captain sox Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Hi Folks! A question or 2 about platoons. Am I right in assuming each unit in the Platoon acts independently from the others? ie can the HWS move/fire separately from the "blobs"? or does everything in the platoon move/shoot together at the same target? a silly question I know I'm just trying to figure out the dynamics of IG/AM. Thanks! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/291125-platoon-questions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 You can choose during deployment if you want them separately or as a giant blob acting as 1 unit. You can also decide how to split them up, for example you can leave the platoon command squad and HWS behind while the 50man infantry blob stays grouped. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/291125-platoon-questions/#findComment-3689101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthanor Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Actually, only the infantry squads may be "blobbed", the special/heavy weapon squads and command squads may not be in the blob. Once a blob is formed, it is essentially one unit. Every other unit is entirely independent. Even the rules about reserve and deployment are gone (the previous codex had them all deploy at the same time/coming in from reserve at the same time, but it is no longer the case) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/291125-platoon-questions/#findComment-3689105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Yes, they function as entirely separate units - make the most of it and marshal your forces well to work together! :) It would be nice if the blob could be more than just infantry squads, but I think that would be far too good :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/291125-platoon-questions/#findComment-3689124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Whoops, I messed up a bit. Just had a look at my codex and indeed. You can also decide the combination of all infantry squads from the same platoon and everything else has to deploy on it's own. Hm go figure :D anyway, my bad ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/291125-platoon-questions/#findComment-3689133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Imagine blobbing 2 infantry and 5 heavy weapons squads...17 heavy weapons with 16 meat shields? Broken!!! That's why you can't add heavy weapons squads to the blob. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/291125-platoon-questions/#findComment-3689183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain sox Posted May 16, 2014 Author Share Posted May 16, 2014 Excellent information! I thank you all! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/291125-platoon-questions/#findComment-3689272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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