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17 minutes ago, Whitefang said:

Lord———

Lordrak confirmed XD.

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18 minutes ago, Gothmaug said:

Based on the last two years of lore, with Gordraaks ultimate goal of challenging Sigmar, there’s no way he’d bend knee to Kragnos. If he does, I’m done with AOS lore forever, I’ll just go paint my orks and sit in the corner.

 

kragnos already feels like a last minute addition to the story. A “hey how we sell this neat model” moment from GW. There’s no way Kragnos was planned in the excelsius arc from the beginning. 
 

if GW really wanted a big god thingy for destruction, Gordraak avatar of Gorkamorka, or a newly empowered Rogue Idol we’re much better options. 

Or they make a Mordrakk character first and let them do a fusion dance.

All kidding aside, i dont like them doing this to Gordrakk. It is like replacing Kroak by a random horse dude. Its just random.

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21 minutes ago, zamerion said:

This is one giant looking skull. I really hope its not a balloon, i'm not really in camp flying units with destruction factions. I like to smash face with wyverns/ snarlfangs and boars. I would make an exception for a balloon pulled by a wyvern ! !

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3 minutes ago, Vasshpit said:

The rumors ive read suggest some of the new orruks are called "fellwater morruks".

Id love a new fellwater troggoth as I think the kit could really be brought up to the other troggoth levels. Its not bad per say but there are definitely aspects about it that drive me bonkers like the head to neck connection, it's very visible and looks atrocious. 

They Could even update the size to help differentiate it like between the rocks and dank, 2 per box, all fat and bloated. 🤩

Wishful thinking. 

Thanks.

I actually do like the look of fellwater troggoths. The dankhold troggoth ties it together with the rockgut troggoths imo. The kit also allows for a lot of different looks, i could build 6 totally different ones.

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8 minutes ago, Aeryenn said:

However we call or describe it, it doesn't solve the problem of people wanting model support for their faction. People don't want soups, they want models. We as customers can tell gw our expectations. If they don't have plans for expanding Fyreslayers and Ironjawz maybe they should change their attitude? People want to give their money for new models. What other incentive are they waiting for?

Because it takes a lot of time to develop new models and they cant release updates for 24 armies in one edition. Combining books is a way to keep things fresh i guess while waiting for something new.

Edit: I also give my money for new spiderfang/skaven/bonesplitters but i dont expect them any time soon. I'm still happy they havent been scrapped yet.

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nvm 

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I dont think looking at past books matters at all. LoN was a filler book to give them time to release nighthaunt en bonereapers. Now they are their own thing and it became gravelords. Its is more interesting to look at what the future holds imo. They just released a new super villain in the form of Kragnos and a new breed of evil to go along with it. Order got all the Avengers for now and nagash has been dealt with for the time being. The way things are going now we will most likely see a new dwarf Avenger and new units to go along with it. I didnt expect kragnos to unite all destruction models and i think its easier to unite dwarfs than the destruction factions. Now that i think about it sce could be asgardians or something similar. Ok i lost my train of thought.

edit: Ah yes i dont think u can compare old soup books to decisions they are making at the moment because the state of the game is totally different now. The Whfb days are kinda over by now.

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I keep hearing (aos facebook) about fellwater troggoths being mentioned somewhere by gw. Does anyone know more about this? I dont think they really need a new models, i like mine the way they are.

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19 minutes ago, KingBrodd said:

Ironjawz Wave 2, Savage Orruks Wave 1, Gloomspite Spiderfang relaunch, Sons of Behemat Mega Gargant kit 2 and Mancrusher update, MAWTRIBES RELAUNCH!!

U speak wisdom.

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57 minutes ago, Aidrox said:

I think you're onto something there

Edit: In fact the more I think about the previous rumour engines the more I think you're right. The hook hand was pirate-y enough but we also have a big piece of netting if I remember right? Why use a little grot netter when you can cast a massive one off of your airship?

I like this theory a lot. But i hope this army is a bit more allround than just airships or just cavalry.

It could also be a wrecking ball of sorts. But is should have a snotling on it miley cyrus style XD. 

Edit: could add the snotling myself  i guess 😛

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11 minutes ago, Neil Arthur Hotep said:

The difference between Cities and Gitz is that in the case of Cities mixing stuff is actually probably better than sticking to one subfaction. So let's hope they do that for Skaven and the next Gitz book, as well.

Thanks, i would like something like that ^^. I wonder what 3.0 books will look like with battalions gone (rumour?). 

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7 minutes ago, Ahlambra said:

When/if they update Skaven I'd love for them to have their battleline access slightly changed to match Cities of Sigmar. Basically have it so your general's clan determines your additional battleline units (Stormfiends for Skryre, etc) but while still allowing you to take other clan's stuff.

I have no idea if this would be mechanically broken, and I guess it doesn't really match the lore. I just want to be able to build an elite Skaven army using Stormfiends, Doomwheels, Abominations and maybe a Deathmaster because he's cool.

Dont know about cities of sigmar (dont own any of those models) but i guess this is somewhat like gloomspite gits. Its not optimal but u are free to mix moonclan, troggoth, squigs and spiderfang as long as u meet the battleline requirements for the general u picked. Works fine for me since i never go to any tournaments.

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8 minutes ago, KingBrodd said:

Outside of Destruction the thing I'm most looking forward to is the Duardin resurgence!! This box you describe would be the perfect way to launch a new Disspossessed or Valayan Duardin Faction alongside a massive new wave for Skaven. It could even have a narrative book such as Wrath of the Everchosen.

I dont play skaven (yet) but i would love them getting a new wave. I'll finally build the isle of blood models i still have hanging around somewhere.  I love the poison steampunk ninja crystal monk thing they have going on. Hope they get a treatment similar to gravelords.

I dont know why but i cant seem to like any of the gw dwarf factions yet. Fyreslayers went in the right direction but suffers from the same small army fate as ironjaws at the moment. Hope they get some love.

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1 minute ago, Hoseman said:

It has been said that they are:

Glasscannon army. Hit and run.

Poor saves.

Teleports.

Magic.

1 of 4 units can deploy in ambush.

Nothing said about machines, ranged or creatures. I would like a lot a machine based army for destruction, but I guess is not

Is this really that different from bonesplitterz?

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This does tell a bit about what the basic battleline unit will look like but not really much else. I do get the feeling this army uses more shields and armor a bit like the lotr orks. But do they use creatures/ranged/melee/machines/magic/is it a horde army or elite? We dont really know anything yet. I guess we have seen a cauldron so i guess we are getting some sort of shaman.

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Am i the only one thats getting more clueless about what the new army looks like after all these rumour engines? I went from gitmob grots to lotr/hobbit orks to swamp monsters to tiki masks to old school orks with warmachines and back to the first one. Now we got some weird shield like thing again after the last one turned out to be a chaos thing. I'm confused now XD. 

Feel like this evertime though:

 

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Looks like a weapon that should be thrown. No clue what it could be tbh.

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This could be the cauldron that was in some rumours. 

Edit: u all so fast XD

Edit 2:

I kind of think its a new model to replace the grot shaman. I still like this one though.

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4 minutes ago, EMMachine said:

 

The thematic clash between two great heroes, without other soldiers interfering is epic, but the way challendes work was one of the reason in the end that killed 9th age for me.

It ended up in the buffling situation that heroes don't make challenges because most of the time it is accepted by the champion of the other unit. Or in worst case a 1 wound champion is tanking the entire damage of great heroes like Archaon because the way it was implemented the model that is being challenged can only do damage to the challenger or not attack at all (and this was treated as a great form of balancing while looking from the narrative standpoint it feels more like cheating).

 

This can be changed if they want to. Could allow the use of leftover weapons on other models from the unit. Or fight out a challange at the end of the hero fase in addition to the combat fase to highlight these awesome fighters. Just trowing some ideas out there.

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On 5/14/2021 at 2:26 PM, Kadeton said:

Personally, if I were designing it, I would make support characters attach themselves to a unit when you build the army list, and become a permanent model in that unit. Only the unit they were attached to would benefit from their leadership effects. Then, bring back the Challenge mechanics from the old WHFB. You can shoot their unit but you won't hit the character (indiscriminate), and if you want to kill them before you wipe out their whole unit then you'd better get one of your own characters in there to deal with them (heroic). But that's just me - I'm sure there are plenty of alternatives that would work well.

I would love this. This was great fun. Getting to challange another champion felt like a small battle within the bigger battle. It also made some otherwise meaningless unit more dangerous. Dont know if deathstars would be a thing again though.

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1 hour ago, CarkFish said:

I often wonder how much of the rumours we talk about actually started in this thread and just "come full circle"🤣  ... The honest Wargamer mentioned us the other week.... Nice guy, lives down the road from me apparently

Haha i also think this is happening sometimes. Someone posted the doomdiver pic i just made here on the official AoS facebook page.

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Hypetrain full steam ahead ! ! !

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Could be a Sigmarine Lighting Claw.

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I love how we went from gitmob grots to living tiki masks XD. I wonder what goodness we are getting today.

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1 hour ago, Nezzhil said:

 

"How peculiar! Let us know what you think this image is over on our Warhammer Age of Sigmar Facebook page, and check back tomorrow for another glimpse of the future."

It looks a lot like the face in the cavescribbles!