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Just felt like dropping in.

a) RAI is pretty clear here. If you play this anything besides RAI and shoot at a 90° angle (ANGLE), you're someone who should not be played. Period.

b) In which situations would that actually be a big advantage for you if you were able to do so? War machines can turn wherevery they want to so I don't see much of a need for the angle (angle) shot.

c)

PirateRobotNinjaofDeath wrote:


HOWEVER, the new wording states that the weapon operates "exactly as a flamethrower." Since there *IS* no flame thrower in the rulebook it should be assumed that they mean "Fire Thrower,

So RAW, you are not allowed to shoot the weapon as there are no rules for it.

To answer your b)

Yes, war machines can pivot, but having the template pivot could be huge.

Think of a 15 wide, 2 deep horde of skeleton archers:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA



FC

Yeah, you could spit your template straight forward and cover maybe 4 of them, or you could turn it sideways and cover just about the whole damn group.

Ah, forgot about the impact point, had in mind that the template must be connected to the cannon.