gunslinger007 wrote:
Razorshark AA tweaked so that TWC match the Barracuda w/ AA6+. Moved the QIT to AA5+ but kept it FA to prevent a power imbalance.
Seems a bit odd having the quad turret, mounted at the back of the aircraft, restricted to a forward firing arc. The model could reasonably have the Burst Cannons on a Forward Arc. Would that be enough for balance? It would be nice to celebrate the quirky (OK, crazy) aerodynamic layout of the GW offering.
gunslinger007 wrote:
I'm interested specifically to hear people's thoughts on the R'varna suit and the Ghostkeel.
Do you need need to have the Invulnerable Save on the Ghostkeel as well? I do realise that it simulates the suit being harder to hit (with heavy weapons) with all that stealth technology. But the Stealth Suits themselves just get RA5+.
Do the R'varna Suits deserve the FF 4+ given they are a longer range support rig? That might be one way to tone them down if that is required. In the past the main vulnerability of my heavy suits has been their lack of Fearless.
Broken by volume of fire and then killed off with blast markers. My experience has also been that the armour resilience becomes more formidable as the numbers of Heavy Suits on the table goes up.
Warhammer 40,000 Wiki wrote:
When it comes to deflecting and withstanding damage, the XV107's armour is comparable to the Tactical Dreadnought Armour used by the Imperium's Terminator Space Marines.
So I guess the 4++5+ armour is already a little stronger. But the same could be said about the standard Riptide armour at 3+5+ (2 out of 9 hits go through, compared to 2 out of 8 hits for RA 4+ standard terminators, but the Chaplains get 4++6+, so, . . . ok). Remembering about the Terminator Characters makes me think the R'varna armour, as is, might be ok.
The R'varna is rather resilient against TK weaponry compared to a typical WE, if you ignore the shields and Fearless. Does seem a little odd having the Manta with thicker, but similar, armour (in the fluff) being more vulnerable to fire on the NetEA battlefield. Manta 5++5+. The advantages of Fearless on the Manta is pretty much balanced out by always being in LOF due to being a Support Craft.
Think I am just descending into specific instance of the issues around the coarse granularity of the RA rule. So I will stop. Four R'varna Suits as a BTS formation is very attractive.