Editing Warmachine/Tactics/Mercenaries (section)

===How do they play?===

As the diet-coke Cygnar faction. Considering Cygnar often has 1-2 merc units these days, and these guys get one of the Swan's signature units, this is often the easiest 2nd army for a Cygnar player to pickup. Contrast to 4*, HBC has a few differences, its mercs are more heroic/ethical than 4* and it has that flavouring of a scrappy underdog resistance. HBC has the following special rules:

'''- All Solos gain Advanced Deploy:''' This means that you get to see your opponent's overall deployment and can place your lone assassins, support solos etc, where you need it. Deploy your units as per normal, but don't plan to place your solos, instead wait for your opponent and then adapt your solos to match. As merc solos often have pretty powerful effects or are just assassins, this rule lets you line up targets.

'''- You may take a single unit of Arcane Tempest Gunmages OR Long Gunners:''' You get one or the other. Long Gunners are nice for a reliable range unit as mercs really only get Steelhead Riflemen. But instead you will take Gun Mages, because they're a multi-purpose toolbox unit while mercs tend to be specialists with narrow options.