[The Rumour Thread]

1 hour ago, amysrevenge said:

That's a barrier for some (most?) people but not for me.  I bulk buy MDF bases, and would have no problem putting dudes on Marauder sized bases (or with having a handful of excess dudes left over at the end).  Realized I don't even know if Marauders are on 25s or 32s haha, I'd have to look it up haha.

they are 25 mm

technically you could proxy the smaller Corvus cabal (10 of them) or Unmade (8 of them) models  as marauder. people don't do it though because is easier to buy the one Marauders  box then spend 2 box of more expensive Warcry boxes. plus i think people really distain the fact that marauder spams happens to be one of the strongest part of S2D over classic Chaos warriors and knights

[The Rumour Thread]

I think in the end they are design for Warcry in mind and not suppose to be compellingly units in AoS and I think they do that purposely

[The Rumour Thread]

1 hour ago, Shearl said:

I play more Warcry than anything else these days and have been eagerly awaiting this box. 

I'm kind of bummed out about the price, but what really rubs me the wrong way is that a number of the terrain pieces are the same as the previous box and it comes with the same core book. I know its labeled as the new starter so it makes sense to include the core book, but as I already own all the books getting another of the same thing is kind of annoying. I realize a solution is to simply wait for everything separately, but I can't help but imagine buying everything except the duplicated terrain and book will cost more than this box.

I think the biggest strike on the box is the lack of chaotic beast that was in the first box

[Sons of Behemat Discussion 👣]

42 minutes ago, MaatithoftheBrand said:

So I finally got my hands on the book after some pre-order delays, and boy I thought that I could not have been more hype/excited than I was waiting for it. I appear to have been wrong!

The lore is stand-out to me, honestly some of the best and most naturally written of the Age of Sigmar Battletomes - the myths of the trials of Behemat (the tsunami, the fear of the trees) were great, not only for giving the gargants an almost classical mythology/dark fairy tale feel, but also for a new look at Gorkamorka as an "individual" rather than just a force or a greenskin philosophy. Also, I believe the reference to a squig godbeast was new to this book, right? That was an amusing anecdote to stumble across whilst reading!

Loving seeing the gargant models, both base and converted/kit-bashed, in this thread - it is really helping me keep the keen up! Has anyone managed to give the narrative battleplan in the tome a try yet?

Yeah that the strength of many of the destruction battletome, they really have colorful engaging if a bit hilarious lore In their books

[AoS2 - Dankhold Troggoth Discussion]

33 minutes ago, Dankboss said:

So I was thinking about Mega Gargants after having built my Warstomper, and remembered in the Gitz tome it mentions that Dankholds can grow to fit the space they're sleeping in, and that the tallest are nigh as tall as Gargants, and that makes me wonder if that also refers to Mega-Gargants, given both excerpts. So, I threw together some rules for what I'd expect the biggest, dumbest Dankhold to be. I might even draw it as a design. I picture it as a bloated, slobbering toad of a Troggoth who's so fat its legs barely work and it drags itself with its arms.

I'd expect it to be in the 550-600 point range.

I was also thinking they would eventually make an even bigger Troggoth character called the Dankhold Troggking, since when they initially release Gloomspite  gitz, the Troggboss was a nice size model but he wasn't as big as i though he could be.

[The Rumour Thread]

19 minutes ago, Groomy said:

I'm curious, has any of you guys ever tried to email GW's team directly and asked for a simple motivational justification of why their 2+2=160EUR?

I mean something to the effect of "Hey guys, I've noticed the price doubled but there are 12 fewer models, 6 fewer buildings, no proofread and no cards. Could you be so kind to tell me where the value is given that I'm on the fence about it?" 

I was good about not buying GW this year. Not because I was "priced out" per se but because I felt like GW just wanted to get into my pants without buying me dinner first. But I was really looking forward to this box and while I can both afford it and probably justify it with the whole "I haven't spent cash on GW for 12+ months" it still feels like they just don't give a (blank) about me, you or anyone here.  

Also, I know the topic of the Old World is now synonymous to "Voldemort" and people more vile than nurgle himself crawl out of their holes to pull you into their toxic lairs, but, didn't they blow up the old system mainly because new people couldn't afford to join the hobby and it took 12 billion books to start playing? (Mind you I know I can play with just one book and a first starter and am only looking at the new books for the narrative quests) 

pretty sure people have but either they don't get a response or they get a generic corporate response

as with the Old world, it may have been contributing factor to the decline of WHF as a game but there was probably many internal reason that they blew it up ranging from IP issues to revamping the game system entirely and having a new slate.

[Sons of Behemat Discussion 👣]

2 hours ago, robotnik_taco said:

Soooo, maybe I'm just being impatient, but is anyone else who preordered through gw still waiting for their stuff to even ship? Yes I know covid troubles, and yes I should have gone third party, just want my big guys.

 

Edit: I'm in the US

i am also in the US and mine is also delayed until Wednesday.

it because their warehouse is operating at lower capacity because of covid  restriction in the US so they having logistic problems  especially since Holiday shopping has also started.  Prime day also happen last week too so there a lot of shipping traffic going on right now

[The Rumour Thread]

I am not sure if  it was because the response that it was all chaos warband was a bit murky that they decided to add the AoS units into the game. it did feel a bit tack on because the chaos warbands felt balance within each other but the AoS roster introduced a lot of units with extreme state lines

I felt like they could have done better if they had initially release warbands like the Khainite shadow stalker along with Stuff like Scions of the flame

[The Rumour Thread]

6 minutes ago, Still-young said:

It’s still a way off Dark Uprising (£120-125 compared to £175). 

Warcry catacomb is £160 according to the list, right? So it only a bit cheaper

[The Rumour Thread]

28 minutes ago, Neil Arthur Hotep said:

I'm thinking they priced the first warcry box as a loss leader and might now view the game as it's own, established thing and treat the second box accordingly. Warcry is not a great entry point anyway, since it requires so much extra stuff. You can start AoS cheaper than warcry by just getting a start collecting box and playing with the core rules. From that perspective, warcry really does not succeed as an entry level product. The individual warbands might be cheaper, but the entry cost is actually higher than AoS proper.

Yeah plus Warcry doesn’t use many AoS mechanics either unlike what Killteam does. strength and toughness, lack of charge phase, and no save rolls are just a few

[The Rumour Thread]

Isn’t that Warcry box like Necromunda dark uprising pricing, didn’t think it would be over 200 USD 

[The Rumour Thread]

4 minutes ago, Gothmaug said:

So as far as a soulblight army is concerned, there were some hints in the blood bowl presentation on Saturday that there’s a classic horror team on the way. Sadly that could explain all the vampire and werewolf rumor threads we’ve been seeing. I hope I’m wrong, as is really like a soulblight AOS army

i think it for the Necrmantic team that they revealed in August

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/08/07/terrifying-touchdowns-from-beyond-the-grave/

on a side note, i have notice that Bloodbowl and other certain specialist games generally don't get rumor engine teases

[AoS2 - Dankhold Troggoth Discussion]

Also In the white dwarf there a photo journal of how the guy who won slayer sword sculpt his Troggboss and base.

[AoS2 - Dankhold Troggoth Discussion]

Finally got my white dwarf todays, beside the rule for the megamob, there a lot of lore about Troggoths that worth a read. Though basically anytime a big event happen, the Troggoth just ignore it in favor of chillaxing.

Age of chaos: ignore the rise of chaos in the realm in favor of grunting at each other (though if any chaos warrior come, we  eat them)

Age of Sigmar: the realm gate wars are happening, nah we good, let just pick our nose. ( still smash any Stormcast that come our way)

Necroquake: Giant Realm wide shockwave of doom, Oooh pretty color in the skies. ( proceed to still beat up nighthaunt out of ghostly existence)

[Sons of Behemat Discussion 👣]

21 minutes ago, KingBrodd said:

IT ARRIVED TODAY!!!!

nice

i think mine has been delay because it happen to be Amazon Prime day in the US and there been a lot of shipping cargo going on all week

[The Rumour Thread]

the preview didn't really have anything related to the Hammerhal herald with the  Vampire.

so either it was just a random post and a nothing burger or still a tease for something further down the line

[The Rumour Thread]

i feel like the beastgrave team have hard time getting humanoid proportion right, like their head are slightly too big on a bit of a lanky body

the lumineath along with the DoK and FEC warband have this kind of problem

the Slaanesh one ended up ok though

[The Rumour Thread]

1 hour ago, zilberfrid said:

I am convinced the Kharadron were originally meant for 40k, but when AoS needed a new army, they put it there. Which doesn't matter, they fit nicely between Mechanicus and Gyrocopters in tech level.

i can see them taking inspiration from Squats but i don't think they where every meant for 40K, i think they just took the old dwarf lines and just imagine them as the technological race they could have been in the old world if they weren't for there stubbornness to advance. they just choice the steampunk aesthetic and  give them power armor like they do with everything else sometimes.

in fact the KO helmets are similar in design to the armor set for the engineer class in Age of reckoning.

[The Rumour Thread]

1 minute ago, elfhead said:

I’m really looking forward to the new underworlds warbands so I don’t really care if that is all they reveal. 
Do warbands that are part of a starter set get released  Separately too? I use no intention to get the game but I want both the Lumineth and Slaanesh warband. Or are te starter boxes priced so that I’m easier of just buying the box? 

yes but it usually happens at the end of the season when they discontinue the older starter set box for the next season box.

[The Rumour Thread]

i believe the codex coming in January was already confirm to be an existing xeno army with the other one being Dark angels, so the Rumor already is sketchy or many people  jump the gun with out going through things already been stated.

[Sons of Behemat Discussion 👣]

2 hours ago, C0deb1ue said:

 

I thought they would be angling to make him a real option due to the lack of unit choices in the army but literally no  f@~ks were given.

#willstopbeingsaltysoon

That generally what happen to most FW units so it’s not surprising, they tend to be iffy at being viable in armies  

[The Rumour Thread]

4 hours ago, HollowHills said:

40k rumour alert. 

9th ed will bring a new xenos race with a battletome in January. Not long to wait to see if it's true.

Skeptical of it happening but it is I think it’s what every they accidentally released into the galaxy from Blackstone fortress

 

26 minutes ago, Overread said:

The formula for prediction is as follows

P = G+W/M-(X*Ao)S+(N-AN+A-BB)*2X

However no one has yet worked out the values for all the variables.

 

 

A real formula uses Greek letters, where your Omegas and Rho?

[What will take to have Chaos Dwarves, inside or outside of the Legion of Azgorh become a real Faction?]

IDK what it would take, but i guess my suggestion would be that you all write a friendly email or facebook post to GW, letting them know that you would like the legion of Azgorh to have a proper support(included online signature of all CHORF fans out there if you). it probably the best chance of letting them know.

the other option would be just to hope that there would be a big renewed interest in Chaos dwarf when they appear in Total war warhammer 3 but that going to be awhile

[The Rumour Thread]

3 hours ago, Sabotage! said:

I suppose it wouldn't be impossible to see something like the Slaves to Darkness release in December, where a faction gets a new Start Collecting with new miniatures, some spells, and a new Battletome (though if it's an up to date Battletome I suppose this part could be skipped). If GW were to do something like that DoK and IDK would both be good candidates as they have older Battletomes, smaller ranges, and no endless spells.

either that or something bigger in January like what they did with Maggotkin and Gloomspite release where they market it during the holidays

[The Rumour Thread]

There always the big AoS Christmas release that they seem to like doing over the last few year. (Though Last year was a bit smaller since it was either the chaos release and the small aether war box)