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All solutions targeting dragons specificly would not prevent the next spam, regardless if dragons need it or not. To stop spam AoS needs the rules to stop spam or make it unattractive.

It’s honestly the smart thing to do. Almost everyone needs some kind of measurement. Even rather narrative guys & gals? You may not want to win at all costs but maybe you wanna make sure your playing partner has a good time also? When I play for fun with my buddies we‘re just as concerned about our opponents fun as we are about our own. We need points, we all do. Just to different extremes & for different causes. That‘s why I think people are way less in disagreement than it appears, just the approaches to fixing stuff are different.

You can play both narratively & with matched play rules simultaneously. As soon as you stay away from the spam, take units that you like (while still keeping an eye on the point costs) the gaming experience shifts immensely within matched play. I own a Kharadron Overlords Army for example. They‘re a fleet of explorators, looking for treasures to grab/find and Aethergold to mine. Naturally they *all* fit in boats. Not one dwarf has to walk if there is no narrative reason. That makes them low on bodies, something I have to deal with in game, in matched play. I still brought them to a few tournaments before covid. Long story short, there is a big bulk of players that are in between the two extremes. Wargaming is not binary. That also makes balance important for everyone, but less than it appears.

In my opinion all the Nighthaunt are missing is updated Hexwraiths and some kind of monster. As the boat was teased, I‘m thinking something along the lines of a ghostly ferry over the river Styx. Complete with ferrymen, scribes and tallyman.

I agree. But in a Fyreslayers/KO book no-one would get bonesplittered.

Excellent vibe!

A dwarven warclans book would give GW the option to update KO on the fly. If we‘re being honest, the orruk warclans are actually two armies & the option to play them in combination. The dwarves could get the same without any hassle or taking anything away from both armies. Would I like to see fyreslayers expanded instead? Yeah, probably. But KO are fine once their rules are (for shooting and in particular Skywardens).

That’s what kinda sold them to me. I wasn’t too big of a fan of them (thought them to be boring) until I realised that our *good* friend Teclis kinda f*‘d up again. Their perfection simply doesn’t know where to stop.

Oh my… . The brilliancy is, that Lumineth actually are like that.

Ogors are in the unique position that their core troops are more in need of upgrades than some of their monsters. Ofc there’s some finecast to adress first but right next in line is the generic ogor!

The Ogors would be such a blast to upgrade. Imagine what they could do in terms of details & dynamic poses with a faction of well, ogor-sized minatures.

Yeah, this. I basically used Contrast paint+, which just means I added some little details and highlights in the end and got much better results than I imagined (first time using it).

In my opinion Kruleboys are incredibly easy to paint well. Sure they‘ve gor belts and straps and such, but just look at their shields. Big and catchy. Other than that I wholeheartedly agree with you!

Guys, I‘m in a bit of a dilemma. I wanna paint a bunch of Stormcasts, but if I‘m really honest I can’t stand the oldcast - do however love the new sculpts. Are there any lists or types of lists that rely mostly on a fairly good variety of the new Thunderstrike (so no drake spam ) and do solid? I‘m not aiming for tournament achievement here but would prefer to not get slaughtered. 3-2 with the potential to sometimes go 4-1 if I olay well & into the right matchups? Vindictors and Annihilators are the obvious choice, but what about the rest? Does it have to be all Judicators etc.? P.S. I‘m torn between Hammers because of Bastian and a more satisfying paint scheme but will probably settle for Hammers.

And here I am, waiting for the Umbraneth Domain Dukes to finally be released.

Aelves infused with shadow, gaining some monstrous features, a bit akin to D&D Tieflings but more thematic. Robes that move in unseen ways, very flowy in general. A tad crooked, too. Distorted mirror images of the Lumineth‘s perfection. Oh. And with spikes, and spikes on their spikes. 😉

That‘s an excellent observation and I‘d love it. Each procession becomes its own sub-faction with its own leader (just like the the Legions of the SbGL). Other leaders can join, but don‘t get the corresponding keyword. Would give us 4 sub-factions and sounds quite right. I‘m sold!

I‘m seeing CSM, Eldar (Maugan Ra & the Avatar of Khaine), something for Tyranids (maybe Genestealer Cults instead), Nighthaunt (either Cursed City or for their new book, I‘d say) and a Dark Aelf that I‘d put squarely into the DoK category which makes me think it‘s for Cursed City or Underworlds. Maybe I missed something but that was round about it. I‘m fine with it, tbh. As others said, it‘s probably the other way round than last year. As long as Ogors kick of the second half and get their big release I‘m happy =D.

The others covered most of the points, I‘ll add one in defence of it. It can serve as a distraction carnifex pretty well, for the same reasons it‘s a tad too unreliable. It‘s swinginess. As long as there is a big centerpiece, there is always the possibility for a lucky shot. Especially with a Shaman in range. (Your opponent doesn’t know what you‘ll buff until you do). And in my experience most players don’t like that. So sometimes it can do stuff the boltboys can’t. But I‘d rather see it as a lucky out instead of a plan to build your game around.

True, but in both they‘ve gotten the short end of the stick.

Well, we at least have WoW that established undead bugs in common fantasy lore. I‘d say it’s much more likely than it first seems.

Imo that depends a lot on the armies that get their battletomes updated first. Nighthaunt, Bonereapers, Gitz first and foremost need a new tome. Yes, each one could make use of a new unit or a monster or something like that, but apart from that their range is under-utilised instead of incomplete. Now, should the next book be dunno, Sylvaneth I‘d say an updated tome doesn’t really cut it. So it all depends. Good tomes can breath new life into existing armies and done right carry the weight of AoS for a while. But I agree, after the obvious candidates we need a bang of a release.

Yeah, this. Depending on the units I also like fast‘un. In general I have to say that our mount traits aren’t half bad. Egomaniak + smelly‘un makes for a damn tough general. And leaves the artifact slot open for something like Mork‘s Eye pebble. P.S. I only miss the amulet when I field a killaboss on gnashtooth and the obligatory Sludgeraker.

I don’t wanna ruin the party, but first, I wanna see some female Kharadron.

Because he got the name wrong. Instead of Clan Eshin it will be the Cult of Aelfin, the new and official name of the Malerion Aelves. And they‘ll fight not Ogor Mawtribed but rather the Shining Order Warshrines. You heard right, Tyrion LRL are coming soon!