Hello

I wanted to ask abouth bracing. In DH/RT/DW bracing was HA as in BC but in thoes systems full auto was FA now it's HA, so everybody can Brace and shoot full auto. Why not it's not such a big deal now as it was earler.

Can somebody explain this to me?

Cheers

I don't actually have the Black Crusade book (GM does), but in Black Crusade full auto is a -20% penalty and it is a +20% in the other systems. Given that it is less likely to hit a target on full auto now, I assume that is why they reduced the action time to a half-action. If I am not mistaken though, accurate weapons have not been changed. So now they are even more powerful than before. Why not aim, get a bonus to hit, and have the potential to increase damage compared to full auto with a lower chance to hit. A high skill can make Full auto more useful, but Accurate weapons still seem the way to go.

Again I don't have the book so I may be off.

Full auto and Semi auto are both -10.

Lecram said:

Not true.

Standard attack: +10

Semi-Auto/Swift Attack: +0

Full-Auto/Lightning Attack: -10

So heavy bolters are no longer the best snipers in the game?

Sejuhasz said:

Were they ever? Autocannons and lascannons were always the best options for heavy sniping.

A dedicated sniper can still do some heavy damage. Even a long las got pretty terrifying thanks to Felling and firing modes.

And I thought the -10 for Full Auto was a typo. Knowing that the penalty is intentional and that there is solid rationale behind it only further bolsters my desire to run Black Crusade.