Tyranids Rumor Roundup

[daboarder]

My tip is Phil Kelly.

PLEASE GOD NO!!!

I think its ward, kelly has already done nids once, and they don't like to let them do work they have already done. pluss ward is about up for a book....

[Emerald Rose Widow]

While I will almost bet it would be ward, much to my chagrine, I hope it will be Kelly.

[Learn2Eel]

PLEASE GOD NO!!!

I think its ward, kelly has already done nids once, and they don't like to let them do work they have already done. pluss ward is about up for a book....

Why don't you want it to be Kelly? Eldar have the best internal balance of any 6th Edition book released so far IMO, though I guess caution is understandable after Chaos Space Marines....
It won't be Cruddace, not after the previous codex. I doubt it would be Vetock but I guess anything is possible. Ward seems to be doing the 40K supplements more than the codices - he's been confirmed to have written Iyanden and Sentinels of Terra - so I'm not too sure it will be him. The one that seems to make the most sense is Kelly.

From a rules perspective, I personally hope it is Ward though. His High Elf and Dark Elf books have been outstanding works; I'm sure he can write a 40K book of similar quality.

[daboarder]

Why don't you want it to be Kelly? Eldar have the best internal balance of any 6th Edition book released so far IMO, though I guess caution is understandable after Chaos Space Marines....
It won't be Cruddace, not after the previous codex. I doubt it would be Vetock but I guess anything is possible. Ward seems to be doing the 40K supplements more than the codices - he's been confirmed to have written Iyanden and Sentinels of Terra - so I'm not too sure it will be him. The one that seems to make the most sense is Kelly.

From a rules perspective, I personally hope it is Ward though. His High Elf and Dark Elf books have been outstanding works; I'm sure he can write a 40K book of similar quality.

Well I'm a chaos player.....

[Bigred]

OP updated:

Tyranids
-Tyranids kick off 2014 ~so look for pictures and craziness to ensue in the December rampup
-An emphasis on making EVERY unit in the codex viable this time around ~we're looking at you Pyrovore!
-The army rules and theme are focused on adaptability of unit abilities and inter-unit synergy ~there will be "combos"
-Emphasis on model releases will be to get out all the missing models in the previous codex
-Look for a small number of highly specialized new units to shore up 6th edition deficiencies in the army
-A new unseen big bug kit is among these

Tyranid-hunters
-Ultramarine Tyranic War Veteran Supplemental codex is the next supplemental book coming, to tie into the release and to provide worthy foes for the hive-fleets.
-BOTH digital and physical versions out in Q1 2014

[daboarder]

that doesn't sound good, GW has a nasty habit of either making deliberate combos insanely costly, ineffective/unworkable, or having in built flaws that turn them into a liability.

[dirkspair]

like what?

[Mr Mystery]

I doubt Mr Ward is the author....he seems knee deep in proper Warhammer at the moment.

[daboarder]

like what?

like most of the last tyranid codex, that was said to be all about "synergy" yeah 9 hive guard isn't really synergistic.

or for example, sisters of battle (armour of thingymajig) could have just been left at, provides re-rolls of armour and invul saves, at its price on a t3 model it would hardly have been broken to have a 4++ (buy rosarius) with a re-roll, but because GW has a weird belief that "synergy" is some awesome metaphysical sauce they limit it to the armour of faith re-roll (wooo 6++ yay)

[Learn2Eel]

I can't see them making the same mistakes twice in a row, I'm pretty sure it is widely acknowledged by GW authors in interviews that they need a big update. Not having Allies of kind and being unable to use emplaced weapons are restrictions that no other army has after all. We must be getting some big stuff to make up for it. I guess I am optimistic though; Chaos Marines (and Dark Angels to an extent) have been exceptions rather than the norm.