Rules Question - Power Boards

[chaoschild]

A power boarding model may only use close combat or pistol weapons

May be purchased up to 50 Credits of weapons (pistols, close combat weapons and grenades only)

So, can sky surfers actually use grenades if you pay for them?

 

[cfirpi]

In the spirit of the game, yes they should be able to use grenades, in the spirit of the rule, not they should not be able to use grenades.

Me personally I lean to them being able to use grenades.

 

[Greg Smith]

So I would assume they can carry grenades, but can't use them while actually surfing.

ie grenades are small enough not to unbalance a surf board - so they can have them. Yet a rocket launcher wold be unbalancing - so they can't have them.

 

[shiba-tenchi]

Sky Surfers are pretty massively UP already....we'd happily let them lob grenades from their powerboard.

 

[cfirpi]

By UP you mean Under powered right?

Just making sure cause in some circles U = Uber.

I personally think they are pretty well balanced, what with their speed and flying.

 

[Da Boss]

So I would assume they can carry grenades, but can't use them while actually surfing.

ie grenades are small enough not to unbalance a surf board - so they can have them. Yet a rocket launcher wold be unbalancing - so they can't have them.

I would tend to agree with this.

 

[shiba-tenchi]

By UP you mean Under powered right?

Just making sure cause in some circles U = Uber.

I personally think they are pretty well balanced, what with their speed and flying.

Under powered, yes. Sky Surfers and Fatties both have such limited selection and such broad restrictions that they are effectively "Orks". Fatties at least can maximise their capability by using a mob, but most gangs can easily avoid melee rendering the Fatties effectively harmless. Sky Surfers' only advantage is speed and the +1 to agility, and they pay heftily for those advantages. If they made the power board a vehicle and gave it a ram attack, or allowed a hit and run attack they'd be cool, but as they stand the Surfers are sub-par.

There are a couple of scenarios that the SS can do well in (ones where you run away), but in a straight up fight they are gimped. I can't see any real world reason why a surfer couldn't underarm a grenade as they fly past, and I cant see any game balance reasons not to allow it either.