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2016/08/11 15:31:59
Subject: Re:Forge World news and rumour thread : Page 167 HH book 1 offer
Looks huge and beefy and a crap ton of resin to make. Did you get to see it on "sprue's" ( ie with the pour channels and vents, etc etc etc?) or just assembled as is?
I would love to see it as you get it in the package. I bet that thing is huge. I know they told us the price, but in my old age I seem to have forgotten it?
BTW did you bug them about Dorn until security had to 'escort' you out?
Gamgee wrote: I don't understand its weapon profile?
It's the 15" template which has three concentric rings. STR 10 AP 1 on the inner 5" circle, STR 7 AP 4 on the middle 5-10" ring, STR 5 AP 5 on the outer 10-15" ring. Ordnance and blind apply regardless of which section you're in. It's pretty bad because the standard weapon is a 7" D shot, and having some low-strength shooting that can't even reliably hurt MEQs out to 15" isn't worth going from STR D to STR 10.
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2016/08/12 08:33:54
Subject: Forge World news and rumour thread : Page 167 HH book 1 offer
That's the maximum range of the gun though isn't it? So it has a minimum range of 24? I'm so confused.
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Nvm I get it now.
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Wow that is one hell of a trash weapon. There is no reason to take it. Thankfully I was only interested in the Heavy Railgun Array anyways. If it turns out to be a single D shot so god help me.
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2016/08/12 08:42:09
Subject: Forge World news and rumour thread : Page 167 HH book 1 offer
The Apocalyptic Mega-Blast marker has range bands on it, so models under the 5" inner zone take hits at S10 AP1, the 5-7" Middle Zone at S7 AP4 and the 7-10" outer zone at S5 AP5.
Ordnance 1 means it fires a single shot (using the Apocalyptic Mega-Blast marker) with the Ordnance rule.
Blind means if a unit is hit by the template, it has to pass an Initiative test at the end of the phase or be reduced to WS and BS1 until the end of their next turn.
2016/08/12 09:09:19
Subject: Forge World news and rumour thread : Page 169 Tau KX139 upgrades
Weird minimum range, way weaker than the default gun, less versatile, less shots. Less space covered by the attack itself. Less accurate since its relying on a single shot as opposed to three. It also doesn't ignore cover like the default one.
On the plus side longer range... and blind. Okay then.
I actually don't like the meteor missile option at all, aesthetically. It's clunky and ugly!
As for Ordnance 1 (Like the default option), does this make all of it's other weapons fire snap shots or does being a GC ignore this? If it ignores it, than what's the purpose of it being listed?
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2016/08/12 11:21:28
Subject: Forge World news and rumour thread : Page 169 Tau KX139 upgrades
Zed wrote: *All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
2016/08/12 11:31:05
Subject: Re:Forge World news and rumour thread : Page 167 HH book 1 offer
No battle cannon, no heavy bolters, no treads even. Pretty much a complete redesign of FW's previous Leman Russ models.
We're seeing less than half the finished model in the promo pic. I think it's a very big call to say that stuff won't be there given we don't have a complete picture.
2016/08/12 15:13:14
Subject: Forge World news and rumour thread : Page 169 Tau KX139 upgrades
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Difficult to say.
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2016/08/12 16:18:35
Subject: Forge World news and rumour thread : Page 169 Tau KX139 upgrades
"Your society's broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, lets blame the people with no power and no money and those immigrants who don't even have the vote. Yea, it must be their fething fault." - Iain M Banks
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"The language of modern British politics is meant to sound benign. But words do not mean what they seem to mean. 'Reform' actually means 'cut' or 'end'. 'Flexibility' really means 'exploit'. 'Prudence' really means 'don't invest'. And 'efficient'? That means whatever you want it to mean, usually 'cut'. All really mean 'keep wages low for the masses, taxes low for the rich, profits high for the corporations, and accept the decline in public services and amenities this will cause'." - Robin McAlpine from Common Weal
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