Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Multi-spectrum Array: When Resolving an attack made with a ranged weapon by a model in this unit, ignore hit roll modifiers and Ballistic Skill modifiers.

This rule was clearly meant to protect incursors from negative hit modifiers, but does it also prevent them from benefiting from positive hit modifiers to give +1 to hit, like Target Priority and Recitation of Focus? It looks like it does, and it's not like this ability can be "turned off" if you want. Do you think this was intended or will it be FAQed?

 Eipi10 wrote:

Multi-spectrum Array: When Resolving an attack made with a ranged weapon by a model in this unit, ignore hit roll modifiers and Ballistic Skill modifiers.

This rule was clearly meant to protect incursors from negative hit modifiers, but does it also prevent them from benefiting from positive hit modifiers to give +1 to hit, like Target Priority and Recitation of Focus? It looks like it does, and it's not like this ability can be "turned off" if you want. Do you think this was intended or will it be FAQed?

It doesn't matter what the "intent" is, right now it ignores both negative and positive modifiers. It's the same "intent" as the Dark Reaper rule. GW being GW of course they have to write it in a stupid way when they had already written it fine before. What "Ballistic Skill modifiers" are there even in the game? That one assassin and...???

The intent matters in predicting if it will get FAQed in September or not.

Dark Reapers are explicitly locked into a 3+ BS, so I would expect Incursors to have the same wording. Still, getting positive hit modifiers while ignoring negative ones would make for a very strong ability on a model that's 19 points.

 BaconCatBug wrote:

 Eipi10 wrote:

Multi-spectrum Array: When Resolving an attack made with a ranged weapon by a model in this unit, ignore hit roll modifiers and Ballistic Skill modifiers.

This rule was clearly meant to protect incursors from negative hit modifiers, but does it also prevent them from benefiting from positive hit modifiers to give +1 to hit, like Target Priority and Recitation of Focus? It looks like it does, and it's not like this ability can be "turned off" if you want. Do you think this was intended or will it be FAQed?

It doesn't matter what the "intent" is, right now it ignores both negative and positive modifiers. It's the same "intent" as the Dark Reaper rule. GW being GW of course they have to write it in a stupid way when they had already written it fine before. What "Ballistic Skill modifiers" are there even in the game? That one assassin and...???

That's a pretty myopic view. I'd much rather see GW write their rules with future-proofing in mind.

That said, Mind Wipe?

Until it gets FAQed next month incursors cant benefit from +1 (or any other positive number) to hit.

 p5freak wrote:
Until it gets FAQed next month incursors cant benefit from +1 (or any other positive number) to hit.

So you think it will be FAQed?

I doubt it. Not like Intercessors have a poor BS and need modifiers to land hits. My guess is that it's intentional.

Then I wish they would word it like the Dark Reapers ability.

It's clear as written and does exactly what it says.

 Eipi10 wrote:

 p5freak wrote:
Until it gets FAQed next month incursors cant benefit from +1 (or any other positive number) to hit.

So you think it will be FAQed?

Yes, i think so. If the intention was to make them always hit on 3+ they would have worded it like Inescapable Accuracy. OTOH, ultramarines are punished by their own chapter tactic, so i might be wrong.