BFG FAQ 2010 Fleet Specific Questions

[horizon]

What is on the sites of GW + FW is official.
Rest is not.
*except FAQ2007.

[russ_c]

The most important thing to me about the Ork AAF ruling is that it clarifies the vocabulary:

1. "do not need to pass a command check" = "still makes a command check roll but with automatically pass"

instead of the 2nd way some people have understood the sentence:

2. "do not need to pass a command check" = "you do not make a command check"

So, to clarify your stating that definition 1. is the meaning of the statement "do not need to pass a command check"?

Russ

[Commx]

One last question for now:
1) Normal Shields and Spores create Blast Markers, and Holofields create Blast Markers upon saving a Hit. But what about a Necron Reactive Hull? Currently it is the only defence mechanism which does not mention Blast Markers. Is this intentional or an oversight?

[RayB HA]

Commx,

It's intentional, Necrons completely ignore BM's anyway!

Cheers,

RayB

[horizon]

Do Necrons then actually function like ships with no shields (like Eldar or other ships with shield collapse)? 
Thus take possible hit from blastmarker when flying through them?

Also, when suddenly turrets take roll of shields against asteroids Necrons get a huge boost. If they need it...

[Admiral_d_Artagnan]

What is on the sites of GW + FW is official.
Rest is not.
*except FAQ2007.

Not even everything at the SG site is official so ask first. AM, CWE and Powers of Chaos are official. The SM PDF isn't yet AFAIK.

[fracas]

Do Necrons then actually function like ships with no shields (like Eldar or other ships with shield collapse)? 
Thus take possible hit from blastmarker when flying through them?

i have wondered about this as well
if no shield, they should be vulnerable to a hit, not a blast marker.

[horizon]

Admiral, what SM pdf?

Back in the old SG site days everything was official in the official section, that did not have the SM pdf (with dominion fleet right?) in it.

GW transfered everything except Rogue Traders  & FAQ2007 to their page.

[Don Gusto]

under REACTIVE HULLS in the Necron rules:
"all Necron ships with a reactive hull are immune to Damage, Leadership and Movement modifiers from solar flares, radiation, gas clouds and blast markers.

[Admiral_d_Artagnan]

Admiral, what SM pdf?

Back in the old SG site days everything was official in the official section, that did not have the SM pdf (with dominion fleet right?) in it.

GW transfered everything except Rogue Traders  & FAQ2007 to their page.

Ok. Haven't checked the SG site for a while.

[russ_c]

Everything on the US site is Official.  The unofficial SM pdf is not on the site.

[Zhukov]

Demiurg. We have established they don't can't have fleet commanders or use re-rolls. So the only reason why they aren't an official fleet is because we don't want to write "It takes two-three Bastions to field each Stronghold. You may use Rouge traders in Demiurg fleets"? It seems to me it is beneficial to have new people to the game have a reason to buy more than one model (or package of two cruisers) of the Demiurg product line. Seems like a simple solution to me.

-Zhukov

[fracas]

Demiurg. We have established they don't can't have fleet commanders or use re-rolls. So the only reason why they aren't an official fleet is because we don't want to write "It takes two-three Bastions to field each Stronghold. You may use Rouge traders in Demiurg fleets"? It seems to me it is beneficial to have new people to the game have a reason to buy more than one model (or package of two cruisers) of the Demiurg product line. Seems like a simple solution to me.

-Zhukov

adding an admiral and reroll options (these don't vary that much from fleet to fleet) as well as a limit like 2-3 bastions per stronghold make alot of sense and would give them full fleet status (with limited models)

btw, weren't there rules for a demiurge escort being worked on sometime past?

[horizon]

These where unofficial, though I know Ray worked on Demiurg (or was it Kroot?) with Xisor (who has left BFG... but it still online at the BL forum in case someone is tracking him).

[RayB HA]

Demiurg should be sorted out, even if unofficially in Warp Rift. Same for Kroot, but who owns a warsphere beyond the die hards with that outragous price tag?

Cheers,

RayB