How the 6th edition shooting game has changed.

Most of us have read the rules and have played at least on game of 6th ed. by now. While playing my first game, it became apparent that the close range game is now the key. Yes, movement is important. Moving up to snipe good targets like heavy or special weapons sounds good. But if your close range shooting is sub par it doesn't matter. Blob squads like 20 strong necron warriors or a full platoon of guardsmen are going to see game play way more. Even full squads of tactical marines are now useful. Especially with "and they shall know no fear". Assault armies are going to try to get into close combat of course. Most are now either on foot, bike, or jump pack. This is due to the nerfing of transports. And with the changes to power weapons, 2 + armor is going to be everywhere. Volume of fire or quality of fire are key. As these armies advance, your army needs to be able to rain down either lots of shots or ap 1 &2 shots to whittle down or eliminate the advancers. Close range shooting also effects the assault phase with the addition of overwatch. Once a unit has declared a charge on one or more of your units you get to shoot. Granted it is only with "snap fire", hitting on 6s. This is where squad size comes into play. 20 necron warriors should hit 5 times if charged (20x2/6). If your opponent was only able to reach you with one model and he just died then, he cannot charge and you just saved that unit. Then during your turn you get to shoot that squad again but at normal bs. "Snap fire" isn't money in the bank but, it is better than we had in 5th. I love the rule for heavy weapons in squads that don't move can shoot normally even if the rest of the squad moved. Or most can snap fire if they move. In all, I think infantry will win you games.

My Blood Scorpions(Blood Angels) list has changed drastically. I was running razor spam. Now I am using an combination of full assault squads with jump packs and full tactical squads. My list went from 7 vehicles to 1. I am even tempted to put in some bikes. We will see....