Craftworld Eldar in the rumormill

[40kGamer]

Maybe we'll get a Biel-tan supplement that actually makes Banshees useable!

[crazyterran]

INC Codex Harlequin version of Holofields and the Serpent Shield being nerfed.

And the Banshees find grenades in a box at the back of the Aspect Shrine.

[Erik Setzer]

Wow. There are almost as many distinct Eldar armies as there are other aliens combined. It's like Imperials and Chaos are fight, and some Eldar are there too, but the rest of us are just footnotes in all of that.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Wow. There are almost as many distinct Eldar armies as there are other aliens combined. It's like Imperials and Chaos are fight, and some Eldar are there too, but the rest of us are just footnotes in all of that.

Not to mention all of the aliens except tyranids have 2 arms and 2 legs. Silver people, pointy eared people, evil pointy eared people, pointy eared theatre groups, blue people, green people, avian people ect hell, even the extra-dimensional "daemons" are mostly humanoid with the exception of a few Tzeentch figures - I want more of that gothic SF horror. I'm not asking for ultra-bizarre stuff like I make myself, but definitely something more than space dinosaur-bugs.

[Mr Mystery]

Going on our planet, the human form is pretty damned useful....

Plus, old ones clearly had a template 😛

[daboarder]

Whatever they do, you can be guaranteed that wave serpents will be difficult to obtain. There will be quite a tax on taking them.

i think it far more likely the shield will just go as an offensive weapon

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Going on our planet, the human form is pretty damned useful....

Plus, old ones clearly had a template 😛

I don't find it useful at all! I keep tripping over my own bloody shoes! :P

but seriously, in keeping with 40k's gothic Science fantasy backround you could do all kinds of nightmarish stuff - Slaugth being a great existing example (they have a great medieval folklore feel to them, proper shadowy 40k boogiemen!), but I'd like to see a vampire counts spirit host equivilent in 40k with gothic ghost-like energy beings, especially if they had weird technological contraptions on par with the mortis engine. The latter is something I plan to do myself as a "proof of concept".

[deinol]

Wow. There are almost as many distinct Eldar armies as there are other aliens combined. It's like Imperials and Chaos are fight, and some Eldar are there too, but the rest of us are just footnotes in all of that.

It's almost like they are one of the oldest, richest devolved factions in the game.

Orks do have a bunch of clans they could bring back though.

[40kGamer]

I don't find it useful at all! I keep tripping over my own bloody shoes! :P

but seriously, in keeping with 40k's gothic Science fantasy backround you could do all kinds of nightmarish stuff - Slaugth being a great existing example (they have a great medieval folklore feel to them, proper shadowy 40k boogiemen!), but I'd like to see a vampire counts spirit host equivilent in 40k with gothic ghost-like energy beings, especially if they had weird technological contraptions on par with the mortis engine. The latter is something I plan to do myself as a "proof of concept".

I think there is a belief that non-humanoid races may not be profitable. Gamers may shy away from something they can't relate to... explains why over 50% of the factions are based on humans and all of the others are humanoid with the exception of the alien dinosaur wannabes.

[ShadowcatX]

i think it far more likely the shield will just go as an offensive weapon

It'll be difficult (ie. impossible) to do that without a re-write of the codex and that seems to be pretty unlikely.