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Just thinking that using force weapons in large squads that contain many force weapons get a boost now, right? On one single casting of Force, all force weapons in the unit are activated and become instant death, regardless of how many force weapons are carried... What units are best suited to abuse the arse out of this and generate lots of additional dice? I'm guessing Grey Knights, but I don't play any Imperial forces at the moment.

Isnt that the same as before?

This really didn't change for us. Perhaps other units that aren't GK. Libby with a squad of preferred units?

It did get buffed slightly for non-GK units (this is how force weapons worked for GK before), although how many people are going to have more than 1 Libby in a unit?

1K Sons maybe?

What about Death Company?

Its a nerf to GKs, as we now have to decide in the Psychic Phase to use Force instead of in the Assault Phase.

SJ

its a nerf to GK's, due to timing, being able to DTW force now, as well as it needing 2+ warp charges to go off.

Why does it need 2 warp-charges? It's WC1.

 BlaxicanX wrote:
Why does it need 2 warp-charges? It's WC1.

You need to roll that 4+ to get the power of. One dice is 50%. If it's import to you in the following combat 2 may be needed. Maybe even 3,

Indeed, but that's a far-cry from it being WC2. If it was WC2 you'd need ~4 dice to get it off, as opposed to 2 or 3.

 BlaxicanX wrote:
Indeed, but that's a far-cry from it being WC2. If it was WC2 you'd need ~4 dice to get it off, as opposed to 2 or 3.

You still need to roll 2+ dice to cast it which is what easysauce is saying

I see.

Further, if you are charged by your opponent, and didn't plan ahead, you will have to wait until your own Psychic Phase in order to activate your Force Weapon. It will be smart to keep your Force Weapons powered up throughout the game, but will be costly in terms of dice.

It's nerfed because the enemy can DTW it, pure and simple.

DtW is less of a worry than needing to pre-plan Assaults in an edition that still makes Assaulting a tough chore. Hammerhand is in the same boat, you have to do everything right to get a unit into combat this edition, which means blowing your dice on Assault powers over ranged attacks or defensive buffs could break you if your charge into Assault fails. 7th is the thinking man's 40k, for sure.

SJ