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So, now that pistols can be used 1" from enemy units and dont contribute to CC attacks does that mean I, in my shooting phase, although locked in combat, can shoot my pistols in the face of my attacker?

 supreme overlord wrote:
So, now that pistols can be used 1" from enemy units and dont contribute to CC attacks does that mean I, in my shooting phase, although locked in combat, can shoot my pistols in the face of my attacker?

Yes. And you have to target the closest unit.

oh happy day for fusion pistols!

Infernus pistol, hand flamers for the BA Plasma pistols just got better.

Does anyone know if that is limited to 1 pistol per model? I've been toying with running some Deathwatch Vanguard Vets with 5 Bolt Pistols for Special Issue Ammo and 4 special pistols: grav, plas, melta and flamer. Throwing a PF on the sarge for giggles.

 CthulhuDawg wrote:
Does anyone know if that is limited to 1 pistol per model? I've been toying with running some Deathwatch Vanguard Vets with 5 Bolt Pistols for Special Issue Ammo and 4 special pistols: grav, plas, melta and flamer. Throwing a PF on the sarge for giggles.

You can use either all of your pistols or all of your non-pistols in a single shooting phase. So you can dual pistol if you like.

Blood angels sergeants can have 2 hand flamers

Excellent

Does Cypher still have his Clint Eastwood pistol gimmick? Firing his pistols twice and all that?

 Badablack wrote:
Does Cypher still have his Clint Eastwood pistol gimmick? Firing his pistols twice and all that?

nope but his bolpistol has 3 shots and his plasma pistol has 2 (and its overcharged standard with no overheat)

 CthulhuDawg wrote:
Does anyone know if that is limited to 1 pistol per model? I've been toying with running some Deathwatch Vanguard Vets with 5 Bolt Pistols for Special Issue Ammo and 4 special pistols: grav, plas, melta and flamer. Throwing a PF on the sarge for giggles.

Make sure to release some doves just before the shooting phase.

 EnTyme wrote:

 CthulhuDawg wrote:
Does anyone know if that is limited to 1 pistol per model? I've been toying with running some Deathwatch Vanguard Vets with 5 Bolt Pistols for Special Issue Ammo and 4 special pistols: grav, plas, melta and flamer. Throwing a PF on the sarge for giggles.

Make sure to release some doves just before the shooting phase.

John Woo is my spirit animal.

 CthulhuDawg wrote:
Does anyone know if that is limited to 1 pistol per model? I've been toying with running some Deathwatch Vanguard Vets with 5 Bolt Pistols for Special Issue Ammo and 4 special pistols: grav, plas, melta and flamer. Throwing a PF on the sarge for giggles.

The actual problem with doing this is that you don't hit very hard in the actual Combat phase, so if you charge you're giving the other guy a chance to punch your guys before you start flailing at them with pistols for silliness value. The other problem is that you get to fight in one Shooting phase per game turn, but two Combat phases. And the third problem is that if the other guy decides to walk out of combat your Vanguards are left holding the bag with these pistols they still haven't gotten to shoot in melee, right before the rest of the gunline vaporizes them.

So by all means throw pistols on your Vanguard vets. Just remember that the power weapon is cheaper and gets you at least twice as many attacks in melee.

(Now if the Corsairs' Brace of Pistols isn't changed that's a whole other ball of wax. Two shuriken pistol shots, two splinter pistol shots, and whatever melee weapon you're carrying?)


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 CthulhuDawg wrote:

 EnTyme wrote:

 CthulhuDawg wrote:
Does anyone know if that is limited to 1 pistol per model? I've been toying with running some Deathwatch Vanguard Vets with 5 Bolt Pistols for Special Issue Ammo and 4 special pistols: grav, plas, melta and flamer. Throwing a PF on the sarge for giggles.

Make sure to release some doves just before the shooting phase.

John Woo is my spirit animal.

That could also mean getting s*** done by punching horses. Though that may be more Guan Yu than John Woo. (I watched Red Cliff last week.)