Can Tyranids manual fire emplaced weapons now?

[Dialogus]

Between the rulebook, Stronghold Assault and the FAQ for the previous codex I have become a bit confused. Can Tyranids now manual fire building weapons? I was thinking that a gribbly version of the Wall of Martyrs Imperial Bunker with a gribblified Quad-gun would be helpful against flyers, but I don't want to do it if the Quad-gun will only be auto-firing (Rulebook, pg. 96) at the nearest enemy unit. If anyone knows the answer to this, a reference to a page with the rule would be nice. If the answer is just "it doesn't say that you can't" then I may have to wait for an FAQ before I put in the work to make something and risk having it taken away like the Parasite of Mortrex that I custom-built. Thanks!

[daboarder]

YES, the old tyranid eratta prevented this, with the advent of the new book the old one is obsolete, given that the codex makes no limitation like that then YES tyranids may manual fire emplacements.

there is NO rule preventing them from following the rules in the BRB. May as well claim that daemons cannot use them, or eldar or tau or any other army.

[Archon Charybdis]

It's always possible an updated FAQ/Errata might add a similar restriction, though you'd figure if this was their intention they'd have put it in the book.

[daboarder]

And until/if it does so there is no rule prohibiting Tyranids from following the rules as described in the BRB

[lobster-overlord]

a cool zoanthrope brain'ed gunner model would be perfect for it :-)

that's the first thing that came to mind for me.

[Tynskel]

I am thinking about getting two exocrine models and bitz, etc., and putting them together to make a 'Firestorm Redoubt'.

[Lord Krungharr]

YES, the old tyranid eratta prevented this, with the advent of the new book the old one is obsolete, given that the codex makes no limitation like that then YES tyranids may manual fire emplacements.

there is NO rule preventing them from following the rules in the BRB. May as well claim that daemons cannot use them, or eldar or tau or any other army.

Who thinks Daemons can't fire emplaced weapons or gun emplacements? And why would they think that?

[iNcontroL]

quad gun AA here we come

[dwez]

[URL="http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?24320-Tyranid-Quad-gun-and-Aegis-Defence-Line"]Been there, done that: [/URL]







Skyshield is where it's at now, all the cool kids are bunking up 30 Termagants and a Tervigon in there

Incidentally gun emplacements can't auto-fire, only weapon emplacements and even then only when the building is occupied [unless it has the 'fully automated rule' like a Vengeance Weapons Battery].

[John Bower]

That does depend on which rules you're using. If you're with Stronghold Assault, which really should be used for points costs and improved building rules then as long as you purchased the building as part of your force any guns on it can auto fire even if you leave the building or aren't occupying it to begin with. But on the other hand that also means they can be shot at, and more interestingly somebody like Terminators can DS right inside the building, risky but fun.