Mr Mystery
09-08-2013, 01:15 PM
Word!
So gone through my new Marine Codex, and I feel the shiny new Grav Weapons could do with discussing.
For my money, they aren't quite the wonder weapon the rumours alluded to, but still manage to be a decent weapon, and a welcome addition to anyone's arsenal.
So the upside. If your opponent has lots of MEQ or better, they're nothing short of deadly, despite their restrictive ranges. Who wouldn't want to flatten heavily armed opponents on a 2 or 3+? If anyone put their hand up on that one, go and get your bumps felt :p. Concussive is also a nice little addition, as you can concuss something big a gribbly (like, I dunno, a Hive Tyrant) then get stuck into HTH and pull it's legs off.
The downside? They're just so incredibly situational! Against Horde armies, they are rather limited. And big honking units like Meganobz? The lack of an actual strength means squad based multiwound models aren't as worried as you might think, as you can't instant death them.
So overall, yeah. I think there relative lack of tactical flexibility will keep numbers of them down overall in pick up games, as for every army that will deploy with a sigh of resignation, will be a horde army pointing and laughing at your silly, running around, knees bent gravity distorting business! Particularly if you've invested hefty points on Devastator Centurions....
What's your take on them?
So gone through my new Marine Codex, and I feel the shiny new Grav Weapons could do with discussing.
For my money, they aren't quite the wonder weapon the rumours alluded to, but still manage to be a decent weapon, and a welcome addition to anyone's arsenal.
So the upside. If your opponent has lots of MEQ or better, they're nothing short of deadly, despite their restrictive ranges. Who wouldn't want to flatten heavily armed opponents on a 2 or 3+? If anyone put their hand up on that one, go and get your bumps felt :p. Concussive is also a nice little addition, as you can concuss something big a gribbly (like, I dunno, a Hive Tyrant) then get stuck into HTH and pull it's legs off.
The downside? They're just so incredibly situational! Against Horde armies, they are rather limited. And big honking units like Meganobz? The lack of an actual strength means squad based multiwound models aren't as worried as you might think, as you can't instant death them.
So overall, yeah. I think there relative lack of tactical flexibility will keep numbers of them down overall in pick up games, as for every army that will deploy with a sigh of resignation, will be a horde army pointing and laughing at your silly, running around, knees bent gravity distorting business! Particularly if you've invested hefty points on Devastator Centurions....
What's your take on them?