Rules lawyering for 6th - Taking RAW to the max

6th ed has been out for a short while now and already there has been some face-palming moments with "loop holes" by taking words literally as they are written. And these arguments are correct in their points of view although all sense of logic says wtf!

Here is 3 examples.

The first one that came to my attention is the Dire Avenger exarch power "Bladestorm", the key wording in the rule says "may not fire in the subsequent shooting phase". Thus it is entirely legal to bladestorm in your own turn, then if you get charged in your opponent's next turn you can bladestorm again as it isn't the subsequent shooting phase.

The next one that came to my attention is via Stelek at YTTH:

Main Rulebook, Page 45:

“Bike and Jetbike riders benefit from the
protection offered by their bike, which
increases their Toughness characteristic
by 1. If the Bike or Jetbike is part of the
model’s standard wargear, this bonus is
already included on its profile.”

While one can argue that Eldar Jetbikes are not defined for Warlocks or Farseers, the rules have been upgraded to define Eldar Jetbikes (aka Guardian Jetbikes) so these apply. Note that Shining Spears are not Eldar Jetbikes (read the unit entry, they have jetbikes…nice fail still going on years later, thankfully, no one uses them so who cares, and this does NOT apply to them because the bike IS included in their standard wargear).

Eldar FAQ:

“These have twin-linked shuriken catapults;
they increase their rider’s Toughness by 1
and confer a 3+ armor save to the rider.
Finally, they change the rider’s unit type to Eldar Jetbike.”

Hmmm. Regular Guardian Jetbikes remain T4.

However, since Eldar Jetbikes are not part of my model’s normal wargear on the farseer or warlock, I get both bonuses.

This means Warlock squads on bikes are T5, as is my Farseer on a bike.

Finally I heard this during a batrep from Frontline Gaming. To shoot a flying MC you can only fire Snap Shots unless you have Skyfire. Assume the MC gets hit and wounded they now must take a "Grounded Test" where they have a chance to fall out of the sky and become "Grounded" (not the use of capital letter). It then details the Grounded rule which explains how it moves in subsequent movement phases, losing jink and may be assaulted, the rules make no mention of losing "Swooping" or "Hard to hit" Thus by RAW you may still only fire Snap Shots at it unless you have Skyfire... whilst it's on the ground.

All these arguments are correct even if common sense tells you otherwise.