Militarum Tempestus: What role do they play in your Regiment

[CoffeeGrunt]

Generally speaking Plasma Pistols lose out to Plasma Guns for me every time.

[WarriorFish]

Yeah, the price of the pistols is a bit much for me when a plasma gun is far better. They'd be a nice extra shot to add but again if you have floating points to spare for a plasma pistol you can probably find better use for them elsewhere.

[CoffeeGrunt]

That's my problem, Power Weapons and fancy Pistols are nice, but I never have the points spare. :/

[Kontakt]

I like the idea of plasma pistols, but the idea tends to die when I consider the cost compared to plasma guns. The only occasion I have considered it is in a formation, with the entire command squad, the tempestor prime, and the commissar all equipped with a plasma weapon. The question here is whether I really need that much plasma.

[march10k]

It's slightly off-topic, but I kind of like the idea of a grav pistol far more than a plasma pistol, for the same points.  The possibility of impacting the target's statline right before charging him...that's delicious, even if it wouldn't often work in practice.

[WarriorFish]

Grav is potent, an excellent addition to the capabilities of melta and plasma by serving a different role. Also has drawbacks too so it's not an auto-pick - unfortunately I doubt we'll ever get it but you never know. The real issue between Guard and Marine wargear is how we pay the same points.

[Gunmonkey88]

The first several times I used them I put them in a valk and at best it was just sort of blah and at worst it resulted in a mostly dead squad as the valk was blasted out of the sky. Plus, it required that the valk ignore giving supporting fire while it focused on getting the scions where I wanted them. Last night I deep striked them for the first time and it was a much greater success plus it allowed me to drop the valk for a vendetta which did quite well.