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Wait! I missed most of the discussion... How was it determined that bolters suck? Like in any dice game there are tons of bad rolls and crappy luck can ruin anyone's day, but I love me my bolters. There are two things my Chaos marine army always has lots of... Bolters and sorcerers. As far as basic weapons go, they're nothing, absolutely nothing to write home about. But, like the humble marine, are simply solid. The Tau outrage them, the Eldar catapults can pseudo rend and the gauss can kill a landraider, but the humble boltgun is a solid, decent gun.