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With the removal of templates for 8th, anyone have any idea how artillery is going to work? Perhaps there is something in AOS that can be used as a reference?

The new dice system for "blasts" seems a little odd for indirect fire. Perhaps they'll just apply the -1 to BS rule for artillery?

Thoughts?

 Cothonian wrote:
The new dice system for "blasts" seems a little odd for indirect fire. Perhaps they'll just apply the -1 to BS rule for artillery?

This seems most likely to me, you can still fire indirectly but less accurately. But how will barrage weapons work? Maybe -1/2 to cover and subsequent shots are more accurate than the first? Not exactly sure. :/

I sincerly hope they put something in to account for both barrage and Ordnance. Wether barrage is d6+2, for example, for a large blast and Ordnance being more damage. Or something similar. Otherwise, if large blast artillery just gets the d6 shots it will have a massive nerf.

In AoS, there are some units who can pick a spot on the board, within range, and then hit every unit within a number of inches of that spot. You need to roll to hit each unit separately of course, but this mechanic may make its way in for artillery.

 Tiberius501 wrote:
In AoS, there are some units who can pick a spot on the board, within range, and then hit every unit within a number of inches of that spot. You need to roll to hit each unit separately of course, but this mechanic may make its way in for artillery.

You have made me, my manticores, wyverns and deathstrike very very happy.

The baneblade artillery variant might even get an airing if that's the case.

 Tiberius501 wrote:
In AoS, there are some units who can pick a spot on the board, within range, and then hit every unit within a number of inches of that spot. You need to roll to hit each unit separately of course, but this mechanic may make its way in for artillery.

Well that'd be a way to keep the "bubble death star" potential in check.
Drop a storm eagle rocket or two on any spot with too many characters and watch them all take d6 hits (At I imagine Str 10 Ap-1 D3 damage)

I am very curious as to how the 8th ed rules for blast templates will effect my army. I play Chaos renegades using the purge formation, griffon tanks, heavy mortars, and chemical flamers make up the bulk of my entire force. Not to mention that the special rule "salt the earth", which my formation gives me, leaves the blast template on the battlefield for dangerous terrain checks.

I'm thinking that at some point there is going to have to be some sort of sub-system in place for hitting multiple units at once, especially for the Deathstrike in particular. I can't imagine firing the deathstrike's one missile and only wiping out a single 5 or 10 man unit.

 Tiberius501 wrote:
In AoS, there are some units who can pick a spot on the board, within range, and then hit every unit within a number of inches of that spot. You need to roll to hit each unit separately of course, but this mechanic may make its way in for artillery.

This is a template without a template.

 jeff white wrote:

 Tiberius501 wrote:
In AoS, there are some units who can pick a spot on the board, within range, and then hit every unit within a number of inches of that spot. You need to roll to hit each unit separately of course, but this mechanic may make its way in for artillery.

This is a template without a template.

But no scatter mechanic.