Cpt_Reaper Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 While reading through my Grey Knight codex I saw that hot-shot lasguns are rapid fire at 18 inchs. The rulebook shows 24 inch as the example of the maximum range, with the rapid fire distance being 12 inch. When a weapon with a different range rapid fires, such as the hot-shot lasgun, does it half the maximum range or fire at 12 inch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesI Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 While reading through my Grey Knight codex I saw that hot-shot lasguns are rapid fire at 18 inchs. The rulebook shows 24 inch as the example of the maximum range, with the rapid fire distance being 12 inch. When a weapon with a different range rapid fires, such as the hot-shot lasgun, does it half the maximum range or fire at 12 inch? Rapid fire is 12inches. In 3rd edition I believe it was half range, but now it is always 12 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatcrusade08 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Rapid fire is 12inches. In 3rd edition I believe it was half range, but now it is always 12 inches. yes this is correct, the same is true for tau weaponry which has a range of 30", rapid fire is still only 12" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thade Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Yep. :) What they said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonaides Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 While reading through my Grey Knight codex I saw that hot-shot lasguns are rapid fire at 18 inchs. The rulebook shows 24 inch as the example of the maximum range, with the rapid fire distance being 12 inch. When a weapon with a different range rapid fires, such as the hot-shot lasgun, does it half the maximum range or fire at 12 inch? It might also be worth pointing out that the entry you'r elooking at is actually that Hellguns are rapid fire weapons with an 18" range. Not rapid fire at 18". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Ignis Domus Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 It took me quite a while to get adjusted from 4th ed. I spent much of my time staying 16 in. away from the Tau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGuard Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 It took me quite a while to get adjusted from 4th ed. I spent much of my time staying 16 in. away from the Tau. Huh? Even in 4th Ed rapid fire was 12", regardless of maximum weapon range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Ignis Domus Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Shirley, you must be joking. What a sad and sorrowful life. And I never played 3rd ed., so I couldn't be confused from there. Hmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGuard Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I'm not joking, and don't call me Shirley :D. I haven't played 3rd Ed, but I have played 4th Ed, and it's always been played as 12". It's a common misconception that Tau rapid fire 15", even in today's 5th Ed of the game, purely because most people play Marines, and Marines have 24" range rapid fire weapons. So people think it's half the total range rather than a fixed value. If it was half then my Sternguard would have 9" Vengeance rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Ignis Domus Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Wait...this means my Storm Troopers rapid fire 3" more. I'll have run my Storm Trooper army again. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswanick Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Even 3rd Ed, Rapid Fire was up to 12". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt_Reaper Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 I only fought Tau once in 4th, and the Daemonhunter Hellguns were 24" which is why I had little experience with the new hot-shot lasguns. Also I know the rapid fire range is now 12", when I say Rapid Fire at 18" I mean the max range, although I see how that would confuse my point :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrion Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Bizarrely, I always assumed rapid fire was half maximum range. I don't even know why I ever assumed that. It must have been the diagrams with the marine and the bolter and just assuming that it's 12" because bolters are 24" - 2+2 does equal 5, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurglez Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 when the tau first came out, me and my friend assumed that their rapid fire range was 15, which was half of 30, because 12 is half of 24... happily, the extra 3 inches of range didn't make a huge different in games anyway :cuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlakir Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 That's probably what most people assumed. Before the Tau were released there weren't any Rapid fire weapons that didn't have a 24" range. And to give the assumption more fuel you often referred to it as "being at half range" if you were within 12". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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