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how to make allies not so broken

how to make things like banshees and falcons more realistic to take.

I am an Eldar player and personally see things like Taudar and Deer Council doing so well as a double edged sword. Moreover I think 2 tiny rules could fix them 1. you can take allies but not gain force org slot by doing so eg: take 1 farseer and one baron as hq, but not simply assume you'l get a free force org hqs slot as it is now (simple) 2. make buffs only apply to ur own race. EG if a farseer allows re rolls via fortune he can't provide that to any dark eldar

I don't think this would nerf allies as an option but it would massively reduce the buff cross over and the inadvertent force org sidestepping. (for armies that have cheap HQ's or stackable buff hqs -- like eldar -- you see the dilemma)

lastly on a different note banshees and falcons. Banshees? Well, in order to give them a reason to exist how about they simply: acrobatic: 3" greater charge when not starting turn inside transport, allows banshees to charge from all vehicles as if they were open topped. Banshee Mask: enemy minus 5 init and banshees ignore any penalties to Init on charge. secondly allow pulse lasers to have lance and drop them to heavy 1 but give them precision shot on +6 and target lock.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6618169.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6618169.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6618223.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6618223.page GMT st 8 lance heavy 3" thus making the fire prism now the boss, the orphan.. falcons need to be worse and less versatile than fire prism in an AT sense but still able to full fill better than a wave serpent AT. at the moment falcons are simply neither as good against light armour as a wave serpent nor even able to seriously counter AV14 like a fire prism.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6618356.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6618356.page GMT TL Brightlance is better v av14 than a Falcon, even with a Brightlance.

That said, I still think just dropping the Serpent Shields range to 6" (or 12) would make the Falcon an option again.

Its biggest problem is that the Serpent thoroughly outclasses it as a battle tank right now. Despite costing more and taking up a slot.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6618623.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6618623.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6634374.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6634374.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6639970.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6639970.page GMT imo is to take them out of heavy support and make them a dedicated transport (maybe for elites and heavy support units only?).

The reason they never get taken is because they compete with better units like dark reapers, war walkers and wraithknights.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6642390.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6642390.page GMT hits rather than shots. Loses out on (almost completely) accurate D6+1 thanks to scatter lasers, and encourages other turret weapons more.

Pulse Laser -> Either make it S9, give it Lance (or both?)

Falcon -> Dedicated might work too.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6642456.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/584029/6642456.page GMT