BrainFireBob Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 So, hands ache too much for detail painting, which puts me on a modelling kick. Taking my 10 man CSM bike squad and some magnets so it can become 2 5 man squads. First squad had two melta. What does everyone think for the second- melta or plasma? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 I always seem to want plasma. The extra shots really help against certain targets. I'd vote one squad of each, double Melta and double plasma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 I always seem to want plasma. The extra shots really help against certain targets. I'd vote one squad of each, double Melta and double plasma Why specialist instead of TAC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbusePuppy Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Two units each with a pair of one weapon (as opposed to two squads with mixed weapons) gives you two different things that are good at a particular job. If you have two Melta/Plasma squads and want to kill a Land Raider, you need to move both units into range to engage it in order to have anything like a reasonable chance. Contrawise, if you have Plasma/Plasma and Melta/Melta teams, one unit can engage the Land Raider while the other performs some other task (and you'll still have the same odds of overall success.) Counter-intuitively, specializing units in your army often makes the army more flexible on the game table, rather than less. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Why specialist instead of TAC? Which is the TAC option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbusePuppy Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 I was assuming he meant running mixed special weapons (Plasma/Melta on each squad) rather than pairing the weapons up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 Yeah, Take All Comers Squad as opposed to a Specialist Squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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