Quote: (stompzilla @ 17 Dec. 2008, 01:47 )
I can't find any rules or fluff justification for them not getting the extra MW attack.
There aren't rules specifically against it. Unit data sheets say what the unit can do, not what is excluded. The Exarch character has a weapon stat line. That stat line does not have MW, so in the absence of something that explicitly gives the FD Exarch MW on the Extra Attack, it does not have it.
The question is whether the explanation in the Notes section of the FD data sheet means that the MW is a unit ability and applies to everything the unit does (meaning it would also add MW to the EA) or whether it's solely an explanation of a rule exception and therefore does not impart anything beyond what is explicitly in the weapon stat line(s).
I don't know why it never made it into the FAQs, but it's come up many times on the boards and the answer has been the same from the answer mods and the old ERC when it was functioning: The note is explanatory, not a unit ability. MW without EA only applies to the unit's basic attack with the weapon that has the MW ability. It does not automatically turn every attack by the unit into MW.
That decision/reasoning is obviously not universally accepted. However, it has been applied consistently and has been used in creating new units as well, e.g. the Land Raider Crusader that has EA FF attacks and a MWFF from a Multimelta that does not apply to the EA FF attacks.
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That said, it remains your game. If the guys you play with want to make the FD Exarch +1EA MW, then do it.
