Correct.
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This has been debated in numerous threads. Here are three recent ones:
Machine spirit
Rules Smackdown -- C: DH vs C: SM
Trouble with the codex.
The general -- although by no means univeral! -- consensus is that we get to follow all the rules for the Land Raider and Land Raider Crusader as presented in Codex: Space Marines, but we continue to pay the same costs as listed in Codex: Daemonhunters. Discussion can be found in the above links.
There are other items between the two codices that have differing costs beyond the LRC: teleport homers and power weapons and thunder hammers come to mind. It is not unusual for similar items to have differing costs depending on the army codex. GW apparently sees fit to find some things more valuable to some armies than others, and adjusts the point costs appropriately, if somewhat arbitrarily.
Therefore, unless you want to make a comprehensive points cost adjustment across all the codices, it's just best to use the updated rules in Codex: Space Marines where they conflict with the rules for the same items in Codex: Daemonhunters. But leave the points costs alone. In the end, it all balances out.
Once again, I stress that not everybody on this forum subscribes to this scenario. I myself DO, and I have never had an issue with either my friends or game store opponents or tournaments (though I've never been to an "official" GW tourney), and we all have no problems following this protocol. But it's best to confer with your opponents and make sure you are all on the same page, because the truth of the matter is there has yet been no "official" word from GW about what to do in this situation.
Be sure you all agree on what the word "fair" means.
Machine spirit
Rules Smackdown -- C: DH vs C: SM
Trouble with the codex.
The general -- although by no means univeral! -- consensus is that we get to follow all the rules for the Land Raider and Land Raider Crusader as presented in Codex: Space Marines, but we continue to pay the same costs as listed in Codex: Daemonhunters. Discussion can be found in the above links.
There are other items between the two codices that have differing costs beyond the LRC: teleport homers and power weapons and thunder hammers come to mind. It is not unusual for similar items to have differing costs depending on the army codex. GW apparently sees fit to find some things more valuable to some armies than others, and adjusts the point costs appropriately, if somewhat arbitrarily.
Therefore, unless you want to make a comprehensive points cost adjustment across all the codices, it's just best to use the updated rules in Codex: Space Marines where they conflict with the rules for the same items in Codex: Daemonhunters. But leave the points costs alone. In the end, it all balances out.
Once again, I stress that not everybody on this forum subscribes to this scenario. I myself DO, and I have never had an issue with either my friends or game store opponents or tournaments (though I've never been to an "official" GW tourney), and we all have no problems following this protocol. But it's best to confer with your opponents and make sure you are all on the same page, because the truth of the matter is there has yet been no "official" word from GW about what to do in this situation.
Be sure you all agree on what the word "fair" means.
Ultimately, it is exactly this quandry that led me to conclude that a "GK Land Raider" shouldn't be any different from a "Land Raider". And, by extension, a "GK Land Raider Crusader" shouldn't be any different from a "Land Raider Crusader". I just couldn't wrap my brain around an army that would allow an inquisitor to get, as a dedicated transport, a vehicle that is superior to the one available to the GKs. And beyond that, would it make any sense for two "Land Raider" tanks to be present in the same army that followed different sets of rules? Strictly from a gaming standpoint -- fluff aside, even -- I couldn't buy it. My personal version of common sense rebelled.The_Giant_Mantis said:
Be that as it may, my conclusions should not be mistaken for official canon. I've no idea what a GW tournament's stance on this issue might be. It really is inexcusable that GW has allowed this confusion to continue unaddressed for so long. All it would take is a simple FAQ update....
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