Biovore confusion.

[0800hell]

I am a little confused with the biovores, recently i have started using them and they have been doing well, howerver im unsure if i have been doing it right.

In the rule it says if u have a unit of biovores the weapon is made D3 blasts, does this mean its D3 for the entire unit or D3 per model?, the codex and FAQ arent clear on it, so i thought i would put it to the forum.

[Raven]

That rule does not exist in the current codex. The rules for the Spore Mine Launcher follow the multiple barrage rules with 1 large blast per Biovore.

[coredump]

Where did you see D3 blasts??

[agonzoman00]

Follow the rule for multiple barrage in the main rule book. Since adding two 3 man units of Biovores I am 6 - 1 and that one loss was to a space marine bike army in a kill point game. 1 Bike survived and I lost by points.

[0800hell]

Lel, on looking at the rule, it appears i am mistaken... i dont know what i saw..

[Silegy]

I guess most of us know that feeling

[Squire]

Aug 24, 2013 6:04:20 GMT agonzoman00 said:

Follow the rule for multiple barrage in the main rule book. Since adding two 3 man units of Biovores I am 6 - 1 and that one loss was to a space marine bike army in a kill point game. 1 Bike survived and I lost by points.

Wow. Were you not winning as often before their inclusion? Interesting choice anyway.

Also how did you model six biovores? If I were doing any more than a unit of three I would have converted warriors with stranglethorn cannons. It was expensive enough paying for three pyrovores and the spore mines, the idea of shelling out for six of them is eye watering when you consider how low that amounts to in points!

[atrocity]

Not all of us always buy models from GW when one can buy copies of them for 30% of the price in China/Russia.

[Squire]

Aug 24, 2013 8:44:51 GMT atrocity said:

Not all of us always buy models from GW when one can buy copies of them for 30% of the price in China/Russia.

That sounds pretty good...

[agonzoman00]

[/quote]Wow. Were you not winning as often before their inclusion? Interesting choice anyway.

Also how did you model six biovores? If I were doing any more than a unit of three I would have converted warriors with stranglethorn cannons. It was expensive enough paying for three pyrovores and the spore mines, the idea of shelling out for six of them is eye watering when you consider how low that amounts to in points![/quote]

My 5th ed list was genestealer heavy. Since 6th ed I have had a hard time finding a mix that worked for me. I have also been doing a lot of testing of model a play mixes.

Its funny you should say that about the warriors becasue thats exactly what I did with some bits I bought online. here are some photos.

[arnestig]

Use the pyrovore model, looks badass. Noone can tell the difference apart.. except for other nid players.

[halvar]

not been here in a while so sorry for the necro, but I believe I know why you thought there were d3 spores per biovore. in the summary the spore mine blast, whatever it's called, is right next to the harpys spore mine flyover attack. that attack gives d3 blasts if I'm not mistaken.

[N.I.B.]

Aug 26, 2013 19:26:40 GMT arnestig said:

Use the pyrovore model, looks badass. Noone can tell the difference apart.. except for other nid players.

This. My only worry is that GW looks at the sales and decide that the Pyrovore is good as it is, not realizing that 99.9% are bought as Biovore proxies.

[arnestig]

I think GW actually plays the same game we do and I doubt they would only look at the sales figures for the two models and decide what units needs a new rule.

[0800hell]

I think I know where I saw the d3 statistic, it is about how many spore mines spawn when biovores shoot dere guns and miss, which actually could be smart too actually miss, coz if they move into range them u get d3 times more blasts..