[40k4] Drones and Turboboosting bikes. AKA Droning On - MOD-Jhorred(Jeff)
Replies [0]. This Reply Posted [10/11/2004 10:56].
Hi guys
Just so ya know, we have been keeping up with the debate on Tau Shield Drones. I'd just like to say that the reason the FAQ gives the answer it does is that we don't want to make an exception to a fundamentally important core rule in an FAQ - its simply not the right place to do it. You'll have noticed with the FAQs that we just tried to nudge older rules into line with the new ones, not whack them so hard they look bent.
So, we will address the Drone issue, but not here, and not now. We will give them the respect they deserve at a point in the not too distant future.
Another point I'd like to comment on is that of psycannons vs turbo-boosting bikers. The reason we let that one through is that is that we have an existing turbo boost rule in the form of Dark Eldar jet bikes, and we want all similar special rules to be the same in wording and effect. Remember when we had different versions of True Grit? That situation was universally reviled (not least on this board) and it wasn't a situation we wanted or intended. So, when we wrote the turbo boost rules we decided to stick with the existing rule, rather than have two versions of it in existance. And if at the end of the day a few Grey Knights are capable of plugging Daemonbombing Chaos Bikers with ease - well, that's what Grey Knights train for, so its hardly that much of a stretch of the imagination.
So, please quit the rants about the game being 'dumbed down'. That's not what's happening at all. The games with the clearest rules sets often turn out to be the most challenging in gameplay, and that's what we're after here.
Cheers
Andy H [/b]