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Started by The Man They Call Jayne, April 27, 2014, 11:16:17 PM

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The Man They Call Jayne

How do you justify an Ogryn being able to shrug off a Lascannon? Because he is really really fat? No. If you fire anti vehicle firepower at an infantry unit it should die.
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Quote from: The Man They Call Jayne on April 28, 2014, 06:40:11 PM
How do you justify an Ogryn being able to shrug off a Lascannon? Because he is really really fat? No. If you fire anti vehicle firepower at an infantry unit it should die.
How do I justify it? I don't. But while stupidity inevitably breeds stupidity, it should still be fought and resisted rather than embraced and folded into other codices. So I really don't think Crisis suits should be immune to ID or made T5. They're fine as they are. Tyranids can potentially have their entire Synapse web cut in a single turn, but I'm not campaigning to bring back their immunity to S8 instagib.

Also, with Ogryns I think the reason they're T5 is more to do with exceptionally tough skin rather than "just being fat" and also have a higher than normal pain threshold, whereas the Crisis suit's pilot is still a normal firewarrior, with all the vulnerabilities thereof. Hence the T4, rather than T5.
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Which is why I don't want T5 on the normal Crisis Suits, because they shouldn't be that tough. Hazards yes, Broadsides, situationally. Crisis suits are meant to be faster and more mobile weapon platforms.
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Yes, I know you weren't pushing for T5, but immunity to ID has been proven to be a bloody stupid idea, even with fluff justification. If that were the case, ANY character in Terminator Armour would be immune to Instant Death. Like I said, they tried it with Tyranids and it went stupid, because then Necrons got it too etc and it just went bloody daft. So no, I really don't see any justification for it.
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