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all-lucky7777 · 03-15-2008

I don't take bolt pistols for the same reason you don't take plasma pistols. Its one shot you may never need.

And I don't think that officers should be in the rear, at least not necessarily. A Regimental standard bearer is an extremely underrated model. If you take your command squad with a Priest OR Commissar for added punch and some more wounds, a standard, and 3 CC vets (maybe with stormbolters!), along with kitted out HSO, then you can have it rush to support models in CC. Chimeras help too, but its expensive. I'd just put the squad in the center of my formation. This means that the Guard squads won't be running as often and they might actually win cause of the +1 combat res. This helps a LOT (believe it or not) against choppy armies, but I'm still working out the kinks in tourney play, because its wasted points against necrons or Thousand Sons or something. But this way you can have your officers lead from the front. After all, a master vox is much less useful if you happen to have your officer in range of the Leadership rule. (and Iron Discipline Maybe!)

This has been another squad organization concept, brought to you by Lucky.

03-15-2008	#15 (permalink)
all-lucky7777 Ramblin' Man Join Date: May 2007 Location: If you follow the clues, you'll figure it out... Posts: 103 Rep Power: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: you have to be a total idiot to not equip officers with a bolt pistol I don't take bolt pistols for the same reason you don't take plasma pistols. Its one shot you may never need. And I don't think that officers should be in the rear, at least not necessarily. A Regimental standard bearer is an extremely underrated model. If you take your command squad with a Priest OR Commissar for added punch and some more wounds, a standard, and 3 CC vets (maybe with stormbolters!), along with kitted out HSO, then you can have it rush to support models in CC. Chimeras help too, but its expensive. I'd just put the squad in the center of my formation. This means that the Guard squads won't be running as often and they might actually win cause of the +1 combat res. This helps a LOT (believe it or not) against choppy armies, but I'm still working out the kinks in tourney play, because its wasted points against necrons or Thousand Sons or something. But this way you can have your officers lead from the front. After all, a master vox is much less useful if you happen to have your officer in range of the Leadership rule. (and Iron Discipline Maybe!) This has been another squad organization concept, brought to you by Lucky. __________________ The 40K Terra Second Company "There are two things I can't stand in this world. One: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and two: the Dutch." -Austin Power's Father, Nigel Powers "In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move." -Douglas Adams "Ni!" -The Knights Who Go Ni