WARHAMMER 40K 8TH EDITION RULES FIRING FREE

We also see Heavy Bolters are -1AP so expect anything that was AP4 to be -1, AP3 to be -2, AP2 to be -3 and AP1 to be -4. Either way, this is a big boon for anyone with lots of twin-linked weapons and unless reflected in the points, high to hit armies just got more shots that are more likely to hit. Obviously most Ork or low BS weapons naturally have more shots but things like Big Shootas and Heavy Bolters or Rokkit Launchers and Missile Launchers are directly comparable. You can see at BS4 (or 3+ to hit now) we are effectively gaining two more damage rolls while BS2 (or 5+ to hit) gains barely half a hit. If we simply double the shots we are now hitting with 2.64/4/5.36 dice. If we assume 4 shots before at BS2/3/4 with twin-linking, we were getting an effective, 2.22/3/3.56 hits. The damage output is effectively increased by very small to quite large percentages for a lot of things and it will be really important to see how this changes their points.

Wave Serpents, Razorbacks, the aforementioned Land Raider (well, below mentioned really), Broadsides, everything Orky on a vehicle, etc.

This ups the damage massively, MASSIVELY, for a lot of stock standard builds. I’m surpsied at twin-linking being double the shots – I would have imagined seeing a to hit bonus here rather than more dice but this does streamline shooting and as predicted, looks like they are getting rid of all re-rolls. Blasts are DX with the Battle Cannon being D6 and each wound doing D3 damage.Melta allows you to roll two dice for damage when within half range and discard the lowest.Combi-weapons are not one use weapons but can be used as either the bolter or special weapon without penalty or both with a -1 to hit.Twin-linking now counts as double the shots.Count me in!įirst off, let’s just summarise what’s been said: Specifically we get to see what twin-linking, melta, combi-weapons and blasts all do with reference to a specific profile. In today’s instalment of new rules we get some expansion on weapon profiles excellent.

It opened up the restriction of the Force Organization Chart by allowing more room than the standard in some cases or being able to double down on certain slots through formations.So they put this up late last night, sorry about the delay. They came with unique stories that were represented with appropriate flavorful rules. For the most part these new units were fluffy and fun to play with. Books are good $$ and the complexity of formations made people buy units they may have been missing to complete the required unit composition. It was good business for GW in my summation. If you wanted an edge, you needed to follow these new army structures.

WARHAMMER 40K 8TH EDITION RULES FIRING FREE

Formations and unique detachments brought special point-tax free rules to go along with building your army. I heard over and over among friends and online boards, 'You wanted balance, this is the cost!' That cost was being defined as special rules only deriving from the Big Rule Book.įlavor was found in the supplements and expansions that were released as companions to the Codex. For the longest time, the discussion in the community was how every newly released Codex was being toned down.

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