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yakface wrote:
In the codex they define what 'heavy' means, and it is: the vehicle cannot move faster than combat speed but always counts as stationary when firing.

And yeah, it may be in 6th edition, although I can't think of any other vehicle they'd apply it to currently...

Might it eventually replace the "Lumbering Behemoth" rule, or whatever it's called, from the IG Codex?

Saldiven wrote:

yakface wrote:
In the codex they define what 'heavy' means, and it is: the vehicle cannot move faster than combat speed but always counts as stationary when firing.

And yeah, it may be in 6th edition, although I can't think of any other vehicle they'd apply it to currently...

Might it eventually replace the "Lumbering Behemoth" rule, or whatever it's called, from the IG Codex?

Seems reasonable...

Perhaps heavy vehicles never have to roll for terrain?

I'd go with the Leman Russ getting it, that way with the rumored changes for 6th, people will still buy them, otherwise, they will just die too quick and it will be even more Chimera aand Valk/Vendetta spam. Also, it will make sponsons much more worthwhile, and I would imagine more factions would get such toys with new codices. Maybe a Land Raider with no transport and more guns for smurfs and chaos renegades, etc.

Several of you mentioned the future 6th edition rule book. Any idea when that is due out?

I think the current rumors are Tau will be released then 6th ed.

Sencho wrote:Several of you mentioned the future 6th edition rule book. Any idea when that is due out?

Rumours are next year. New editions are usually released with rulebook around July and starter box September IIRC.

CT GAMER wrote:

SilverMK2 wrote:The asterisk just means it is a cyborg.

Matt Ward*

Dunno if that qualifies as a 6th ed slip,or just some gak from the web team,but on the heavy destroyer's page on the GW site it reads
"Your Heavy Destroyers can also be used to give you an advantage in the deployment phase. By deploying a Heavy Destroyer first you can wait and see where your opponent puts his own choice before committing a more expensive unit like a Monolith. Again, using a single Heavy Destroyer, you can push your opponent right back into his deployment zone. By deploying your Heavy Destroyer as far forward as possible you will force your opponent to deploy his units 24" back into his own table half, your Heavy destroyer can then turbo boost to a more sensible position on the first turn."
SO,there are two things that seem odd to me,
the fact the destroyer would be used as the first thing you'd deploy,then your oponent deploys something,and finally you deploy something else.But there's no such things in the 5th ed!Right now you deploy your whole force,so I might be really dumb but it might mean that the deployment will be like the WHFB one in the 6th?
the second thing being the ability to turbo-boost on your first turn...aren't destroyers jump-infantry now?Unless I missed something,they didn't get a special rule saying that they can turbo-boost in the new book,so that could mean jump infantry might be able to turboboost in the 6th?
Of course all of this might be someone screwing things over...
Your thoughts?
(link to the destroyer's page :http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat700005a&prodId=99140110018 )

Destroyers/heavy destroyers could turbo boost in their last iteration, the 3rd ed codex. That's an old description on GW's website. Now they are jump infantry, they cannot turbo boost, nor does it seem likely that deploying will work in which you deploy a unit, your opponent deploys a unit, rinse+repeat. The asterisk by the deep strike rule for monoliths is described in the newcrondex as well; if a monolith is in reserves, they have to deep strike, no table side stroll.

I'm in agreement with Zhiming. That looks like a copy and pasted description from an old release, when Destroyers were jetbikes and opponents did alternate deployment.

Even if it was a slip that they're going back to the old deploying units player to player, it wouldn't make sense, as Destroyers are all now FA, so they wouldn't be able to effect the HS deployment like they're described.