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Topic Started: 14th July 2004 - 01:59 PM (861 Views)
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Went to my local store to pick up a ratling gun and the guy said that GW discontinued the ratling gun and that they are making a new model to be released the end of the summer... can anyone verify this?
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No, but it seems extremely unlikely, seeing as how the Ratling Gun is the newest Skaven model in the army. Now if it was the warpfire thrower, I could believe it.
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i doubt it, it is one of the new models and there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with the current one?
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are you sure he didn't mean the wft? 'couse that moddle has been around since the 6 ed Skaven releace(i think).
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I heard something like that to but I think they are going to replace the wft
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Ratling
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If they are going to replace the WFT, why didn’t they do that when the skaven where re-released and got all their new models?
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warlord Arqueek
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no idea but I also heard that they are going to change some rules...but we get something in return ,,,I heard from a gw staff
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Ratling
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I read a discussion a while ago on the gw forum about a possible toning down of the ratling gun. :( I haven’t even got to use mine in battle yet. I’d hate for the rules to be changed and miss out on the chance to use it at its full potential.
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flitskoekie
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a revision...

well could be, but i don't think the ratling guns are overpowered though...
Some new models is good news, i like that... and still hoping for a new Moulder choice
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The only thing Ratlings need is a more dangerous/amusing misfire chart. Something like the Warpfire thrower:

1-2 The gunners loose control and shoot in random direction.

3-4 The Ratling gun jams. As the gunner looks down the barrel to see if it is blocked, it suddenly fires! The gunner is killed, remove the team.

5-6 The ammunition catches fire! Ratling shots fly everywhere in the resulting explosion. Every unit within 6" takes D6 Ratling Gun hits. The team itself is destroyed.

Something like that. I'd love this result 5-6.
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I have heard that they will change the rules so ratling guns need to throw all their dice togheter and that warp lighting will be str 4 instead of 5 , is this true?
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Wapr-lightning Str. 4 :o ...the horror...the horror, I wouldn't want it to be, but if the ratling gun gets changed, fine, BUT NO WL, that is the best spell ever, you can change casting/hits, but not the strength for the love of The Horned Rat
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typo
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well, it is arguably the best spell in the game for its casting value, but in no way should they change it, as it is balanced out in being the ONLY spell that can kill the caster.
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Strength 4 warplightning would be an underpowered fireball/fiery blast combo. It would really suck. No way G.W. is going to do that.

If they want to downgrade the spell a bit without rendering it useless, they should reduce the range to 18" like the Dark Emisary's Dark Bolt spell. (Or whatever it's called. It's a bolt and it's dark, strength 5 D6 hits, more difficult to cast but doesn't kill the caster.)
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typo
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also, if they want to downgrade the effectiveness of the spell, they should also either reduce the casting value or change it so it CANT kill the caster.
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