nathan-san Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Hey guys - this is my first post on the boards, following my first game with a Daemonhunter army (I've been playing Orks up until now) I've been looking through all the FAQ and stuff - Just curious as to why Daemonhunter Chimeras are assumed to not have 6 lasguns poking out of them, when IG Chimeras do? Yes - the Chimera entry doesn't explicity state that we have 6 lasguns jutting from the sides, but I'd like to argue the fact that they do with two points: 1) The Landrader in the DH codex does not specifically state that we can assault from the vehicle, nor does it specifically state that it has an "assault ramp" as an exit point - however, based on the existing land raider, we all assume that we can assault from it. It appears that, since the Landraider is already covered in the SM codex, they assumed we'd treat the DH Landraider in the same way. Why are we treating the DH Chimera differently to how its written in the IG codex. To add to the fact, the chimera is piloted by IG (rather than DH troops), and even costs an identical points price to the IG tank - this makes me feel that it should behave identically to the tank 2) The flavour text along side the Chimera entry in the DH codex says "The weapon ports on the side of the hull allow passengers to shoot their lasguns in a hail of anti-personnel fire". Granted, flavour text is hardly an indication of rules, BUT, I find it hard to believe that GW would add this flavour text to the codex if they didn't want us to have the 6 lasguns (especially since the IG codex DOES NOT have this flavour text - i.e. they intentionally created the text for our codex only) Arguments? Comments? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162565-dh-chimeras-dont-have-lasguns/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master Tyrak Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I think the wording in the DH codex is intended for balancing purposes. Yes, we don't get 6 lasguns and we only get 2 Fire Points instead, but we get Hellguns to fire out of them instead. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162565-dh-chimeras-dont-have-lasguns/#findComment-1910880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
number6 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Regarding the land raiders, the GK versions are Assault Vehicles because the latest GW FAQ has given it to us along with Machine Spirits. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162565-dh-chimeras-dont-have-lasguns/#findComment-1911269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cath Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 DH doesn't have access to Imperial Guardsmen as a troop, they have them as allies (who can take their own transports). Stormtroopers don't use Lasguns, so they can't shoot them out of the hull like normal Guardsmen can. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162565-dh-chimeras-dont-have-lasguns/#findComment-1912358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissia Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Cath: Then consider that IG stormtroopers with chimera transports DO shoot lasguns out of the hull. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162565-dh-chimeras-dont-have-lasguns/#findComment-1912429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marid Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 My feeling is that they ought to have the lasguns, but since GW doesn't say and hasn't faq'd otherwise, they don't. But having two fire points is nice when you have two plasma guns. I'm not really going to complain. :mellow: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162565-dh-chimeras-dont-have-lasguns/#findComment-1912450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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