C:SM New Tactical Squads

[Iron Father Ferrum]

A quick comment on the melta bombs.  I had a five-man combat squad from the old codex get peeled out of their Razorback against a Necron army.  They then went on to run up to and use melta bombs to blow up two Annihilation Barges and a Catacomb Command Barge.  Five points that were totally worth it.

[WarriorFish]

Agreed, if I've floating points that can't be spent on a new unit melta bombs are always my first choice. Makes your units considerably more dangerous when running amok, especially since I fairly regularly deploy from Drop Pods.

[Muctar]

 

4 - I will be very happy indeed if the Salamanders supplement allows us to go back to the days of additional flamers / meltaguns / heavy flamers. I would prefer this to heavy weapons.

Pray the Emperor delivers heavy flamers unto us, brother.

[Tedwardius]

 

 

4 - I will be very happy indeed if the Salamanders supplement allows us to go back to the days of additional flamers / meltaguns / heavy flamers. I would prefer this to heavy weapons.

Pray the Emperor delivers heavy flamers unto us, brother.

 

At this point I'm much more inclined to pray that we don't get a supplement at all. I'll always take good fluff over good rules (not that Salamanders aren't viable as-is), and I'd hate for my Sallies to get the IH treatment

[Giga]

Tactical Squads didn't really change. They're still too expensive for what they do and they're still inefficient overall. 

 

That being said, I run 2-3 squads with a flamer, combiflamer, flakk missile launcher, and a rhino. I use flakk missiles because, aside from a quad-gun, I don't have other skyfire. Flamers are just overall nice to clear out objectives and give the combat squads some anti-infantry punch.