As a Blood Angels player, I'm understandably not really into tactical squads. I usually employ assault marines and sniper scouts for my objective grabbing and fire support needs. However, I do own one tactical squad, and after buying some phobos-pattern boltguns from Forgeworld (those are the ones with the miniature chain-bayonets!) I've decided to make a second squad.
The question is, how to kit them out to best compliment the one I've already got.
Oh, sure, of course, I plan to eventually have enough spare marines of various kit that I can field either of my two squads in any configuration. The question, though, is what's the most efficient way to build the kit I just got?
My existing squad has a sergeant with a power fist and a boltgun, a dude with a flamer, and a dude with a heavy bolter. They're meant to be a forward squad, with a power fist for smashing things and a flamer and heavy bolter because both generate more hits in Overwatch, and the latter is a good choice if I need to snap shoot (more shots = more hits).
For my second squad, I was thinking of more of a mid to long range fire support role. Maybe a plasma gun and a lascannon? Or plasma cannon? Or even just a missile launcher. And a storm bolter on the sergeant (to maximize shots at range)?
What do you think?