Nighthaunt Noob

I think the box not selling out quite as quick is probably due to some smart design choices to limit people from buying more than 1. In addition to some actual restrictions on buying more than 1, GW did 2 things to dissuade people from getting more than 1: 1. Hero in the box is a named hero. 2. Included the limited edition battletome. These things combined with the higher price limit the value in getting multiples for the sole purpose of stacking up the units to buy an army "cheap." They want you to have to go buy all those more expensive single unit boxes to fill out your army.

Idk about straight from GW but I was just talking with an ebay vendor that says they're allowed to post them at midnight tonight local time.

This seems like a pretty tough statement to back up with any real facts. The biggest similarity I can see is that they are both have limited mobility when in defensive posture (Wardens in shining company), but they're going to be fielded in significantly different units sizes, the Wardens with their sunmetal weapons can deal out significantly more damage and have some unique anti charge abilities, and of course their highly noteworthy 3 inch reach. I think the word you're actually looking for is complimentary. What you see as similarity is actually thematic army cohesion. Both units can play off each other well to supplement each other's battlefield roles (for example by screening the wardens with the Stoneguard).

I missed it did he post Eltharion's scroll so we can see spell, command ability, and shooting attack?

As cool as I think this army is, and as nicely as it covers all the basics, the list of warscrolls is pathetically short and having only 1 set of allies adds insult to injury. Definitely in need of wave 2.0 and/or Malerion's elves.

He said it reads that for each unit of archers or horesmen you want to take as battleline, it requires a unit of Wardens.

It's not letting me put the link but it is "Age Of Sigmar: Lumineth Realm-Lords" run by Cinderfall Gaming.

FYI in the facebook group someone just posted a pic of himself bringing the box home from his local store and the mods gave him permission to post pics of the rules/points. Pictures incoming in the next hour or two.

Don't get me wrong, I think it is a really cool rule. A great nod to classic rank and file. It is also interesting that the archers are gonna benefit from the rule too (makes the least thematic sense of all the Vanari but I guess they are claiming this is due to some blinding light instead of a shield wall effect). They might be the real winners here since they're the least likely to need to run or charge.

Agreed it is a little ambiguous, but it seems like RAW you cannot reform the shining company which honestly makes no sense logically.

I would just caution that I remember when you shared this last year and it was after GW had already teased something "Giant" and something related to "Hysh" being shared at Adepticon, so a Gargants rumour wouldn't have been hard to guess at without any inside knowledge at the time you heard this.

The reality is this isn't a regular battletome though. I'm not a huge fan of inflating the price of these boxes by including the collector's tome instead of a normal one though cuz lets face it the production cost for the two is probably almost identical...

let's calm down a bit...the vast majority of Rumour Engines have been AOS lately

I don't buy it: 1. GW's financial incentive is to do the opposite. 2. The brand new Lumineth army appears to have relatively low points costs. A lot of people were expecting a higher points per model than it looks like we're getting.

I wonder if the designers could have concluded that the way the unit leaders will function as mini-heroes fills that gap somewhat?

He is one of the higher points models in that bracket. Plus, fighting other melee heroes is his ideal matchup. Doesn't mean he is the best overall warscroll in that grouping, especially when considering points. It would be more insightful if we knew just how much he outclassed the others. Was he ever down to 1 or 2 wounds? Did he consistently survive with 4+ wounds in these matchups?

Well these boxes are always discounted soooo less than that?

Ooh can someone handy with photoshop put together an image of what they'd look like with Shadow Warrior Helmets?

WH Weekly Tom claims he has a source inside GW that said they haven't even started working on a Tyrion's army concept so don't hold your breath for a Lumineth expansion in the next couple years.

On facebook someone said it was a draw.

Idk it is pretty disappointing that kit count and warscroll count looks like it is going to be the lowest in all of AOS for an army they super hyped up.

The ridiculously low points of Eltharion (especially since we haven't even seen all his rules yet), makes me wonder if GW is gonna start creeping points of everything down to sell more models in a 2000 point army.

I agree the picture looked like there could plausibly be something there, but we have the full list from the battle report this was taken from so that seems to shut the door on that angle.

I have to imagine they are starting up their factory this week though which would give them 2 weeks before new releases. I don't see why they'd even need the factory to fill new releases. All that stuff shipped and should be in warehouses already.

I expected they would announce a reopening of manufacturing today which makes me more surprised that nothing is going on pre-order next weekend.