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[Rules] Blast markers and suppresion with Marines
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Author:  Chroma [ Tue May 26, 2009 3:39 pm ]
Post subject:  [Rules] Blast markers and suppresion with Marines
So, this came up in a Marine vs Tyranids thread:

when I first started playing I didn't play the And They Shall Know No Fear rule correctly. I thought that in a formation of 4 Predators, 2 would be suppressed if I had 4 blast markers. I never thought to apply the BMs front to back and only start doubling them up on (and suppressing) marine units when I had more BMs than the number of units left in the formation. That little change alone really helped out my marine fire power.

And

I've been playing it that it takes 2 BM to suppress 1 Marine unit. So when I have 2 BM on a formation, 1 Marine unit is suppressed.

Plus

Nope, you still place BM back to front and don't start doubling up until you have a number of BM greater than the number of units in the formation.

2 BM on a formation with 2 or more units means nothing is suppressed.

Finally

Er... Blast markers aren't "assigned" to units in any way... they "belong" to the the formation.

Normal formation: 1 Blast marker = 1 Unit suppressed.

Marine formation: 1 Blast marker = 0 Units suppressed.
                 2 Blast markers = 1 Unit suppressed.
                 3 Blast markers = 1 Unit suppressed.
                 4 Blast markers = 2 Units suppressed.

And so on.  There's no "assigning one Blast marker" or "doubling up" involved at all.

Seems we've got a debate!
Author:  Dwarf Supreme [ Tue May 26, 2009 3:49 pm ]
Post subject:  [Rules] Blast markers and suppresion with Marines
Quote: (Chroma @ 26 May 2009, 10:39 )

Marine formation: 1 Blast marker = 0 Units suppressed.
                 2 Blast markers = 1 Unit suppressed.
                 3 Blast markers = 1 Unit suppressed.
                 4 Blast markers = 2 Units suppressed.

This is how I've thought it worked.
Author:  Evil and Chaos [ Tue May 26, 2009 3:50 pm ]
Post subject:  [Rules] Blast markers and suppresion with Marines
I believe Dave is wrong.

The example quoted by Dwarf Supreme above is correct.
Author:  nealhunt [ Tue May 26, 2009 4:07 pm ]
Post subject:  [Rules] Blast markers and suppresion with Marines
Yep.  BMs aren't "allocated" like hits.  It's just 1/2 the normal number of units suppressed, rounded down.
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