GW FAQ - Re-writing the rules?

[Tarion]

OK, this is turning into one of my favourite rants, but what is with GW changing how the rules work in their FAQs? Erratas are one thing, but there are many times where the FAQ section is interpreted as if the writer hadn't picked up the codex, and just had a casual knowledge of the codex.

The current subject of my ire is the Necron FAQ. In particular, the Monolith section.

Q. Can a Necron unit that teleports through a Monolith’s portal move after emerging?
A. Only if the Monolith (and the teleporting unit) hasn’t already moved that Movement phase. If the unit has already moved before being teleported, it may only be deployed within 2" of the portal; if it hasn’t already moved, it may deploy out 2" and then move normally.

Fair enough, right? It acts like a normal transport, and you can do whatever you could normally do if the Monolith had moved.

Wrong. The Necron codex explicitly states that Necrons emerging from the Monolith portal count as emerging from a stationary vehicle, even if the Monolith has moved.

So, how do you guys play it? According to the clear rules of the codex, or according to GW's dice-roll of a FAQ?

[Phail]

codex.

gw said a while ago that only the errata part of an faq is set in stone and that the FAQs are their own house rules :/

[Baragash]

gw said a while ago that only the errata part of an faq is set in stone and that the FAQs are their own house rules :/

Yeah, it's in the preface to the Shrine of Knowledge.

We tend to ignore FAQs like that.

[Tarion]

See, that would be my opinion too. But I can imagine a lot of people arguing, purely because it's in the FAQ.

Does anyone have a newer version of the Necron 'dex? My printing is fairly old I think, so it may be a change that's happened to the codex, as opposed to just the FAQ.

[Baragash]

The easiest way to tell is to look at the wording for Living Metal (can't remember what the difference is myself), they changed it between printings - I think mine is a 1st printing though.

RE: the main issue, well (and excuse any broken-record issues on my part), it comes down to gaming group. We'd look at it and dismiss it because there's no need to FA the Q in the first place.

(I do have a question I can't verify at work: is the Codex bit you've stated applicable to all teleportation, or just those emerging from reserve?),

[Angelofblades]

If people were looking for a set of defined FAQ's. People could always use the BOL's FAQ...

[Werty]

Newer prints of the Necron codex do not have the part about counting as stationary. At least the one I have doesn't.

[WD40]

I always used that strategy as a way to get units to move faster (12 or 18'').

My codex has 2 points. The first says they enter play as if they were disembarking from an access point on a transport vehicle. The second says the units going phasing out of the portal cant move before doing so. It doesn't say that they can't move afterwards and doesnt talk about the monolith moving.

[Kroot Lord]

I'd leave the FAQ. The FAQ is for questions that you are unsure to in the first place- if you're following your Necron Codex, there's nothing to be unsure of when it comes to that, ergo the FAQ doesn't come into play.