Clan's Cynic
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I noticed most Hallowheart lists tend to shy away from Dispossessed units. Since I have a big collection of ye olde WHFB models of that variety and Hallowheart is the City I'm eyeing up (mainly for the colour scheme), which of their units is generally considered the most useful to bring along?
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I think the new Warriors of Chaos make me a bit more optimistic that we might see a straight update of the Free Guild/Empire kits, especially if they're a success. The reaction to them being WHFB+1 rather than wholly unique to AoS trying to be totally different and 'epic' has been quite telling in my opinion, especially compared to the Ossiarchs. I did think that CoS would just be one last "Hurrah" before being left to languish but new kits for Sexually Transmitted Diseases does give me hope - especially when I believed they'd share the same fate.
Now, 2020? Okay, I'm being a bit too optimistic here. Maybe in a couple of years at least.
On the other hand, the big, prominent, Community banner that came with AoS2 does have what appear to be Freeguild (or at least mortal humans) in a design we've not seen before, so if those designs were at least in the planning stages in 2018 they can't be that far off.
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This actually makes me excited for what might be cooked up for say... Free Guild/Empire, updating/upgrading older kits to bring them into 2020, rather than trying to be so over the top it looks like a parody.
They're without a doubt my favourite models of AoS so far. The reaction to them compared to the Bonereapers is quite telling I feel.
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I love them. They're just such a perfect continuation of both of the iconic Chaos Warrior AND the old WHFB sculpts. They're a straight 'upgrade'/update of those models, rather than something radically different merely inspired by it.
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I'm erring on the side of Kurnoth.
However it also seems bit... too obviously AoS? Which makes me wonder about it being an Exodite release for 40k.
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9 hours ago, Panzer said:
And they don't. They openly admit and report regularly that they make big cash ever since their restructure. Financially GW is doing better than ever and the fact that their sales keep rising despite increasing prices speaks a very clear language. One that very much disagrees with you.
Except as the previous 'era' of GW showed, customers do have camel backs that straws can break. Even during their low point, they were turning a profit - albeit one that was decreasing every year.
A lot of those recent sales were driven by the, quite effective, campaign of 'change', however it's only been... what, three years ago since the Dark Times? In a hobby age bracket that's getting older, that's not long at all . Hell, this thread is overwhelming full of people saying it's impacted how much they're buying. Can you imagine such a thing on TGA of all places a year ago?
We've also not had financials since the price rise. They'll still turn a huge profit, no doubt, but I don't doubt there will be a slowdown.
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I want to say "Wait and see" but after the utter ridiculousness of the Iron Hands supplement for 40k, I am erring on the side of the cynical.
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I'm just surprised they're still called Slaves to Darkness. I expected a more, uhh, 'heroic' name like... say, Everchosen.
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The whole 'they're collector's items' thing just sounds like making excuses for GW.
Why can't they have form and function?
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The Rumour Engine is definitely something Mechanicus. We can rule out AoS I think.
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They definitely seem to go with what they think sounds and looks cool rather than having any concern for practicality. Some sets have been both aesthetically pleasing and work well, whilst others fail on all accounts.
The Death Guard dice look great, but they roll around as well as me rolling up a ball from chewing gum I've been munching.
The latest batch of Genestealer Cult dice have the faction as... the 1, and a normal 6 symbol. They said they were moving away from this and having faction symbols on the 6 but decided against it on that set for, uhhh, well who knows?
I'm pretty happy with my Fyreslayer dice, but there can be some confusion when both the 1 and 6 are both 'faces' (one is a skull, the other is a rune in the shape of a head) which from a distance can throw your opponent or people with poor vision off.
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2 minutes ago, Panzer said:
I honestly still barely believe that they are supposed to be Nagash's most elite guys. 25mm bases and spears just feels wrong. Them being called a legion feels wrong too for an elite faction.
I agree. They're compared to Stormcast a lot, but they really do come across as far more rank-and-file soldiers than something truly elite. I suppose they're meant to elite compared to standard, mass-raised skeletons, but.
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I admit, the Bonereapers are growing on me. However I have to agree with others that the Endless Spells scheme would improve the actual models by about 500%. I am a little dismayed that the interview stating these are Nagash's elite reduces the odds we'll see a Soulblight force anytime soon.
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Necrotopia? Really?
All I could think of was this.
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2 hours ago, michu said:
So how it will work if we get non-Order characters? Does soulbounding work for them too? And if ScE cannot perform soulbounding then god-specific Chaos Warriors have the same condition as their souls are already owned by their patrons? And is soulbounding necessary for the player characters?
My guess is non-Order PCs will have a different mechanic, since Soulbinding seems very specifically "Agents of Order." Death are all bound up Nagash's will, so there's your hook right away. Chaos is... Chaos. Destruction is where I'm curious about how it will work.
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Going cold turkey on buying 'what I want' and demanding I build/paint the grey plastic I already have. I know it's a bit of a meme, but I genuinely found it saves me a lot of money in both the short and long term.
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3 minutes ago, IneptusAstartes said:
I just can’t get used to the Slaves to Darkness acronym, it sounds nasty. The name itself is fine, it’s the acronym that bothers me.
I hear Nurgle likes it. To each their own.
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22 hours ago, Dead Scribe said:
That begs the question: if the game is considered by so many to be inferior or badly balanced, why then do so many people play it?
Because for 99% of wargamers, GW products are their entry point and thus creates a monopoly on the wargaming hobby. It only tends to be after people have invested hundreds if not thousands of both [insert your currency] and man-hours that they might contemplate looking into other company's offerings. But then there's another problem... to play those games, you need people to actually play with. This naturally leads to the conclusion that they don't want to 'risk' spending hundreds of pounds on something that might not even get a game with.
For most people, you play 40k/AoS or you don't play. This is especially true in the UK due to the prevalence of GW stores being in about every major town/city. Wargaming is expensive but at least with 40k/AoS you're almost guaranteed to find a game local to you. In the States you find a wider palette of games due to the prevalence of LFGS' after GW wiped out (and is now slowly rebuilding) their North American stores a few years back.
This I feel is why GW products do have such a notoriously loud, negative fandom - because a lot of those people would genuinely be happier taking their money elsewhere, the problem is they can't justify taking that step due to the above limitations. As a result, they continue to hope that GW actually improves their pretty horrendous balancing, or else they just don't wargame at all.
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Something tells me it's going to be near impossible to transport these models without a magnet base.
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7 hours ago, prochuvi said:
Not related to what faction gonna be released but, with the brexxi and how the new eldar box have a cost of 180€.
Maybe next battleforces have a increase to 180€ also?
I hope not or i wont buy more if it isnt 100% warranted every unit on it
Maybe, but compared to things like Shadowspear/Carrion Empire, the Christmas Battleforces aren't guaranteed sellers. Genestealer Cults and StD took over a year to finally go out of stock and several of the non-Imperial/Stormcast ones took nearly as long. They may be wary of putting the price up too much. At most, I could see them go to £125 but £110 seems more likely to me.
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I wouldn't count Nighthaunt as out just because they're in Soul Wars. Both Primaris and Death Guard received a box last year despite the raft of support, including Conquest.
It's not impossible we might see a Fyreslayers box, but I do think it's unlikely. Most likely it would be Start Collecting(!) with a Battlesmith or Auric Runemaster and a box of Hearthguard, maybe two. Slaves to Darkness' 2018 box was essentially the Start Collecting(!) with another box of Knights, a Manticore and Warshine. Of course, those were all older kits. On the other hand, Fyreslayers don't exactly shift boxes quickly compared to pretty much any other AoS-only army.
We've had city boxsets with Firestorm, so I could see
EmpireFree Peoples getting a box too. StD certainly set up the precedent of older WHFB collections getting one and they don't even have a Battletome.-
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These are the current Hammerer... well, hammers. You can see the 'curly' designs in a few of them, particularly the centre. In addition those tiny gems feature quite a bit in Dwarf/Fyreslayer designs.
What gives me pause is that the haft of the Rumour Engine is quite slim.
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1 hour ago, zilberfrid said:
For me, it's about lacking confidence that my models will be legal in a few years. I move at a rather inconsistent speed, and it could take a few months until I have something ready. GW models are also not the cheapest, and I don't want to spend too much money on fleeting things.
This is pretty much my take. I have enough WHFB models from pretty much every single CoS race to make an army somewhere in the range of 3000pts. The problem I'm having is justifying adding anymore to that - barring the Battletome obviously - or more specifically, rounding everything but my Dwarfs off into a consistent theme, just on the chance that it all ends up squat'ed in a year or two anyway.
To be honest though, my gut tells me that GW probably underestimated the hype surrounding CoS, particularly at it's announcement. It's arguably the most talked about Battletome since AoS2 was announced. The poor Orruks and Bonereapers have barely had a word in by comparison. I can't help but wonder if that might spur GW, naturally ever seeking more pennies, to sit up and realise there's definitely an audience for the Old World armies and potentially a continuation of that theme.
Something tells me the "stinky WHFB models don't fit into AoS!" camp would have nothing but praise if GW rolled out new Not!Empire models tomorrow.
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I just can't unsee the word Hemorrhoid.
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Ossiarch Bonereapers, hideously overpowered?
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Yawn. The same tired old complaining about complaining that wasn't clever the first time you posted about it.