Grovsnus Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 As the label i'm thinking about buying some scouts with sniper rifles. Only thing is that after looking around the forum a bit, peapol generly use the with bolt weapons and meltas. As i'm a player that often realy on long range support, so i like the sniper rifles. So hers the questions, are they worth it and shall i consider a full squad or less? Regards G. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248173-wolf-scout-snipers/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswanick Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I sometimes run a 5-man pack w/ 5 Sniper Rifles and a Missile Launcher. It's a nice round 100pt unit which works well against some armies. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248173-wolf-scout-snipers/#findComment-3006043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimtooth Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 The problem lies in that Wolf Scouts specialty is their special rule of OBEL (Operating Behind Enemy Lines). Unless you plan to completely forgo using that rule and instead plan on statically placing your Wolf Scouts at deployment via infiltration, you do not get much use out of said sniper rifles. Considering that a SW player's Elite FOC is pretty tight with important choices (WG, Dreads, Wolf Scouts), choosing sniper rifles, and ignoring OBEL, puts them behind the other choices in the Elite FOC. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248173-wolf-scout-snipers/#findComment-3006045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Qruze Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 On the other hand, you aren't really paying for the OBEL ability, aside from the fact that our scouts are elite instead of troops. The point increases we pay are more than made up for my the WS/BS stat boost alone, not to mention the versatility of our squad options that we have. The only thing we really lack are camo cloaks, forcing us to spend at least 80 points and an HQ slot if we want stealth for our scouts. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248173-wolf-scout-snipers/#findComment-3006055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswanick Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 The problem lies in that Wolf Scouts specialty is their special rule of OBEL (Operating Behind Enemy Lines). Unless you plan to completely forgo using that rule and instead plan on statically placing your Wolf Scouts at deployment via infiltration, you do not get much use out of said sniper rifles. Considering that a SW player's Elite FOC is pretty tight with important choices (WG, Dreads, Wolf Scouts), choosing sniper rifles, and ignoring OBEL, puts them behind the other choices in the Elite FOC. I would argue that giving up the benefit of BEL is more than compensated for by the 33% hit increase of WS4 Sniper Rifles. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248173-wolf-scout-snipers/#findComment-3006073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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