire indiscriminately. After landing, each unit (enemy or friendly)
within 12” of the Deathstorm and in line of sight comes under
attack as a hail of missiles sweep the surrounding area. Roll to hit
using the Deathstorm’s BS4 for either D3 Whirlwind attacks or D3
assault cannon attacks against each target unit.
In subsequent turns the Deathstorm may continue to fire a single
weapon, picking a enemy target and resolving the firing as normal.

Mod:

This sort of query sits belongs in the YMDC forum.

The drop pod cannot land in the shooting phase - how the &%&%& can it?

The ddrop pod arrives via assault rules, i.e. start of movement phase. You then immediately fire it, then resolve the next landing - you are told it IMMEDIATELY fires, so you do not wait.

Nowhere does it say you can fire in the movement phase, therefore you do not. You fire it immediately... in the Shooting Phase it comes in.

Waaaaaaagh! wrote:Nowhere does it say you can fire in the movement phase, therefore you do not. You fire it immediately... in the Shooting Phase it comes in.

That is the ruling we went with in the INAT FAQ.


The thing is still amazing even with that ruling, but if you allow it to fire immediately when it lands. . .HOO-BOY!. . .it pretty much breaks the game (especially three of 'em). Well, more specifically it pretty much forces your opponent to start in reserve.

Kilkrazy wrote:Mod:

This sort of query sits belongs in the YMDC forum.

soooooooooorry dear