This is my dakka, there are many like it, but this one is my favourite...

[Mr Mystery]

How do?

So, what is your favourite ranged weapon in 40k, and why?

For me, it has to be the Autocannon (rules wise), preferably the heresey era ones Forgeworld do (purely for aesthetics). It's got range. It's got hitting power. It's got two shots. It may not be the best in any particular field. but Emperor help me I'm besotted! Very few things aren't at least slightly perturbed by massed Autocannond fire!

[Pendragon38]

Ha, same here I love my auto cannons the shear weight of lead thrown out by my dreads are great. That and you can't stop yourself from saying dakka. dakka, dakka, at your opponents. Lol

[Xenith]

Autocannon for sure, although plasma is a second favourite.

Seven is my lucky number.

[DrLove42]

Assault cannon (mini guns for the win, just a hail of firepower so strong it can rend apart your armour)

Or a Plasma Cannon for its shear impractically (it shoots miniature suns!)

[imperialpower]

For me it is either the las rifel for the times when you drop someones best model with the one and only round that managed to wound out of an entire squad of Guardsmen or the star cannon mounted on a wraithlord for it's sheer awesomeness two shots at AP 2 always the backbone of my Eldar army.

[DrLove42]

Its really hard to rule down particularly with the rule of cool

You have bolters, which shoot grenade that explode inside people
Shruriken guns, that shoot hypersonic Ninja stars
Railguns, that shoot lumps of metal at half the speed of light....
Fleshborers, that shoot worms at you that eat into your brain




And then you have the lasgun ...a flashlight

What do you call a Lasgun with a laser sight?
Twin Linked!

[Psychosplodge]

Assault cannon (mini guns for the win, just a hail of firepower so strong it can rend apart your armour)

Or a Plasma Cannon for its shear impractically (it shoots miniature suns!)

This pretty much sums up everything I was going to say.

[Pendragon38]

My other favorite weapon is the Thunder Fire Cannon, it's cheap and fun to blow stuff up and that look you get when you field them is great and even better when there armies start to fill the wrath of said cannon.

[eldargal]

Aesthetically I'm partial to plasma cannons and larger plasma weaponry.

But void lances and fusion guns would be my favourite from a game perspective.

[DrLove42]

Ah Void/Dark lances.

Concentrated lasers blasts, made up of the power of darkness.