(Dobbsy @ Jul. 25 2006,07:00)
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Mosc' - 8 formations only if there are 2 WE on the board (and these hits will most likely be negated by shields/fields on the big WEs). If not you've seriously wasted a chunk of points and you only get to shoot 6 formations with minor results BM-wise. High initiative armies will barely feel the effect of 1-2 BMs on formations- especially Space Marines. Orks will laugh off single hits on big mobs.
I'm definitely happy to go with your 2x3/3x2 idea though for sake of player happiness (if others feel it unfair), but IMO this would increase the number of Blast Markers on single formations which WILL have a greater effect on those formations.
Hey Dobbsy, why would changing anything make your concern any more prominent? In other words, if we leave it as it is, you can STILL fire everything at one formation. Just because you can split doesn't mean you must split. 
And high-activation armies pay for that activation. I'd be miffed as a SM player if I had to actually ROLL initiative. 
If nobody else thinks this is a big deal, we should probably leave it. I have no practical experience on this. My guess is, however, that this can be abused quite easily. And being that I've inherited Kotrin's leftovers, my Tau army may very well be on the board this summer.
It would be good to hear from people like Asaura to find out what the implications of all those BMs were in his game._________________
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I have another filter of these threads planned in the near future, when I go through each thread, consolidate, respond and sort the points - adding the results to the update thread when required.
) altering the salvos to 2x salvoes and 3xMW shots each (and a note on the ability to independently target them).