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Ghaz wrote:

 Nithaniel wrote:
strange that there hasn't been an faq released this week. Normally released on Wednesday mornings.

No its not, it's still too early for the FAQ (last week was an exception).

Vankraken wrote:

 Nithaniel wrote:
strange that there hasn't been an faq released this week. Normally released on Wednesday mornings.

The trend in these faq's has been to answer questions and if necessary, errata a rule that has been raised by community questions that needed clarification or re-writing.

We can only guess at their intentions but my guess is that big rules changes and points cost adjustment will not happen in the remaining FAQ's

Usually they tend to post on the 40k facebook closer to noon Eastern Time Zone.

I can only hope it's Orks today.

Come on, GW. WAAAAGH!!!!!

 KaptinBadrukk wrote:

Ghaz wrote:

 Nithaniel wrote:
strange that there hasn't been an faq released this week. Normally released on Wednesday mornings.

No its not, it's still too early for the FAQ (last week was an exception).

Vankraken wrote:

 Nithaniel wrote:
strange that there hasn't been an faq released this week. Normally released on Wednesday mornings.

The trend in these faq's has been to answer questions and if necessary, errata a rule that has been raised by community questions that needed clarification or re-writing.

We can only guess at their intentions but my guess is that big rules changes and points cost adjustment will not happen in the remaining FAQ's

Usually they tend to post on the 40k facebook closer to noon Eastern Time Zone.

I can only hope it's Orks today.

Come on, GW. WAAAAGH!!!!!

I'm betting we'll get either Tau or Necrons this week, followed by the other next week.

Odds are Tyranids/Orks/Daemons/CSM's will be the final ones to get a release, since we're the NPC armies.

Experiment 626 wrote:

 KaptinBadrukk wrote:

Ghaz wrote:

 Nithaniel wrote:
strange that there hasn't been an faq released this week. Normally released on Wednesday mornings.

No its not, it's still too early for the FAQ (last week was an exception).

Vankraken wrote:

 Nithaniel wrote:
strange that there hasn't been an faq released this week. Normally released on Wednesday mornings.

The trend in these faq's has been to answer questions and if necessary, errata a rule that has been raised by community questions that needed clarification or re-writing.

We can only guess at their intentions but my guess is that big rules changes and points cost adjustment will not happen in the remaining FAQ's

Usually they tend to post on the 40k facebook closer to noon Eastern Time Zone.

I can only hope it's Orks today.

Come on, GW. WAAAAGH!!!!!

I'm betting we'll get either Tau or Necrons this week, followed by the other next week.

Odds are Tyranids/Orks/Daemons/CSM's will be the final ones to get a release, since we're the NPC armies.

I'm not sure what you mean by NPC armies.

Just the typical "GW hates everybody but IoM/Tau/Eldar. Rest are just meant to die whine.

The Tau draft FAQ is up.

https://www.facebook.com/1575682476085719/photos/pcb.1647523438901622/1647522675568365/?type=3

Link, I'll try and grab the pics in a moment for the work bound.


edit: Beaten to it

 Wolfblade wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/1575682476085719/photos/pcb.1647523438901622/1647522675568365/?type=3

Link, I'll try and grab the pics in a moment for the work bound.

We appreciate it.

pics for the work blocked :

About half way through it. It's good to see they clarified the Firestream Wing formation. I think this is their way to give Tau a summoning style unit and the ITC didn't like that. Poor guy who took that list and then had it nerfed the day he showed up to the tournament must be feeling pretty vindicated right now.

Edit
More implied language we can stack our signature systems on a single guy, but not explicitly stated.

The coordinated Firepower ruling has improves slightly and I think the way they worded it means that special rules conferred on a to unit basis don't share. So for example squad one has monster hunter and then squad b and c attack a monsterous creature. In the old rules it was muddled enough to say they combine their firepower and thus b and c would gain monster hunter. Now it seems to say they just make shooting attacks and gain benefits from the ML expended.

 KaptinBadrukk wrote:


I'm not sure what you mean by NPC armies.

The "bad guy" armies like Nids/Orks/CSM all have terrible rules and are often referred to as "NPC" armies (using video game slang) to point out that all of the "protagonist" armies like SM, Eldar, and Tau will just shred them on the table. In order to "Forge a Narrative" all of the good guy armies will beat the tar out of faceless, NPC armies, while the three traditional bad guy armies are possibly the three worst armies in 40k.

Awesome you can now totally kneecap a storm surge with a tank shock and just straight kill it if its anchored (edit)

 Desubot wrote:
Awesome you can now totally kneecap a storm surge with a tank shock and just straight kill it if its anchored (edit)

Does it? I didn't see that in the FAQ.

Edit
Oh I see it now. Welp never anchoring them ever again. Didn't usually anyways since it wasn't the optimal way to use them. Now expect your average Tau to be even cheesier as they are forced to move up a pair for stomping times.

Riptides can take ECPA again. So if I have a FSE list and the Riptide Wing they can reroll their nova reactors twice.

The priahna ruling makes no sense with the BRB FAQ that you cannot leave the turn you arrive from reserves.

 buddha wrote:
The priahna ruling makes no sense with the BRB FAQ that you cannot leave the turn you arrive from reserves.

It's their way of giving the Tau a summoning unit. Tau ignore cover as well that's not being faq'ed away either that ML's exist. It's a faction specific rule.

Tank shocking an anchored stormsurge kills it - thats hilarious

 chaosmarauder wrote:
Tank shocking an anchored stormsurge kills it - thats hilarious

I know it makes no sense and is hillarious. Oh here is this big massive thing that can survive heavy weapons fire. Oops you tapped it in the shin.

Never has a video been more appropriate.

Hunter Contingent ruling was pretty obvious to every non-TFG from the get.

Good show GW.

Oh look... Holophoton Countermeasures, on units of Ghost Keels work exactly the way 90% of people figured they would... and directly opposite that ridiculous ITC ruling from last year. :-p

Markers seem to have gotten a huge boost to me. Ignoring Void Shields and being assessed after jink decision is very very good. Ghostkeels got clarified as expected, no biggie there.

Overall slight nerf to Surges, who will now just not be anchored near tanks. Not a big deal.

 Gamgee wrote:

 buddha wrote:
The priahna ruling makes no sense with the BRB FAQ that you cannot leave the turn you arrive from reserves.

It's their way of giving the Tau a summoning unit. Tau ignore cover as well that's not being faq'ed away either that ML's exist. It's a faction specific rule.

No it's not saying the unit can enter reserves each turn IF they are already on the table.
Is not the same thing as saying they can enter and leave reserves in the same turn.

This is not an override of the Brb faq.

 jifel wrote:
Markers seem to have gotten a huge boost to me. Ignoring Void Shields and being assessed after jink decision is very very good. Ghostkeels got clarified as expected, no biggie there.

Overall slight nerf to Surges, who will now just not be anchored near tanks. Not a big deal.

Or not anchored at all if you play the bash bros style of play.

 Gamgee wrote:

 jifel wrote:
Markers seem to have gotten a huge boost to me. Ignoring Void Shields and being assessed after jink decision is very very good. Ghostkeels got clarified as expected, no biggie there.

Overall slight nerf to Surges, who will now just not be anchored near tanks. Not a big deal.

Or not anchored at all if you play the bash bros style of play.

Yeah double stomping Surges are scary. Darn Tau...

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
Oh look... Holophoton Countermeasures, on units of Ghost Keels work exactly the way 90% of people figured they would... and directly opposite that ridiculous ITC ruling from last year. :-p

ITC changed it after like 2 months Hardly a gotcha. Considering hunter contingent is exactly how ITC ruled it compared to the ridiculousness of tfg tau players.

The only one the ITC has gotten right is the Hunter Contingent. Otherwise they were so wrong in their rulings. Especially the Firesteam Wing! As well as the Ghostkeel one being really bad.

 Desubot wrote:
Awesome you can now totally kneecap a storm surge with a tank shock and just straight kill it if its anchored (edit)

Wait, this is after the BRB FAQ specifically mentions that tank shocking is not intended as a means to remove models? That's kinda weird.

 Kap'n Krump wrote:

 Desubot wrote:
Awesome you can now totally kneecap a storm surge with a tank shock and just straight kill it if its anchored (edit)

Wait, this is after the BRB FAQ specifically mentions that tank shocking is not intended as a means to remove models? That's kinda weird.

I think we should tell them this doesn't make sense and get it clarified to take 1d3 wounds instead, be moved back, and put out of anchors mode.

 Gamgee wrote:
The only one the ITC has gotten right is the Hunter Contingent. Otherwise they were so wrong in their rulings. Especially the Firesteam Wing!

No they weren't you still can't choose to leave and enter reseEve's the same turn. However you can respawn lost units.

The faq is also still not clear on immobilised results. The faq only says of all the units including be immobilised unit is within 6in of the board edge they can respawn at full strength. However this doesn't say anything about a piranha that's immobilised in the center of the board and abandoned.
Does this unit that is not within 6in of the board edge just magically disappear?
Is this unit just ignored and left on the board and a new piranha come on the board giving you 5 piranhas on the board?
Nothing in the faq clarified this!

Also, kind of interesting that crisis suits have the choice of taking one twin-linked weapon or two non twin linked weapons for the same points cost.

 Kap'n Krump wrote:

 Desubot wrote:
Awesome you can now totally kneecap a storm surge with a tank shock and just straight kill it if its anchored (edit)

Wait, this is after the BRB FAQ specifically mentions that tank shocking is not intended as a means to remove models? That's kinda weird.

You always could remove models with tank shock that can't move.
The brb faq only stated that if a model could move but not in the shortest path or not in unit coherency that it can still move out of a tank shock.

gungo wrote:

 Gamgee wrote:
The only one the ITC has gotten right is the Hunter Contingent. Otherwise they were so wrong in their rulings. Especially the Firesteam Wing!

No they weren't you still can't choose to leave and enter reseEve's the same turn. However you can respawn lost units.

The faq is also still not clear on immobilised results. The faq only says of all the units including be immobilised unit is within 6in of the board edge they can respawn at full strength. However this doesn't say anything about a piranha that's immobilised in the center of the board and abandoned.
Does this unit that is not within 6in of the board edge just magically disappear?
Is this unit just ignored and left on the board and a new piranha come on the board giving you 5 piranhas on the board?
Nothing in the faq clarified this!

They ruled that the Firestream Wing could not enter the table and go back into the reserves on the same turn and it clearly states here they can. That is the main ruling I'm refering to. The player who brought it even used it to summon drones, drop them off ect. As well as block units off with the drones or even the Firestream Wing.