GSC FAQ Rumours

[trepid]

Some rumours on the GSC FAQ taken from the GSC Discord channel - Not sure how I feel about the "A Plan Generations in the Making" designer notes; but the rest seem sensible. 

[russellr]

I like all these, but there better be a lot more since those screenshots were taken! Loads of things need to be addressed.

The Locus change seems petty though. I guess enough people whined so GW had to remove any creative descriptions. sigh.

[No One]

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count as being set up on the battlefield for the purposes of Tactical Reserves

Woops?

Furthermore, in matched play games, units that are not placed on the battlefield during deployment in order to arrive on the battle mid-game as reinforcements cannot arrive on the battlefield during the first battle round.

T1 DS with they came from below unless addressed elsewhere I guess .

Magus buff is nice, not sure how I feel about plan: gives incentive to not spend lots of CP on it twice I guess? You'd think they'd remember from ogryn bodyguard (ref locus), but they realised a lot quicker this time.

[syrcle]

With this, T1 deepstrike should be done, isn'it? Units don't count as reinforcement but set up on the battlefield. Sooo..

[No One]

Using they came from below (and provided it's not addressed elsewhere in the FAQ), yes.

[sidedisc]

Feb 22, 2019 9:39:14 GMT syrcle said:

With this, T1 deepstrike should be done, isn'it? Units don't count as reinforcement but set up on the battlefield. Sooo..

Sorry, I don’t understand how they can T1 deepstrike even with they came from below. All that strat does is put them underground. Surely that means they are still subject to the beta reinforcement rule?

[dotcomee]

Feb 22, 2019 9:33:30 GMT No One said:

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count as being set up on the battlefield for the purposes of Tactical Reserves

Woops?

Furthermore, in matched play games, units that are not placed on the battlefield during deployment in order to arrive on the battle mid-game as reinforcements cannot arrive on the battlefield during the first battle round.

T1 DS with they came from below unless addressed elsewhere I guess .

Magus buff is nice, not sure how I feel about plan: gives incentive to not spend lots of CP on it twice I guess? You'd think they'd remember from ogryn bodyguard (ref locus), but they realised a lot quicker this time.

I don't think it's a buff.  Normally the affected models would get a 24" range deny right?  Now they only get a 12" range deny.  Or did I read that wrong?

[sidedisc]

Also, assuming it’s true, changing our vect to 1 use is okay I guess, however, I’d prefer they rewrite it to auto happen. No 2+ if it’s one use only. 

[purestrain]

Once a game is a huge nerf. Expect to see FaE lose steam on the spot, also its going to be too easy to bait it with semi useful stratagems. Here come the nerfs boys

[sidedisc]

Feb 22, 2019 10:37:07 GMT purestrain said:

Once a game is a huge nerf. Expect to see FaE lose steam on the spot, also its going to be too easy to bait it with semi useful stratagems. Here come the nerfs boys

Oh yeah it’s a huge nerf. However, with the rate GSC throw CP away anyway you may only end up casting it once even with a triple battalion. In my game yesterday I dropped 18 of my 19 by end of turn 2 without casting it! 

[syrcle]

Feb 22, 2019 9:54:35 GMT sidedisc said:

Feb 22, 2019 9:39:14 GMT syrcle said:

With this, T1 deepstrike should be done, isn'it? Units don't count as reinforcement but set up on the battlefield. Sooo..

Sorry, I don’t understand how they can T1 deepstrike even with they came from below. All that strat does is put them underground. Surely that means they are still subject to the beta reinforcement rule?

The rule say that units not placed on the battlefield during the deployment can't arrive T1. But blips count as units. So when we don't start, using the stratagem allow us to deepstrike up to 3 infantry/bikes unit during our first turn

[No One]

dotcomee said:

I don't think it's a buff. Normally the affected models would get a 24" range deny right? Now they only get a 12" range deny. Or did I read that wrong?

True. More sideways then, I guess. It removes the restriction on being targeted, so you can try and deny buffs as well, which is usually far more important. So essentially, it gives a reason to daisy chain back to a magus, rather than what'd often be a single shot at denying a smite.

[dan3dim]

Where is that GSC Discord channel?

[sidedisc]

Feb 22, 2019 10:48:00 GMT syrcle said:

Feb 22, 2019 9:54:35 GMT sidedisc said:

Sorry, I don’t understand how they can T1 deepstrike even with they came from below. All that strat does is put them underground. Surely that means they are still subject to the beta reinforcement rule?

The rule say that units not placed on the battlefield during the deployment can't arrive T1. But blips count as units. So when we don't start, using the stratagem allow us to deepstrike up to 3 infantry/bikes unit during our first turn

Thanks for clarifying. I doubt that will be allowed, however, it will be awesome if that is what the writers intended. Probably an oversight on their part.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Feb 22, 2019 10:48:00 GMT syrcle said:

Feb 22, 2019 9:54:35 GMT sidedisc said:

Sorry, I don’t understand how they can T1 deepstrike even with they came from below. All that strat does is put them underground. Surely that means they are still subject to the beta reinforcement rule?

The rule say that units not placed on the battlefield during the deployment can't arrive T1. But blips count as units. So when we don't start, using the stratagem allow us to deepstrike up to 3 infantry/bikes unit during our first turn

Blips count as units but the unit is not on the battlefield. A nexos can't attempt to generate cp while it's in a blip.

Note: I'm considering blips to be the equivalent of a transport. The blip is on the battlefield, not the unit it is hiding. This is the same thing as the transport being on the battlefield but not the units inside it (psychers can't cast within a transport, etc).