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Ratling Guns; Can we make them work?
Topic Started: 17th November 2010 - 10:39 PM (817 Views)
Sleboda
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Since returning to Skaven with the current book, my WFT has done very, very little. I'll admit that the two times that it had a good day, it had a _great_ day, but by and large, it tends to get killed early, misfire into oblivion, or just never have a target (or over/under shoot any target it has).

The ratling gun, while less powerful, is less risky, less dangerous to its own army, and has, above all else, a good effective range. Flyers have to land in a sweet spot and be poorly positioned for the WFT to hit more than one (thinking pegasus knights here). A ratling has no worries about that sweet spot.

I am going to be using the ratling in my next several games and will see how it goes. I think the key is to be aggressive...be ee aggressive...with them. Use that 18" range!
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Nov 22 2010, 08:30 AM
i love the models , i used one last game it was ignored as harmless by my foe and then blasted away getting 15 shots , 8 hits and killing 3 elves and 3 slaves but then who cares about slaves !

Was this firing into combat? If so, why did any Slaves die? We don't randomize hits anymore thanks to the FAQ.
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DNA Maniac
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Ratlings! Cheap, Realiable which we dont have much and to be honest sometimes it is just better then others.

Mortar is about luck till the enemy comes closer. too risky when missfires with altering its target spot...

WFT Great at slaughtering enemy blocks! s5 panic d3 wound and so on! missfire is devastating! and can not shoot small enemies. lets say harpise can stand 1" away from it and tell jokes about it and you cant do a thing.. and it cost 70pts, i would buy a canon maybe?

Ratling is almost a safe weapon and ist cheap with a good range! Killy killy enough still ;) not a devastater but a reliable killer!

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My warpfire throwers are 70 points! :P
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