New Tau fire warriors another £8 more

[billyboy]

Ok I know they do this a lot, but how are they justifying adding another £8 for losing two models in the box set? This just does not seem sustainable for the future and i dont see them being here for more than 10 years.

[Lexington]

Oh, this is nothing - they cut half the models from the Dire Avengers box a few years ago, but left the price the same. Upping prices (both actual and relative) while losing customers is literally the whole of GW's business model anymore. It's an intentional death spiral.

[Mr Mystery]

People were saying that 10 years ago. In fact, since at least 1998 when I first ventured online.

All depends on how much people want the spanglies.

So far as I can tell, Strike and Breacher teams are going to be a dual box (mostly supposition), and that Breacker team is looking pretty cool.

New sells to new players and existing players. If you've already got a Tau army, it will likely just be Breachers your after.

[YorkNecromancer]

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2.) Go online, buy new Fire Warrior heads off eBay or bits sites.
3.) Smile, secure in the knowledge that you're Doing Wargaming Right.

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To the people who say 'I just want to play the game, I'm not into the hobby side of things', well. Sorry.

You I got nothing for.

[billyboy]

Inspirational stuff right there, too bad i fall in to at least 2 of those categories.
But in all seriousness I would if I had time between juggling school and work, but I would get a few things done a week, and im in love with the GW sculpts and the way they fit together smoothly.
But addressing the fact they have been doing this for years, they could get away with it then, they dominated the market, now with infinity and war machine up and coming I honestly see GW

[Mr Mystery]

Warmachine has been around for at least what, 11 or 12 years now, perhaps a bit longer (I know I had stuff going back to 2003), and whilst I understand it's doing pretty well in the US, it's not exactly got the same following in the UK.

Anecdotal I know, but I've been round a few gaming clubs and relatively few people play Warmahordes compared to GW and X-Wing in that order.

Infinity? Local club has around 4 regular players, out of around 60 members.

So from what I've seen, whilst there is indeed growing competition in the market place, GW remain pretty dominant.

[billyboy]

Really? In my local area GW is dying, infinity is the next thing, not so much warmachine but infinity is becoming better with more players because according to them its a lot more affordable

[Mr Mystery]

Which is fair enough. I can only comment on what I'm seeing in my neck of the woods - and I make no claim to that being an all seeing eye type thing

[Kirsten]

Infinity is affordable for the small model count, the models themselves are far more expensive than GW.the fire warriors will now come with multiple variants, possibly three if you include pulse rifles, pulse carbines, and pulse blasters. plus the funky turret and drones. I think that is acceptable personally.

[Tyrendian]

Infinity is affordable for the small model count, the models themselves are far more expensive than GW.the fire warriors will now come with multiple variants, possibly three if you include pulse rifles, pulse carbines, and pulse blasters. plus the funky turret and drones. I think that is acceptable personally.

yeah - less models, but apparently a huge jump in parts and options, kinda like the old new Pathfinders, so I'd say if you're looking for ridiculous price jumps the Dire Avengers are still "top notch"