mmimzie Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I run dominus maniple along side cult.mech in my wuad domi list. I take a CAD, Battle Congregation, and domi maniple. For 4 dominus and 4 kataphron units Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyriks Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Thanks guys, that's along the lines of what I was assuming :) 250 sounds quite reasonable as a baseline number, though I'd expect to want to run 10 man units or near to it at most times? I think the fancier basic guns of the Skitarii lean towards fewer "necessary" upgrades so I'm planning on taking a somewhat Guard approach of boys before toys. This is the way to run them. The Vanguard's Radium Carbine is just so damaging to a huge variety of units that putting more of them on the table is usually the safest move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmimzie Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Thanks guys, that's along the lines of what I was assuming 250 sounds quite reasonable as a baseline number, though I'd expect to want to run 10 man units or near to it at most times? I think the fancier basic guns of the Skitarii lean towards fewer "necessary" upgrades so I'm planning on taking a somewhat Guard approach of boys before toys. This is the way to run them. The Vanguard's Radium Carbine is just so damaging to a huge variety of units that putting more of them on the table is usually the safest move. I agree. The Cancer guns are just so good against the majority of what you'll face in both casual and competive play that i'd take vanguard on mass, and sprinkle in a few arc rifles evenly dispersed, and you'll kill most stuff dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyriks Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I run dominus maniple along side cult.mech in my wuad domi list. I take a CAD, Battle Congregation, and domi maniple. For 4 dominus and 4 kataphron units I'll have to consider this once I have more models! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Cool, I do like the Vanguard so I think I'll use them for the most part. Rangers feel less useful perhaps, but maybe a squad or two to loiter on objectives and the like is a plan - good job the DM kit can be assembled as either :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminus Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 They should have given rangers objective secured. That said, based on advice from this forum, I tried the no upgrades except omnispex squad, and they pull their weight with those guns. Even against Space Marines, scouts are extremely popular and usually the only troop choices you will see outside of a Gladius. Rangers murder these squads extremely well. I leave the special weapons to the cheaper Vanguard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethyran Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 So I bought two Skitarii starter boxsets a while back, never bothered with the second datasheet till I was clearing out some space. Noticed this. Err wut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlson793 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 So I bought two Skitarii starter boxsets a while back, never bothered with the second datasheet till I was clearing out some space. Noticed this. Err wut? This one's been reported since the box came out, but this is the first "pictures or it didn't happen" confirmation I've seen. Be interesting to see if there is a 'tell' on the box to know which formation sheet you're getting - did you happen to note which sheet came from which box? And if they came from different sources/production runs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethyran Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Read about it too, didnt bother me as I got the vanguard one first but yeah.....Looked at my minis, exactly the same as the rest. Sadly not got the boxes any more and both came from the same supplier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Best of both worlds? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger9gamer Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 If there is a ranger one in my box set than I would be a very happy general, as I can use a small squad of rangers and have my dominus scout up with the rest of the force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Both of mine say Vanguard - I'd forgotten to check until now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 This is madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger9gamer Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 This is madness. ....Madness? THIS. IS. MARS!!! Sorry. ._. yea, I agree. Now I don't know what to believe. would it have been that hard to say Either Vanguard or Rangers would be fine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeStinyFiSh Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Ask the question in FB To be honest, I had the feeling that this formation fits more for Rangers (and if I remember correctly there are Rangers on the fron of the box as well). It feels like this formation is intendet for long range fire support for the Tech Priest... just my thoughts. However: The Rangers on the box make it quite obvious that they had Rangers in their heads when they wrote down the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethyran Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Am I the only nutter who bought two starter box sets? lolPose this question in FB, comments will go from intrigue to conspiracy to down right salt :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Avoghai Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I've bought 3 actually.. 1 when it was released and 2 last week... I don't have them handy but will control that ASAP The strange thing is actually the vanguard limitation as the boxset contain only images of rangers (front and back images) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorNese Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 No one buys just one, the discount is too great. Everyone starting Skitarii now buys at least 2. And mine both say vanguard, which is better, because I field 4 squads of those anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethyran Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 No one buys just one, the discount is too great. Everyone starting Skitarii now buys at least 2. And mine both say vanguard, which is better, because I field 4 squads of those anyway... Bought the BIG Boxset with the maniple twice (discounted ofc), guess I wouldve bought more of the starter box sets. As WarriorFish said best of both worlds :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Avoghai Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 As I said, I've bought 2 and I've checked. I confirm http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/Masteravoghai/Mechanicus/FBD87D50-F03D-4673-BF50-A9F8F9351371.jpg The vanguard one was bought the day of release of the boxset The Rangers are a recent purchase (< 2 weeks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger9gamer Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Again, how hard is it to say either Or? It's the same formation, just two different cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Avoghai Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Yeah it seems like they noticed they made a typo, and that they corrected it thinking "nobody will notice" I guess they still think we are in 1988 with nobody having access to internet and no trace of such thing :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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