Dragonlover Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 =][= Guys, this thread is for talking about the Bolter Drill beta rules, not rehashing fixes for everything else =][= Dragonlover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McElMcNinja Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I played my Death Guard in a tournament this weekend (5 games) and only once out of all those games would this have been beneficial to me. One of the gun lines I faced would have been over the top with it. I can only assume at this point that they are just trying to make basic Marines less worthless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornestar Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I was watching a Thousand Sons player fighting against an Alaitoc list yesterday, and I think had he sat his Rubrics still and unloaded, he could have done some real damage to MSU units of scouts and swooping hawks. He had his own priorities, but it seems like it could have shifted the game a bit in his favor in a meaningful but not decisive way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Mayhem Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I was watching a Thousand Sons player fighting against an Alaitoc list yesterday, and I think had he sat his Rubrics still and unloaded, he could have done some real damage to MSU units of scouts and swooping hawks. He had his own priorities, but it seems like it could have shifted the game a bit in his favor in a meaningful but not decisive way. I'm tempted to get a squad for my Black Legion for this reason - I think they could be really devastating with the bolters hopping out of a Rhino, or even holding an Objective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreaterChickenofTzeentch Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I was watching a Thousand Sons player fighting against an Alaitoc list yesterday, and I think had he sat his Rubrics still and unloaded, he could have done some real damage to MSU units of scouts and swooping hawks. He had his own priorities, but it seems like it could have shifted the game a bit in his favor in a meaningful but not decisive way. I'm tempted to get a squad for my Black Legion for this reason - I think they could be really devastating with the bolters hopping out of a Rhino, or even holding an Objective. BL are one of the few Legions that use Rubrics as well as TS do. They can Advance and still fire, get morale buffs, still get Weaver of Fates, Prescience and Warp Time, and Abaddon can make them reroll misses. They also get the old Force Weapon selection without resorting to Index and can have 1 Soulreaper at 5 men instead of 10. Not exactly the same, but just as strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mika_angelus Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 I used a 19 man csm unit in a tournament this weekend. They had 2 Heavy bolters and a chainsword / combi-bolter on the chanpion. I have to say rolling that many dice and having my opponents worry about a csm squad felt pretty amazing. They performed really well with all the buffs and of course shooting twice and I'll probably play this setup again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 I used a 19 man csm unit in a tournament this weekend. They had 2 Heavy bolters and a chainsword / combi-bolter on the chanpion. I have to say rolling that many dice and having my opponents worry about a csm squad felt pretty amazing. They performed really well with all the buffs and of course shooting twice and I'll probably play this setup again. Just to clarify, you didn't double the Heavy Bolter shots, right? Also I'd still rather take 2x5 Chosen with Combi-bolters for the same amount of Bolter shots instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron_Within Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Also I'd still rather take 2x5 Chosen with Combi-bolters for the same amount of Bolter shots instead. So a 19 man unit with 2 heavy bolters is 269 points. For 240 points you could get 3 units of 5 chosen with Combi bolters. However.... Assuming both have all the buffs possible on each unit, the chaos space marines kill 37.145 guardsman. The chosen kill 31.728 guardsmen. For killing potential and assuming you're loading buffs chaos space marines are better. However however. Without buffs CSM kill 24.592 Chosen kill 25.679. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 You also get all the benefits of MSU which is being able to split them and the enemy not being able to focus it down properly for the most part (trust me, with things like the Repulsor around that's a serious issue due how many anti-infantry shots it has by default ^^). However I can't deny that with our Codex we are in a rather unique situation that we can actually benefit from big untis due having strong buffs that target only one unit at a time like the Slaanesh double shooting and of course Veterans of the Long War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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