Yeah, I figured it would only survive up to a new edition, but it was interesting to see how little difference there really is (was) between them, @Gurtyel .
Yep, actually there is still really little difference in killing power nowadays, but the fact scorpions have better armor makes a ton of difference in the tabletop altough compared to banshees scorpions feel a lot more slow now. Banshees are really fast and cheap now.
To be fair though They were wearing green loincloths It's still seems like an inefficient assassins weapon however you look at it You still have to cut into somebody with the chainsword and have the teeth rip into them to make a proper kill, which takes a fair bit of time to do (unless Eldar have some bullshit thing they make they're chainswords out of specifically to mitigate that issue). Otherwise they'd just be hacking at them with just the chainswords teeth and not being nearly as effective as they can be.
I think the point with Scorps is they only want to be stealthy up to the kill, then they want to go all badass and ragey. Their original Phoenix Lord was a total lunatic, after all. Edit: For clarity, I'm not saying Kharn was the original Striking Scorpion Phoenix Lord, just that he's a lunatic.
This, Striking scorpions use stealth as a means to get as closer to the prey as possible in order to be able to charge them and engage in melee. At that point they loose chainblade hell on them. Alas, there have been some instances in the codex that stated that their sword are actually silent when the blades spin but the codices contradict themselves in that regard quite a lot.
its different tools for different jobs. Banshees slamming into a salamander flamer squad vs scorps... ive had scorpion soup but not bbq scorps. scorpions stealth in and cover a cap point gank stragglers.
I think that a battlefield assassin has a quite different role then an actual assassin. Once you're in melee with the enemy, noise is going to be had either way. (Though I do remember reading that the eldar chain blades are significantly more quiet then any other kind.) But from a warfare perspective? The not being seen part is much more important then not being heard. Because if you can be heard. Chances are you can gut someone, or re-position once the melee is over. And lay an other ambush. Or just sneak away. The stealth is just a means to an end to get into the fight, unharmed.
Yeaaaaaah, I do prefer the idea of: "Hey, look at me, I'm dashing between covers. You can't hit me 'cause I'm too fast, and if you chase me, I will bait you into a trap; If you don't, I'm gonna chop you down with a backstab and a smile." of the banshee... At least, that's how I'm gonna play banshee. I read aswell in the previous codex that SS chainblade is significantly more silent than any other. I believe it was compared to a slight "buzzing" when functionning at full speed.
