Well, I had to look this up, but a SkyClaw is basically just a BloodClaw with a jump pack. So they would be the same at melee and have the same armor, but they are not full fledged space marines like the assault marines in other chapters.Moonreaver wrote:And blood claws are pretty much Jr. Space Marines, that are not Assault Marines, I do not think this game really has Jump packs in the traditional sense (I mean you can move around the screen fast, but no jump and come down and smash face) Claws are very fragile till you level them a bit. (I know the game has SkyClaws and the Orks's version, but the skyclaws are worse then the bloodclaws 5 less Armour and 5 less attack)
Here is a bit of the lore: "In the Space Wolves, the reckless troublemakers from the Blood Claw packs are reassigned to the Skyclaw Assault Packs as a "reward" for their stubbornness and naïvete, and are given jump packs to aid their eagerness to charge straight into the line of battle. The experienced elders look down on the Skyclaws as dishonourable, since fighting on foot was good enough for their Primarch and so it is good enough for them. This disapproval among the experienced Space Wolves only drives the Skyclaws to perform risky acts of valour and heroism. While many will surely perish in attempting to achieve such a feat to be worthy in the elders' eyes, some will inevitably succeed in accomplishing the impossible".
So good on the Dev's for knowing their lore and not making SkyClaw's the same as normal assault marines, but they should have the same stats as BloodClaws, not less (or perhaps 5 MORE attack and 5 less armor to reflect their reckless yet fanatic behavior in accordance with the lore). But as they have mentioned, it would have been good to have more of this kind of information in the game or the manual so player's can be informed without having to do their own research if they are not familiar with the Space Wolves Chapter.
The SkyClaw's should be able to still jump like assault marines can in the TT and other games, the jump packs are the same.
