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Do you own CoS? if not, i would suggest waiting. GW has previewed a couple drops for CoS. At first glance they look like theming SCE to CoS cities. The worst thing you can do is buy in before a book drop or edition change. GW said they are quite a ways out and what we've seen is some CAD renderings or 3D prints of the CAD so far. I would assume very few people know the outcome of CoS models. I would also say it's likely not as dire as some hand-flappers feel. Since there was a Sylvaneth/CoS "wanderer" I would be surprised if GW killed off Wanderers from the book. However I could see them evolving or perhaps a kit or two being dropped. We could be in for a surprise and see a new kit or some CoS sprues that jazz up the older Wanderer kits. It's an unknown for now. I imagine humans will be supported if anything is. It is the race they aren't really reimagining "a la Witch Elves to Morathi's army, HE became Lumineth, etc". Before people bring up Bretonnia and TKs, those were armies that were not at all relative to a GW envisioning in any real way. Plus TKs are now Ossiarch and you can convert your Bretonnians to Flesh Eater Courts and it would be pretty cool. Them being on the chopping block is pretty obvious. If anything wait and see what gets cut from the Beasts of Chaos. If it's the Razorgor and Cockatrice, no biggie (those make sense being Finecast and poorly supported models). If it's 2/3rds that army I would take some concern. That's an army even I worried would be dropped from AoS but 2 books later and a WD supplement...

Yeah me too. I have some trepidation since there isn't a great track record for GW and Beasts of Chaos since 2003. But all we can do is wait and see. I was wondering if when GW does announcements they stagger the kits being released. I don't recall with Sylvaneth if all the kits were shown early on and or they drip fed them a bit. This could be like Skaven where they only got one new hero model. A Kholek or even Morghur would be amazing and awesome.

This seems more a venting thread than reasons your gaming group would lose interest in a game. The latter tends to be, significant shifts (Fantasy -> AoS), something shiny catches the eye (say Bolt Action after the movie Fury was released), aging out (mortgages are important to pay), covid/inflation (you did touch on this), people move. And it appears like you are holding a company responsible for the state of the world at the moment. 1) This may be one of the first times someone complained about the AoS release schedule. I recall the flip side where after 7th or 8th ed was release (HE vs Skaven) there was nothing for 3/4 of a year. What does Quality of Life have to do with a company releasing products. Generally when people start to complain about releases or how GW does stuff they have been in the hobby about 10-15 years and are moving into the next phase of their life. Consider looking inwards at why people are feeling this. Are people getting married and moving on? Not sure why you would complain about supply demand as strictly a GW issue. Have you been aware of the pandemic since March 2020? You can always order a book and wait for it to show up. 2) if you are interested in an army, buy it or don't. Don't rely on YT reviews to make your decision for you. That's a WAAC move. If making sure you only buy an army on release day based on knowing what someone else thinks of it, maybe this is the wrong hobby for you. 3) if you don't like a campaign book is someone demanding you use it? You are upset GW is releasing more options for people who play the game often? Why do people behave like that? "omg gw released a planet strike style of play and i don't like it so i don't want GW to do this"... "paywall" is also a key factor in people who are aging out of the game being their priority. Consider finding some way to make peace with your hobby. 4) terrain is the one thing that's perfectly fine. there is a generic set of rules to apply to whatever. The guy i play locally has all non-GW cheaper pre-fab terrain and since GW provided the rules it's never been an issue. "oh this has this keyword and does this. great" 5) so a few people are complaining about something online. I guess that's how people form their belief systems and facts. 6) is this an underworlds rant or AoS rant? or just GW rant? 7) is this a streaming service rant or AoS Rant? or just a GW rant? 8 ) Is this a blog rant or AoS Rant or GW rant? If you are complaining your local group lost interest in a group how does complaining about streaming, other games, websites relate? Well it's stuff you are finding to not like. 9) well FB is dumb (i'm still surprised people go there) and if you are going to FB to play your AoS games I see why the group lost interest. I was reading a thread on dakka where people were complaining the mods here shut down negativity too fast. Here is how I play AoS. I have some friends who play it. I have some models i've painted and I like. I have the army book and rulebook. I write a list and arrange a game and play and have fun. The people who don't do this tend to have struggles with how a game evolves over the years.

New book, one new model, and still a bad command trait. Winter and after STD (which for some reason I recall was January so maybe February or March.

that would be awesome.

Nope. but have a nice day.

uh no. you seem to be coming from a negative history with this. But feel free to keep being only negative.

Yes they are dismal and lackluster. They came out with HE in 8th ed. So I'm guessing 8+ years ago. They are very static, the heads aren't anything to write home about. especially when you consider the AoS Range in general is considered better than 40k and has some amazing models in the range. Turns out the wings on the LotR plastic great eagles are a good width but not the body (not much larger than the metal ones) so I'm going to attach them to a Citadel tree, for a 120 x 90 mm base. Probably put the hero on the base since it's finecast and I don't want it to break when you look at it the wrong way (thanks finecast).

UK masters champ tweeted "skyfires MVP" after going 5-0. take that as you will.

I just ordered two LotR great eagles for my phoenixes. I was hoping I make the phoenixes great eagles but the sculpt is terrible so I had to pass and find an alternate route.

thanks kindly you're the best!

Hi folks, My buddy plays Soulblight. I'm not a SB player. But for Christmas I want to buy him a monster and paint it. He has the FEC on FEC ghoul dragon thingy painted and uses it lots. I was thinking the Mother of Nightmares or a Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon. The other option was 5 Blood Knights (he already owns 5, is having 10 worthwhile?) He owns a ****** ton of infantry so I was looking for something unique and helpful and good. Thanks kindly for any suggestions.

me too

slow thread, but I noticed this morning the AoS Coach posted an interview with Nick Rau who went 4-1 with Tempest Eye at Nova Open 2022. I haven't listened yet but I'm sure it will have some neat stuff off the radar.

Are they still changing the books from hard cover to soft cover? I know in AoS 2 they were doing that with an internal printer instead of massive order from china. I wonder if they will go more print-on-demand internally. However I hope i'm wrong and a new book is coming and all my daemonettes and seekers and are viable...

It depends on the game. in a tournament i wouldn't be surprised to see some laser accuracy for measurement. in pick up games it 100% doesn't matter as rarely ever would an issue arise where it would be really out of whack. I used to play large unit Ork games and would measure the lead, then two outside models then everyone else pilled up behind. No one every had a problem. I also ask my opponent if they are okay I do that. Chess clocks are also dumb.

Is that a suggestion? Outside sylvaneth nothing caught my eye really...

yeah we cannot have nice things. If they only fixed the Gors and the balance of scrolls instead of say "they have a 60% WR we are nerfing their good things".

So CoS is 1/4 units can be Sylvaneth. Was there any changes to how you can add Sylvaneth and SCE units into Living City? I'm thinking specifically Coalition and if they needed to abide newer Ver 3 AoS rules, possibly points capping, etc. Or can I just have 1 Sylvaneth unit for 3 (Wanderer) CoS units? Thanks kindly

I see these changes in the app. And yet,.. they cannot fix Slaangors,.. sigh.

Hmmm my mistake. I wonder what I heard regarding 60% for BoC. Oh well.

based on Maggotkin being so high your period isn't as long as what I had mentioned.

In the App or via a Browser? I suppose they changed the access via the web.

I'm not certain the lists are on the Honest Wargamer. They may be? I know Rob rants a lot about seeing photos of lists. AoS Coach on twitter (you can search that in a browser you don't need to be on twitter) has the best tournament recaps for lists and standings.

I cracked open a limited edition of Thondia and saw that whilst they may be increasing in years to come it logistically means they will have 7 more elementals. Nothing in the book implies an army of them across the realms. I'm sure they have 50 years planned out. bean-counters have to do something to prove they have value haha. But think about this, elementals have been around for 40 years and we have never seen a variant of an army of them and if you look GW loves reusing old ideas in new formats. Nothing about having 8 elementals on the table makes sense in anyway as an army.