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  1. Wounds to Health feels odd at first but I can see the justification. Will just take some getting used to. Battleshock gone is good, it's kind of a wierd appendage that is either irrelevant or strangely devastating. Combat range change is good. Think the objective change, both going to 3" control and an actual physical marker is going to be pretty impactful. Linking everything to a colour and shape is either going to be very helpful or the exact opposite. Can definitely see a situation where it ends up even more confusing. I remain unconvinced by USR's and what is meant by 'everything is an ability' will have to wait till we see more detail. Best thing in that article for me is the idea that they are going to have a look at how different models stack up to one another. Its mad that Stormcast and Goblin heroes have practically the same weapon profiles.
  2. Is that not just covered by writing rules in a consistent manner, something they have been much, much better at in 3e. I might just be being stupid but I just do not see the advantage of a unit not having its rules written on its waracroll, but instead having a keyword that redirects you somewhere else.
  3. So, very initial reaction. 40k associated stuff was beyond boring, but thats pretty normal tbh. Underworlds warbands are fun ideas and cool sculpts, the Ghouls are a little basic looking but the bat thing is well cool. Warcry is awesome. Love both sets of guys. Wierd OBRbeing punished for their failures by being put in more animalistic bodies is a very cool idea and the sculpts all look great. The Sylvaenth are incredible, particularly the new Dryads. This I am almost certainly going to buy. DB6 stuff looks fun. Darkoath stuff is not for me at all but Abraxia is an awesome model and seem sto have an interesting story too. Kind of intrigued to see what happens with Vandus and Khul because it appears their story will continue, just not in this book. Now the big one: Trailer is straight AWESOME. Particularly love the shot of her being pulled away from the grasp of Nagash... I really want that as a poster. Lots of good stuff they mentioned, trying to make the rules more elegant and trim out some of the fat feels good. Will have to wait till we see more detail on what that actually means but positive noises. Indexes are fine but are obviously going to be wildly imbalanced. So that'll be fun for a while. Spearhead is exactly what everyone though it is, again going to have to wait for details to see if its actually worth playing. My only concerns are that we're just back in Aqshy and Ghyran again. It's better than only 1 realm but I hope 4th ed does more than re visit places weve already been. Also I just don't really get USR. I don't understand how not printing rules on the warscroll makes my life easier. Don't get it. Oh... and we didn't actually see any new models... thats kinda dissapointing. Overall I'm pretty happy with what they showed which suprised me a little because my hype has been pretty low lately. Cant wait to see some actual detail.
  4. The bold part is the problem for me. The books currently work like a game aid (not a very good one) that I'm sort of obliged to have to play games. The lore is nice and the art pieces that are there just isn't enough of it. As I don't play that many games battletomes just don't feel like a worthwhile purchase (and I'm not sure they would even if I was going to tournaments every weekend). The thing is I'd happily buy the books at £50 or more if they were pitched more like coffee table books. Increase the amount of lore, stick in a few short stories and loads more art, maybe some hobby stuff. That is a far more interesting product to me, as a collector, than a kinda crappy rulebook.
  5. The stone tower being built from Lethisian rock in a design similair to other Relictor temples, as well as it's construction and purpose being so secretive, does suggest to me that it is someone way related to Ionus' quest to 'solve' the issues with the reforging process. Why he'd build the tower in Aqshy I don't know. Maybe something to do with the leylines that Trugg finds so annoying. In some ways though you kind of have to hope Ionus fails in his quest because the flaw in reforging is one of the best aspects of Stormcast lore. While I'm not all that jazzed about resculpts to the 1ed Stormcast stuff, the prospect of Vandus leading some lightning gheists / Stormcast Dreadnaught type guys is super cool.
  6. Are people really that bothered? GW dice are mad expensive just to get a faction logo on one side. I wish they'd go back to making dice that are actually fun collectors items rather than just very basic, very expensive dice.
  7. Initial thoughts: not a lot shown but I think what was shown was pretty good. 40k stuff was actually okay. Mandrakes are about as good as HD remake of horrible old kit gets, most of the Kroot are pretty cool, apart from the Rampagers which are awesome. The 30k stuff, even when it's not just more Space Marines, is just so boring. Warcry: I like the Nighthaunt a lot. I kinda like the Lumineth although the basic guys with no face masks seem a bit boring. It seems we're sticking with the warbands and terrain being 2 seperate boxes which gaurantees I'm not buying them. Will wait to add the NH to my collection when they are sold individually. Underworlds: I really like this warband. Like, a lot. Really cool crossover between Ghur and the normal Necromance/Zombies set up, there's a bunch of nice stuff in there and much better than what I was expecting. Dawnbringers: The Croneseer I really like. I'm totally unbothered by the 'I don't like Morathi angle', it's going in my collection when it gets released individually because the box with Doomfires and Aelf infantry is boring as ******. Saviours of Cinderfall are kinda okay. There is some okay little bits on their (I like that they seem to have keys all over the place) but this isn't the kind of thing I get excited for. Was dissapointing not to see any more of what will come in DB 4, which maybe suggests their is little more to come in the way of new models for that, although they do sometimes show new models literally days after a preview event so who knows... maybe a slither of hope left for that Morghast hero still. DB5 being a book diving in to the low level underbelly of Hammerhall sounds kinda interesting, but not really for me. I guess that means we're getting at least 6 DB books which will take us through to the end of the edition or at least when Skaven get shown in March/April ish.
  8. Can only speak for myself but I'm really not overly fussed about adding Kurnothi and more classic Aelfs into Sylvaenth. I'm here for trees, bugs and the occasional weird spirit creature, in that order. There definitely are people out there who would welcome more aelfs in the range though. That said, I think the Sylvaenth range is in a really good place right now and when compared to some of the other armies really isn't desperately in need of expansion. I really wouldn't be upset if our 4e book turned up and we only got a single, small foot hero (to replace the finecast Branchwraith which they are inexplicably still selling). I'm not going to turn my nose up at new models, more stuff is better afterall, but Sylvaneth are a good army with a solid range to pick from. Others need the attention more.
  9. I mean, yeh, rules wise at this point of 3.0, it'd ******, but it would be genuinely hard to put together a realistic Stormcast Vanguard/Spearhead box that isn't. I ddon't think we should really be judging this on current rules/points though. By the time this is actually relevant we will be in a few edition and, judging from Combat Patrol, Spearhead will have its own self contained rule set.
  10. I think that box pretty much confirms we'll be getting an AoS version of Combat Patrol and what it will be called. The box itself seems okay, if you ignore all the problems Stormcast have with their rules, it seems a decent intro to the Thunderstrike part of the faction. This is also much better alternative to the Thunderstrikw command sprue. I assume SCE will end up with 2 Spearhead options with this and whatever ends up in the starter box.
  11. I had a pretty wierd year all round and this meant my motivation has been all over the place, especially hobby wise. I painted about 2000 pts of Sylvaneth in like 2 weeks but then didn't paint anything for like 3 months. So first goal is to get into a a regular pattern of hobbying and just managing my time better. Specificly goals will be to - Paint up WarCry and Underworlds boxes so I can give those games a spin with my freinds. - Build and paint the new FEC stuff - Put final touches to my Sylvaenth army with Lady of Vines and Blethanos - Make some inroads on my backlog of Stromcast models which is now getting a little silly. - Get some progress on my DoK / NUrgle armies which I've been planning to really push myself with but havent really got going with it. I fully expect to not get all of that done but will be interesting to come back in a year and see if I've got anything done at all.
  12. With respect, TOW is probably well rid of those people.
  13. Voted no, but that's really because I don't like armies being released l;ess than 6 months from the end of an edition, it feels like a book this late always ends up in a bit of a wierd place. On the other hand, there's plenty of new armies I'd like to see and I definitely think the game has the capacity for loads more armies if GW has the appetite for it.
  14. You don't need to use keywords not printed on the warscroll to do this though. It just needs some consistency about how rules are written, which GW seem to be getting much better at now. Just write what the model does on the warscroll, that way, if I forget the exact phrasing of the rule, I don't have to get another book just to check, because it's written right infront of me. I don't undestand what is gained from not printing the rule on the warscroll other than making more space to add even more rules.
  15. As others have said, Ushoran is an absolute banger. He's incredible. An absolute must buy. So excited to get him on the paint table, let alone into an actual game. That said the rest of the range is just as fantastic for me. The ghouls are so much better, the Knights are mad in the absolute best way. The set of little characters, the Seneschal and Grand Justice we'd already seen, the Executioner and Cardinal we got in this preview are absolutely DRIPPING in character. They are full of awesome detail and bits and bobs that really sell their lore. They are just fantastic. Seems like we are keeping all the existing stuff (apart from the Varghulf) so I don't even have to worry about redoing my existing 4k points. I'm just soooo happy with it. Just going to have to work out where I'm going to put them all. Only real question is whether we get the starter box before Xmas or not...
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