lucien Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Hi all, Long time member but infrequent poster. In this months July WD (postal subscriber) alot of staff armies are showcased with what they are looking forward to in 6th. Ben Jeffersons Ravenwing is featured with a comment about the jink special rule giving a 5+ cover save and 4+ if turboboosting or flat out. The article doesn't specify if it is unique to Dark Angels or not but from the way it was written I infer that it is. I like this as it emphasis the elite nature of the Ravenwing in comparison to other bike companies/squads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavement Artist Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 The jink save is a sixth edition general rule. i think it may only apply to the land speeders (may be wrong on this). Bear in mind, the white dwarf is all about showcasing the new ruleset, they're hardly going to drop any mention of army specific rules for an unreleased force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candleshoes Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Newest rumor via Faeit 212 and trent: JinkAll Bikes and Landspeeders DO NOT get the benefit of a 'Jink' save. Only Dark Angel RAVENWING BIKERS AND LANDSPEEDERS GET THE JINK SAVE!!! It is a special rule that Ravenwing had in every edition codex until the last one. It looks like with the upcoming 6th Ed FAQ and Codex:Dark Angels they will FINALLY get it back and have an advantage over other bikers again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Sergeant Bohemond Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 we will see what happens, fingers crossed that we finally are receiving the love :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shabbadoo Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 People have intimated we should be keeping an eye on the Dark Angels Army FAQ as of 12:00 AM June 30th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Nemiel Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Which is the earliest day the BRB will be available...coincidence? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Anders Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Which is the earliest day the BRB will be available...coincidence? :D Big Green Book you mean :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehoel Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 As per the 6th Edition Imminent thread, post 665 by Seahawk. Land Speeders and bikes have a special rule called "Jink" that gives them a 5+ cover save automatically, which is increased to 4+ if they move flat out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperial Deceit Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Didn't speeders and bikes already get at 4+ cover save from going flat out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Ignis Domus Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 This is all the time, even when they don't move flat out. So if Frank Sinatra is sitting in his speeder and someone takes a pot shot at him, he gets a 5+ no matter how far he moved, unless he moved flat out, in which case he gets a 4+. Also, I've heard from a wide variety of people that it's only Ravenwing, especially given that they've had it in most of the other codices, so I'm inclined to believe that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperial Deceit Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 That doesn't seem like something that would be in the BRB though as it is codex-specific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Ignis Domus Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 That's why the Erratas were created. From what we've heard, they're going to release a whole load of erratas on the release date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperial Deceit Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 What a pain, the new BRB isn't out and they are already having to make corrections? Fail... How about just releasing a new DA codex? Unless the errata is just a hold over until the new codex are released... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Ignis Domus Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 It is. Dark Angels are not only in the starter set, but are also the first 6th edition codex to be released. You wouldn't release the codex and the edition on the same day, as that wouldn't get you as much profit and hype as releasing them individually. Plus, they'd need to make corrections no matter what. When you have codices back from 4th edition, there's going to be a lot of variance in the rules. If you'll notice, all the 4th ed. codices have Target Priority errataed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperial Deceit Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Well we could have all guessed that one. Which is good, GW is finally moving away from the Ultramarines. I am just hoping for a new Tyranid codex that can compensate for the lack of allies. After all, according to the fluff, they do represent the biggest threat to the galaxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Ignis Domus Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 I wouldn't say Tyranids need allies beyond more Tyranids. After all, the buffs to Monstrous Creatures and flying Monstrous Creatures and so on are going to make them a whole lot more useful. You'll probably even see Harpies used. [gasp] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperial Deceit Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 It all really depends on what 6th say. I agree they don't need allies, but they do need a new codex. And having models for all of their units would also be neat. I guess we will all find out Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shabbadoo Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Dark Angels are not only in the starter set, but are also the first 6th edition codex to be released. Were that this were true, but rumor mongers point to Codex: Chaos Space Marines 6E being released first, with only a few giving a prospective date of October for Codex: Dark Angels 6E (which not many, if any, people are backing up). Even those rumors are a bit iffy, as there has not been too much corroboration on them at all, and the track record with regards to the rumor mongers pegging which months will have codex releases this year has been abysmal so far, so I don't put too much stock in anything at this point. Even the more accurate rumor mongers have been completely wrong on many things this year (and last year). An updated FAQ may be tiding the Dark Angels over for longer than we think, though not for too long I hope. Things will change simply due to the basic changes in the game rules. That will just have to be refreshing enough for a while. Among other things, hopefully we will get some Psyker stuff FAQ'd; especially Ezekiel being assigned a Psychic Mastery level of higher than 1. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FerociousBeast Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Yet again, something unique to the Dark Angels bequeathed to the rest of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unforgiven2544 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I'm willing to wager that for now, it will only apply to select units. Probably FAQ'd to include Dark Angels (Speeders and Bikes) and Dark Eldar (Reavers and Hellions) I'm hoping. Very Respectfully, --Unforgiven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Ignis Domus Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Yet again, something unique to the Dark Angels bequeathed to the rest of the game. Wait, what? From almost all the rumors, this going to be purely Dark Angels, to mak it go back to the old Ravenwing jink rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isiah Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I wouldn't get too worked up over this yet until sight of the final rule is made :D. @ Imperial Deceit What a pain, the new BRB isn't out and they are already having to make corrections? Fail... How about just releasing a new DA codex? Unless the errata is just a hold over until the new codex are released... I think you need to see that, like every other edition thus far, new game rules will of course impact on existing Codexes. It's not a fail, it's what happens when the core rules change. Of course there will be erratas to cover this very eventuality. At one time these were rumoured to be in the main rulebook itself but I'm not sure whether that has indeed happened or whether they will be released en masse when 6th is launched. Cheers I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haranin Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Still, even if other speeders get it, it will be nice for the ravenwing to get it back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Lucifer Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I know I miss my 6+ Jink save that was so annoying. It will be good to have Jink back and with a boost! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FerociousBeast Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 No, jink is a universal save for all speeders, bikes, and jetbikes now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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