2021 Chapter Approved

[dadieau]

2020 Chapter Approved changed the point value of my 2000 pt army to over 2400. Imagine my dismay. So now 2021 Chapter Approved comes out and I can make no sense of it. Although I'm sure I'll be dropping more units in the end.

 

Let's start with the Chimera. It gives the base cost and the Heavy Bolter but nothing for the multi-laser. Next the Basilisk no cost for the hull mounted Heavy Bolter. My Shadowsword  has a hull mounted twin Heavy Bolter. I also add Sponsons with twin Heavy Bolter and Las-cannon. The CA gives a cost for the twin Heavy Bolters only. The cost should cover the las-cannon too. But then I'm paying too much for the twin Heavy Bolter.

 

They have dropped another minor but useful unit from Imperial Armor. I lost my Gryphonne Chimeras. Imagine my Dismay.

 

[sairence]

There were only 3 changes for us this time around:

Baneblades got 40p cheaper

Ogryns got cheaper

Death Riders + DR Command squads got more expensive.

 

Everything else stayed the same.

[duz_]

U believe the new general design for the unit costs are free upgrades are no longer listed in the cost section

 

Which would mean the multi laser cost for a Chimera is built into the base price and the heavy bolter is an upgrade from that

Similarly the heavy bolter on the basilisk is likely factored into the base unit cost

 

I can speak to the baneblades I don't have the current CA

[sairence]

So for the Baneblade, it was a bit tricky at first because they gave the Twin-HB a cost, but forgot a hull-mounted one.

 

They fixed this by removing the cost for the Twin-HB entirely and adding the cost of the Sponson-Twin-HBs to the cost of the Lascannon. So even though it lists only the Lascannon it's the cost for the whole sponson, because you HAVE to take them together anyway. This already happened in a FAQ after the 2020 munitorum manual though.

 

It gets funky when you get to something like the Chimera, which ends up with different costs for HBs/HFs than other units (10p instead of 15) because the cost of the 5p for the turret Multilaser is baked into the unit cost already. So for that one you only pay the upgrade cost. But because it can also take a hull-HB that cost is split...5p baked into the unit cost, 10p to pay on top.

 

Contrast this with the Leman Russ. Here the Hull-weapon is listed separately and not baked into the base cost, even though you have to take one. Reason for that is that you can buy sponson-HBs/HFs extra.

 

It's a bit confusing as an approach but makes sense once you wrapped your head around.

 

Basically...refer to the Codex for the available upgrade options on a unit. If it's not listed in the Munitorum Manual but you can legally take it, it's free. If it has a listed point cost you have to add it on top of the base cost

 

Oh, and just to make matters more interesting there are some upgrade options (powermauls, etc) that are in the Codex but have since then moved to legends, so illegal in some game modes, and therefore don't have points listed anymore. And then there's also the usual oversights, where Scion squads can take Plasmapistols for free because they are legal but no cost is listed. :D

 

The bottom line of all this is that we really need to get a new Codex so that we have an up to date list of all available things + points in one place. I predict this to come out shortly before the next Munitorum Manual, but far enough away from it to have changes in it again. :P

Edited June 19, 2021 by sairence