Thread: More nids

Originally Posted by Sloth

"arc" is a bad choice of word, but the instinctive fire says each weapon shoots independently at the closest model in range and line of sight. Then it says each weapon can fire at a different unit. My take on this is that range and LOS would be taken from each gun individually and not from the model as a whole.

Sure - but MC's have 360 LoS. I'd like to see the rule in its entirety before I get in on this because reading is fun. Either way, you may still be able to drop the pod in such a way that it can manage to deliver all 5 templates on a unit.

Also - Venom Cannons would be my choice. It's 6 str ap 4. Barb stranglers do have the larger template and pinning but are str 4 ap 5. eh... It's BS 2 and it has to shoot at the closest thing. Large Blast could be a lot more entertaining!

Originally Posted by rand0mnumb3r

Can the mine decide to not explode after assaulting? because that would just be a hilarious rules argument if you "locked" a FMC in combat while it was flying.

No, it can't. at Int 10, they detonate. There is no option.

I wonder where the most accurate point to measure from will be?

Originally Posted by CRP

I wonder where the most accurate point to measure from will be?

This is also I good question. I bought the WD to see if actually having the rules in my hand would make a different. sadly, it does not. The rule doesn't address the fact that it's an MC with a 360 LoS. in the designers notes section it says you measure from the "muzzle of each gun to the nearest enemy units" - the actual RULE however does not say that. The pod fires at "the nearest enemy unit within range and line of sight" so there isn't a whole lot of ambiguity to me. Are you in LoS and Range? Are you the nearest enemy unit at the end of the shooting phase? Then that's who gets shot.

I do want to point out one key thing in regards to timing - These pods fire at the end of the shooting phase before morale checks are taken - this is important because that means they fire last. You cannot shoot at a transport in hopes of popping it and then having the unit that the pod just deployed mop-up.