Hi again,
I read about this in some old discussions, but I wanted to refresh the topic and, possibly, get a final word (if it does exist!); I would also suggest that the FAQs on NetEA tournament pack would be updated in order to minimize the puzzlyness.
This is about the (in?)famous FAQ about the sniper ablity associated to CC and FF values
Quote:
Q: What units may an attacker choose to hit with sniper hits in an assault?
A: Any enemy units within 15cm and in the line of fire of the unit regardless if the hit was from an assault weapon or small arms weapon
This is rather unequivocal. Sounds a bit weird, but that is what is written.
Now, I understand that only Tyranid Lictors have "Sniper" specified about their CC attack; but in this very case, it was never meant to work as the FAQ above, and it is all reduced to choosing a target in BtB contact with the Lictor for hit allocation, and of course to applying the armour save malus.
To be honest, I would not find that immersion-breaking for the sneaky Lictors to apply the rule as the FAQ says. Also they would get a little boost in their tactical effectiveness (I was fancying a punchline like "you never said those Falcons far away were also popping up!"). Of course, I would never dare to discuss the massive playtesting that's been surely done on the list.
So, what about this issue? May I suggest to fix the FAQ so that the sniper rule in assaults only applies to attacks that use the FF value?