fredmans wrote:
Dactylis. As most people point out. 4 Dactylis in the Independent section costs 400. 440 gives you a Tyrant and 8 gaunts as well. My first question is whether Dactylis should be available as an upgrade, and the same probably goes for Biovores and Exocrines as well. I see why Assault Slugs should be, but maybe artillery/ranged shooting should be considered Independents and left there. If they should stay as an upgrade, I think Dactylis at least should cost more. Of the arty bugs, I do not think anyone else but Dactylis are really spammable. 4 Exocrines are not that good, but 4 Dactylis really are.
In my opinion, it's the independent Dactylis swarm that is overpriced. 400 points is too much for a slow, medium-range 4BP artillery formation. Durable, yes, but really not that dangerous.
Markconz wrote:
Ok so Harsupexes and Carnfexes seem ok from the last game.
Why though does the Hierophant not have a Biocannon given the Dom and Dule both have them and it will be on almost all old school models? This seems like a mistaken carry over from efforts to match the list to models and ideas that never eventuated in the Epic Armageddon era rather than something that should be retained now. Bioplasma is a special breath weapon of the Hierophant, not a biocannon. For something over 500 points I really think it should have the bio-cannon same as the Dule, and the list should match the models not the other way around. Perhaps this means it should be 550 points or something but it is already a great deal of points for something so vulnerable to TK weapons.
If taking the 60cm blast weapon it also suffers from the irritating double blast that loses ignore cover ability phenomenon, would be great if something could be done about this... tweaking barrage points, range, points or something perhaps.
I agree heartily with this. I still suggest that the Bio-Titans should be able to pick any two different weapons from the Bio-Titans arm weapons list (Bio-Cannon, Bile Launcher, Pyro-acid Spray, Cluster Spines, Razorclaw). They are, as far as I can see, reasonably equal in power and utility, and it would let people play WYSIWYG with their Bio-Titans however they are modeled.
Good work with the list. How does it work with international games out of curiousity? I'm in Marks group in Christchurch. If I were to play a tyranid playtest online against Alf say and post up a battle report could that count also?
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