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I'm glad it was added. I just don't think its as effective as it should be. I think assault weapons should use BS 2 or something. Its much easier to swing a shotgun around for a quick shot than a lascannon.

 Davespil wrote:
I'm glad it was added. I just don't think its as effective as it should be. I think assault weapons should use BS 2 or something. Its much easier to swing a shotgun around for a quick shot than a lascannon.

Please remember all ork weapons are mostly assault when thinking of what weapons should be better at shooting.

Im of the opinion that Overwatch makes sense. "No army stands idle while an opposing army attacks." Makes sense. I think the army that currently benefits the most from this is Tau, hands down. That supposrting fire special rule is a pain in the butt against a squad of boyz. especially when you are going against a couple full squads of Firewarriors.

Never charge burnaboyz, that legion unit that can take all special weapons, or wraithguard with flamers.

It's hurtful. :(

I have found it to be more of a psychological factor than a decisive tactical one.

however, I have also found that you don't have to beat the other army, you just have to beat the other general....and once they start to doubt themselves or the game...usually, you have won.

Overwatch is fine, it just came at a time in which pretty much every major game changed kicked assault in the nuts.

If you want to assault, you have to:

A) Survive long enough to make it into a reasonable charge distance (~7"). This is tough considering that the Transport rules were nerfed and cover saves are generally lighter these days.

B) Roll high enough to actually make the charge (variable charge distance, from 2-12", is absolutely idiotic. This child should have been aborted before delivered from Fantasy to 40k)

C) Pray that Overwatch fire doesn't kill the ONE guy who could actually make B2B contact.



Point C isn't the problem in that situation. The problem is really B, with a smattering of A. Unfortunately, in terms of how it impacts most peoples' perceptions of the game, it's a huge problem (i.e., I made it all the way across the board, finally rolled a decent charge distance, and one lucky OW shot totally fethed my Assault).