Quote: (Hena @ Nov. 14 2009, 00:19 )
About Blight Drones. I've been comparing the unit to the rest and have to wonder about few things.
1. Speed. Shouldn't it be a bit slower than normal scout skimmer as it doesn't have scout and it's AV. So speed of 25 or 30 should be fine.
2. CC and FF. What's the deal with CC4+ and FF6+? Wouldn't 5+, 5+ be better?
3. Weapons. Twin Reaper check. But instead of Maw Cannon, I'd slap Vomit Cannon on it as that has stats already (1 pip worse to-hit but IC so it's similar effectiveness even). Better to use existing weapons than to make new ones.
Ps. what weapons there are on Plague Reaper?
1. Maybe. But Falcons are Fast SKimmers too and Armoured Vehicles and have Speed 35cm. So far all Skimmers are Speed 35cm (exception are the Tau).
2. Actually it's CC6+ and FF4+
3. No Twin Reaper. It's an misconception as Reaper Autocannons are ALLWAYS twin-linked. So the Blight Drone has "only" a Reaper Autocannon. The Maw Cannonis stated that it can use the Phlegm or Vomit profile. So i merged the two profiles into one.
The current stats for the Blight Drone are:
Blight DroneType Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightArmoured Vehicle 35cm 5+ 6+ 4+
Weapon Range Firepower NotesVomit Cannon 30cm AP3+/AT5+ Ignore Cover
Reaper Autocannon 30cm AP4+/AT6+ -
Notes: Fearless, Invulnerable Save, Skimmer.
The Plague Reaper has the same weapons as a Baneblade expcept that it exchanges the Baneblade Battlecannon and the co-axial Autocannon for a Pus Cannon which has the exact same stats as an Inferno Gun.
 And BLight Drones are considerably smaller than Tau tanks. The speed of a Rhino would be my minimum proposal (30cm).
