Question about a tau weapon

[wyrmtong]

I was playing against my brother yesterday and he decided to use the airbursting fragmentation projector. Now what i wanted to ask is, does this weapon scatter? Because i thought the weapon gets treated as a barrage weapon since its a Guess weapon. But im not to sure....

[invictus]

um what gun is that? what vehicle was it on?

[wyrmtong]

Its a Crysis Battlesuit weapon. One of those special weapons, or prototypes, or whatever. Only one guy in the army is apperently allowed to have it.
Its stats are (RNG G18", Str 4, Ap 5, Assualt1/Large Blast/No cover save)
I'm just wondering if the weapon scatters considering its a guess weapon.

[invictus]

Ah ok. Thanks for the question though, I have never seen anybody use this so didn't even know it was there lol.

Yes it does scatter as a barrage weapon. Remember it is an assault one so yes he can move and shoot it.

[Enigma]

It doesn't exist mate. I checked the ref sheet on the net. They take all weapons and units and put them there. It doesn't exist. Your friend's cheating you.

[Argus]

Apr 24, 2008 16:42:19 GMT Enigma said:

It doesn't exist mate. I checked the ref sheet on the net. They take all weapons and units and put them there. It doesn't exist. Your friend's cheating you.

Oh, it exists alright. GW just doesn't put the special issue weapons in the codex on the reference sheet. On-topic, yeah, I was confused about this one as well, I always thought it just meant you could fire the weapon at people who weren't even in the line of sight. Guess I was wrong.

[invictus]

Just for your info it is on page 25 of the tau codex. (so you don't have to root around the codex like I had to )

[Enigma]

Damn. sorry.

[Folken]

Yes it does scatter, and IMO its a terrible gun. Str 5 is par for Tau so is the AP. BUt the scattering makes it HORRIBLE to use, imagine taking out your own units but shotting it. Just terrible if you ask me.

[UnseenOne]

yet it ignores cover... like a bunker...

[Folken]

But its Str 5 AP 5....and can deviate 12 inches...onto your troops hiding in cover...
Besides, if your Suits ae within 18" of the enemy then you have either
A: Won the game and your just mopping up
B: Have no idea what the hell your doing
C: Have just made a huge mistake and are about to be charged.

[CylonDorado]

And also, the no cover save thing only would work on- gaunts, gaurdsmen, and gaurdians (hey, aliteration) and it is acctually only S4. So marines would laugh at you, and then charge you.

[UnseenOne]

do remember though, that the tau comanders are prety feirce in CC.

[wyrmtong]

Sorry for my late reply, for some reason i couldnt log in for thel ast couple of days...

But i think it would be a fairly annoying weapon against almost anyone in cover as it ignores cover and chucks out the big pie plate. It's an assault 1 gun so he can jump his suit into range, shoot, then retreat again. Which is utterly annoying. But yeah, at least now i know it scatters. Altho its a 6 inch scatter if he can see me, which atm is not a hard thing to do considering we barely have any terrain.

[myrmidon]

Very situational weapon when compared with even the standard guns available to a Crisis suit. If you're playing against an Eldar player whos army consists of naught but Vipers/Falcons and two pathfinders sitting nice in their improved 2+ cover save... Nothing wipes grins off than landing a suit next to them and shouting "Hey chaps, look at this firework!".

Normally a pathetic (and dangerous) weapon. Situationaly, can change the outcome of a game.