Why lack of love for Broodlord?

[swarmy]

I use them still...mostly for camping trips hanging out by far off objectives. They are ok as campers who occasionally throw out psyker pot-shots now

[Anax]

I really hope that a future FAQ will confirm what we already practice with my local group (and is already somewhat used in the rulebook): if psyker cannot use a power (insufficient mastery lvl is the case in the book) they can simply re-roll that. With this the psyker commando BL becomes a much more viable option.

Also BLs (and stealers) are great for getting a linebreaker, when outflanked.

[ravengoescaw]

I use genestealers to infiltrate as close as possible. Then start the melee as soon as possible that is the only real use of genestealers, so spending another 49+pts on the unit per unit seems like a waste because they are not going to be around long enough to pay for themselves.

[DarkGuard]

I still really like my Broodlords. Remember its not just about their powers, but also their stats. They have some great stats that keep them alive and killing. At the moment I run them with 5 Stealers, infiltrate them, and I don't care if the Stealers die or not, as they'll leave a Broodlords behind.

With powers, I haven't tried Telekinesis. Apart from OM I just feel that most of their powers aren't that great.

Telepathy is nice, although the Fear one should ignore ATSKNF but it doesn't, meaning the only useful one there is Dominate IMO.

Biomancy though is my favourite. Endurance and Enfeeble are great. Once I rolled Enfeeble on both. I managed to reduce a Dreadknight to S and T 4 before butchering it with Stealers, very funny. And the other there's Iron Arm and Warp Speed which are handy, especially the latter. While you can roll both shooting powers, you're very likely to roll one of the few you can use, so I would always consider rolling on it.

[l0rdf1end]

"Once I rolled Enfeeble on both. I managed to reduce a Dreadknight to S and T 4".

I'm fairly certain you can't stack enfeeble. Otherwise that would be sick.
I'm still depressed that they can't use Pyschic Shriek.

[swarmy]

Aug 28, 2012 16:52:00 GMT l0rdf1end said:

"Once I rolled Enfeeble on both. I managed to reduce a Dreadknight to S and T 4".

I'm fairly certain you can't stack enfeeble. Otherwise that would be sick.
I'm still depressed that they can't use Pyschic Shriek.

I need to fish it up but I could have sworn someone else at my shop said enfeeble stacks based on some FAQ or in the book itself under maledictions. I'm going to look into that when I get home. I was talking about haemorrhage and multiple stacks of enfeeble on people. It's a pretty mean combo when a marine has to take a toughness test at T2

[kippawah]

Yea, I think it stacks, as long as it's cast from different casters.

[l0rdf1end]

Hmm, unsure why i thought it didn't. Just read it and nothing to confirm my thinking.
Well I guess Enfeeble x2 helps me with Toughness 5 quite nicely.

[coredump]

It stacks from 'different maledictions'; but it never quite defines what that means.

Is enfeeble from different sources 'different'? Or does it have to be an entirely different malediction.

[swarmy]

Aug 28, 2012 19:20:03 GMT coredump said:

It stacks from 'different maledictions'; but it never quite defines what that means.

Is enfeeble from different sources 'different'? Or does it have to be an entirely different malediction.

Well, if they lack the common sense and technical writing staff to put "types of" in between the words I'd say they missed out on their intent if that's what they meant

[DarkGuard]

Nowhere says Enfeeble doesn't stack. And remember, 5th Ed was taking psychic powers in the direction of powers stacking, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's the intent this time around. Maybe we'll get a clarification in the FAQ.