40k DEEP THOUGHT: AP vs Rate of Fire?
So something has been noodling around the back of my mind.
If you think back to 4th edition everybody and thir brother loaded up on all the low AP weapons they could get their hands on. Things like melta, plasma, and the like were the prevalent choices and you would see them spammed throughout tourney and hardcore lists.
Even back then, I always preferred high rate of fire mid strength weapons (S:5-7)to the low shot low AP choices. And in 5th my opinion has only hardened. Where many new players go for the “sexy” ignores armor save weapon loadouts, I still rely on just drowning my opponent with wounds, so that eventually some of those armor saves are going to fail. I have also found that this approach is consistant across differing opponents, in cover or not. In the end, I’m all about making my foes pull models of the table, and the best way I can think of is to make them roll armor saves… as many as possible.
~What is your preferred loadout for you heavy/special weapons in an army and why. Lets hear your thinking and what proportion of weapon loadouts are working for you in 5th. We’re not talking throyhammer here my fellow generals, we want to hear about what you are SUCCEEDING WITH on the tabletop. All armies are open for discussion.
