New FAQ's up

[nalathani]

Most of the FAQ's have been updated to v1.1, including Tyranids.

www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat440134a&categoryId=1000018§ion=&aId=3400019

*edit* just read through it. Basically:

1. Lots of clarifications for Lash Whips
2. Broodlords cannot fire beams or any witchfires at all, and if it rolls them up on the table, is stuck with them.
3. Mawlocs cannot hit flyers
4. Clarifies that KFFs, jink saves, smoke from vehicles, and spore cloud cover saves cannot be taken against Impaler Cannons.
5. You cannot charge after Onslaught
6. Ymgarls can definetely charge first turn, in case there was still any confusion about that.

That's pretty much it...


From the main rulebook:

1. Units that ignore difficult terrain still go at I1 in combat. I.E. Raveners still suck.
2. Hammer of Wrath hits do not apply ANY special rules such as poison, rending, etc. So, Shrikes with boneswords do not ignore armor with HoW.
3. Grounded FMC's are now gliding, so they are hit normally.
4. Unique models are characters, so, go Deathleaper!
5.

[Jabberwocky]

Hurrah! Even the rulebook one!

*commences reading*

[bigpig]

No change to boneswords in Tyranid FAQ. Value of the Hive Guard's "no cover saves" rule has been reinforced. This is all good.

I love the further examples of GWs quality control. In the question on Lash Whips and pile in moves; "Does a unit that piles into a LW equiped model on its initiative step make its attack at its own initiative step or at iniative 1" Answer: "It fights at its normal Initiative 1 step" /sigh. Nice one GW No end to argument on that one for a few months.

The bad stuff really isn't THAT bad (broodlord ruling is troubling but can be worked around). Going to check out the main rulebook FAQ now. So far the one thing that jumps out at me... Trygon Prime is a character hmmmm

[swarm492]

I'm a little disappointed, I was hoping for something with some more meat to it.

[apaosa]

Yay, full character units are gone.

[WestRider]

A huge one, from the Main Rulebook FAQ:
Q: Flyers are entitled to choose whether or not to use the Skyfire special rule at the start of each Shooting phase. Can Swooping Flying Monstrous Creatures also do this? (p49)
A: Yes.

;D

[bigpig]

Nice find Westrider. Huge buff for nids there!

No clarification to the "do intervening units need to cause 25% obscurement to grant a cover save" debate.

All uniques are characters. That resolves the "Is Deathleaper a character" question in our favor.

Don't have my rulebook here but the ruling to allow you to charge an enemy unit you can't hurt MAY allow us to tarpit dreads with gaunts now. Will have to look at the wording in chaging vehicles section. That would be nice.

[fragile]

That link is taking me to the old FAQ's

[nalathani]

Btw the main rulebook faq specifically states that Tyranid Boneswords are not AP3, they simply ignore all armor

[Sanguineus]

Went to the link but can't find the 6th ed rulebook FAQ. Is it stored somewhere else?

[kippawah]

Sept 7, 2012 14:55:02 GMT fragile said:

That link is taking me to the old FAQ's

Me too.

[Algaron]

Try this link www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=1000018&pIndex=1&aId=3400019&multiPageMode=true&start=2

[swarmy]

Sept 7, 2012 14:42:38 GMT WestRider said:

A huge one, from the Main Rulebook FAQ:
Q: Flyers are entitled to choose whether or not to use the Skyfire special rule at the start of each Shooting phase. Can Swooping Flying Monstrous Creatures also do this? (p49)
A: Yes.

;D

...Wait...really??? They just handed out skyfire just like that? It's going to be a good day lol

[l0rdf1end]

Q: Flyers are entitled to choose whether or not to use the Skyfire
special rule at the start of each Shooting phase. Can Swooping
Flying Monstrous Creatures also do this? (p49)
A: Yes.

Nice, more defence against flyers.

[swarm492]

Trygon primes are characters now??..interesting