I'm just getting started in my dive into Necromunda and I'm jumping in with House Orlock. My roster for the Iron Eights can be found here and I also have a second potential roster for house Orlock that makes some shifts.
The first list is a bit more focused on heavy firepower, with the leader putting down some covering fire with a grenade launcher accompanied by a gunner specialist armed with a heavy bolter. The second list trades the heavy bolter for another gunner and some different equipment, switching the leader's launcher to a specialist gunner. In this list the leader is more of a counter-charger/close combat fighter, rather than providing covering fire and support at a distance with the grenade launcher.
I'm not super concerned with what's considered meta, and am more interested in what'll be more fun to run to start a campaign, but I'd also like to avoid any major pitfalls in list building. Is the heavy bolter not worth starting out with? Is having a grenade launcher on my Road Captain a bad idea? I'd appreciate any and all advice or tips for adjusting these rosters. Thanks in advance!
The first list is a bit more focused on heavy firepower, with the leader putting down some covering fire with a grenade launcher accompanied by a gunner specialist armed with a heavy bolter. The second list trades the heavy bolter for another gunner and some different equipment, switching the leader's launcher to a specialist gunner. In this list the leader is more of a counter-charger/close combat fighter, rather than providing covering fire and support at a distance with the grenade launcher.
I'm not super concerned with what's considered meta, and am more interested in what'll be more fun to run to start a campaign, but I'd also like to avoid any major pitfalls in list building. Is the heavy bolter not worth starting out with? Is having a grenade launcher on my Road Captain a bad idea? I'd appreciate any and all advice or tips for adjusting these rosters. Thanks in advance!