Hi Curis,

and thanks for your PM.   I'll answer here for everybody's benefit.

1.  Robots are listed as infantry, but have the Walker special rule.  Should they be armoured vehicle, light vehicles, or infantry (in which case they shouldn't have the Walker special rule)?

penetrating shot?

Thanks Hojyn!

I've packed my Squats up and will be rocking them out tomorrow evening.

Well, Walker is not for vehicles only.

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Thanks for the info, Curis. Looks like I had it all wrong.  

OK, so why not give Mounted to all 3 pieces of artillery? They would all be on an equal footing, then.

Penetrating Shot is a new ability for the Squat list, more specifically for the Cyclops' Hellfury Cannon but designed to be re-usable for any list. Here's what it does:

Some weapons are capable of inflicting heavy damage to the most resistant targets, be it through the use of devastating firepower or a rare and "exotic" technology
(EMP, Warp, etc.).
Any target hit by a weapon with the Penetrating Shot special ability suffers a -1 save modifier. In addition to this, a Penetrating Shot weapon will inflict critical
damage to War Engines on a roll of 5+ instead of the usual 6+.

Surely Titan Killer would fit the better?

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2 questions about squat list in the Compendium
1)
it's somehow strange, that Leviathan is an upgrade.
a) AFAIUnderstand it's not real to load it up with 2 warrior formations anymore, as it can transport only his own formation. only combo to fully load it is warriors+warr.upgr.+hearthguards.
b) AFAIU it do not count to the "1/3 titans" limit anymore - so there's powergaming way to take, e.g., 4*(warriors+Leviathan=525)+Goliath battary+Cyclops(4 megacannons + 4 penetrator blasts + one hell of TK/macro shots) and just go blast anyone. Or drop 1 leviathan formation and take whatever guard we need for that glass megacannons)

2)
Is there any real purpose for Hellfury to be Titan Killer AND macro? AFAIK, Titan Killer already ignores any save except invulnerable, or am I wrong? And am I right, that penetrating shot there do not penetrate any save(as they're ignored) and just adds higher probability of crits?

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I'm afraid a TK barrage weapon would be way too powerful. Only the Eldar Cobra has it IIRC, and it's on a 30 cm range weapon, not a long-range weapon like the Goliath.

I think (well, I hope) that Penetrating Shot shows how powerful it is, both against regular troops and war engines.

Yes, it's been done on purpose to limit the list's versatiliy. What's more, the Leviathan's first role is troop transport.

b) AFAIU it do not count to the "1/3 titans" limit anymore - so there's powergaming way to take, e.g., 4*(warriors+Leviathan=525)+Goliath battary+Cyclops(4 megacannons + 4 penetrator blasts + one hell of TK/macro shots) and just go blast anyone. Or drop 1 leviathan formation and take whatever guard we need for that glass megacannons)

and another one - now I think just a misprint
at the end section it says: Colossus, Cyclops, Leviathan and Land Train formations have In 1+, everyone other 2+
As there's now no "Leviathan" formations as is, is it right that formation of warriors with Leviathan transport upgrade have In 1+ ?
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and just a gamer question: how it happened that squats(=space dwarfs) have so fragile infantry everywhere? why there's no at least hearthguard formation? and how warrior/berserker brotherhoods are supposed to be played, except of tunneling to the objectives? In no way I'm insulting anybody, that's really cool list, and squat War Engines are awesome, but basic lads...what to do with them?)

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Could you make a stand-alone version of the Squat list again? That is without the compendium.

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