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8 minutes ago, yukishiro1 said:
There's no reason to think that's the case. They have abandoned e-pubs completely for 40k, starting with the latest edition. There seems to be no reason to think they haven't done the same for AOS. It is part of their strategy to force people into the app and therefore on nudging them towards paying a monthly fee.
This, incidentally, is what makes the accessibility issue much more urgent than it used to be. If the font size on the physical edition was a problem in the past, you could just get an electronic version instead. Problem solved. But GW stopped offering electronic versions, and there's no indication they're going to start doing so again any time soon.
OK, this complaint makes WAY more sense now, I had no idea they were discontinuing the digital formats. Most things in the world seem to be going towards the digital anymore, I just assumed they would continue the ebooks, as the costs involved are pennies compared to a whole hardcover print run.
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10 minutes ago, Christopher Rowe said:
You know that almost everyone's vision degrades as they get older, right? You know that almost everyone reading this will one day need visual aids, right?
Yes, and when that time comes, I'll get some glasses.
Regarding the accusation of "ableism," who is being discriminated against? Again, I'm confused by all this. I'm not saying that people with vision issues shouldn't be able to play AOS. Rather I'm asking for valid suggestions on what GW should do to correct this? Print in larger text? Is that the only suggestion? Because as I mentioned before, that is a multi-million dollar burden on the printer, or a less than $10 burden on the end user. And I can only speak for myself, but I prefer a smaller text. It allows for more information in less pages. Should I be sending a complaint to GW for them printing the text too large?
A couple people mentioned bringing back digital format. Perfect, I agree, they should do this. I assume they will eventually be doing this for all new publications, they just haven't had time yet.
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22 minutes ago, PiotrW said:
As for "cheaper and easier solution"... riiiiiiiiiiiight. 🤨
Amazing....a $7 solution for you
And this is no way comparable to a town adding wheelchair ramps for people who can't walk. Access to civic buildings and fictional books about toy soldiers, are not equivalent.
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49 minutes ago, yukishiro1 said:
If you're still confused, you didn't read the thread (or didn't pay attention to what you were reading), and I don't think anybody is going to be able to dispel your confusion more than they already have. Magnifying glasses and better pairs of glasses are not the issue here, nor the solution.
The reason nobody's complained about it before (which is not actually true, but we'll go with it) is that they changed the format for GHB2021. It's not the same as it was in GHB2020 or prior GW publications. It's smaller, with smaller margins (well, I don't know if they're actually smaller, but they're more crowded, therefore they don't function as margins as well any more), and smaller text.
Perhaps you would do better to read my response? I'm not confused about the initial complaint. Rather what GW should do about that. Since you didn't really address the point I made about the burden involved, I'll assume you have no suggestion.
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I'm confused what people actually want GW to do here. Which of these has a greater burden; a company producing multiple different versions of a single book, in multiple languages, with different sized texts for each language; or the reader getting a better pair of glasses, or a magnifying lens?
I have never before heard anyone complain about the size of the text in GW books before. And it seems rather strange that somehow the burden is on GW here. By that logic, shouldn't all copies of the books also be printed in braille, and all rules text also come with an audio version?
My grandmother has been reading the newspaper for decades. That has some of the smallest print in the world, and she makes due by keeping a magnifying lens near her reading table. I've never heard her call and complain at the newspaper company for not making the text bigger.
I'm not trying to disparage or degrade anyone for a deficiency or disability, I just don't see how it's GW's job to take every possible disability into account here, especially when the end user likely has this same issue with any printed publication, and their solution is so much cheaper and easier than any solution GW would have to come up with.
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That helmet in the silhouette reminds me of the old school Wight King.
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Found this image posted on a FB group. The symbols seem to match pretty well...
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14 hours ago, Jabbuk said:
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I hope this helps. Good luck
Thanks, lots of good stuff to look through.
The Fatemaster seems like my next pick-up. Not sure if I want to do the standard Arhiman conversion, or go for something else. Just too bad he can't cast any spells, I'm curious why they removed that, since in all the history of Tzeentch lords, they were wizards and warriors.
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Hello, just starting in with Tzeentch and I'm looking for some opinions and insight on where I should expand my current collection.
I love the bird theme of Tzeencth, so I want to lean heavy into it. Right now I have, and want to include the following:
Lord of Change-(weapon option TBD)
Tzaangor Shaman
20x Tzaangors
6xSkyfires
6xEnlightened on discs
These together sit at 1650, which leaves 350 points to play with.
So my main question; where do I expand the collection from here? I know I need at least another hero to start with. Only thing, is I can't decide between a Fatemaster, Curseling or another Shaman.
Do I grab some Acolytes for objective camping and more ranged? Go whole hog on the Tzaangors and get more? Do I care about Endless Spells?
*Note, not a huge fan of the deamons in general, other than the Lord of Change.
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28 minutes ago, SunStorm said:
Yeah they've been having a good run with the Necronmunda expansion books recently and new kits for each gang.
I would love it if the original Chaos Warcry bands got similar expansion treatment.
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The dagger looks a lot like the one on the Chaos Champion from 6th edition.
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11 hours ago, Clan's Cynic said:
Despite now having a Chaos warband for every god, we've yet to see any daemon models in Underworlds.
Technicality, but The Eyes of the Nine has a blue horror and 2 brimstones.
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15 hours ago, someone2040 said:
In particular none of the original warbands seem to really have 'spellcaster' type models. So it wouldn't surprise me to see some kind of spell casting expansion come to Warcry at some point, and with it comes a bunch of new spellcaster models for the original warband
This is exactly what I thought about, and "hope" they implement at some point. Or perhaps a named special character for each cult, that personifies the unique playstyles.
While it's true you can get spellcasters from proper AOS factions, I just think more unique casters or spells would be nice, and present more options for AOS gameplay as well.
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Out of curiosity, what are people's thoughts on the likelihood of future expansions or releases featuring the original WarCry warbands? For example some additional specialist profiles, or even just some additional basic cultists to flesh out all the weapon options with alternate sculpts.
If we look at Necromunda, each of the gangs has received some additional releases or upgrade packs, beyond the initial release.
Any chance we could see something similar for WarCry?
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59 minutes ago, Nos said:
Theres never been a single edition of Warhammer or 40k which has had all its army roster either released or updated before the next iteration.
6th Edition WHFB was complete.
The Rumour Thread
in Age of Sigmar Discussions
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A lot of the criticism seems to be coming regarding the face, which I completely get. However it's the wings that I don't understand. Is he waving? Why is one folded up, but the other extended? It looks so awkward. A little symmetry would have gone a long way, IMO.