Ellevild Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 First of all, hello to all of you! New to this forum, but a BA player for a year now. I have been running ravens in all my games, 5th and 6th editiion, and I love to play with them. They where ok in 5th and now in 6th, I believe that they are tools for winning. I usually run 1 in <1500 and to in >1500. I have only used Skies of blood a couple of times, Though it is dangerous, but with the interceptor guns popping up in games, I can se a big potential in using SoB. Interceptors are shooting in the end of your movement phase, so a Raven can fly in and unload before the shot, and the cargo will be safe from s10 hits from a crash. NOW! The big question is: does a unit disembarking from a raven scatter if the raven is equipped with a locator beacon? I have searched alooot of forums for an answer, even writing to GW, but unfortunately it hasnt been faq'ed... C:BA, p. 38. Hit it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killax Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 does a unit disembarking from a raven scatter if the raven is equipped with a locator beacon? I do think it does, since it does not deepstrike and the scatterstop is only for deep striking units? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ushtarador Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I'm pretty sure it works for skies of blood, as long as you position yourself within 6'' around the raven and more importantly, if the raven was on the field at the beginning of turn. Which limits the usefulness quite a bit in my opinion, because most of the times you would rather just go to hovermode and assault than use skies of blood in the turn after you arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy12009 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I'm pretty sure it works for skies of blood, as long as you position yourself within 6'' around the raven and more importantly, if the raven was on the field at the beginning of turn. That's the key right there. Since you're coming in from reserve the beacon has no effect that turn. Later on you could use this with vanguard vets to soon over, drop out without scattering, and charge unmolested. Not the answer you were looking for but a neat trick either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellevild Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 I'm pretty sure it works for skies of blood, as long as you position yourself within 6'' around the raven and more importantly, if the raven was on the field at the beginning of turn. Which limits the usefulness quite a bit in my opinion, because most of the times you would rather just go to hovermode and assault than use skies of blood in the turn after you arrived. Of course...damn...could have been cool, but usually it is a CC unit I bring in the raven, so you are right about going to hover mode. I just saw some possibilities with plasma HG or sternguard squads...or Template-king fragdread... Thanks! Great forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ushtarador Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Actually, vanguard vets have to come from reserves to be able to charge. If you disembark from the raven, you deploy as if coming from reserves, but you don't actually come from reserves, so you can't charge :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deschenus Maximus Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Actually, vanguard vets have to come from reserves to be able to charge. If you disembark from the raven, you deploy as if coming from reserves, but you don't actually come from reserves, so you can't charge :/ Which is just fantastically stupid and should have been fixed long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Marshal Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 i have agrued this before many time and the codex says deloy the squad as if it were deep striking. therefor a locator becon allows you to deepstrike with in six inches and not scatter. NICE! i have used this with with great success with sterngaurd in a stormravening coming out and nuking a unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicJ Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 doesnt the locator beacon specify that the unit must be teleported in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrenael Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 doesnt the locator beacon specify that the unit must be teleported in? that is a teleport homer. different wargear same concept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicJ Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 doh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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