The Rumour Thread

[Barkanaut]

As if GW will give ko anything. I’m still expecting to have to burn my army with the next book because rules will be terrible for 4 more years. 

[Indecisive]

Not too sure about Orks. The cables off to the side having been neatened up by being tied with possible string or wire?
Not feeling Orks with that.

Edit: Nevermind, Orks do actually bundle up cables to neaten things up.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Indecisive

[Double Misfire]

Would love it it were Nazdreg (the other mega armoured special character warboss), just to throw the broken clock club claiming a plastic Ghazghkull was around the corner for the last decade off. 😉

[Kramer]

what if the hysh giants isn’t actually gargants but hyshian  cogforts/mechanical giants?  

 

 

 

probably 40k tho. A man can dream  

Edited December 11, 2019 by Kramer

[EccentricCircle]

1 hour ago, Kramer said:

what if the hysh giants isn’t actually gargants but hyshian  cogforts/mechanical giants?  

 

 

 

probably 40k tho. A man can dream  

Its interesting that with AoS getting some really steampunk designs, and 40K straying into the same territory with things like Mechanicus, we're almost at a point where their is a kind of Aesthetic continuum between the two games, rather than a sharp Sci Fi vs fantasy divide. It makes these sorts of rumours harder to guess than they might otherwise be, but at least its handy for converters.

[CommissarRotke]

3 hours ago, EccentricCircle said:

Its interesting that with AoS getting some really steampunk designs, and 40K straying into the same territory with things like Mechanicus, we're almost at a point where their is a kind of Aesthetic continuum between the two games, rather than a sharp Sci Fi vs fantasy divide. It makes these sorts of rumours harder to guess than they might otherwise be, but at least its handy for converters.

Still severely disappointed the gliding flyer is mechanicus... it would be a perfect AOS fit, and I don't see how the AdMech would sanction it for combat

[EccentricCircle]

1 minute ago, CommissarRotke said:

Still severely disappointed the gliding flyer is mechanicus... it would be a perfect AOS fit, and I don't see how the AdMech would sanction it for combat

Yeah, I'm sure we'll see some cool conversions of it for AoS in due course, but it would have been nice if it was for us!

[michu]

4 minutes ago, CommissarRotke said:

I don't see how the AdMech would sanction it for combat

It's easy - tech-priest was begging their superior so he finally let them. 

[Kugane]

The yellow/black (or what I assume to be) lines on the wire kind of make it impossible to be AOS related I'd say. Otherwise there'd be a chance :(

[Aelfric]

It does seem to have a starting handle, which isn't particularly high tech.  Perhaps a Clockwork army?

[Aginor]

To me it looks like some sort of engine.

There is a V-shape that could be cylinders, and at the bottom there is something that looks like a hand crank with a gear connected to a toothed belt, which is connected to the bigger gear. The middle of the big gear is where the crankshaft should be.

I guess it is 40k, although there is a small chance that it might be some cogfort part or something similar.

Edited December 12, 2019 by Aginor

[JPjr]

16 hours ago, CommissarRotke said:

Still severely disappointed the gliding flyer is mechanicus... it would be a perfect AOS fit, and I don't see how the AdMech would sanction it for combat

I think I saw someone say they were going to convert it and run it as a Greywater Fastness ‘Freeguild General on Griffon’.

I hope I saw someone say that anyway as it would be ****** amazing and I certainly don’t have the skill to do it justice myself, as much as I’d love to.

[Kronos]

Not to get booger in 40k talk, but I would rather they had used an imperial hellblade style concept for a mechanicus flyer, like. Hellblade but pre chOs and with some softer edges. The mechanicus flyer is embarrassing from what's supposed to be the pinnacle of human technological progress. Would love to see a freeguild engineer or khradron flying that sucker. 

[EccentricCircle]

3 hours ago, Kronos said:

Not to get booger in 40k talk, but I would rather they had used an imperial hellblade style concept for a mechanicus flyer, like. Hellblade but pre chOs and with some softer edges. The mechanicus flyer is embarrassing from what's supposed to be the pinnacle of human technological progress. Would love to see a freeguild engineer or khradron flying that sucker. 

The Adeptus Mechanicus are anything but the "pinnacle of human technological progress". Everything they built has been badly reverse engineered from outdated designs, and human technological progress has been largely going backwards since the Dark Age of Technology. The Mechanicus are a bunch of deranged Cargo Cultists, who don't  understand the machines they build, so burn incense to keep them happy. "So much has been forgotten, never to be relearned and all that".

To try to keep this vaguely on topic, it actually means that the Mortal Realms could potentially actually overtake the Imperium in terms of technological advancement. Both the Kharadron and the Ironweld are actively developing ever advancing tech, and understand the scientific and magitechnological principles on which it is based very well. If we do see cogforts, mechanical golems, and larger and more impressive Skyships then they could very easily catch up with the Imperium's more outdated devices.

[Dreadmund]

What's currently the best estimate for that big Winter FAQ we're supposed to be getting? Think it will coincide with the Slaves to Darkness FAQ or will we get it a few weeks later? Is it actually confirmed to be happening?

[Nezzhil]

Without any doubt, the new Fimirs

 

 

[Maier666]

Anyone knows if the text was every something to go by? Would be interesting if someone new or if they just write something that sounds fun.

[michu]

Unfortunately, it's never a clue. 

[bsharitt]

31 minutes ago, Nezzhil said:

Without any doubt, the new Fimirs

 

 

Good to know he's got build options. That head option makes him looks a little less Blood Bowl.

[Still-young]

2 hours ago, bsharitt said:

Good to know he's got build options. That head option makes him looks a little less Blood Bowl.

Ooh. Blood Bowl troll, good call. 

[khadgar567]

2 hours ago, xking said:

If you read the blacktalon novel, they have magic hologram technology in azyr.

And we past the admechs best and brightest

[Overread]

Reminder - today is the 12th! That means Warhammer Total War 2 has just had a big update and DLC release. There's the free "Jone of Ark" character for Bretonnia and a paid DLC that adds a host of new Skaven and Dark Elf heroes and content (including a warpglobe thrower!). Plus they've updated the game with MUCH faster turn times! 

[Forrix]

14 minutes ago, Overread said:

Plus they've updated the game with MUCH faster turn times! 

Really? I missed that, is it just for Mortal Empires or the Vortex too? Its my biggest complaint about the game by far.

[zilberfrid]

6 minutes ago, Forrix said:

Really? I missed that, is it just for Mortal Empires or the Vortex too? Its my biggest complaint about the game by far.

Vortex too, Bretonnians there now as well.

[Overread]

32 minutes ago, Forrix said:

Really? I missed that, is it just for Mortal Empires or the Vortex too? Its my biggest complaint about the game by far.

Whole game basically so both Vortex and Mortal Empires though you'll see it most in Mortal Empires. 

It's no surprise to me that they've spent a lot of time on the turn time aspect, esp as Warhammer 3 is likely to increase the impact with even more factions.