KingBrodd Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 8 minutes ago, The Red King said: I don't even need solid release dates because I know that can backfire. Just tell me "we'll be releasing a chaos-death-order-destruction tome [in that order] and this is what they'll be!" I don't care when it's coming but knowing WHATS coming can only help players plan out their projects but for whatever reason, GW insists on marketing as if their selling an impulse product when it's clearly a luxury hobby. 100%. Just state the next Battletomes are Nurgle, Nighthaunt and Idoneth without giving release dates and people will be happy and will probably even spend more money knowing they dont need to save for anything for 6 months. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celestantpants Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 This Stormcast release or lack thereof is quite silly. I know the pandemic is causing issues, I get it. Seriously though, perhaps a formal statement from GW would be in order? Like "We know many of you are frustrated by the lack of stormcast releases, so are we, but with pandemic, etc." That, along with a hopeful roadmap that they can say is subject to change due to the pandemic, would be helpful. Certainly better than stealth edits and silence. Listen GW, pretending a problem doesn't exist and refusing to directly address it simply creates ill will with customers. 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novakai Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 25 minutes ago, Loyal Son of Khemri said: Agreed, a roadmap for everything GW produces would be amazing right now, especially since they're apparently not doing any more previews atm. AOS and anything related to Fantasy, barring Total War and The Old World, seems to be getting the shaft for now, while 40k is getting another space marine army(albeit a rather badass one), and has a ,so far, accurate unofficial roadmap in the form of that one rumor post. For now I propose we all focus on finishing our current armies and posting nonsensical rumors about Chaos Dwarfs until we know what chaos is getting this October. October is probably not going to happen now since they stealth edited the article to later this year. So chances are high it no longer in October. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBrodd Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 11 minutes ago, novakai said: October is probably not going to happen now since they stealth edited the article to later this year. So chances are high it no longer in October. Chaos Battletome is definitely November/December now. SCE are going to be the October release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmac Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 40 minutes ago, KingBrodd said: 100%. Just state the next Battletomes are Nurgle, Nighthaunt and Idoneth without giving release dates and people will be happy and will probably even spend more money knowing they dont need to save for anything for 6 months. What bothers me so much lately is that they've been willing to do roadmaps for 40K since 9th edition launched (Here's the next two codexes and rough release months and also the next two after that will be Xenos and Imperial on these months, etc) and Necromunda has had a roadmap forever that they stick to, Underworlds with this last season finally had a road map for the first time ever and it was fine, but everything related to AoS and Warcry is still top secret all the time, like the world will be destroyed If we know even vaguely what the next three tomes will be. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollowHills Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Maybe they will do a road map for AoS after the Stormcast are out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Taylor Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 I think with the current issues in the UK, I suspect GW are keeping things close to their chest about releases. Considering how much planning needs to go into a release they could be sitting on a load of stuff they can’t move out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAsPlanned Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Wow. Aeronautica. How exciting. Can’t wait. Anyway, which week of October do y’all reckon the Stormcast are gonna go up for pre-order? I’m leaning towards the second - mainly cause there’s only so much longer GW can put them off, and I can’t see there being more than one nothing-weeks until they finally come. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Firaun Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Just now, JustAsPlanned said: Wow. Aeronautica. How exciting. Can’t wait. Anyway, which week of October do y’all reckon the Stormcast are gonna go up for pre-order? I’m leaning towards the second - mainly cause there’s only so much longer GW can put them off, and I can’t see there being more than one nothing-weeks until they finally come. I’m hoping next week is Stormcast preorder week, this way the rest of Spooktober is open for more important stuff. Stuff like Warcry, Necromunda, and Chaos Dwarfs. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitzrael Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Are there any photos of "Combat Patrol" boxes in SCE and OW battletomes, like in 40k codexes? Or anyone saw any rumours ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novakai Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 I hazard a guess that the next 3 months on GW internal schedule is very light on AoS content and the only thing would just be the chaos tome but even they are not sure it would come out in time. So a road map now would have barely anything on it probably isn’t worth it to put one out now until they know more AoS stuff are slated for release. Warcry for the most part have not gotten consistent release throughout the years like other specialist games so I guess infrequent release product doesn’t warrant a roadmap either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdyhedberg Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Well, I've read plenty of articles that the UK is having problem with truck drivers, so I'm not shocked that they have problems (since there seem to be plenty of other businesses in the UK that have a problem). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverchosen Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 5 hours ago, Neil Arthur Hotep said: If money is not too tight, maybe consider these bases if you ever get around to starting IDK: . https://shop.microartstudio.com/en/274-deep-water They definitely make me want to start a fish elf army everytime I see them. Wow those are gorgeous. Sadly money is always tight and my hobby budget is always higher than it ought to be. But I will keep this in mind if I ever see a cheap inroad for Idoneth! The scheme I was playing with was bone/coral weapons and ethereal sea creatures... I was thinking of giving them a Shyish origin and tying the army deeply into the more creepy side of their lore. 2 hours ago, The Red King said: I don't even need solid release dates because I know that can backfire. Just tell me "we'll be releasing a chaos-death-order-destruction tome [in that order] and this is what they'll be!" I don't care when it's coming but knowing WHATS coming can only help players plan out their projects but for whatever reason, GW insists on marketing as if their selling an impulse product when it's clearly a luxury hobby. I love speculating and guessing at what we are going to get but at this point there is so little that it isn't even particularly fun at this point. Largely we are just discussing potential 'soup ingredients' and which armies are most in need of an update. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorri Nelriksson Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) The messy state of gw releases makes feel bad because 40k seems not that plagued by "accidents": we know what we're getting and with a reasonable "timeframe", considering even killteam and other sidegames(but they stretched orks too much imho). Aos still need to put out the 2 starting 3rd edition armies (warclans don't have Boltboyz still) and we don't have even news about what's next...(a teaser could have been enough at least for the chaos battletome considering it's another GA). Warcry teaser was a joke, let's be honest they could at least have shown a miniature, while Underworld got shown the starting box at least. I get that they alternate between "40k and aos centric years" but at least some roadmaps or infos could help the deeply strange situation. And considering aos just got the new edition they could at least do like 40k with the info about upcoming "only book" releases that are coming. Edited September 26, 2021 by Snorri Nelriksson 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novakai Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 13 minutes ago, Snorri Nelriksson said: The messy state of gw releases makes feel bad because 40k seems not that plagued by "accidents": we know what we're getting and with a reasonable "timeframe", considering even killteam and other sidegames(but they stretched orks too much imho). Aos still need to put out the 2 starting 3rd edition armies (warclans don't have Boltboyz still) and we don't have even news about what's next...(a teaser could have been enough at least for the chaos battletome considering it's another GA). Warcry teaser was a joke, let's be honest they could at least have shown a miniature, while Underworld got shown the starting box at least. I get that they alternate between "40k and aos centric years" but at least some roadmaps or infos could help the deeply strange situation. And considering aos just got the new edition they could at least do like 40k with the info about upcoming "only book" releases that are coming. Trust me, 40k has there accident too if you follow their circles as well 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nos Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 No UK based company can really pre-empt anything with confidence at this point. Things are getting really bad Help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramig Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 45 minutes ago, Nos said: No UK based company can really pre-empt anything with confidence at this point. Things are getting really bad Help What is happening exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeElectrid Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 52 minutes ago, Nos said: No UK based company can really pre-empt anything with confidence at this point. Things are getting really bad Help And yet all but one kruleboyz kit was out last week. Yeah I get it logistics are screwed. But how does this shaft one of two releases that were both out at the same time? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmc78 Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Gaz Taylor said: I think with the current issues in the UK, I suspect GW are keeping things close to their chest about releases. Considering how much planning needs to go into a release they could be sitting on a load of stuff they can’t move out. Yeah, its a mad time to try and plan ahead. Some comms would be welcome though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 GW's communication has been truly rubbish of late. What happened to Cursed City expansions? What happened to digital White dwarf and digital battletomes? What aspects of the app will be free after the beta ends? Where are our f****** dragons???? Regarding the Stormcast situation, it is worth pointing out that the Necrons and Marines didn't complete their releases until May this year. Also in Japan the Kruleboyz just went up on pre order on Saturday, so the global situation is still pretty messed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizennus Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Kramig said: What is happening exactly? I imagine it has to do with the Brexit stuff. I don't follow the UK stuff too closely but everytime it pops up it seems to be about disruptions caused by all the trade issues going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OG SCE Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 We can only be 7-8 weeks aways from the announcement of GW's annual Battleforce boxes. My baseless speculation is that we'll see one of each GA: Chaos - Hedonites of Slaanesh Dest - Great Waaaaaugh (Bonesplitterz & Ironjawz Mixed) Order - Lumineth Death - Ossiarch Bonereapers What do you think? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zilberfrid Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 4 hours ago, Kaizennus said: I imagine it has to do with the Brexit stuff. I don't follow the UK stuff too closely but everytime it pops up it seems to be about disruptions caused by all the trade issues going on. There is general mayhem of shipping. Overseas shipping is very expensive and because flights are reduced, the cargo passenger planes would take also sits still. Because the UK is islands, getting stuff in and out largely involves one or the other. Consequences noone* could foresee of Brexit also make exporting and importing more of a hassle. *By which I mean everyone with a brain. Xenophobic nationalists just brushed past everything that was warned about and now proves true. 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorri Nelriksson Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 8 hours ago, novakai said: Trust me, 40k has there accident too if you follow their circles as well I'm eagerly awaiting the Black Templars and follow 40k news,so perhaps are just personal feelings. But considering the amount of info gw gave they seems less messed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmc78 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Kramig said: What is happening exactly? Rise in gas prices has caused an Energy crisis affecting business costs. Also affecting manufacturing and food production. Severe shortage of hgv drivers has caused a supply chain crisis affecting the rate we can get goods to shelves and ship overseas. Brexit, retirement and tax changes are the main causes. Critically, this has also affected domestic petrol supply. The latter will impact GW the most. Other global issues around paper and card supply are also likely to impact GW and have done so already. I can understand their reticense to release a full roadmap but a release order and list of armies would be great. Edited September 27, 2021 by edmc78 8 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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