Overread Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 42 minutes ago, shinros said: My opinion is thus, if the army does not have rules in the handbook then it is not safe. Brayherd are gone and they had GHB rules. Granted they got rolled into Beasts of Chaos so the models were not lost, however it stands that GHB info is no protection. Heck Greenskins had their getting started set in a white dwarf advertising page for the new Skirmish only weeks before their line was pulled from sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svnvaldez Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 24 minutes ago, Overread said: Brayherd are gone and they had GHB rules. Are they gone? I take some issue with that. Did they change the names / keywords on warscrolls to make it illegal in matched play? (Some of the old compendium stuff went that route.) To be matched play legal you need 2 things. 1) a Pitched Battle Profile (points that are most often in a GH but sometimes can be found in a outside pdf) and 2) you must use the most modern warscroll. I'm not sure there is anything stopping someone from running Brayherds as outlined in the GH. I think there needs to be a better system for outlining what is matched play legal. I have seen people have arguments over whether a player can use Tomb Kings etc. Yes their points (Pitched Battle Profile) are old... but they are points and they are the most modern warscroll so they are 100% legal in the current game. Some clarity would be great on the direction GW wants to go. Such as you need matched play points in the most current GH or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svnvaldez Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 41 minutes ago, Overread said: Granted they got rolled into Beasts of Chaos so the models were not lost, however it stands that GHB info is no protection. Heck Greenskins had their getting started set in a white dwarf advertising page for the new Skirmish only weeks before their line was pulled from sale. I could find the citation about the 2 criteria for matched play legally... I think it’s in the section of the core book on matched play called pitched battle. But without clarification it will be messy what happens to greenskinz. I don’t think there is an argument against using GH2018 point if they are dropped from GH2019. But that is incredibly silly. But no less silly then using pdf FW points or compendium pdf points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overread Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Generally speaking any faction without a Battletome is "gone" in the sense that they are unlikely to get updates in further editions of the GHB nor AoS in general. Ergo yes they might be fully legal and work now, but they might well not be taken forward with the rest of AoS. Much like how I expect index models from 40K to get left behind as well. Of course with all things GW can bring them back if they want, its just that if you're not "protected" in an up to take tome you're at a high chance of being lost in the short term and likely the long term too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollowHills Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 On 3/29/2019 at 11:07 AM, Overread said: Right now there's clearly a very strong Greek theme coming through. Daughters of Khaine have the medusa and masked thing going on, idoneth have Greek hoplite style warriors. Slaanesh has Xerxes and the cow person KoS. Elves are Greeks and their enemy Slaanesh are the Persians. Mind blown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overread Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 23 minutes ago, HollowHills said: Daughters of Khaine have the medusa and masked thing going on, idoneth have Greek hoplite style warriors. Slaanesh has Xerxes and the cow person KoS. Elves are Greeks and their enemy Slaanesh are the Persians. Mind blown. Does this mean we might see a cavalry faction - oh yes Genghis Khan AoS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendar Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 11 minutes ago, Overread said: Does this mean we might see a cavalry faction - oh yes Genghis Khan AoS! I'm not going to lie, any new oriental themed army will be an instant buy for me. Bonus points for mounted archers. Of course, whether or not we'll ever see anything like that is.. not hopeful to me. Not anytime in the next 1-3 years at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novakai Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 that what Hobgoblins where in WHF, Mongolian themed goblin wolf riders that lived in the east part of the old world I believe GW released a hobgoblin unit back ages ago as a regiment of renown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendar Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 While I know we won't get Cathay back, something done in that manner would be more what I want. I think having a new human race to go along with Free People (although as it's own faction\battletome) would be great and something like that could easily be be made unique enough to fit their current IP standards I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorthor21 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 At one point chaos dwarves had a whole range of metal hobgoblins mounted and on foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenshin620 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 2 hours ago, shinros said: My opinion is thus, if the army does not have rules in the handbook then it is not safe. I still think it's a combination of GHB and/or Official AoS site. I mean seriously, they literally told what was going to be inside Gloomspite Gitz like 6 months before GG even were previewed. 1 hour ago, novakai said: that what Hobgoblins where in WHF, Mongolian themed goblin wolf riders that lived in the east part of the old world I believe GW released a hobgoblin unit back ages ago as a regiment of renown Honestly the old plastic wolf riders were somewhat mongolian like too, despite being common goblin and not the hobs. Maybe its the fuzzy hats. Spoiler I do think some type of "asian" themed army would be cool Cliche? Maybe. But given GW's plastic sculpting skills I think it would be great to see what they can come up with. Especially with the popularity of things like anime/manga, three kingdom era china, gritty asia themed games like sekiro/onimusha/nioh, sengoku era media, mortal kombat, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinros Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 4 hours ago, HollowHills said: Daughters of Khaine have the medusa and masked thing going on, idoneth have Greek hoplite style warriors. Slaanesh has Xerxes and the cow person KoS. Elves are Greeks and their enemy Slaanesh are the Persians. Mind blown. That is a very good point, can't believe I did not notice that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 It is worth emphasising that you can still play tomb kings, brettonians, wood elves etc at official GW tournaments. Here are the rules As you can see you can use any warscroll that has a pitched battle profile. All the old units are still included in warscroll builder which is an official GW piece of software even if it is not made by them directly. Any army may get minis replaced or abandoned but so long as the rules still exist in the app with points on warscroll builder, you can play them at any GW event. The only real caveat is that you have to use the most recent version of the warscroll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overread Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 The thing is that's only for GW events and only for the now. Those "dead" armies won't get new models; they won't get endless spells; they won't get updated for 3.0; they won't get new features or additions. They will remain just as they are. GW has given rules and allowed them to be used, but with no models, no official support nor mention and not even any current sales they are basically dead armies. Sure you can still use them, but only people who already have collections will make use of them, whilst many might sell them on to others completing collections and move onto armies that are currently supported; that will get new things and updates and be carried forward with the game. It's why you don't see Squats on the 40K battlefields despite the fact that you could likely still use them and also find the models (though I'd wager they are old enough that finding and buildling a full army would be quite a costly challenge and likely involve a fair bit of converting along the way). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skreech Verminking Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 31 minutes ago, Overread said: The thing is that's only for GW events and only for the now. Those "dead" armies won't get new models; they won't get endless spells; they won't get updated for 3.0; they won't get new features or additions. They will remain just as they are. GW has given rules and allowed them to be used, but with no models, no official support nor mention and not even any current sales they are basically dead armies. Sure you can still use them, but only people who already have collections will make use of them, whilst many might sell them on to others completing collections and move onto armies that are currently supported; that will get new things and updates and be carried forward with the game. It's why you don't see Squats on the 40K battlefields despite the fact that you could likely still use them and also find the models (though I'd wager they are old enough that finding and buildling a full army would be quite a costly challenge and likely involve a fair bit of converting along the way). Still it would be great to see halve of the players bringing one of those so called dead armies with them. just think of the face Gw would make when the whole tournament would be dominated by one of those armies. I don’t care if thei’re competitive or not, but seeing that face, I only can imagine because the scenario I’m making up in my head is almost near impossible to happen, would be worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalborBullguts Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Yes I hope my Gutbusters are supported at the end of it all too - They're really my passion in this beyond total war warhammer 3 coming out in the far future Plus they are wicked fun to paint; hopefully i can find a local opponent when i get them to a decent tribes strength Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Alll!!!!! Nothing is save!!!! Buy all the stuffs!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warboss Gorbolg Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Gutbusters have a current, relatively complete model line, and show up in several novels. Unless their sales are terrible, they are sticking around IMO. I think a lot of the Order legacy factions get a Firestorm on steroids treatment at some point. Dispossessed have a strong foundation in the lore and show up in novels. Not sure why so much pessimism. Aelves and Free Peoples are at higher risk IMO, but again it would seem like bad business to squat Wanderers or Darkling. The old High Elves are at greatest risk IMO. A lot of the Free Peoples just look old, and the High Elf aesthetics are perhaps too fractured. Still suspect they stick around in some mega-Firestorm battletome however. It would actually support the idea that AOS realms are huge and diverse in their inhabitants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetengine Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Alot of the basic Dwarf grumbling is because their kinda frustrating to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Alpaca Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 4 hours ago, Jetengine said: Alot of the basic Dwarf grumbling is because their kinda frustrating to play I can agree there. People just need to be patient, us dwarfs are stubborn and our time will come. Again, besides some elves, I don’t see any other army leaving us in at least 3+ years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turin Turambar Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 18 hours ago, Warboss Gorbolg said: Gutbusters have a current, relatively complete model line, and show up in several novels. Unless their sales are terrible, they are sticking around IMO. I think a lot of the Order legacy factions get a Firestorm on steroids treatment at some point. Dispossessed have a strong foundation in the lore and show up in novels. Not sure why so much pessimism. Aelves and Free Peoples are at higher risk IMO, but again it would seem like bad business to squat Wanderers or Darkling. The old High Elves are at greatest risk IMO. A lot of the Free Peoples just look old, and the High Elf aesthetics are perhaps too fractured. Still suspect they stick around in some mega-Firestorm battletome however. It would actually support the idea that AOS realms are huge and diverse in their inhabitants. free peoples have their own trilogy of novels (its main character is ironweld, and two of its main supporting characters are free people [a demi-gryph knight and a free guild mercenary]), also I heard that atleast one of the designers was wanting to write one (so creative interest is still there). but otherwise i agree, if high aelves are squated it would likely only be partial, the skycutter is relatively new, a unique concept and very dynamic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zadolix Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 If its any consolation to gutbuster players gut busters are in the battle report for the March white dwarf. I don't think gutbusters are going anywhere. I'm a dispossessed player but I'm not worried, we have sculpts as recent as 8th Ed fantasy, good lore support in both core lore and novels and also dedicated support in the GHB plus the hints we've seen on models like the Gloomspite gitz. For me with dispossessed it's not if but when they will get updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zadolix Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Also just to note old discontinued kits can also be repurposed. I use dwarf miners as warriors with 2 handed weapons. Most of the old dwarf engineer and runesmith metal models double up well as ironweld engineers, Runelords or thunderer / ironbreaker champions etc etc. And for stuff like the grudge thrower and bolt thrower I just ally them in in casual games. The tournament restricted meta is not the fun casual gamer scene most of us go to on a regular basis and none of my group have a problem wihh me allying in compendium stuff even though the GHB doesn't say I can ally in 'Dwarfs' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skreech Verminking Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I can’t see dispossesseds leaving the realm of the living. After having had a release that brought not only the Gloomspite grots back but also the undercermin known as the skaven, we really need some stubborn mountain workers who’ll fight those vermin’s back. we just can’t entrust such a duty to some golden metal plated humans. This is about the grudges which must be undone by the Dispossesseds, grumbling about there lost Karaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azamar Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 20 hours ago, Warboss Gorbolg said: I think a lot of the Order legacy factions get a Firestorm on steroids treatment at some point. Dispossessed have a strong foundation in the lore and show up in novels. Not sure why so much pessimism. This was my though reading the thread- there’s almost an eagerness for them to go. Must be a Skaven plot of some kind. If nothing else, they’re popularity ought to give them a bit of a buffer. Their thread on the order boards is a healthy size for a non battletome army (at the time of writing it’s a similar length to DOK and KO) and there seems to be a steady stream of models appearing on painting sites/ reddit and the like. That doesn’t necessarily translate to sales, but suggests to me the kits are still shifting. Really any faction in the ghb is on pretty safe ground at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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