New Faqs are out

[Mad Dok Rob]

http://natfka.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-40k-faqs-are-up-lots-of-updates.html#more

No big changes for Orks, but couple of interesting changes to Dark Angels...my Black Knight Command Squad can now have 5 Bikes!

[andalucien]

OK, the daemon FAQ is a complete joke and doesn't answer any of the huge questions most people have (Fiends - both the initiative lowering ability and psychic penalty, Flamer chariot being totally useless since it can't move and shoot, etc).

IMHO as a first step either the Adepticon FAQ or a replacement that rules on the same issues should be adopted.  I'm not sure GW will ever get around to it.

[Sir_Prometheus]

thanks for alerting us. 

[Grimwulfe]

(Fiends - both the initiative lowering ability

This was answered.  Initiative cannot be lowered below 1

[Sir_Prometheus]

Weirdly, this wasn't in pink, but:

FAQs
Q: Can I take three of the same (not Twin-linked) weapons on my
Crisis suit? (p100)
A: Yes. Rememberthough that a Crisis battlesuit can still only
fire a maximum of two weapon systems per Shooting phase.
For example: A Crisis battlesuit could be equipped with three
(non Twin-linked) burst cannons, or one Twin-linked burst
cannon and one (non Twin-linked) burst cannon, so long as
you pay the appropriate cost in each instance. In either case,
make sure your opponent is aware how you have chosen to
equip such models at the beginning of the game.

Not really in the taking of 3, but the taking of 2 of the same un-twinlinked.  That's big. 

[andalucien]

ahh, about the Fiend example:  the BRB FAQ now addresses the initiative penalty issue by saying that initiative can never be reduced below 1.  Too bad for the fiends.

Anyway. There are lots of other daemonic issues that were not addressed...

Nevertheless... the BRB FAQ adjustment is actually pretty nice... LOTS of significant clarifications in there...

[PhoenixFire]

Yah i like the 5 black knight thing for command squads, they also clarified that the power field generator only affects the enbarked unit when enbarked. hurricane bolters do benefit from banner of devestation

in other news

tanks cant fire gun emplacements any more lol

interceptor can indeed shoot at units that come out of drop pods

[Sir_Prometheus]

Page 33 – Blast & Large Blast, Line of Sight
Add to the end of the final paragraph:“Rememberto keep the
wounds inflicted by weapons with the Blast specialrule in their
own wound pool, and that wounds from this pool can be
allocated to the closest model in the target unit even if it is out
of sight of any models from the attacking unit”.

Another big one. 

[andalucien]

Weirdly, this wasn't in pink, but:

FAQs
Q: Can I take three of the same (not Twin-linked) weapons on my
Crisis suit? (p100)
A: Yes. Rememberthough that a Crisis battlesuit can still only
fire a maximum of two weapon systems per Shooting phase.
For example: A Crisis battlesuit could be equipped with three
(non Twin-linked) burst cannons, or one Twin-linked burst
cannon and one (non Twin-linked) burst cannon, so long as
you pay the appropriate cost in each instance. In either case,
make sure your opponent is aware how you have chosen to
equip such models at the beginning of the game.

Not really in the taking of 3, but the taking of 2 of the same un-twinlinked.  That's big.

Whoah... yeah... nice

[Sir_Prometheus]

Yeah, I might take units of double Plasma, or double Missile, now.  Expensive, but awesome. 

HOW did they FAQ demons, but not fix that stupid flamer chariot mess-up?

[Sir_Prometheus]

Page 64 – Power Field Generator
Add “If the beareris embarked upon a Transport vehicle, the
powerfield’s effects only apply to models embarked upon that
vehicle”

Oh, good, no more 4++ LRs.  Had to deal with one of those at the 2000 pt tournament (don't think the 4++ was actually what kept me from killing it).  But particular the 3 across thing was dumb. 

[andalucien]

Hmm, Imhotekh affects flyers again now.

[Sir_Prometheus]

I always thought he could, frankly, people took this "if it it didn't roll to hit" thing to far
and were way to liberal with what construes an "attack".

[Sir_Prometheus]

Yah i like the 5 black knight thing for command squads, they also clarified that the power field generator only affects the enbarked unit when enbarked. hurricane bolters do benefit from banner of devestation

in other news

tanks cant fire gun emplacements any more lol

interceptor can indeed shoot at units that come out of drop pods

Yeah, these are all good clarifications, and maybe now people will actually take ravenwing command squads with the devastation banner, which I think was pretty clear their main purpose for it.  (though honestly, with  Sammael and another IC you could pretty well protect the banner as it was, now it's just easier)

[Mad Dok Rob]

Yeah, these are all good clarifications, and maybe now people will actually take ravenwing command squads with the devastation banner, which I think was pretty clear their main purpose for it.  (though honestly, with  Sammael and another IC you could pretty well protect the banner as it was, now it's just easier)

I really like it because I use the command squad and the ravenwing banner as a big mobile beatstick.  I need to get a few more plasma pistols so I can make another two bikes now.