AngryPanda

Personally, I’m really happy with the new Slaanesh and Khorne battletomes- personally, I’m ok with what come in the next couple of months. So long as I am able to absolutely destroy 12-13 year olds at my local Warhammer store and FLGS. I used the recent battletome to demolish a 8 year old who brought a cruel boyz army, using month my Slaanesh and Khorne list. My massive, well-groomed neckbeard lead to me rolling perfectly the entire game; those middle schoolers didn’t stand a freaking chance.

This is probably not the place to post this, a few hours ago my dog was diagnosed with terminal cancer. A month ago he was perfectly healthy, but within less than three weeks his body developed an incredibly aggressive cancer that attacked his nervous system, and this week he will be passing away. He’s been with my family for only 11 years, but the time he’s spent with us has helped every one of us through some very tough times. To my family, he’s not a dog; he’s the most precious part of the family. But to me, he was my everything; whenever I could come home and see him jump happily onto me, regardless of how Tough life was, always gave me the love I needed. One of my favorite memories was seeing him steal a citadel paint pot off my painting desk when he was a puppy to chew on. Sometimes, whereas I have been gaming for a while now, I wish I escape into the hobby more and appreciate how much it has brought me over the years as well.

What’s make me the most happy about this update is that it (somewhat) works in conjunction with Slaanesh’s faction ability. In other words, if HoS players were already building lists to farm depravity, as you build depravity naturally throughout the game, you’ll automatically gain benefits. For example, if you’re saving up to summon 30 Daemonettes, along the way you’ll automatically get a bonus to your rally ability and an army-wide +2 movement. The +5 ward save is going to be awesome on all our calvary and Painbringers, and deciding on whether to keep it or summon in Daemons is going to depend on the type of list that has been built.

It’s going to make Blissbarb Archers a bit easier to keep on the table earlier on (assuming they’re not wiped out immediately); the second ability is going to help calvary units quite a bit. I have a Glutos-centered list with a unit of 10 Painbringers at center. The +5 Ward save, on top of having a -1 to hit against them from Glutos, and a +1 to save rolls is going to make them almost unkillable without some sort of very dedicated high rend and damage attacks.

Hedonites updates are up from this month’s White Dwarf; what do you guys think?

By hoping for a revamp, what I meant was that I hope the new rules for Sylvaneth are decent when they’re released this summer. Sylvaneth have been struggling for a while; they deserve to get a balanced release that gets them into the mainstream meta. As a Slaanesh player, it really sucks that when our Battletome was released, it fell to the bottom of the bin within a month because of how weak the book was. It’s unlikely we’re going to get a new book soon, and at best we can vaguely hope that both the White Dwarf and General Handbook updates breath value into the faction.

What we know so far: - Sylvaneth: receiving a new calvary with a dual unit choice, a new named hero, a new archer unit that can fly, and a new battletome - Skaven: a new Eshin assassin/hero, and a battletome - Slaves to Darkness: Legionaries, Horns of Hashut, a centaur creature rumored to lead the Legionaries (spotted in background pictures of the leaked photos), a redone Chaos Lord on a Daemonic Mount, a new and named undivided character that’s dedicated to Belakor, a new unit of Ogroids with the option for sword/board or two-handed axes (warscroll leaked), new Daemon Prince (warscroll leaked as well), and a new battletome - a new dwarf and vampire model, based on black library models, - a new general handbook that will be moving away from monsters and placing an emphasis towards infantry; will include new new battle plans and core battalions, and very likely updated point adjustments. What we don’t know: - which order battletome, chaos battletome, and two destruction battletomes will be released in Fall via the roadmap - the rest of the Slaves to Darkness release (if there is anything left to leak); whether there will be a repackaging of old (ex: chaos warriors), or something completely new (the centaur in the background photos) - other theories or models that we’ve yet to receive rumors about that may catch us off guard My predictions: - the easiest to predict are the two destruction battletomes because of how small the allegiance is. We’ve already received Orruks at the beginning of the edition (they’re likely out), and despite Gloomspite being in desperate need of a revamp, they’ve not received a WD update. My guess is to expect a Gloomspite release this Fall. - As for the other destruction release, it’s hard to say. I guess it would be Ogre Mawtribes, and not SoB b/c Mawtribes is older and more on need of an update. But, this edition is all about monsters, and SoB is a monster-based army. Even then, I’m still leaning towards Mawtribes. - The chaos battletome is tricky. StD, Nurgle, and Skaven are obviously out of the picture. I really want to say Khorne or Beasts of Chaos because of how outdated and underperforming they are; but I can see there being a Tzeentch update because of how relatively old their book is. Personally, I’m hoping it’s either Khorne or BoC; between the two of them they’re in most need of an update. - The order battletome is anyone’s guess. Sylvaneth we’re in most need of an update for Order, and now they’ll be (hopefully) revamped this coming summer My takeaway: - I feel bad for Skaven. Out of all of the miniatures GW offers, Skaven are easily without contest the most outdated range. Personally, I feel Skaven are the new “Sisters of Battle” at GW; referring to how it took over a decade for GW to update their range. It’s a shame because Skaven are legitimately popular within the fandom, especially when you consider the success of Vermintide and the Total War games. It would make economic sense to update Skaven along with their rising popularity, but as many hobbyists know, GW isn’t know for its logical business decisions. - However, Slaves to Darkness are getting a ton of upcoming love. Without the StD leaks, today would have felt lackluster and somewhat bothersome; it’s good to know that there’s a decently large release waiting for us towards the end of the year. - And if you’re Sylvaneth you’ll have something to look forward to as well. The new calvary look cool, and the archer-fairies are interesting; Sylvaneth players may have the ability to build a predominantly-ranged army with calvary support.

I plan to once I finish these finals I’ll have some time balance working over the summer and painting; I’m taking mh time with Hedonites because of how delicate and detailed the models are.

40k has been tempting me as well, but by the rumors of new Kasrkins. If Imperial Guard get an update that brings back one of my favorite units of all time, I’m probably going to be dropping what I’m collecting and begin my journey as a new guardsmen player. However, I still need to finish painting my Hedonites army; I purchased a special mirror paint for my Painbringer’s shields, and have yet to use it because of school. And, those new Ogroids that were leaked a couple days ago look fantastic….

Check out the Age of Sigmar Reddit; all the leaks are there from the past two days, including the fully leaked Nighthaunt battletome.

New theory: along with the Horns of Hashut being a warcry warband, the Chaos Legionaries will also be a warcry warband. Source: In the leaked StD book, the legionaries are not paired with the marauders or chaos warriors in the unit section of the book; they’re placed in the “warcry” area with the other warcry units, including being directly above the Horns of Hashut warband.

Not yet, but from the rumor mill people are saying they’re somewhere between a chaos warrior and marauder. Also, from the leaked photos it can be seen they have the option to either have a hand weapon and shield, or a two handed weapon (likely will give higher reach and potentially better rend/damage).

A lot of people are mentioning the disappointment in the new Daemon Prince; whereas I’m still bitter about the HoS book (and I have little faith the May update is going to substantially fix anything), I could see the Daemon Prince playing a balanced utility role instead of a point-and-click beatstick. The trophy rack option gives all friendly units within range immunity to battleshock. This is huge when considering it’s not limited by keywords, and that battleshock immunity was nerfed when this edition initially was released. This means that allied units will benefit from the immunity, regardless of they are Daemons, mortals, skaven, etc. For example, you can run the Daemon Prince behind a the new unit of 6-9 Ogroids (who only have bravery 6), and give them all immunity to battleshock; the Daemon Prince can also contribute because of his two inch reach weapon. Or, you can run him behind a big unit of the new Chaos Legionaries or marauders, and give the blob battleshock immunity while attacking from behind their ranks. Alternatively, you can give him wings and fly 12” towards the enemy back line, or into engagements of your choosing.

They definitely will; AoS released in 2016, and it took 4-5 years to get the fantasy equivalent of high elves. Dark elves are arguably more exotic, and a number of more exotic armies usually take a longer time to release, like Chaos Dwarfs. It might take another year or two, however.

He’s gonna be great for a Christmas conversion; just throw a Santa hat on him and you’re set. And speaking about rumors, my bet is on Skaven for the summer, along with Sylvaneth. However, Skaven desperately need a range refresh, arguably the most in all of 40k and AoS. So in a way, unless the rumored Skaven release has a lot of new releases, I’m sort of hoping they don’t get updated so that GW can spend some time on getting them the proper attention they need.