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Fliers aren't feared so much, its FMCs because they are a bitch to deal with and vectored strike is broken and obnoxious to deal with. You have a model that is immune to assault that can fly 24" + 2D6" run, basically gives the thing impunity where it can go. Shooting at it isn't even feasible with some things requiring an obnoxious amount of firepower to shift. The worst ones can roll Iron arm and a load of other equally obnoxious powers. I see nothing but face palms when these things are out, nobody is having a good time while being on the receiving end.

And rumours of a new Nid book in the pipeline means we will just be seeing more.

Well, that's true, but as soon as a stray bolt pistol shot hits one, there's a 33% chance it'll lose the ability to not be assaulted, and be much easier to hit with shooting.

Fliers don't have that very important drawback.

FMC's are different to deal with thant fliers. You don't just points your Skyfire at it and fire away, because they're resiliant enough to take it. You ground them with anti infantry firepower (even if you probably won't wound with it), then hit them with your big guns.

The thing that bothers me about that is even if I hit it with 50 lasguns it only takes one test no matter how many hit to ignore all of it and keep on flying.

 -Loki- wrote:

Mr.Church13 wrote:
Sure the hunter works against one or maybe two flyers, but when you throw FMCs at it it dies like no ones business.

That's because FMC's are not like other flyers. Something designed to hunt flying vehicles will fail miserably against an FMC due to working completely differently. They share a few properties with regular flyers, but for the most part are very different (mostly due to the fact they can switch between normal and flying movement, always have 360 degree shooting and have toughness, wounds and a save instead of an armour value and hull points).

This, what Kills flyrants, Harpies, winged princes, Bloodthirsters, and Lords of Change aren't Vendettas or Quad guns, they're lasguns and bolters to force grounding tests followed by plasma spam.