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/start rant
Am I the only one who dislikes the way the intercepter rule works? Let me state now that I unterstand that it works this way for "balance" reasons and such. It makes perfect sence when it allows you to shoot things that are flying or driving into range, I get that. But how does it allow you to taget a squad of terminators/warp talons/ect. that teleport directly onto the surface? You get no warning that they are coming, they are just suddenly there. The same can be said, to a lesser degree about Trygons/Mawlocs/ect that burrow from below. Now as I am newly returning to the game after 12 or so years I may missunderstand exactly how the rule works, but I would like to discuss it in a at least mostly civil manor. Thanks.
/end rant

It's not a terribly common rule, and quite often it's paired with Skyfire, meaning against ground targets it'll only be hitting on 6's.

It should be a initiative test.

I think would help mitigate all the riptide (and broadside) hate.

 Vaktathi wrote:
It's not a terribly common rule, and quite often it's paired with Skyfire, meaning against ground targets it'll only be hitting on 6's.

Skyfire now applies to Skimmers as well.


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 Desubot wrote:
It should be a initiative test.

I think would help mitigate all the riptide (and broadside) hate.

Lore wise it's bananas, but rule wise, I think it's fine as is. It's one of the few things that can help stop deathstar units. Also, as previously said, it's pretty rare.

For the Tau Early Warning Override the fluff bit (the bit in italics before the rules) explains that it can "detect electronic signature of teleport beams and orbital entry jump systems and jolt the battlesuits weapons to lock on status before the target has a chance to react"

That answers how they target teleports. As for things coming out of the warp or webway I don't know.

Taffy17 wrote:
For the Tau Early Warning Override the fluff bit (the bit in italics before the rules) explains that it can "detect electronic signature of teleport beams and orbital entry jump systems and jolt the battlesuits weapons to lock on status before the target has a chance to react"

That answers how they target teleports. As for things coming out of the warp or webway I don't know.

EWO is probably a group of wide-spectrum sensors that catch-up interference in its vicinity. Warp magicks interfere with systems and electronic waves

They just integrate miniature Coteaz in there.

I dunno but dang do I love forcing Derptides to fire their guns at me when I have full cover and their weapons scatter full distance.