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Offline skipper

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Handgunners (counts-as-jaegers)
« on: February 06, 2010, 01:42:59 PM »
Realistically, there is nothing wrong with the current handgunners (apart from no armor....) but, much could be done to 'spiffy' them up a bit for fluff reasons.

This is especially true for Hochland, famous for its Jaegers, which are units of HLR-wielding sniping maniacs.

Sadly, they don't exist.

So, I propose an option for an upgrade from Handgunners to Jaegers, with the same stats. However, the unit would count as a special slot (?) and the cost would go up to  10-12 pts. per model. Unit size would preferably be 5-10 (snipers, after all, do not attend battle in large units) and these fellows would also have the skirmishing ability. No armor, just sniping prowess.

Ideas?

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Re: Handgunners (counts-as-jaegers)
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2010, 06:50:15 PM »
Would they still be able to pick out characters? If so, they could be dangerously overpowered.

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Offline kk14

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Re: Handgunners (counts-as-jaegers)
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2010, 01:50:30 AM »
lol.
I just posted a similar thread in the Special choices section.  :icon_rolleyes:
I think handgunners with sniper rifles is a bit much. But could be very cool. If skirmished they would make great war machine defenders.
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Offline Batu

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Re: Handgunners (counts-as-jaegers)
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2010, 08:57:22 PM »
It would be nice if they gave the huntsmen choice in the armylist BS 4 and gave them the option for handgunns, longbows, or x-bows.
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Re: Handgunners (counts-as-jaegers)
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2010, 01:03:16 AM »
It would be nice if they gave the huntsmen choice in the armylist BS 4 and gave them the option for handgunns, longbows, or x-bows.

Huntsmen with handguns... that would be awesome.

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