Ben Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Which do you prefer? Staying in faction or going to alliance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Alec Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 As it stands, I prefer the broader alliance to single factions. Most of the factions are too limited to be terribly entertaining on their own. That counts double if you're using the new factions rather than the compendium ones.The Stormcast are really the only new faction that seems to have a full set of tools (except magic). There's just too many factions that only have 3-4 units, few synergies and limited gameplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Buckler Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 It's very hard to break the 'single faction' idea of the recent editions of WFB. Maybe one of the big reason I like AOS is that it takes me back to third where aliies. mercenaries etc were all part of the game. Back then I ran a Chaos army with Skaven allies and Chaos Dwarf mercenaries. I am finishing up some classic dwarves I have from back then, but after that I am gonna construct a multi-faction alliance army. Working out a good theme to piece them all together is part of the fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jabber Tzeentch Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I like to build multiple factions seperately within an alliance then ally them as required. So I have my Dispossesed Realmgate Guard, Stormcast Thunderhead Brotherhood, Fyreslayer Hunting Fyrd, Free Guild Border Patrol, Noble Lord and personal guard(Bretonnians) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stronghold Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Alliances for sure, means I can combine my Ogors and Greenskinz, and there's a huge variety of monsters to choose from with the addition of the Forge World stuff as well. With alliances I find it interesting to see what other people come up with too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amysrevenge Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 There's only a couple of factions that are even close to able to field on their own. Dragon Ogors and Chaos Gargants, I'm looking at YOU. Many others have a handful of units, almost enough for an army, but are missing key elements - Warherd are great, but there's no Wizards and no shooting (other than a Cygor stone). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domus Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I started a Clan Pestilens army and stuck to just the faction at first. The real fun began when I added a Glottkin and wrathmongers. Moving forward, I see more game benefits to alliances but will still do factions for fun now and again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlySarcasm Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I'm a big fan of the grand alliance idea and how much freedom it gives when putting together an army. I can't wait to be able to add Ogres to my greenskin force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amysrevenge Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Not gonna lie - Right about the time End Times started, I started mixing my Ogres and Orcs in 8th at the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhellion Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Alliance only. Pure is weak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Tell that to my Legion!!! 5th at SCGT. No mixed alliance crutch here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonatan Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Im gonna play the firebelly faction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jabber Tzeentch Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 21 minutes ago, Jonatan said: Im gonna play the firebelly faction A very versatile faction with a lot of competitive options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npeircemitch Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I am all about alliances, I think it looks so good on the table. I don't even restrict myself to the alliances, I am planning on some ogors and a giant painted up to match my order force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antipodean7 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Alliances for me, but themed to the same extent as a faction if that makes sense. The alliance mechanic gives you the ability to pursue a theme beyond the more limited confines of the GW factions, while also giving you access to the elements necessary to be competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Agree with Antipodean7: prefer alliance, but with a common theme. At least similar bases, but also preferably synergistic abilities or flavour. for instance, love to field Blightkings with Pestilens. Running a Bloodthirster with them, however, would at least require some pre-game fluff justification! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhellion Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 14 hours ago, Ben said: Tell that to my Legion!!! 5th at SCGT. No mixed alliance crutch here! I thought you used about 90 Storm Vermin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Ruin Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 For rule of cool i stick with Grand Alliance. It's just an awesome opportunity to have multiple smaller factions and combine them into something bigger. However, with how synergy works, you might actually gimp yourself by taking from everything abit. If you stay within one faction, you can build in some redundancy, so that one buff dissapears, you still have backups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratkaster Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Single faction/race for me. Might start to include the odd unit from other factions in time, but will always play with armies that are predominantly a single faction/race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Generally alliance for me. Though I might see if I can drop the skeletons and dire wolves and make my army pure death lords... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackspine Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I'm a stubborn fool, so I stick to my thematic "lore" (fluff) armies. Faction it is for me. Alliances are pretty cool and I'm sure that I'll explore that with my Khornate armies and skaven on the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Countmoore Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Grand Alliance in the surface of it. However, I'm not so keen on the 'stormcast with a Basildon' type lists that don't really seem to make much fluff sense. Of course as a predominantly Death player we don't really have much to sub in so maybe I'm just jealous T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amysrevenge Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I think even the stubborn fool will end up going across factions. Even sticking a Cannon in your Dwarf army you're looking at two factions now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChangerofWayz Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Grand Alliances for sure on my part. Particularly in Chaos, although I do enjoy sticking to one God choice, which is always Tzeentch! So my theme tends to be the same. Being able to combine units from multiple armies that all are based off the Tzeentchian theme is a huge enjoyment for me in game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jabber Tzeentch Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 26 minutes ago, amysrevenge said: I think even the stubborn fool will end up going across factions. Even sticking a Cannon in your Dwarf army you're looking at two factions now. Beardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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