EnixLHQ Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) Welp, I'm in the AoS Coach Discord now. Time to lurk a bit. EDIT: I'm reminded why I don't think Discord is the future people think it is. Everything NH is in one channel. One. Channel. Not a stitch of organization to all that. Edited July 12, 2023 by EnixLHQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitzdee Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 (edited) Has anyone ever seen a wild riders kitbash being used as hexwraiths? Wanted to use them as allies to my Sylvaneth but guess thats not happening anymore. Edited July 13, 2023 by Gitzdee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmorley21 Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 On 7/12/2023 at 7:33 PM, EnixLHQ said: Welp, I'm in the AoS Coach Discord now. Time to lurk a bit. EDIT: I'm reminded why I don't think Discord is the future people think it is. Everything NH is in one channel. One. Channel. Not a stitch of organization to all that. There's two Nighthaunt Discords as well - but I agree. It's crazy trying to stay caught up with it. I'm very much a web 2.0 person - give me easy to read blogs and forums any day of the week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmorley21 Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 On 7/13/2023 at 3:19 PM, Gitzdee said: Has anyone ever seen a wild riders kitbash being used as hexwraiths? Wanted to use them as allies to my Sylvaneth but guess thats not happening anymore. I'm kicking myself for not gettting some to use as Sylvaneth bug riders. But they'd likely make for good Hexwraiths as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellman Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 bring out your dead time to kill the living Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnixLHQ Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 We've been asking for this since the very beginning! So I somehow suspect there's something wrong... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmorley21 Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 Poor Grimghasts become even less relevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 21 hours ago, dmorley21 said: Poor Grimghasts become even less relevant. Eh, they're still the killier unit among the default battleline, a relevant choice for emerald host in particular (even if narratively they're more tied to hexwraiths). I don't like how many units are effectively locked down to or locked out of particular subfactions, but that's not something we can even hope to see fixed until a 4th edition book, and even then I'd call it a long shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnixLHQ Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Reapers were always the horde killers. They just need assistance in the form of non-faction hero buffs or command points. Even if you're of the mind that giving Bladegeists and Dreadscythes 2" reach gives you less reason to use Reapers, you weren't using them anyway because of that dependence on those buffs, our subfactions not favoring them, and the meta not requiring them. They've always had that reach, can fight in two ranks, and reach over the top of Chainrasps, but most tourney lists didn't include them despite that. So, nothing really changed. It's a buff for Scarlet Doom, sure, but that faction has always been about eliminating threats on our turn. SD's power wanes over the course of a game, so if you didn't win in turn 1-2, you aren't winning in 3+. All this buff does is make Bladegeists a better pick in non-SD builds; as you now have a 3/3 wandering kill unit you don't have to spend a ton of resources propping up. Emerald Host is the opposite. All about getting objectives early and screening out, wasting away key enemy units over time. You see Hexwraiths in this subfaction a lot, not because they are getting buffed, they're not, but because the Emerald Curse will do the damage for you while you use fast units to attack a backline or form screens. Reapers didn't fit into that style, but Bladegeists did, and now they have more of a reason to be picked when not battleline. Wards are huge right now, so this change is really the biggest buff to Quicksilver. Removing wards as an option for the enemy with a relatively cost-efficient unit that self-buffs and self-defends that can now fight in two ranks? Harridans stick around a bit longer than most units, so now you're not slow-playing by building a list around them. In other words, our best meta pick is now actually playable in a meta tournament. Glaivewraiths...I don't want to ignore them, but this change is barely beneficial. You won't invest in these guys enough to make their weapon range a factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmorley21 Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 So far, it seems to be Scarlet Doom lists that going 4-1 at tourneys since this change. Making Bladegheists more killy just means they’re able to eliminate whatever they touch. The Mannfred RoR also seems popular, as it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnixLHQ Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Metawatch just released. Enjoy that new 49% win rate stat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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