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OkayestDM

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  1. What about Mawtribes? The highlighting is pretty bright (frost?) and there's a wierd shape coming off the skeleton's shoulder that might be ice?
  2. Same. Lumineth are my favorite models, and magic is fine, but I want a martially-focused army, not a magic one.
  3. I can't recall for sure, but I have the distinct impression that they said in the stream that Dawnbringers was just the 4 books.
  4. I'll get the disappointment at how short the preview was out of the way first. With that said, I am otherwise very pleased. Cos could have shown a bit more, but I'm sure they want to stretch out the reveals leading up to the release. I don't think the chosen paint job really does the models justice. Different color choices will definitely make these models pop. The solo heroes all look excellent. I may even buy the Fyreslayers hero, just to have. The model is very dynamic, and hopefully it is a preview of things to come (pretty sure that's the first Fyreslayer wielding hammers, maybe they'll have an accompanying unit or two further down the line.) Glad I opted not to buy the old Harbinger, that new model is amazing. I am also extremely happy with the Maw-grunta. That's going to be a treat to collect and paint.
  5. To be fair, my recollection of the Soul Wars was the release of Nighthaunt, followed by a LOOOOOOOOONG period of very little for death. OBR weren't revealed until August 2019, and weren't available until November or December. Soulblight didn't release until May 2021, after the events of the Soul Wars and only barely before the release of 3rd edition. The other major new releases that edition were LRL and SoB, which have nothing at all to do thematically with Death (though they tied them in fairly well narratively.) As far as the "Era of the Beast" theme is concerned, GW has done ok so far. Excluding a few obvious misses on their part (Skaven and Beasts of Chaos, which they might still make up for in the next "Broken Realms" release,) Stormcast got dragons, Seraphon and FEC are getting reworked, and we got the Kruelboyz. Unless they tease something at Warhammest, I wouldn't expect to see anything new for Destruction until just before 4th Edition, either during or after the next big narrative event. Jack London's friend has already hinted that they'll be getting "something" in the not-so-distant future, but there's no telling how significant it may or may not be. Given that we're coming down off of the Covid-induced lull in production from GW (based on the assumption that planning and production begins roughly 5 years out), I'm honestly surprised we've gotten as much as we have in the last few months.
  6. I really like the change to battleshock. If I recall from the stream, they said that at least one of the things it would do is make that unit less effective at holding objectives. To my mind this is a big design win, as it intuitively directs players towards the primary victory condition for the game (which will be helpful for newer players especially.) A much better fit than the old "lose more models for losing models" design. Adjacent to that point, the Objective Control stat is a must-have feature for AoS 4. Fine-tuning which units are good or bad at controlling objectives has huge implications for different armies, and can dramatically affect both list building and play style (and create better internal balance.) Balancing offensive punch against objective control is already a factor in the game, but this could give it a lot more weight and nuance. I'm not sue how I would feel about the magic phase being done away with and integrated into the other phases, but I'm not against it either. Command abilities have gotten a lot better since they were moved into the phase where they matter, so I see potential there.
  7. I know not this "Bloodbowl" of which you speak. All I see before me is a Chaos Spawn for my Beasts of Chaos Army. Edit: Or, you know, a Pestigor . . .
  8. The short answer is at the time I assumed GW was taking the opportunity to clean up the model range. Stormcast hadn't become the Space Marine equivalent GW clearly had been banking on, so I figured they would ratchet back on their plans for them and redirect their efforts in other directions. (This is around the time a lot of people began referring to the Aelf factions as the Space Marine equivalent in AoS - at least so far as popularity is concerned. At the time, I honestly thought factions like the Lumineth were being groomed to take center stage as the "hero" faction for the setting.) To be clear, I'm delighted that OG Stormcast don't appear to be going anywhere, I love the models and enjoy getting them on the table. But with over half the range consisting of heroes, most of whom are passed over for more efficient models, and the other half typically consisting of 2-5 variants on a theme (with one or two being clear winners in most cases), I'm curious to see what GW plans to do with the remaining chambers.
  9. I had honestly expected GW to quietly retire the unopened chambers when they released the thunderstrike armor. I was pleasantly surprised when they didn't, though given SCE's current model bloat and the resulting internal balance struggles, I can't see them opening another chamber without first retiring some of the existing models. Regardless, we've had 2 stormcast models with hood released, and I dearly hope that the hood and cloak motif, à la Dark Angels, is a feature of one of the chambers. It looks so good!
  10. Man, if they made a new wave of Ogors that looked like the Cursed City one, I'd buy into that army so fast . . .
  11. They said in the stream that these models represented the most basic troops in the army, so the generic battleline option, which gives me some hope. A different paint job might have gone over better, but I too was a little underwhelmed by them. They also pointed out that it was intended to look like the equipment didn't fit them properly, for whatever that's worth. These troops may not look great, but as the bottom of the barrel that's supposed to look a bit ramshackle, I hold out hope the rest of the range will impress more. We'll see. Something from the stream regarding the new 40k edition that is actually exciting for us is the fact that they said faction rules and datasheets (warscrolls) would be released free digitally on day one. They also talked about fundamental changes to their battleshock phase. (There's also a change to the command phase, but it seems more or less in line with what we already have.) 40k's Battleshock no longer causes models to flee, it instead makes them less effective at holding objectives, and may make them otherwise less effective in combat. If AoS adopts this change, that could be very interesting!
  12. I don't think any faction is missing. It might be one of the earlier factions redone. It might aso be new . . .
  13. Not yet sold on the 3 previewed CoS troops, but if they're just the grunt troops, that's encouraging. And OH MY GOSH! The Tzeentch and Stormcast are AWESOME!
  14. Getting some STRONG Deep Rock Galactic vibes from those Votaan.
  15. Not for nothing, the Lion looks absolutely fantastic.
  16. Far left is looks Seraphon, though I'm not getting Kroxigor vibes from the snout. Might just be the angle. Helmet for second from the left is the back end of a twin-tailed commet, and the figure appears to be infantry. Cities priest? Skirmish model? The other three look like Space Marines.
  17. Wow. Whitefang hasn't been this forthright with rumors in quite a while! The multi-limb OBR really piques my interest. The necropolis stalkers are my favorite units from the range, and I'm delighted that this aesthetic is being expanded upon.
  18. You say that, but BoC still haven't got their warscroll cards! I say these rumors are pure wishlisting! WISHLISTING I SAY!
  19. I'm looking at this as a Stormcast player. I'd kill for our MW on death ability to work more like this.
  20. None of us believed the Brets vs Tomb Kings rumor because it absolutely screamed of wishlisting. Yet here we are . . . I'm surprised that GW went with two faction that - despite their devoted following - purportedly sold rather poorly. That said, it's a good move if they want to distance themselves from AoS. None of our factions are comparable to the Brets, and while OBR clearly draws inspiration from TK, there is a huge aesthetic difference between the two factions. In other news, the BoK rules preview is promising. The ward save and mortal wound abilities both seem relatively restrained without being useless, which I approve of. The extra attack ability could be huge, but I'm guessing it's one of the more expensive Blood Tithe abilities. They also promised to preview Slaanesh rules tomorrow. Here's hoping they do a good job this time.
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