[sarnas]

Equip a crisis battlesuit with 2 burst cannons and a multi-tracker? The thought kinda just came to me, ultimate ork/IG/tyranid ownage!

[Piranha Pilot]

*Turns to page 25 in new codex*

Nope, you cant have two of the same weapon. >

[sarnas]

NOOOOOOO well thats a total bumer on my dreams.... Well i guess shield gen, burst cannon and missile pod will have to do...

[Nova]

Don't see why we shouldn't though... You'd have to the weapon twice instead of twinlink (that would be 40 for 2 plasmas), and can only fire them together if you have a multi, as usual... Granted since that might make them NEARLY as powerful as some of the elites available to others (though still not as capable in melee like virtually all of said others are) so it would be limited to a special HQ battlesuit?

Rather than a WS5 BS4 power-weapon-equipped +2/5++ all-range monstrosity, we'd have a BS 4 or 5 guy that gets a handful of extra shots (but is paying fully for them) since he/she still can't do much in close combat. Kinda like that Fast-shot exarch thing...

[danny boy]

I dont really see why you would ever put a burst cannon on a Crisis. Tau have plenty of str 5 ap 5 weapons, but the Crisis own the only AP 2 weapons (plasma rifle) and the missle pod is a solid choice in any situation.

just ask ypurself, why take a broadside against a solid infantry guard army? why take an ionhead against a land raider rush? i hate to tell you that the plasma rifle is hardly effective when you are facing a 32 guant charge.

[sarnas]

Exactly. The same thing i said before. (i use blue tack to stick my weapons and stuff together, so i can change any time) i would just have 2 plasma rifles agianst space marines...

[Chris2287]

if you want to use bc's use stealths...they are simply so much better imo...
save the crisis for what there good with...cib/abfl/mp/pr/fb

[Deus]

Originally Posted by danny boy

I dont really see why you would ever put a burst cannon on a Crisis. Tau have plenty of str 5 ap 5 weapons, but the Crisis own the only AP 2 weapons (plasma rifle) and the missle pod is a solid choice in any situation.

Why put a Burst Cannon on a Crisis Suit? Simple: the Flamer. No other unit in the army can take a Flamer (oh how I wish Gue'Vesa could take Flamers or Grenade Launchers), thus it is the only way to get this incredibly powerful (if extremely close range) horde killing weapon into your army. The next most-powerful horde killing weapon for Crisis suits is the Burst Cannon (well, standard issue anyways, the Airbursting Fragmentation Projector is better, but you can't get nearly as many). The main advantage of being a crisis suit is the ability to double up on weapons, allowing you to make up for the small unit size and cost of the suits themselves (only very specilized suits like Deathrain or tank hunters don't use a multitracker). Thus, it is in your best interest to get a Burst Cannon on any Flamer Crisis Suits so you're better at killing hordes and have a gun to use when outside of Flamer range.

[Nova]

Airburst projector on, say, a 2nd HQ (Shas'el) with CIB or Flamer?

The IC status does mean that range isn't quite as dangerous to you if you're careful... But its a waste of those nice ballistic skills to put it on a command unit like that..

Now if we could just find a way to steal ourselves a crate of splinter-cannons instead... now THAT'S a horde killer compared to the burst cannon...