<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Sniper - Death to deathstars?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/16.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Sniper - Death to deathstars? -Always hits on 2+ or are immune to negative BS modifiers, looking at you invisibility!
-All shots are precision shots
-Look out sir can only be passed on a 6
-To hit roll of 6, the shot hits a vital point and the shot gains flesbane and instant death.
-A 4+ to wound roll always wounds regardless of toughness
-Rending

This should deter many deathstars by sniping the support models in a unit. Also, sniper to my knowledge is accessible by most armies so no major change their. What do you guys think?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8120355.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8120355.page GMT Sniper - Death to deathstars?
These rules mean that the very best sniper in the game is worse than these. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8120363.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8120363.page GMT Sniper - Death to deathstars?
 curran12 wrote:
What would the point of the Vindicare be then?

These rules mean that the very best sniper in the game is worse than these.


Soo....change the rules to be better? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8120944.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8120944.page GMT Sniper - Death to deathstars?
 Formosa wrote:
 curran12 wrote:
What would the point of the Vindicare be then?

These rules mean that the very best sniper in the game is worse than these.


Soo....change the rules to be better?


He has a point. At one point or another making everything better to compensate for inconsistencies like this is going to get so unwieldy and convoluted that another book will be needed to keep track of all of our house rules. On top of that, the vindicare rules are a gem in 7th edition where the rules look good on paper, feel good in practice, represent their fluff well and are not so over the top.


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Tautastic wrote:
Sniper
-Always hits on 2+ or are immune to negative BS modifiers, looking at you invisibility!
-All shots are precision shots
-Look out sir can only be passed on a 6
-To hit roll of 6, the shot hits a vital point and the shot gains flesbane and instant death.
-A 4+ to wound roll always wounds regardless of toughness
-Rending

This should deter many deathstars by sniping the support models in a unit. Also, sniper to my knowledge is accessible by most armies so no major change their. What do you guys think?


Ignoring BS modifiers works, but being able to see a unit that is supposed to be "invisible" is a stretch.

Precision shots all the time works too, but curran is right about not wanting to invalidate the Vindicare.

And then all the other ideas are a nice boost and would do what you want them to, but kind of skew the idea of snipers not only in an undesirable direction, but in the exact opposite direction of the fluff they represent . Right now, mechanically, snipers are represented by a system that encourages a Rate of Fire approach where having more snipers firing at one target makes them more effective, rather than a lone marksman supporting larger units and these changes would only exacerbate that problem into hyperbole.

I just want ATSKNF to be toned down so fear/ pinning/ morale in general would be relevant again, then give snippers pinning and make pinning work on hits, and not unsaved wounds. That would make snipers cool, crunchy and fluffy all at the same time.

I don't think simple changes to a single mechanic are going to break up death stars easily. Blanket fixes only make more problems for other parts of the game.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8120987.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8120987.page GMT Sniper - Death to deathstars? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8121845.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8121845.page GMT Sniper - Death to deathstars? Deathstars are gone.

And yeah, Vindicar Assasin is pretty close to stuff you describet, but it's still not so cool, huh.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8121914.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8121914.page GMT Sniper - Death to deathstars?
Maybe the rending one and precision shot one would be ok. I could even see having a -1 modifier on LOS.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8121929.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8121929.page GMT Sniper - Death to deathstars? BS-2 (so at BS4 sniper has precision shot on 5+). Minimum precision shot is 6+ and not allowed for snap shots. To wound rolls of 6+ ignore armor and cover saves.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8122204.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/663697/8122204.page GMT