Hi!
SM HQ entry should not read "Bolters", but "special weapons" or other
such things since the fluff states they have all sorts of unique things.
The land raider is okay because its "twin-linked lascannon, not just
"lascannon". It's all in the name.
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: antichrist666it [mailto:seimejote_at_...]
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 1:40 PM
To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: [NetEpic ML] Re: [v5.0] Standarized weapons
--- In netepic_at_y..., "Peter Ramos" <primarch_at_c...> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Since units are being reviewed, as I mentioned before, we can clear
up
> the issue of different stats for the same weapon. Here are the most
> common offenders:
>
> 1. Bolters- there are the hand held infantry weapons. They should
all be
> 50cm range, no save modifier a 5+ "to hit" and one attack dice
SM HQ units? How you justify 2 attack dices?
> 2. Vehicle mounted bolter- has shorter range 15 cm a "to hit" of
6+, no
> save modifier and one attack dice.
>
> There might be some that think that vehicle mounted "bolters" should
> just give way to a heavy bolter, which exist in net epic (but not
the
> original rules). They have a 25cm range, no save modifier a "to
hit" of
> 5+ and one attack dice. An improvement, but not overpowering.
>
> 3. Lascannons- Too many definitions for this. ALL should be one
attack
> dice, range of 75cm, "to hit" 5+ and -1 save modifier
Some are -2 save modifier... this may be twin-linked (in fact they
are, on the Land Raider)
> 4. Battlecannons- probably the most varied of all, the stats for
this
> are all over the place. They all should be, one attack dice, 4+ "to
> hit", range 75cm and -2 save modifier.
>
>
> These are the most common ones, more will appear over time. Keep in
mind
> if we should think a unit doesn't deserve a weapon with these stats
its
> best to change the weapons name and standardize that (for example,
some
> may not like for orks to have such battlecannons, we could call it
> "whatever" and make the standard for orks).
>
> Peter
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