Flamers no longer OP

Flamer's of Tzeentch - painted by me

Late last year I said Flamers were not OP here.  The world, and Phil Kelly disagreed.

Points to consider (revised):

• I have not yet found a compelling reason to spend waste 5 points on a Pyrocaster upgrade.  While it is unlikely that you get charged, I've taken to deepstriking them with a disk of Tzeentch (Blue Scribes or Herald) as I can get a much larger frontage and generally hit a target with 5 -6 templates off the deepstrike this way vs 3-4 in a normal small cluster.  The pyrocaster protects your HQ from instant gib.
• I won't go into the warpfire/breath garbage that is now going around to allow you to hit people outside your range. Note: GW please read your FAQs before you post them and stop letting the interns write them.
• I don't think they are over powered costed now.

The change:

• Wounds MEQ 1/3 of their previous (S4 AP4 - wounds on 4, MEQ save on 3+)
• Invuln save is 8.5% better (re-roll 1s)
• Loss of Eternal Warrior will cost them dearly

I can only surmise that the WD Codex update was a ploy to sell models (of course it was) but broke an important compact with customers.  You can't sell a shiney object and then smash it 6 months later.  It's one thing to nerf a model or two after a 5 year codex cycle and entirely something else when done in 6 months.