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Personally, I'd recommend Striders over Archers. Archers aren't bad, but they ideally want to stand still and shoot, which is odd in a faction as mobile as Legion. Striders are a lot better at the...

Congrats on the free starter!

Lylith isn't a bad starter, but she's got a very limited spell list and tiny command area. If you're getting the starter with no warlock I'd recommend pThagrosh. He's...

Angelius is definitely a good beast to have. It's cheaper (points-wise) than the Carnivean, fast, and has a nasty armor-piercing attack.

The Blighted Swordsmen are very good too. They're not as...

I'd definitely recommend not trying to field all that at once until you get familiar with the core rules. Play some Mangled Metal (Sorscha + Jacks only) first before bringing in the infantry. Beast...

Warmachine can play without warjacks better than Hordes can play without beasts, for what it's worth. You should probably take at least 1 warjack in any army though, since Warcasters bring free...

In my area there's lots of folks with multiple factions. I've got 1 WM (Khador) and 1 Hordes (Legion).

I'm sure if you concentrate on just one faction you should get pretty dang good with it. It's...

The common answer will probably be either Cygnar or Retribution.

In Cygnar, even the elite melee troops can shoot (albeit at short range). Lots of their casters have spells and abilities that...

Rahn + mittens is definitely a good combo, as his feat makes all their magic attack boosted. You might have an uphill battle against anything that can shut down your magic though, usually found in...

I second what EP said. There really aren't any "beginners" factions in WM/Hordes.

As far as the 3 you mentioned:

Circle: Fast, usually squishy, with lots of movement trick and ways to generate...

I wouldn't make the blanket statement that artillery is bad, but in a game as movement-heavy as WarmaHordes, stationary artillery is at a big disadvantage. The only one that really seems to get a lot...

I'm pretty sure that's not true. Cygnar has the journeyman warcaster, who has Arcane Shield, and many of their casters also have Arcane Shield. I've been playing for a while now, and I've never heard...

Cycling is really on an effective strategy on offensive upkeeps though. Unless you're planning on incurring free strikes there's no real benefit to cycling Defender's Ward.

Is that the head from an xJuggy?

I love the battle damage, BTW. It really makes this merc seem like it's seen some rough times.

Very sharp all around. The sandbags are a nice touch, and I love the quartered flag on the Stormclad.

Warcasters with Battlegroup-only buffs?

Not in the MK2 cards. It's on of the things that's a little more confusing in the new layout.

To answer the question, and ARM 17 jack with a +2 shield is ARM 19 against all attacks made in its...

The other big change was to how units work.

All units now have field promotion if the leader dies, so there's no more sniping the leader to prevent charges, and unit formation is with CMD inches...

Welcome! There seems to be two main stories for people starting Warmachine from Warhammer.

1> "This look like a fun little game to play on the side" (6 month later) "When was the last time I...

Once you get home, I'd recommend downloading the quickstart rules from http://privateerpress.com/warmachine/the-game.

That covers all the core rules. The rulebooks add stuff about infantry and...

Huh. I usually only go to the forums (http://privateerpressforums.com/index.php), but it looks like their marketing site is dead at the moment.

As someone who's responsible for a corporate...

Great work OG. I love the light blues, and how the stripes are nicely faded so as not to overpower the other colors.

I haven't proxied them yet, but I think the lack of "umph" is a result of privateer not wanting Battle Engines to take the focus away from existing models. They have a place, but if they made them...

Disclaimer: I don't play Cryx, but I've played against them for years...

Cryxian warjacks are the fastest around, they hit plenty hard, a few have ways to get free focus, but they've got...

True. I usually don't play scenarios except in tourneys, but they do add that extra win condition to mix things up.

The previous posts have most of it covered, so I'll just add a few other notes about general gameplay:

1> There's no wargear in Warmachine/Hordes and all armies are lead by a named character. This...