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The situation for Orks can be somewhat different. ?If you have a Warband in a Battlefortress, I believe that it's best to deploy inside the transport. ?That way, the barrage attack can only cause 2 attacks (by centering a template on the 3 DC WE). ?On average, only 1 will hit, and you'll save that hit half the time. ?True, that hit can cause a critical (killing the fort and almost all units in the warband), but that's balanced against the 50% chance of escaping with only BMs, and a 41% chance of just suffering 1 DC.
Things are worse with a MW barrage, of course. ?a 'Fort won't save the 1 hit it receives on average, so there's a 83% chance of suffering 1 DC, and a 16% chance of losing practically everything (strangely enough, losing the 'Fort to a crit actually increases the chances that one of the transported stands survives to 1 in 6)!
Big warbands in 2 Battleforts, or normal warbands in 2 Gunforts can deploy so that only one 'Fort gets hit by the barrage, so if your opponent wins the "crit lottery", you'll only lose half the formation, and have a chance to rally it back and get some use out of it.
Many people would ignore the low average hits, and decide not to take the chance. ?*I* say those people need to develop a more Orky attitude! ?That barrage is gonna land somewhere, and its better to take the hit on a formation that has good odds of laughing it off. ?If luck is against you, remember the Orks' motto: "cruch all you want, we've got more!"
One final note. ?Do not try this against Deathstrikes and do not keep your boyz mounted up at the end of Turn 1. ?Deathstrikes kill 'Forts with a single blow almost 75% of the time (thanks to crit rolls when they roll low), and direct fire attacks (which should be in range after your first move) typically land far more than one hit. ?This tactic is very specialized. ?
Personally, I think the jury is out on whether you should try to pull this off against an opponent with an Air Assault formation. ? On the one hand, you will lose the entire Warband. ?On the other hand, you may intentionally be using the Warband as bait, have a bunch of support fire formations lined up, and expect to eradicate the Air Assaulters once they're on the ground (which should, on average, be a trade in your favor). ?Dangling entire formations out as bait seems very Orky to me, but can be quite chancy.
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I always, always, deploy marines outside rhino's if there's anything that might threaten them big time. Especially air assault formations.