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I was playing an apoc game today and had a bike hit an Eldar superheavy with a Power Fist. Would have killed it, but he claimed a holofield cover save and negated it.

Did we play this right? Do holofields protect against melee attacks?

It's Apoc.

Work it out yourselves

tis true, the Apoc rules, if they ever applied, don't really do much anymore lol

still, if they didn't, my bikes just made triple their points value...

If the titan moved in its previous turn, then yes, the holofields would be active.

Those holofields are really worth it on those superheavies ... woulda smeared em off the map if it wasn't for those things... Grrr....

Just stun them and they are done.

Gwar! wrote:It's Apoc.

Work it out yourselves

Way to be helpful. The rulebook for Apocalypse is no more or less valid than the core 40K rulebook. If you couldn't be bothered to actually answer the question, why even bother posting in the thread?

ChristmasMarine wrote:Did we play this right? Do holofields protect against melee attacks?

Holofields protect the vehicle any time a 'hit is scored against it'...

Since the rules don't specify only ranged hits, then yes, melee attacks trigger it as well.

insaniak wrote:

Gwar! wrote:It's Apoc.

Work it out yourselves

Way to be helpful. The rulebook for Apocalypse is no more or less valid than the core 40K rulebook. If you couldn't be bothered to actually answer the question, why even bother posting in the thread?

I am being helpful. "Work it out yourselves" is the stock answer to any Apoc Related Question.

Gwar wrote:I am being helpful. "Work it out yourselves" is the stock answer to any Apoc Related Question.

If someone's asking a question here, it's presumably because they couldn't work it out for themselves.

In this case, there was a clear answer in the book. Pointing out that answer is much more helpful, and much more likely to encourage newer posters to return, than simply brushing them off with a non-answer because you couldn't be bothered to answer the question but felt the need to post in the thread anyway.

Have to agree with Insaniak on this one.

Posting 'non-answer' "answers" is a sure way to start something that could have easily been avoided in the first place.

And, for no good reason:

I never meant to set anyone off.

Surely the should have tipped you all off

And Alpharius needs a ™ on it