Post by Jack Shrapnel on Aug 26, 2011 12:50:13 GMT -5
Okay then... this part will be short.... 
Your choice for troops = 1.... battle sisters only... no more stormtroopers (le sigh) for some cheap suicide melta and rhino chasis target saturation....
So lets look at the changes for the basic girls....
Stats.... well they're exactly the same....
Cost - well they've gone UP in price by 15 points....
Okay, I read Jacobus vs. Confessor... 15 points more must give you a ton of awesome right? Well you get a 6++... so 1 in 6 melta shots are deflected... okay, it's not like too many AP3 weapons are heading their way to make this a difference really... the vast majority of time you're rocking your power armor....
oh and you are limited to one act of faith now... which pulls double duty in letting you regroup automatically (meh - the old one was used rarely that did this) or reroll all 1's to hit... so scything talons... not too bad I guess.... but losing rending bolters / flamers is really huge for the girls...
oh well, at least their rhino now costs the same as everyone else's....
wait a second....
they can take Immolators!!!!!
That's right, your girls who cannot be taken in squads small enough to ride in an Immolator (min size is 10) can still take one as a dedicated transport... so that maybe your arco's can have a ride?
so maybe the big units of 20 girls sitting on an objective is going to see some play.... oh right... they can't cross the board quick or safely enough to take another objective... so home field babysitting only to unlock an Immolator or rhino rides for something that can't take them I guess....
All told though, you'll be taking the girls because you don't have any other troop options.... and you're going to see them fielded pretty much exactly like now... 10 girls in a rhino... at least the flamer dropped 1 point.... that heavy flamer jumped 8 though, so you take the good with the bad I guess....
So regular sisters got more expensive, lost divine guidance (HUGE) and can unlock Immolators for someone else to ride in....
Have to say it... as a sisters player this one falls pretty flat for me....
I'll include a little ray of sunshine in all of this... the dedicated transports:
Rhinos are now just like everyone else (win!) except get a 6++ (wow... super extra win!)
Immolators are the same price but now get free smoke launchers, (yay) the 6++ (super yay) and twin linked multi-meltas are five points cheaper... well that's awesome, but who takes multi-meltas on immolators? they're for moving 12" and burning the hell out of the unbelievers! oh wait a second.... they can't move 12" and burn anymore!!!!! dammit...I glued those heavy flamers on.... le sigh....
Your choice for troops = 1.... battle sisters only... no more stormtroopers (le sigh) for some cheap suicide melta and rhino chasis target saturation....
So lets look at the changes for the basic girls....
Stats.... well they're exactly the same....
Cost - well they've gone UP in price by 15 points....
Okay, I read Jacobus vs. Confessor... 15 points more must give you a ton of awesome right? Well you get a 6++... so 1 in 6 melta shots are deflected... okay, it's not like too many AP3 weapons are heading their way to make this a difference really... the vast majority of time you're rocking your power armor....
oh and you are limited to one act of faith now... which pulls double duty in letting you regroup automatically (meh - the old one was used rarely that did this) or reroll all 1's to hit... so scything talons... not too bad I guess.... but losing rending bolters / flamers is really huge for the girls...
oh well, at least their rhino now costs the same as everyone else's....
wait a second....
they can take Immolators!!!!!
That's right, your girls who cannot be taken in squads small enough to ride in an Immolator (min size is 10) can still take one as a dedicated transport... so that maybe your arco's can have a ride?
so maybe the big units of 20 girls sitting on an objective is going to see some play.... oh right... they can't cross the board quick or safely enough to take another objective... so home field babysitting only to unlock an Immolator or rhino rides for something that can't take them I guess....
All told though, you'll be taking the girls because you don't have any other troop options.... and you're going to see them fielded pretty much exactly like now... 10 girls in a rhino... at least the flamer dropped 1 point.... that heavy flamer jumped 8 though, so you take the good with the bad I guess....
So regular sisters got more expensive, lost divine guidance (HUGE) and can unlock Immolators for someone else to ride in....
Have to say it... as a sisters player this one falls pretty flat for me....
I'll include a little ray of sunshine in all of this... the dedicated transports:
Rhinos are now just like everyone else (win!) except get a 6++ (wow... super extra win!)
Immolators are the same price but now get free smoke launchers, (yay) the 6++ (super yay) and twin linked multi-meltas are five points cheaper... well that's awesome, but who takes multi-meltas on immolators? they're for moving 12" and burning the hell out of the unbelievers! oh wait a second.... they can't move 12" and burn anymore!!!!! dammit...I glued those heavy flamers on.... le sigh....
