um... i agree with firstborn in his response to the new rules and it is basically a better representation of my earlier question.

(side note, engineers are not good at this whole 'talking' thing so sorry if i sound rude...)
from firstborn:
'Soul Flayer Balefire Template Attack:
With these new rules, how will the Soul Flayer Balefire Template Attack work? Do you simply substract the models altitude as inches off the template? Where do you have to measure the template from? I could see some abuse if players simply measure the template from the base of the Soulflayer and point it straight down.
The real un-balance with this would be if the Soul Flayer could fly over the board, using Balefire on your non-polearm close combat troops, and wipe them all out without fear of retaliation.
Could you please clarify this?'
thoughts?