<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Burst Cannons pointless on Vehicles now?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/69.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Burst Cannons pointless on Vehicles now?
The Burst cannon fires Assault 4 Str 5 AP0 shots at range 18
And the Drone fires 2x Assault 2 Str 5 AP0 shots at range 18

So they're exactly weapon basically whilst the drone is cheaper and with more options.

Even the BS of the drone matches the BS of the vehicle while attached so why ever use burst cannons?

Have I missed something? It seems off.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456092.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456092.page GMT Burst Cannons pointless on Vehicles now? SMS, myself... ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456094.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456094.page GMT Burst Cannons pointless on Vehicles now?
zerosignal wrote:
I'd always use SMS, myself...


Trouble is they're 22 points extra. I feel either people are going to be short range (Gun Drones) or long range anyway (Rail Gun)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456102.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456102.page GMT Burst Cannons pointless on Vehicles now? SMS is too expensive to be viable anymore. Can get two drones for the cost of a SMS and they put out double the shots and then still aren't as expensive. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456103.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456103.page GMT Burst Cannons pointless on Vehicles now?
 Gamgee wrote:
SMS is too expensive to be viable anymore. Can get two drones for the cost of a SMS and they put out double the shots and then still aren't as expensive.


Yeah, the more I read through the Tau index the more I feel the point costing on their stuff seems bizarre really.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456130.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456130.page GMT Burst Cannons pointless on Vehicles now?
7th ed.: same price as SMS, but without the benefits (same shots)

8th ed.: more expensive than gun drones, same shots.

Just forget about Burstcannons and move on ;-)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456319.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456319.page GMT Burst Cannons pointless on Vehicles now?
Aeri wrote:
brustcannons have always and will alway be useless on vehicles.

7th ed.: same price as SMS, but without the benefits (same shots)

8th ed.: more expensive than gun drones, same shots.

Just forget about Burstcannons and move on ;-)


That sounds like wise advice.

Just waiting for an errata to come that doubles the points of drones ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456344.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456344.page GMT Burst Cannons pointless on Vehicles now? bs.

Sure the answer for vehicles is not to detach; but upping the cost of the drones to match bust cannons means that drone support drones and drone squadrons are less efficient than a battlesuit with a burst cannon.

The costs are fine; taking them on a vehicle and leaving them there is better. No big deal.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456580.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456580.page GMT Burst Cannons pointless on Vehicles now? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456822.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456822.page GMT Re:Burst Cannons pointless on Vehicles now? GW was able to condense, write, play test, and compile all the possible factions/armies of 40K without any mistakes in the truncated timeline they had for development is a pipe dream.

These indexes are not the final rules for any faction/army. As the codexes start coming out and the first Chapter Approved produced, we'll see a lot of changes. Just pray you are not playing the last army to get a Codex in 8th edition, or that 9th comes out and you still don't have a codex. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456973.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/730549/9456973.page GMT