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1d4chan oh so funny ing good old chaps : Why the Lasgun is still being used

Although better known as a "flashlight", some players also call it "The AK-47 of the 41st Millennium", albeit ironically. Instead of being reliable, tough, relatively inaccurate and having a tendency to show up in the hands of just about everyone, it's reliable, common as feth (like 100 for every human in the galaxy common), pretty damned tough, and accurate but that is only by 40k standards. ...So, yeah, I guess it is the AK of the 41st Millennium.

Uses for the Lasgun

Warming soup
Cigarette lighter
Changing TV channels
Selling to buy a new weapon
Pissing off Thunderhawk pilots
Shining in enemies' eyes
Throwing at people (may cause more damage than shooting it at them)
Burning ants
Paperweight
Laser sight for a boltgun
Light shows
Laser tag for kids (who are probably more dangerous than the gun itself)
Lighting candles on birthday cakes
Fighting anything that doesn't happen to be the equivalent of a Space Marine or larger. In all seriousness, the lasgun is still an effective combat weapon against anything not too heavily armored, like traitor cultists, Eldar Guardians, and Tyranid gaunts. Of course, if you pray to the Emperor (and get really lucky (given the Guard's numbers, they will get lucky, a lot)), you might be able to take down a Chaos Space Marine (or equivalent) with it anyway - though Space Marines are also known to die to pointy sticks on occasion.

Okay and the point of this thread, is?

No clue

I have to admit to liking that site a fair amount, and personally, I love the lasgun, I think all the hate it gets is over rated anyway!

Yeah I aggree

Actually, I don't mind some of thier articles summarising races either, they do some of the dirty tactics in a quick and easy way to understand. I am about to buy some Tau because I just love the look of them and the articles for them are pretty hilarious too!

Ah, tau mmm......


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Nice!!

Yeah, I never used to like them that much until I bought the new codex and proxied some firewarriors alongside from guardsmen...when i realised how much better they performed at shooting I was inspired!