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Good stuff. Still not as good as a pulse rifle. Since were not sure just how pulse rifles charhge, over what time scale they charge, who knows they may charge from the arnours supply or devil fish include charge points in transport or is it like a autogun and requires discarding,
It hits harder with a longer range.

Kill and move works better for the Tau philosophy. It is by far a superior weapon for the Tau, despite the pros of a lasgun. Its of no consequence when the enemy can turn you to ash before you ever get into range with your weapons.

Tell that to a mechanized guard force

I am loving my new-gotten Guard codex. Between veterans in Chimeras and Storm Troopers in Valkyries...BRING IT ON, TAU!

 Admiral Valerian wrote:

Then why does a lance strike not auto kill everything on the entire board? (Let alone a bombardment cannon shot)

Not for Escorts. Capital ships survive because they're HUGE vessels.

That... made no sense.

The lance on a frigate is the same as the lances on the cruisers and battleships, except the cruiser carries them in batteries. A lance strike is a single lance shot from any of the above. In regular 40k TT it hits with the regular large template and deals compatible damage to an artillery hit.. In Apoc it hits with the apocalyptic Template. In Epic knocks out Titans from orbit. In any of the RPGs it's an autokill of anything smaller than a Baneblade or Titan for everything for a half a km and a hit from a krak missile for everything for another KM out from ground zero.


On the laspsitol: And fires produce both of those and it still takes 24 hours for it to charge. (You might note that it does not say that it recharges in what might be considered a useful amount of time.)

Only War was put out late last year. It gets into not only the las pistol, but all other lasguns and even the details of the charge packs that one loads them with. They only recharge with a power source or fire.

It says the las power cells can be recharged with either light or heat, and not necessarily both. And if the current codex says so, then it must be true.

 Admiral Valerian wrote:
It says the las power cells can be recharged with either light or heat, and not necessarily both.

Sure. It just doesn't say it will fully charge that way before the end of the week.

 Admiral Valerian wrote:

And if the current codex says so, then it must be true.

As all know, every True Space Marine bows to Marinus Calgar as their Spiritual Liege and secretly wishes he was an Ultramarine (trying not to make jokes about black makeup and cutting themselves here). Except, you know, those deviant and soon to be extinct Black Templars, Charcharodons, Blood Angels, Salamanders, Iron Hands, Red Scorpions,Minotaurs, Sons of Medusa, Blood Ravens, Raven Guard, Excorcists...

Some chapters reactions to the current codex have been varied.


*Turns on Video*

Clip 1: Tyberos The Red Wake: Ultramarines? Are you joking me? Who'd ever want to be those wimps? I can tear Calgar apart in my sleep! I'll eat his liver. It will go nicely with fava beans and a chilled Chianti.

*Presses next. It's a short vid of what appears to be Bjorn the Fell Handed ramming a Codex: Space Marines up Matt Ward's ass. Dreadnought can be heard over Ward's screams bellowing 'Where's your Spiritual Liege now?!?*

Whoops. Thought we edited that one out. Next!

*click*

High Marshal Helbercht: I respect the Ultramarines, but I only bow to the Golden Throne!

*click*

Chapter Master Gabriel Angelos: We can't wait to rob him blind! Again.

*click*

Kharn the Betrayer: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD... wait, what was the question?

*CLICK*

Azrael: How did you get in here!?! SEIZE HIM! (camera falls to the ground, as feet run away, two Deathwing Terminators in hot pursuit)

*click*

Draigo: I LOVE the new codex. It tells all about how I defeated all four gods of chaos at once with one arm tied behind my back after letting them all get in one free hit while snorting a line of warp dust off the ass of a dead daemonette.

*click*(

And so on and so on...

And your point is?

Non tau except it because its a nice thought in an otherwise harsh and cruel galaxy

Well off topic now.