blooddeath Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Brothers, I try to find the explanations of pintle-mounted multimelta, but finally I fail to. Can you guys do me a favor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morticon Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 What exactly are you looking for? Its a multimelta on a landraider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelmage99 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 The fact that it is pintle-mounted just affects LOS. Other than that its a standard Multimelta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiveFleetEzekial Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Depending on which LOS camp you hail from, there's more. Some will say it's 360* because of the model piece it's mounted on. Others will say 45* because it isn't listed as being a turret, and is thus 'fixed'/hull mounted. (and pintel-mounts aren't defined anywhere as having a specific arc, in the main rules. and various FAQs disagree with each other) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeattleDV8 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 FAQ BRB "Q. On page 59, the rules for the arc of fire of pintle-mounted (or bolt-on) weapons address those mounted on turrets and those mounted directly on the hull. But what about those mounted on smaller structures (like a Rhino’s cupola) that look like they can rotate 360º, even though they aren’t proper turrets? A. Remember that the rule is: if it looks like you can point the gun at it, then you can, even if it’s glued in place’. The rest is just a set of guidelines about the arcs of fire of weapons glued in place, and does not cover all possible weapons mounting and vehicles. If the structure the gun is pintle-mounted on is obviously capable of rotating 360º, like in the case of a Rhino’s cupola, then it should be treated as having a 360º arc of fire. However, if you mount the same storm bolter on a Razorback, even though it still can rotate 360º, it won’t obviously be able to fire through the Razorback’s main turret, and so it will have a ‘blind spot’. In the same way, the shuriken catapult mounted under the hull of a Wave Serpent, Falcon, etc. looks like it can rotate 360º, but it does not look like it can be fired through the main hull right behind it, so we normally play that it can be fired roughly in the 180º to the vehicle’s front, which seems like an acceptable compromise." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelmage99 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Depending on which LOS camp you hail from, that is. Nono, it most certainly affects LOS. Notice the sleek deftness with which I avoided trying to say exactly how it affects LOS. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiveFleetEzekial Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 ...?? I never said, or implied, that it didn't affect LOS. (Perhaps my 'that is' wasn't needed, looking back on it. heh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonaides Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 And in apoc missinos, being a pintle mount measn you can fire it at fliers without suffering the "6's" to hit penalty (though you still have to add the extra range - so your 'Raider will have to be damn near the flier when you fire at it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathame Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Which is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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