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38 minutes ago, Chikout said:
Bloodbowl used to get 4 teams a year. Last year they got one.
To be fair, Blood Bowl had perhaps reached saturation. All the classic teams have be released, asking with quite a few completely new teams. There comes a point where they are scrapping the barrel for new ideas, and it might be best to release very slowly rather than dumping multiple bad ideas into the game.
Also Blood Bowl is weird in that it will survive being cancelled. It has done so before after all.
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10 hours ago, The Red King said:
My biggest fear is they retire beasts to the old world and then fail to support the old world and it dies out.
I don't think GW will literally kill TOW, even if it eventually stops selling, for a long time. They killed fantasy, and it created uproar, and they went to the effort if bringing it back. To kill it again soon after release would be disastrous PR. I the worst case scenario is it goes into maintenance mode i.e. they keep it around but with no new releases and minimal resources put into it.
But honestly, given the hype around it right now, I am not too worried. I think there's a decent chance we'll get a second edition like Horus Heresy did some time after all the arcane journals are released, hopefully with at least some legacy factions added. I think there's a decent chance such a second edition could chance the time frame too, maybe just by a bit, it maybe significantly. There's plenty of Warhammer history to explore after all, and GW can use that to encourage people to build new armies with new paint schemes etc.
I also, personally, don't think BoC will be removed from AoS. That would be a massive kick in the teeth for any AoS exclusive BoC players which would generate a lot of bad PR.
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10 minutes ago, Ejecutor said:
There's a problem. The one sold separately doesn't include the same sprues.
I'd be very surprised if he is never released separately. I can always pick him up on eBay if I really want to.
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9 minutes ago, Ejecutor said:
This is not a FOMO box. You would have your chance. I just ordered mine, but I will sell everything except the new mini. I want to convert it for my CoS. Back 17-18 years ago I converted a pegasus knight (like the ones in the box) with some skaven arms (and I think a space marine body) to create my own character. It is time to do it with an HD version (and no space marine pieces xD).
Oh I know it's not a true FOMO box, but I suspect it'll be out of stock for the majority of it's overall life span, so if I do want it I may have to (shock horror) wait a long time to get it 😄
I'm not going to buy it anyway. I have the rule book, I have templates, I don't want the old Bret sculpts, and the easiest way to get the Duke is to buy him separately (if I decide to get him). But that little part of my brain keeps kicking in.
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7 hours ago, Ejecutor said:
Guys, it could be a coincidence or GW getting ready for an announcement tomorrow during the Warhammer World Open Day, but it is appearing me in the site that the big Bret box is back in stock:
Warhammer: The Old World Core Set – Kingdom of Bretonnia Edition (Inglés)
FOMO is a hell of a drug. I keep considering buying this because if I don't I may not get another chance for a while, then I decide not to. Then, a bit later, I consider it again...
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I can almost guarantee they'll be the old ones sadly.
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8 minutes ago, Skreech Verminking said:
Yeah I don’ know either if I could change it enough
might have to try out when I fet my hands of one.
if that’s the case I’ll send a picture of the conversion
That'd be great. I've just ordered a cheap Stormcast Ballista and am going to see if that can be converted too. If I get something that looks good I'll post pictures too!
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10 hours ago, Skreech Verminking said:
For bolt throwers I was actually just thinking of buying the lrl one and converting them slightly
(well mostly a headswap some dark elve bits on the unit and a different color scheme
I have considered that, but I think it just looks too LRLy and I'm not sure I can make it look Dark Elfy.
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I just order 15 Dark Riders/Doomfire Warlocks. Never have I been so happy GW included them in every budget box, and that they are kinda meh on AoS 😄
Now all I am lacking for my Dark Elves in Bolt Throwers, and I'm not sure what to do for them. Metal ones go for a lot on eBay, and the 3d printed ones on Etsy look not great. I'm wondering how hard it would be to built the Bolt Thrower itself somehow, and kit bash some Dark Elf warriors as crew.
Other option is I wait for High Elf ones to get rereleased and Dark Elfify them, but I don't know how viable that would be.
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4 minutes ago, Big Kim Woof-Woof said:
Yes! They really nailed that. And I love the Twinsouls too, with all their esoteric weapons. In fact, the Egopomp (with that classic 'villain hand' pose) might be my favourite model in the current range!
Agreed. The only thing I don't like is the whip, not because it looks bad but because I hate overly fragile parts of minis.
Also great is that you can mix in parts of the Twinsouls to the Painbringers, perhaps to mark out a champion.
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18 hours ago, Boss Casman said:
@Big Kim Woof-Woof I hear you on the gorgeous models for the Hedonites - this one alone nearly sold me on a little army:
Just fantastic! 😍
The whole Hedonites mortals range is just... chefs kiss. It just works so well for what Slaanesh is. I particularly like Myrmidesh, who Evie the old Juan Diaz champion of Slaanesh on foot mini do well: they give that feeling that they fight elegantly, making combat more of an artistic expression than a brutal competition.
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17 minutes ago, Marcvs said:
To me, an honest interpretation of what "not for the foreseeable future" means is just that we have no idea. It could mean that they will be announced in a couple of months, or that they will never come.
Agreed, although I doubt it'll be sooner than a year since I suspect they're short term release schedule is pretty much set in stone.
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My answer is I am terrible at choosing an army, because so many different factors come into play that it becomes hard for me to pick a true winner. Factors that I look at include:
(i) Aesthetics. This includes both the minis themselves, as well as the accompanying artwork. Obviously the minis are more important, but when there's an amazing piece of art for a faction I do find myself drawn to it.
(ii) Lore. This tends to be less of an issue for me in AoS, although there are still factions whose lore just doesn't call to me (DoK for example). In WHFB though, the lore of a faction was a big deal for me: I liked Wood Elves, but it always bothered me that they'd have very little reason to be fighting away from Athel Loren. Meanwhile Orcs and Goblins, or Beastmen could be literally anywhere and needed basically no excuse to fight.
(iii) Paintability. Once I've picked out an army that looks good, I start to think about paint schemes. If I can't find one that I like, that's a negative. I have this issue with S2D in AoS: if I don't want them to look like they are marked by a specific god, I am left with very few colours I can use, and when we rule out black as a colour I hate painting I am left with even fewer. So whilst the minis are great, I can't find a paint scheme for them that I like. Meanwhile Sylvaneth are almost bad in the opposite direction, as I can't decide on what season to paint them.
(iv) Gameplay. Ultimately, if I'm going to play games with an army I want them to play in a way I enjoy. In MTG terms I am mostly a Timmy: I enjoy experiencing extremes. What time prime might describe as "win more", I describe as "win funner". So whilst KO tuck a lot of boxes for me, they just don't do it gameplay wise.
(v) Roleplay potential. This relates to lore to an extent. Basically I love investing my characters with back story, and some factions allow this more than others. S2D is supposed to be a faction of powerful individuals all seeking greatness, so focusing on characters makes sense (though it hurts when your mighty Chaos Lord dies to a stiff breeze), whereas for Nighthaunt this feels much less doable.
If I try to max out all of the above, I end up with no factions, so I have to compromise. At the moment I am working on a Dark Elf army for TOW which is mostly a result of looking the minis and rules (plus having picked up a great deal on eBay).
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8 hours ago, 01rtb01 said:
I used to run my infantry 6 wide and units of 18. Not sure whether that still works now or not?
I've been thinking 6x3 or 6x4 (for rank bonus redundancy) too.
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1 hour ago, Ejecutor said:
The problem, imo, is that they werent presented in TOW articles. They were TOW articles:
The Old World: Ice Guard of Kislev - Warhammer Community (warhammer-community.com)
This deffo confirms to me the change in the direction half way through the project. If you knew from the beginning that you are not launching them, you post it as a TOW article, like the latest one with the new content, not as a TOW article.Agreed. To me it seemed obvious at the time so the Kislev stuff was assisting on WarCom that the intention was for Kislev to be released fairly early in TOW's life. I would be amazed if the 3d models for at least some of a potential Kislev range haven't already been done.
Something changed. My guess is GW got cold feet and decided to scale back TOW fur gear that it wouldn't be as popular as they'd originally hoped*. My how is sales have been good enough that they're recognising it has legs, and we'll see things like Kislev and Cathay in due course.
In any case my strategy doesn't change: I enjoy TOW and buy products to support it, going that doing so will increase the odds of longer term support. I would love a TOW 2.0 (like Heresy) with more supported factions, new minis for existing factions etc., but that will only happen if the game sells well.
*Might not help that TWW3 has not been as popular as TWW2 was, and with that enthusiasm online started to dry up
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19 minutes ago, Ejecutor said:
Good ol times.
They were, though I do sometimes wonder how much of that is nostalgia over being young and relatively carefree.
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22 hours ago, Gitzdee said:
This is not really a character but it kinda is. Does anyone know whats up with the Crown of Sorcery? I love the bits with Azhag the Slaughterer and while i dont think we will be seeing him could we be seeing someone else wearing this thing. I like what a Necromancer in other factions that are not known for that kind of magic like the orruks could bring us. I also noticed quite a few important AoS characters have worn the crown. Last thing i remember reading is that it was stored in a vault? Please correct me if im wrong.
Huh, I would have assumed Nagash reclaimed it during the End Times, but I can't find any reference to that. Somewhat surprising to me.
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1 hour ago, Ejecutor said:
He is from Mordheim. Yes. He came with a Whitedwarf magazine. It is called Aenur, Sword of Twilight.
They gave him away with WD 😮 different times eh?
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Received my job lot of Dark Elves yesterday. Now I've got to decide how to build them, starting with the basic Warriors.
My feeling is that Bleakswords aren't worth it compared to Dreadspears in TOW (which is great as spears look more like proper weapons of war than one handed swords). The question is how many Darkshards did I build out of my 60 warriors, and his many Dreadspears?
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4 hours ago, Mordeus said:
Don't know, but I really find it disappointing not to at least release the foot knights for people with unbuilt knights to convert them.
It's such a no brainer to do isn't it. Even something as simple as using foot knight heads on old mounted knights will add a lot. Go a step further and you could go a long way to making the old kits feel fresh.
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21 minutes ago, Beliman said:
I'm a bit confused about Drilled.
If one of your units is in Marching Column, after declaring their charge target, can they redress the ranks to allow a charge move?
Looks that way to me. Drilled seems to be a pretty powerful ability.
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4 minutes ago, Skreech Verminking said:
I’n guessing they didn’t think through it or forgot that the daughter of khaines come with two weapons.
it’s kinda similar to the skaven rule.
we’ve got a rule where we basically can add bravery for each rank of models we have to our bravery, which is something we had in 8th edition as well.
just this time they kinda forgot to give that special rule to any skaven unit.
Yep, sounds likely. Probably not helped by both Dark Elves and Skaven being legacy lists and therefore likely receiving less editing passes.
4 minutes ago, Skreech Verminking said:Personally I think we should play those rules as we think it was intended, of course that would mean you would have to ask and tel your opponent first what the problem is.
if that has been dealt with using the rules as we think it was intended should be fine
especially at friendly games, at an event it might be worth asking the to what his opinion is on that
Completely agree.
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21 minutes ago, Wnerva said:
Whats unclear about the rule? its the same with ithilmar weapon for high elves, ensorcelled weapons for chaos or warpstone weapons for skaven, or khopesh for khemri etc.
It's not unclear how it works, it's unclear why a rule that specifically calls out Khainites, and is only on the four explicitly Khainites units (plus characters), does not actually do anything in any of those units unless you make a conscious decision to avoid using their signature weapons.
Unless you think it's likely the rules writers thought it was a good idea to dedicate space in the list to a rule that essentially does nothing, the only conclusion is that it's an oversight. Most likely is they copy pasted the wording of the rules from something like Ithilmar weapons, but forgot to change the party about only applying to hand weapons.
21 minutes ago, Wnerva said:I personally hate rerolls on atacks or saves. Its still a "roll a dice" game. Removing randomness is stupid.
Rerolls don't remove randomness, they change the probabilities involved: 4+ with a reroll can still fail.
There are good arguments against rerolls (namely they slow play down) but removing randomness does not seem to be one. You might as well say "I hate it when characters wound on a 2+ as it removes randomness from the game, everyone should always wound in a 4+".
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25 minutes ago, Ejecutor said:
What about Krondys/ Karazai? It is way bigger, but also quite cheap to get with Hachette, and it has a look closer to High Elves with its armour from Krondys, imo.
I doubt they'd fit on any of the appropriate bases. They're on the 160mm big pie plate in AoS whereas the High Elf dragons are on 60x100mm bases. Even on the largest square base (100x150mm) I think you might struggle to fit them.
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Warhammer - The Old World
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I hope that's the case, but don't want to set myself up for disappointment. I think the rules of TOW are pretty damn good, with a few wonky edge cases, so would benefit hugely from a light touch pass, and I think adding at least some if the legacy factions in would be really good (I am building a Dark Elf army anyway, but if they eventually get an Arcane Journal and some new minis I will be very happy).