Kugane

Sloppy design is limiting my purchases a lot as well. I love the riders for example, but if they get nerfed I am not sure if they are even worth it. Same with the harvester combo. The time it takes to play out a game probably limits their ability to betatest stuff. So they should hire people to test stuff for them. Regardless, its a discussion we have had in other threads recently, so we should probably just return to the OBR discussion itself before we get sidetracked too much.

Clanrats PTSD

Fair enough

@JackStreicher halving box content was something that still baffles me XD. I hope they somehow stumble upon this thread and perhaps reconsider current choices. I am even tempted to mail them a link to come check it out, because the overal consensus seems to be showing that people are actively buying less due to the price increases.

Speaking of magic, it seems to be quite a trend with these big corporations to keep increasing the price on stuff. I wonder if GW saw what Hasbro is doing with rediculously priced collector edition MTG stuff and went "You know what? We can do that too!"

I personally feel most sets offer enough variety in poses and options to customize a head or weapon that it hardly bothers me. What does bother me a lot is that almost every kit nowadays has some super fragile weak spot. Like the corvus cabal, the raven on the head. Eidolon in idoneth - the spear, in fact, anything spear-like tends to just break off. I have 100+ clanrats with spears, while some tail tips have broken sometimes. I am yet to break a single spear. Stuff is just getting so flimsy and thin XD.

It might be best to convert that model a bit to have the energy connected to his hand. Two contact points are less likely to break. It looks super fragile otherwise XD.

I will probably give my stalkers immortis heads for a maximum Samurai look :D. Stalkers look like such sweet models to build around.

"Can’t wait until next week to pre-order your Ossiarch Bonereapers models? You can secure your copy of the new battletome RIGHT NOW, alongside Feast of Bones." If only.

For me personally I started the hobby 17 years ago when a nice character model was about 8 euro and a big box like a battalion about 40 or 50 if I am not mistaken. However, back then a purchase would normally not lose support at all. Like my Tau 40k stuff, despite new sculpts being released are still useable and have been stripped maaaany times and repainted with Gw paints. Prices going up didnt bother me initially as it felt like the sculpt quality was getting better. It felt like an investment in time and money to buy and paint stuff. As a result I happily spent A LOT on things like tomb kings, Skaven, elves, bretonnia, etc, especially after AOS got released. I even kept buying custom round bases from GW at 4 euro each (the large oval ones). Soon I felt the sting however when stuff kept being discontinued or changed. Like sayl was a staple in my Skaven army and yes I know it was cheesy, but it is now eating dust. Or my warpfire stormfiends cant be used as-is anymore due to weapon loadouts rules having changed. I feel everything GW produces nowadays has an expiration date. Wether its through power creep or rules changes or armies no longer being supported. I feel the thing they broke the most is trust. I don't mind paying high prices for quality models, or their overpriced paint, but when I can't be sure that my tactic or army is still useable in a year, I have to think very carefully before making a purchase. Its not just the price of a model. Even a simple foot troop takes about 6 hours at least to build, clean, undercoat, paint, varnish, etc. A unit of 40 is like working full time for 1.5 months with no rewards other than feeling you are making "your" army to battle with as long as you desire. To have that all stripped away again and again by GW like its nothing, it just feels bad. Very bad. I keep on considering to quit GW games completely, not because of the money, but rather the feeling of wasted effort, time and resources. I now mostly enjoy the painting aspect of the hobby, but no longer the gaming as a result. I wish instead of going up in price, they would make some cheap competitive armies instead, so they earn their money through new players rather than keep trying to milk customer loyalty instead. I cant even convince a single friend to start Warhammer due to the pricing.

Last time I was interrested in a box set everything was sold out before I could make a decision. Maybe they want us to feel like we may miss out on an opportunity if we don't buy it now. Just have to wait and hope stuff is still on sale after. Too much risk buying into it without any knowledge or at least some theory crafting a list or two. I kind of want to see all the warscrolls before I buy anything. Also the scrolls of unreleased stuff.

Ah I see! And it indeed would

I love that idea. It seems most the carrion stuff on the models are undead though, no?

They are starting to get greedier by the month though. I think at this point they are trading customer satisfaction for raw profit. I wonder what their plan is to actually get an active flow of new customers. Because at this point it feels like they are just trying to bleed their current customer base dry.

Those carrion birds will have a healthy dose of sky burials coming in soon.

Funny enough, 9th age has more support in some cities near my area than AOS because of the unbalance. The not paying attention to tournament packs is an issue almost everywhere I went a few years ago as well. Regardless, I think the problems mostly affect the people that actually trying to be competitive without buying into a completely new army though. So it may help that group in particular. I have some "whales" in my area that are against additional rules/fixing though. Mostly people that dont mind dropping 1000+ euro each new release if its the best army and commision painting their stuff for another 2k. They seem to want to maintain their overpowered position XD.

At this point, I think when it comes to Games Workshop gaming systems, perhaps the community should take it into their own hands similar to the 9th age. We have seen similar stuff happen in other games where people create new formats where certain stuff is allowed and other stuff is not in order to create a diverse new metagame. Some of these formats end up becoming so popular that they were eventually adopted as official formats. If the community can put together a living rule system where points are adjusted, tested and additional rules or fixes to current rules are introduced, we might have something on our hands that all people can enjoy. Like for the summoning problem, an possible fix could be something along the lines of "Call in the reinforcements." In which an army is allowed to deploy miniatures equal or less to the points exceeded by the opponent over a certain limit. Alternatively, something along the lines of. "A change of strategy" in which an army gets extra command points for each 50 points summoned by an opponent.

I agree with what you are saying. Sometimes it seems GW doesnt think stuff through as well. When idoneth deepkin were announced I loved the idea of running foot troops, but the fact the troops were too fragile and on 32mm bases made lots of my games quite one-sided. Stuff couldnt get in range of combat or would die to a breeze. Many people shared this issue it seems, hence nowadays you mainly see eel spam lists as a result. Maybe bonereapers will have plenty of playstyles available so you won't see 1 dominant list emerge and nothing else being even close to that list. Given how GW handles rules that may not come to pass though, but until they are released one can only hope.

Indeed! XD

Then there's.... People in December 2019: Bonereapers best army ever. Undercosted. Unfair. People in July 2020: Bonereapers have been powercrept. Army needs a new tome.

I just hope the boxes will be reasonably priced. I am ok with the heroes being on the expensive side, but GW has a tendency of charging a ton for the battleline. Also hoping they dont pull the trick where 2 boxes can finish 1 unit due to lack of enough special weapons per box.

Thats tough, I am sorry to hear so. Its hard when random things remind you of sad(or even traumatizing) moments of the person you used to be with, what kind of helps in those situations is to try and detach the emotional label and the hobby away from eachother. Remind yourself that painting and the hobby itself is something that is shared by a large portion of people all around the world and that its not necesarily something "special" you shared with your ex. By trying to strip away the "this was our thing" label and emotion, the hobby may seem a bit pointless at first, but you can slowly rediscover it and give it a new value for yourself. In terms of getting over a relationship, taking at least 20 minutes a day doing absolutely nothing or going for a walk in nature and relaxing your mind will be really helpful. The reason is that breakups are very draining on our adrenal glands. Its compareable as being in a life threatening situation ALL the time. Adrenaline is largely required for energy pathways and also the motivation and energy to do stuff (like painting). I think if you start giving those glands some rest every day to recover it will help a lot. Starting a regular sleep shedule with 7 to 8 hours of sleep will help too, if you are capable of sleeping after the shock you went through. Your body just needs to recover so your mind can be at ease. As for your feelings, try redecorating your room. Move furnature around, perhaps even start a new army for now. Changing up your living space and environment helps a lot to detach previous feelings. Lastly, find a place to vent out and talk out these problems, but do keep in mind friends are human, so dont overload friends too much =). Also if you ever want to talk things out, feel free to PM. I hope these things are of any help.

Are you experiencing the same in your job or other aspects of your life? Because it sounds more like you may have a burnout rather than full blown depression. Regardless, I have plenty of tips to help you break free from either without the use of medication. Also, powering out of it may be counterproductive.

I see. Thank you for the info. That is really interresting. I like your idea of mapping out cities and landmarks. Since these realms are so huge they could let history and lore be self-contained in these cities. However thats pretty much wishlisting I suppose.

Thank you for the info! I had no idea each realm was so huge. That really changes my perspective on them.