Necrons Rumor Roundup

[Andersp90]

As long as they bring the four main C'tans back to life, I will be a happy man (so the BL books will make sense again).

We alredy know that the ability to balance units probably, is beyond the means of GW (hello maleceptor!), so a balanced codex is an unlikely outcome.

[John Bower]

What about the transcendent C'tan, of all things in 40k that need a real beating from the nerf bat!?!

Trouble is that he was written purely for Apocalypse and not supposed to (originally) be used in normal games. Then some bright spark decided "Oh, let's try and sell some more of the really big expensive kits by allowing them in normal games" and tadaaaa, you wound up with guys like him trouncing whatever they come up against. Which only proves my point, on what level is Gazza of the Orks anywhere close to a TC? He isn't, they thought (wrongly again) that by turning some characters into Lords of War they would suddenly become 'acceptable'.

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New 'cron warriors fistbumping with BAs?

Really? I didn't think it was that good that you had to do that on the cover....

[Bigred]

via [URL="http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?403299-Necron-Rumours-Mk-II&p=7340625&viewfull=1#post7340625"]Darnok[/URL] 12-23-2014

Necrons will hit on the 31th of January (so advance orders are up on the previous Friday, the 23rd). Codex, clampack character, and an army box - the latter probably a bit after the book/character.

[Bigred]

via [URL="http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/12/plague-marines-and-new-chaos-cult.html#more"]Nostromodamus[/URL] on 12-27-2014

There will be a plastic Cryptek along with a new Destroyer Lord. That is all I am aware of for Necrons at this time. Don't count on too many new units until the ranges are fully converted to plastic.

[Brettila]

Conversion or not, I imagine the next iteration of warrior will be similar as they attempt to remove the green rods from the army. That would leave only the green bitz on the Monolith as the new Destroyer will eliminate them there as well.

[Charistoph]

Conversion or not, I imagine the next iteration of warrior will be similar as they attempt to remove the green rods from the army. That would leave only the green bitz on the Monolith as the new Destroyer will eliminate them there as well.

That depends on which rumors pan out as being truth.

Warriors, Destroyers, and the Monolith are the only old plastic models left.

I've heard some rumors that Destroyers will get a new kit that will include the Heavy and Lord bits. I've also heard that this is bogus.

Those modified Warriors indicate that it is a possibility that Warriors have a new kit. Rumor mongers have said that this is also bogus.

I have heard that nothing new aside from Characters is coming down the pipe, so leaves the Monolith out. Besides, if the 'Lith gets a new kit, it almost HAST to be a dual kit with something nasty.

All just rumors and probably not true (no matter how accurate certain mongers have been in the past), but it's so much fun telling them anyway.

Personally, I could see Warriors getting a lesser Tesla weapon if they redo the sprue. And they would probably release a separate Scarab kit at the same time, too. Speaking of which, how many Warriors are on a sprue set? 4? What are the odds of a 20 Warrior box being released? They didn't do it with Kroot, but they've done it for a lot of singletons.

[Necron2.0]

I doubt it will be that little.

I expect the Royal Court to be completely changed. Either they will be upgrade units ala Broodlords, Sword Brethren, and Wolf Guard, or like IG Commisars, purchased straight out and assigned to units before deployment. Either way, we will likely see them gone as an independent unit.

I hope not. I also hope they do nothing to the "Staff of Light" stats. You cannot imagine how much fun I've been having teleporting my lords and crypteks around, completely obliterating entire 10 man squads of space marines in one salvo, and then having scarabs intercept any nearby assault troops so my court can teleport out again.

Wicked fun.

[Mr Mystery]

Remember to laugh when you do that. It's compulsory!

[Charistoph]

I hope not. I also hope they do nothing to the "Staff of Light" stats. You cannot imagine how much fun I've been having teleporting my lords and crypteks around, completely obliterating entire 10 man squads of space marines in one salvo, and then having scarabs intercept any nearby assault troops so my court can teleport out again.

Wicked fun.

After seeing what happened with Blood Angels, especially after Space Wolves, I'd be really surprised if they DIDN'T do it. Not necessarily a WANT, mind, but that doesn't change the expectation.

If they do change the Staff Light, I hope the shooting attack stays as is, but adds a Power Staff-type profile as a secondary profile, much like how the Rod of the Covenant works. It may not need the Str bonus, but Concussive and AP:4 would be nice.

[Necron2.0]

Actually, if they make all Necrons at least initiative 4, they can HAVE the staff of light. The idea that the Necrons would all be initiative 2 was patently retarded from the start. HELLO! They turned themselves into machines to eschew the weaknesses of flesh. Machines almost by definition are not slow and ponderous. Machines tend to be fast, fluid and precise. That's been the re-occurring theme throughout the industrial revolution. That's why machines have replaced humans in factories.

Worse yet, given that the Eldar were traditional enemies of the Necrontyr since long before the conversion, the notion that a mechanical form would be chosen that is child's play to defeat in melee combat, when the principle combatant is a specialist in melee combat, well that goes beyond simple retardation straight to the lobotomy ward. For as much as I slaughter Space Marines with my royal court, I routinely lose entire Warrior squads to sweeping advances, when the Warriors outnumber their attackers 4 to 1. That should almost never happen.