Fair enough, the risk is justified by the higher power of the round. I recall the devs saying something about introducing different kinds of rounds - that's definitelly something many people are looking forward. I wonder if such rounds could be introduced to heavy bolters too, but maybe this would be op?
White Angel of the Storm said: Heh, I originally wrote;'meh...just dreaming' In your quote 'meh' was changed into 'men' which created a completely different meaning but i like that . Back on topic: I have no vague idea, these would have to be some god damn tough magical ninja eldar shuriken Let the Eldar do the worrying now, this faction doesn't seem to be interested in such down to earth topics so far.
Shuriken's have a monomolecular edge, so they actually don't have that much of a problem going through armour, the only issue is depth as they don't have a whole lot of force behind them (low mass = low momentum). As for the other stuff, why do one shot kills worry people so much in a game where you can get taken out and then potentially picked back up by an apothecary if you're not executed/if nobody pumps some fire into your prone body? I mean, if i hit you with a thunder hammer, you're going down. If someone takes me out before I get the execution, however, they can still save you anyway.
@Hosk + Cappn Because it ruins close combat and destroys the long TTK concept the devs are trying to create. Yes anti-tank weapons will probably get you an insta-kill but only because all weapons (excluding close combat ones) will get a damage buff for a hit to the head. If I'm spraying my boltgun heavy bolter at a Raptor running at me 99/100 I'll get him in the head. I've said it before and I'll say it again Insta-headshots are a bad idea.
