Rug wrote:
Why do you keep comparing them with Rangers! They do not compare well at all!
they're the closest comparison in the game IMO. Bar that Eldar have some different special rules and SR 4/5 they're very similar.
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If you try them they do allow you to do some nifty tricks....
Tried 'em lots. They're suckballs.
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They help the mobility of mech Inf and in combination with Ogryns and a SHT platoon or company can make a BTS EXTREMELY difficult to wipe out, even arty!
Never had any luck attaching them to mech inf. They don't hit anything because they need 7's to hit normally, or they're engaging (Chimeras have armour, I love to engage with my mech inf) and so can't snipe.
Beefing out a formation to make it harder to kill better done with the Infantry Platoon upgrade first, better value, then support weapon units because they're better. :-)
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If I allowed and upgrade of any more than two SHT companies would not be allowed to take them as they'd be able to garrison,
Technically true, but sodding silly and in need of an Errata to count DC's as units for garrison purposes like what was done with Teleporting WE's, IMO.
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Mossians get great Snipers!
Because unlike Steel Legion ones, they have a separate formation/activation.
It's almost like the designer saw the main issue with the steel legion ones' lack of utility and addressed it!