DarknessEternal wrote:
Why would you want to create new rules for the Nightwing when it has existing rules? Especially when the existing one is better and cheaper than what you've created.

 Mahtamori wrote:
What does missile lock do?

USR that means misiles scatter D6 rather than 2D6

Impossible Flight: The wording on this rule is odd. You mean to say "the combat speed of this vehicle is 12" when zooming" and then let normal rules take care of the rest.

I wanted to make it clearer actually. Combat Speed for a normal flyer is 18" and everything above i Cruising AFAIK. This bit gives a little wiggle room, combat speed being that 6" range.

In general you need to make the Eagle more focused. Is it meant to be a bomber, long range missile lobber or air supremacy fighter.
Keep in mind that both the Bright Lance and the Shuriken Cannon are weak solo. Also, keep in mind that the Nightwing is an excellent air supremacy fighter and a decent anti-armour.

A little bit of all three. I kind of imagined it being a sort of ariel assassin, mixed with a bomber, but have a little Harrier JumpJet mixed in as well, where it would be chased by enemy flyers, stop, then launch missiles as its enemies fly by. As for the none- Missiles, I intended for them to be weak, as I see this as kind of a 1 trick pony, where once the missiles are gone, they suck at stuff.

Plasma Torpedo: these are weak. Simple as. S4 AP4 isn't strong enough to merit one-shot. I'd suggest either upping S and AP by one or upping blast size and adding pinning. Edit: or simply give the aircraft Eldar Missile Launchers.

It has the Strafing Run rule, so it has Pinning on all weapons, and +1 BS against Infantry, MCs, Artillery, Beasts, Cavalry, and non Skimmer/Flyer Vehicles.

Fusion Torpedo: these are decent. I'd make it blast, however, for the simple reason that it prevents them to be used against aircraft.
If they are meant to be anti-aircraft, I'd call them missiles.

Meant to be missiles. Will change.

What Eldar is missing is:
Heavy Support bomber. Distort bombs. *hinthint*
Dedicated HS or FA anti-tank (note: try to make missiles small blast to prevent AA or AI roles).
Shenanigan Aircraft. See below for example weaponry.

Spinner missiles. Non-blast Night Spinner missiles. Extra powerful DT-effect on flyers.
Distort Bombs. Large Blast SX AP2 Bomb.
Vibro Cannons. Line-weapon that can hit flyers.
Haywire Launcher. Multi-shot haywire.

 Mahtamori wrote:
I still think the point is that a standard Eldar Missile Launcher (Plasma Missile) is not even close to being worth a one-shot weapon that is severely limited in number of maximum shots. Just give it two Eldar Missile Launchers or increase the potency of the Plasma Torpedo in a significant manner.

As for the Eagle in general, I'll reiterate: it's unfocused. It's like a flying Space Marine Land Raider without the armour. If it's meant to be a strafing run craft, try to get more blasts. If it's meant to be an anti-aircraft, well... skip strafing run, make fewer blasts, etc. Try to focus it.

Also, we need a bomber. And you shouldn't exchange a weapon for a missile or a bomb. Plus, I do believe that missiles should be limited in numbers and if you really want to use them every single turn you should pay for it.

AnomanderRake, the Phoenix is actually a very decent anti-aircraft. At 48" you get massive amounts of S5, decent amount of S8, and when you get within 24" you have a smattering of close range S6. It's not hard to get any of the Eldar aircraft within 6" in the rear of an enemy craft and only the Hover-variants can save themselves from more than one round of shooting.