Gold stars for everyone then, yayOriginally Posted by yabbadabba
Gold stars for everyone then, yay
Plan B kill it with fire
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Artillery Dice with Misfire, -4, -2, Hit, +2, +4 would be much better for cannons. It would also remove the need of chosing any other target than a model. Making it worse versus mounted monsters would be a good idea. There are some other war machines that could use a boost though, only looking at cannons is not fair to especially 8th edition empire. (The change to the artillery dice would work for the Empire Mortar as well: Misfire, 0, 0, ,0, +2, +4 making it far more accurate)
Presumably you'd then nominate a target right? Otherwise if you nominated a point on the ground it wouldn't make actual difference...
... and then I won.
And how would you then roll for bounce?
Would your cannon ball hit the ground and then roll backwards 4" if you roll a -4?
Why try and make a new artillery dice at this point?
The idea was to add an artillery die (or whatever other name) that has sides Misfire, -4, -2, Hit, +2, +4, not replace the Misfire, +2, +4, +6, +8, +10. The bounce would still use the old artillery die, just like numerous other stuff. It would solve the unsatisfactory targetting rules we have now, as the rules could be changed; you must pick a model as the target. This would already make the cannon a lot less accurate for sniping and characters mounted on 50mm monsters would also be safer from cannons.
Yes the idea is to change the rules and force the player to nominate a model as the target.
Forcing a cannon crew to nominate a visible enemy model they are aiming at would also help alleviate this issue.
Maybe add in a clause to state they have to aim 0-10" infront of that model as well.
Plan B kill it with fire
Meat is Murder tasty, tasty murder
Forcing all it's players to buy a new "full set" of dice does sound a lot like something GW would do.
In fairness, the scatter and artillery dice haven't changed in ... 20 years? 40K dropped the artillery dice but WFB have kept both up to now.
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Why not just make it near/far with a d6? No reason to add *another* special die to get lost (unless, as mentioned, you're GW). 1-3 and you land short by whatever's on the artillery dice (or 1-2 or whatever ends up working out).
The important aspect is not a new die, but the change to the targetting rules combined with a chance to fall short of the target or overshoot it, without losing the chance of a hit or misfire.
I really like Pippin UI's idea, as a 9th edition fix. Hopefully GW will actually think about what was wrong with this rule set instead of just adding another 200 pages of fluff and making us pay $20 more.
GW doesn't make you do anything.
Free your hobby! Be creative and stop slavishly following the damn Book.
RIP Brimstone.
I used to read the GW Other Forum, but I am much happier now.
Perfect alternative. Also, I wish GW didn't make me rummage through my neighbor's garbage cans when they're not home.
GW doesn't make you do anything.
My mistake. GW does make you do that.
Free your hobby! Be creative and stop slavishly following the damn Book.
RIP Brimstone.
I used to read the GW Other Forum, but I am much happier now.
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