Hi, I'm new to this site and I was wondering how to use the slayer pirates? I have just started a Dogs Of War army and I don't really get the "festooned with pistols" special rule, so I was wondering if some one could explain it to me? (I know I spelt pirates wrong so could someone please change it)

Previously, pistols were only good for 1 attack at S4 Armour piercing in HTH, thereafter they were S3 (or the strength of the wielder as the being carrying them was supposed to be using the weapon as a club) because the swirl of close combat didn't give you the opportunity to reload. The "Festooned with Pistols" rule meant that Long Drong and the boys kept using the S4 Armour Piercing value as they had more than enough pistols to keep using them without pausing to reload.

So do I get to fire with the pistols and then attack in close combat or is it just one? And if I just fire, do I use the WS or BS in combat?

In close combat you use your WS, despite the fact that you're using pistols.

But remember for the Stand and Shoot to use your BS.

Ok, so if I have this right, Drong would get 2 pistol shots when charged at BS 4, and then 4 attacks in combat at WS 6 which are strength 4 and armour piercing? Can someone confirm this?

(07-19-2010 09:04 AM)Quantum Wrote:  Ok, so if I have this right, Drong would get 2 pistol shots when charged at BS 4, and then 4 attacks in combat at WS 6 which are strength 4 and armour piercing? Can someone confirm this?

Yes, All Long Drong's pirates can fire two shots on a stand and shoot, additional -1 to hit, then gets 2 attacks each S4 and Armour Piercing and Long Drong gets 4 attacks.

Remember they are Slayers but DO NOT benefit of the Slayer Skill of their strength matching toughness of opponent up to T6. But always S4 -2AS balances that out.

I guess with the new edition, that means that two ranks can stand and shoot, right? Wow, if you have a frontage of 5, that would be 20 stand and shoot pistol shots!

Or horde them at 10 wide and 3 deep. Move and shoot with 40 pistol shots, wait to be attacked and stand and shoot for another 40.

I plan on going further and running my unit of 30 Long Drong's in 15 x 2 - they can all shoot then (60 shots assuming all can see) and they're unbreakable and it's not like I really care about loosing that one rank bonus point. If charged by enemy hordes they should get more in base contact and so a few more attacks that if they were just 10 wide.

Fiar enough, they are unbreakable so if they loose combat you wont care.