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FezzikDaBullgryn wrote:
It's amazing how people are holding up the app as some form of holy grail of rules. It's not even close to BS, and that's a free app done by half the staff on their time off!

One is a first party product, the other is third party and is also inaccurate at times. But let's not making this about slagging on the app.

Honestly all tanks are overcosted, but the Immolator is one of the worst in the book. We pay too much for what is supposed to be durable platform across the book, but adding a transport surcharge on top only makes it worse.

Rhino is 80 points, has 10 person transport capacity, same statline. Immolator has 4 less transport, gets 40 points more guns even if you weigh the HB and flamers at 15 points each rather than the 10 they cost on infantry (and subtract for missing the storm bolter), yet costs 45 more points. Doesn't make any sense - it's paying 5 more points than it should even if it had a 10 man transport capacity, even with the vehicle tax.

yukishiro1 wrote:
Rhino is 80 points, has 10 person transport capacity, same statline. Immolator has 4 less transport, gets 40 points more guns even if you weigh the HB and flamers at 15 points each rather than the 10 they cost on infantry (and subtract for missing the storm bolter), yet costs 45 more points. Doesn't make any sense - it's paying 5 more points than it should even if it had a 10 man transport capacity, even with the vehicle tax.

Yeah, it's a bit of a mess. I think GW is trying to put a surcharge onto platforms that have heavy weapons and transport capacity (much like how they over charge for the Land Raider) which would make sense if it didn't come with a trade off of being forced to fit less in side already. 10-15 points over the Rhino would have been fine. 20 tops.

 ClockworkZion wrote:

yukishiro1 wrote:
Rhino is 80 points, has 10 person transport capacity, same statline. Immolator has 4 less transport, gets 40 points more guns even if you weigh the HB and flamers at 15 points each rather than the 10 they cost on infantry (and subtract for missing the storm bolter), yet costs 45 more points. Doesn't make any sense - it's paying 5 more points than it should even if it had a 10 man transport capacity, even with the vehicle tax.

Yeah, it's a bit of a mess. I think GW is trying to put a surcharge onto platforms that have heavy weapons and transport capacity (much like how they over charge for the Land Raider) which would make sense if it didn't come with a trade off of being forced to fit less in side already. 10-15 points over the Rhino would have been fine. 20 tops.

Even then, that still puts the MM version at 140 which is just too high. The baseline chassis is worse than a rhino, so it should be worth less. Then add the heavy bolter and subtract the stormbolter and the chassis should end up being 85 at the max with the MM version clocking in at 125.

HBs/flamers on vehicles seem to be costed at 15 points in 9th, with multimelta at 25, and no discount for twin-linked any more. So a base cost of 85 + weapon choice would end up at 115 for the flamer version, or 135 for the MM, which still feels too high.

I think the end values should be 105 for the flamer version, or 125 for the melta version. Even that's on the edge IMO, which shows how truly absurdly overcosted it is right now.

ERJAK wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:

yukishiro1 wrote:
Rhino is 80 points, has 10 person transport capacity, same statline. Immolator has 4 less transport, gets 40 points more guns even if you weigh the HB and flamers at 15 points each rather than the 10 they cost on infantry (and subtract for missing the storm bolter), yet costs 45 more points. Doesn't make any sense - it's paying 5 more points than it should even if it had a 10 man transport capacity, even with the vehicle tax.

Yeah, it's a bit of a mess. I think GW is trying to put a surcharge onto platforms that have heavy weapons and transport capacity (much like how they over charge for the Land Raider) which would make sense if it didn't come with a trade off of being forced to fit less in side already. 10-15 points over the Rhino would have been fine. 20 tops.

Even then, that still puts the MM version at 140 which is just too high. The baseline chassis is worse than a rhino, so it should be worth less. Then add the heavy bolter and subtract the stormbolter and the chassis should end up being 85 at the max with the MM version clocking in at 125.

I said 20 points max over the Rhino. The Rhino is 80 that means it'd be 100 points total before upgrades. That's 20 points cheaper than it is now. That'd make a MM Immolator 130 points which is 5 points more than what you suggest.

I think the Immolator at 100 or 110 for the Flamer option would be far more appealing while still leaving a reason to take the thrice blessed Rhino.

Immolators are fielded under the rule of cool. Roll forward, flambe the enemy, ram whats left, then explode.

 ClockworkZion wrote:

ERJAK wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:

yukishiro1 wrote:
Rhino is 80 points, has 10 person transport capacity, same statline. Immolator has 4 less transport, gets 40 points more guns even if you weigh the HB and flamers at 15 points each rather than the 10 they cost on infantry (and subtract for missing the storm bolter), yet costs 45 more points. Doesn't make any sense - it's paying 5 more points than it should even if it had a 10 man transport capacity, even with the vehicle tax.

Yeah, it's a bit of a mess. I think GW is trying to put a surcharge onto platforms that have heavy weapons and transport capacity (much like how they over charge for the Land Raider) which would make sense if it didn't come with a trade off of being forced to fit less in side already. 10-15 points over the Rhino would have been fine. 20 tops.

Even then, that still puts the MM version at 140 which is just too high. The baseline chassis is worse than a rhino, so it should be worth less. Then add the heavy bolter and subtract the stormbolter and the chassis should end up being 85 at the max with the MM version clocking in at 125.

I said 20 points max over the Rhino. The Rhino is 80 that means it'd be 100 points total before upgrades. That's 20 points cheaper than it is now. That'd make a MM Immolator 130 points which is 5 points more than what you suggest.

Is the MM only 30? My bad then. Thought it was still 40.


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CleansingFire wrote:
Immolators are fielded under the rule of cool. Roll forward, flambe the enemy, ram whats left, then explode.

Unless you go second, then they skip the first 3 steps.

yukishiro1 wrote:
If the app conflicts with the codex, doesn't the codex still prevail? I demand I still get my 240 points per model, immune to damage 1 nonsense!

As far as I'm concerned the App isn't an official document. Once an actual FAQ comes out then I'll change.

CleansingFire wrote:
Immolators are fielded under the rule of cool. Roll forward, flambe the enemy, ram whats left, then explode.

Concur. The miracle dice will be well spent to guarantee our gloroius Fire-Breathing-Lady makes the charge!

Unless you go second, then they skip the first 3 steps.

Still a blaze of glory

 The Red Hobbit wrote:
Still a blaze of glory

Don't forget to bring the marshmallows!

Space Marine Razorbacks are in pretty much the same boat as the Immolator, except not quite as bad. And nobody takes those either. I guess Geedubs doesn't want us to buy their expensive vehicle model kits.

 ZergSmasher wrote:
Space Marine Razorbacks are in pretty much the same boat as the Immolator, except not quite as bad. And nobody takes those either. I guess Geedubs doesn't want us to buy their expensive vehicle model kits.

I doubt that's the case. It's more likely they don't want to put the points into a freefall since continual points drops are worse for the game.

There are other ways to fix the problem but that requires playtesting and a massive overhaul game wide.

GW loves cutting prices as the edition goes on. That way they can raise them by 15% again when the new edition comes out to great fanfare about how it'll make the hobby cheaper and create less clutter on the board.

Trick never fails.

yukishiro1 wrote:
GW loves cutting prices as the edition goes on. That way they can raise them by 15% again when the new edition comes out to great fanfare about how it'll make the hobby cheaper and create less clutter on the board.

Trick never fails.

Eh, they seem to do more point raises in response to the community feedback than they used to.

yukishiro1 wrote:
GW loves cutting prices as the edition goes on. That way they can raise them by 15% again when the new edition comes out to great fanfare about how it'll make the hobby cheaper and create less clutter on the board.

Trick never fails.

They did it once.

Immo has +1 wound on the Rhino! That's why it costs so much! /s

Wanted to make sure I'm understanding the Ecclesiarchy Battle Conclave correctly.

So if the army contains a Ministorum Priest such as a Missionary or Preacher than certain models do not take up a slot in your detachment such as Crusaders and Death Cult Assassins. I want to make sure I have this right for the BSF models.

Taddeus the Purifier - Is a Priest and Ministorum so he should satisfy the requirement.

Gotfred de Montbard - A Crusader and does not take up a slot provided the EBC is in effect.

Pious Vorne - Does not have EBC rules and still takes up a slot.

Please let me know if I understood that correctly. Thanks

Correct on all fronts since Gotfred has the EBC rule. However, these models currently do not have the Cult Imperials, Unaligned, or Agent of the Imperium keywords so their presence breaks detachment rules now. They also don't get access to Hymns of Battle .

Additional point: you can make Taddeus using the regular Missionary and Vorne can be built using the Preacher dataslate so you can run them in your army more easily now.

So I was listening to the Forge the Narrative podcast cover part 2 of their look into the Sisters codex and hearing some discussion about the rhino rush that Dominions used to perform had me thinking that there is a not insignificant chance that we're paying a surcharge on our vehicles due to the buffing affect Argent Shroud has on them.

Taikishi wrote:
Correct on all fronts since Gotfred has the EBC rule. However, these models currently do not have the Cult Imperials, Unaligned, or Agent of the Imperium keywords so their presence breaks detachment rules now. They also don't get access to Hymns of Battle .

Ah shoot, that's a shame since I really like the BSF models. Do you think thats an oversight or intentional? If it's an oversight I hope it doesn't wind up like Valerian and Aleya where it doesn't get fixed for an extremely long period of time.

Thaddeus and Vorne can be taken as regular missionaries and preachers now, the datasheets have been updated to reflect their wargear.

It's still an issue for Gotfret since he isn't a normal Crusader, as well as Jacobus and Kyrinov if you want to use Legends options.

Taikishi wrote:
It's still an issue for Gotfret since he isn't a normal Crusader, as well as Jacobus and Kyrinov if you want to use Legends options.

Just use him as a normal Crusader. He's got a cool model and is worth using.

Jacobus and Kyrinov can both be built as Missionaries (though you might want to give Kyrinov a servo skull to act as a Servo stubber).

Gotfret is a great looking model and I am quite partial to the hacking advance ability. Shame that he has Battle Conclave but breaks the detachment.

The rules for the condemnor boltguns' mortal wounds say something along the lines of "when an attack is allocated to a psyker" (away from books right now so I don't remember the exact phrasing).

At what stage is an attack "allocated"?

-Guardsman- wrote:
The rules for the condemnor boltguns' mortal wounds say something along the lines of "when an attack is allocated to a psyker" (away from books right now so I don't remember the exact phrasing).

At what stage is an attack "allocated"?

It says 'Psyker model,' so just before saves are made. It's not well said though.

 ClockworkZion wrote:
So I was listening to the Forge the Narrative podcast cover part 2 of their look into the Sisters codex and hearing some discussion about the rhino rush that Dominions used to perform had me thinking that there is a not insignificant chance that we're paying a surcharge on our vehicles due to the buffing affect Argent Shroud has on them.

I think Argent Shroud is a sleeper hit. Average 15" of movement (16" if you take the +1 to advance sacred rite) on our vehicles and jump pack infantry and can still fire all weapons without penalty? Throw some Dominions into an Immolator for 22" of twin multi-melta goodness? I've got some things I want to try.

-Guardsman- wrote:
The rules for the condemnor boltguns' mortal wounds say something along the lines of "when an attack is allocated to a psyker" (away from books right now so I don't remember the exact phrasing).

At what stage is an attack "allocated"?

After the attack succeeds - hit roll, wound roll, successful attacks are allocated.

Lammia wrote:
It says 'Psyker model,' so just before saves are made. It's not well said though.

Okay, yeah, they definitely didn't phrase it as clearly as they could have. I first read "when an attack is allocated to a psyker model" as "when a psyker model is selected as a target", but I knew that couldn't possibly be the meaning. Maybe they should have said "when a successful wound is rolled against a psyker model".

Thanks.


Edit: Wow, people have actually been arguing over the "240 pts/model" thing? Unbelievable.

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