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BSS - 125
1 Melta - 10
1 Heavy Flamer - 20
Rhino - 35
Combi-Flamer - 10

That's 200, and not so silly.

Without wanting to get into an argument, Battle Sister squads were amazing because you could rely on them (once or twice a game) to put out sizzling amounts of AP1 firepower or withstand battlecannon shells. I am not the only person to feel they were the best troop choice in the game (before Wolves and Knights), head over to the old C:WH tactica on Warseer and see for yourself. About the only troop choice which could stand up to them was Ork Boys.

 Still Standing wrote:
BSS - 125
1 Melta - 10
1 Heavy Flamer - 20
Rhino 25
Combi-Flamer - 10

That's 200, and not so silly.

For what you get, that 200 is really not a good investment, but that is a personal choice. I keep mine cheap.

Without wanting to get into an argument, Battle Sister squads were amazing because you could rely on them (once or twice a game) to put out sizzling amounts of AP1 firepower or withstand battlecannon shells. I am not the only person to feel they were the best troop choice in the game (before Wolves and Knights), head over to the old C:WH tactica on Warseer and see for yourself. About the only troop choice which could stand up to them was Ork Boys.

They were certainly good, but nowhere near the best in the game. I played SOB for a long, long time and BSS have gone from okay to good to okay again. Never great. Again, agree to disagree though.

Just like tau and many other army they will just be lefy to rot away till no one plays them any more

I keep everything else in my army cheap, but I feel Sisters should have a melta gun and a heavy flamer. That's about the only quirk I have with army building. Everything else is streamlined as much as possible. It still works for me though.

frogy27 wrote:Just like tau and many other army they will just be lefy to rot away till no one plays them any more

Wow. /slowclap

Have you seen the news recently? You know Tau is getting a new book next month? Okay, maybe you missed that. You know that SOB have been in the same position for 15 years and still haven't rotted away, right?

So both a historical understanding fail and a current events fail. Nice.

Still Standing wrote:I keep everything else in my army cheap, but I feel Sisters should have a melta gun and a heavy flamer. That's about the only quirk I have with army building. Everything else is streamlined as much as possible. It still works for me though.

Heavy Flamers are just too damn expensive for SOB. 20 points is crazy.

I agree! Many things in the minidex are crazy. I pay 20 points because I like the aesthetic.

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I agree! Many things in the minidex are crazy. I pay 20 points because I like the aesthetic.

Yeah, I did run Melta/HF in previous editions but swapped it around. I think the MM for 10 points is a pretty good deal nowadays.

I still run mine as drive-by squads, only really getting out of the Rhino when the enemy is crippled or I am forced to. Heavy Flamers work very well for this, especially in my Dark Eldar heavy meta as I can blow them up AND pop the squad at the same time.

 Still Standing wrote:
I still run mine as drive-by squads, only really getting out of the Rhino when the enemy is crippled or I am forced to.

My old maxim for SOB still stands: "She who bails, fails."

Heavy Flamers work very well for this, especially in my Dark Eldar heavy meta as I can blow them up AND pop the squad at the same time.

Eh? How do you hit the transport and the squad with the same Heavy Flamer? Or are you saying they are disembarked?

Tau getting up date is just all rumours been that for years so ill never believe any thing from gw our online just like bs you can only buy from gw now

frogy27 wrote:
Tau getting up date is just all rumours been that for years so ill never believe any thing from gw our online just like bs you can only buy from gw now

umm. You are woefully uninformed.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=8300066

Tau are announced in the new WD.

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 Still Standing wrote:
I still run mine as drive-by squads, only really getting out of the Rhino when the enemy is crippled or I am forced to.

My old maxim for SOB still stands: "She who bails, fails."

Heavy Flamers work very well for this, especially in my Dark Eldar heavy meta as I can blow them up AND pop the squad at the same time.

Eh? How do you hit the transport and the squad with the same Heavy Flamer? Or are you saying they are disembarked?

I find Dark Eldar don't stay embarked for long.

frogy27 wrote:
Tau getting up date is just all rumours been that for years so ill never believe any thing from gw our online just like bs you can only buy from gw now

And here I thought you went away.

So you don't believe anything from GW, or online? You also don't support things you can only direct order from GW? Good luck building a SoB army, or supporting one, then. Or did you change your stance on 3rd party and conversions?

Tau are coming. They have a teaser trailer, there are pictures of their new models and stuff in WD.


But I hope you're right about GW giving SoB the "Tau treatment."

Ignore frogy, he's a dumb troll.

Battle Sister squads work best specialised, I find. I either take a Flamer and a Heavy Flamer or two Meltaguns. Usually the meltaguns. Big squads can be effective too - I've had great times with 20-strong BSS squads with 2 meltaguns, especially with the move-and-shoot rules we've got now.

I'll never forget the look on my opponent's face when Typhus and five Nurgle Terminators dissolved under their sheer number of dice.

I rarely stay in transports though. My BSS squads are often too large to fit in a Rhino, and my Dominion squads usually disembark to use their full firepower - I tend to run squads of 10 in Repressors.

If I do put my BSS squads in transports, it's ALWAYS a repressor, and then I don't bother with the second special weapon, I just give them a meltagun or a heavy flamer. I just can't stand the thought of all those bolters being wasted doing nothing inside a metal box.

One of my favourite Sisters lists is a 500 point list though;

Celestine
BSS w/2xMeltagun+Power Maul
BSS w/2xFlamer + HF Immolator

I guess we should probably take a bunch of this over to the Tactics thread since we're way OT now.


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I'll respond to you here, Furyou Miko:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/434801.page

I seen nothing about tau on gw i loo,k at it ever day been then when it comes out the prices will jump 100% and sob is q dead army why can't people see that. and i still don't believe tau wlll be up dated as it would cost gw to much money and people would stop playing there. other armies then gw lose money

frogy27 wrote:
I seen nothing about tau on gw i loo,k at it ever day been then when it comes out the prices will jump 100% and sob is q dead army why can't people see that. and i still don't believe tau wlll be up dated as it would cost gw to much money and people would stop playing there. other armies then gw lose money

Yeah, that link to the teaser trailer on GW's website is just a conspiracy.


Are you for real?

Why would they redo tau it will be ten mores yrs be for a nother new book so it don't pay.


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What trailer

I knew about the Tau trailer and new models, despite the fact that I don't care and barely even read the news section of this site.

Like I said, just ignore Frogy. He's an attention-seeker with nothing meaningful to add.

frogy27 wrote:
Why would they redo tau it will be ten mores yrs be for a nother new book so it don't pay.


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What trailer

So willfully ignorant then. Good times.

What ever all believe it when i see it still.pissed that i can only get some things if i spend over 500dollars


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And you have to get ther gw as ur local game store can't care gw no you really hate that you have to order from uk now and no longer use ebay as secondhand models


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Just looked at gw ant no trailer ther

frogy27 wrote:
What ever all believe it when i see it still.pissed that i can only get some things if i spend over 500dollars


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And you have to get ther gw as ur local game store can't care gw no you really hate that you have to order from uk now and no longer use ebay as secondhand models


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Just looked at gw ant no trailer ther

Check out here then http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=8300066

Frogy, do you use a speech-to-text thing or do you really not understand the difference between "I'll" and "all?"

Dude, don't feed the frogy27.

Just throw him on ignore and get back to the rest of the thread.

... But, it's like watching a train wreck.

Only it's a train wreck that has an 'ignore' button.

Video don't mean any thing all they will do is make a new book big deal tau armys all the same and still will be suits fw and pathfinerds and broadsides that's all tau will be so blah

And Sisters will always be Seraphim and all Echlesiarchy, so.. Blah.

Your argument is off topic, and invalid.

Aw, and I was just about to compare it to the Space Marine codices.