GW's New Releases: A Positive Perspective

[Path Walker]

GW turned them into Tomb Kings in Space.



In 1997.

[Demonus]

I wish the Tyranids would eat the Tau....

[40kGamer]

I think it could be started off with something as small as the tempestus release was, Infantry box, HQ, Vehicle dual build.

Good point. That could work and would take very little effort. Bringing termites into 40k would be cool and go well with the whole mining theme.

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I wish the Tyranids would eat the Tau....

[This Dave]

I wish the Tyranids would eat the Tau....

All right thinking people do.

[Lord-Boofhead]

They have a rich background and in most cases there is absolutely no need for a retcon. We still have TONS of units in the background (Slicing orbs, Warpspider Phoenixlord,...) which do not need ANY retcon at all. FW has done an amazing job with the Spectres and their Phoenixlord creating a meaningful Camapain and made it feel like the universe is alive and new stuff happens.

So let me get this right, you are complaining that GW hasn't given us the (stated to be rare and obscure) Slicing Orbs of Zandros and then praising FW for giving us the before now never mentioned Sectors.

Consistency isn't your strong spot is it?

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I think it could be started off with something as small as the tempestus release was, Infantry box, HQ, Vehicle dual build.
3 kits, codex, army. kitn kaboodle.

SO

Sqaut HQ In better than normal armour, alternate for sqaut heavier armour (the og exo)
Sqaut Infantry + Mole mortar as heavy weapon option.
Termite-Transport/Alternate Kamikaze Robot Explosive/Sapping Heavy Choice - take out all those strongholds
Mole mortar/Heavy weapons team sprue repack

if its going to be small production perhaps itll even be served up FW similar to the Mechanicus. I dont expect to see anything bigger than those three kits HQ INF TRANS

I've saying simmilar to this for ages, FW needs to do Squats as an IG regiment, Sapper specialists.

[Brenlak]

I just listened to a Vlog from some polish guy that I found on this site he talks about GW's real practice: they sell the hobby.
The down and out truth is that they sell some of the finest models in the world and that is what makes them the MONEY... rules will always be arbitrary to a company that is trying to sell you premium content

That being said as a Tyranid player I am overjoyed at the plethora of models coming out for me, but even when I wasn't painting(or playing...) I would still pick up a white Dwarf and drool over the beautiful mini's (I have a friend that graffiti's all over, he says he see's a wall and it needs him to paint, I do the same with models..)

And if you don't like the rules; change them! We play 7th edition with 6th edition psyker phase.

[DarkLink]

Necrons don't have an Egyptian flavour.><

Someone projecting Tomb Kings onto Necrons?

Consistency isn't your strong spot is it?

Haven't you learned anything from like the last twelve times you've gotten a temporary ban?

[John Bower]

I just listened to a Vlog from some polish guy that I found on this site he talks about GW's real practice: they sell the hobby.
The down and out truth is that they sell some of the finest models in the world and that is what makes them the MONEY... rules will always be arbitrary to a company that is trying to sell you premium content

That being said as a Tyranid player I am overjoyed at the plethora of models coming out for me, but even when I wasn't painting(or playing...) I would still pick up a white Dwarf and drool over the beautiful mini's (I have a friend that graffiti's all over, he says he see's a wall and it needs him to paint, I do the same with models..)

And if you don't like the rules; change them! We play 7th edition with 6th edition psyker phase.

Yep, as a nid player me too, I'm not getting my Spore pod till Xmas (it's a prezzy from my sister) but I am certainly looking forward to working out the best way to build it (I kind of figured as most of the people I play with are pretty reasonable so build it as the Artillery piece and use as whichever I need at the time).

On the whole though I do sometimes read the forums and think that when it comes to GW it is a case of 'Damned if they do, damned if they don't' with people. I know there are some who are 'eternally optimistic' and that is their prerogative after all. Same as it is to those who hate on GW for whatever; but then if you hate them so much; why are you still playing their games and/or buying their models?

I do like 7th ed, I know the psychic phase brassed off a lot of people but I like that it brings all that shenanigans into 1 easy to remember place. The times I forgot blessings/maledictions because they had to be done before you did anything else I lost count of.

Is the release schedule a bit quick? Now that I think yes; it's been very hard to keep up with on a limited budget, and I know I'm not the only one struggling with that. I do like that the codexes are all catching up to 7th ed; that's good, and I like the new campaign supplements adding new stuff to armies and new rules that we had back in 5th and are now way out of date (Planetstrike and Cities of Death). The last one I am truly looking forward to, I like to play a diverse 40k not just the same old missions every time. I have a spreadsheet and have it worked out to nigh on a hundred all told between the Apocalypse books, campaign supplements and Altar of War book.

Are some armies underpowered? Definitely; as said I play nids and I play DE, both of who struggle to win games. Heck my orks do way better and they are very much still CC oriented, it just seems they manage to get there better than my DE or nids do. I'd like to see the Eldar nerfed a bit next time; and to some extent the marines; lose that blasted Drop pod assault (I know it's fluffy but my gosh it gets abused) and make it normal reserve rolls just to tone it down a bit; raining Sternguard on your opponent with meltas is to my thinking just as OP as the Wave Serpent or Adamantine lance.