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New Lumineth stuff being "slightly worse" than old Lumineth stuff doesn't get them to Slaanesh level because old Lumineth stuff was pretty amazing. Also, I'd rather have slightly worse units with funny tricks than the bland barren desert Slaanesh got for rules on most of their warscrolls (Glutos aside)

I'm more and more convinced the Hedonites book was a rushed job to go with the minis. The lack of flavorful/special rules for the units, not changing the hosts even if they don't make sense fluffwise anymore, not including the new fluff and the general lazyness of the book compared to other releases seem to point that way.

I would say Chaos Dwarves are a given as a DLC for TW3 with Cathay there

How come then that some armies are allowed to match their fluff and other don't? And matching their fluff hardly means being invincible at all, that's a pretty ridiculous statement as I'm not talking about the power of the book (even if it seems pretty meh) but about its uniqueness and fitness to the fluff of the army.

Somehow I don't remember the fluff where the elegant and decadent warriors of Slaanesh are just average but make up for it summoning demons. Sad to see Sigvald being mediocre again but happy our Archers and Slickblades are at least good if expensive af

I haven't seen anybody jumping for joy since we have all the info. What i see are overpriced pillowfisted units with no finesse required to play, and for me this should be anathema to all Slaanesh is supposed to be going by the lore.

I really wish we could come up with a better acronym for S2D that StD so I wouldn't have to read this kind of awkward statements 😂

I have 0 doubts that's what's gonna happen. Hedonites mortals feel like just boring toned down LRL. By the way, if GW is so worried about power creep and broken armies (they aren't), how come they didn't release an AoS FAQ?

When most of the new warscrolls are just variations of the same 3+/4+/-1/1 statline with little or no variation of rules I'd say that's no flavour. Hopefully at least Fiends are usable now, Glutos is great and the Sigvald mini is worth the money just to paint him. The rest, meh... I mean, our ELITE troops are basically Liberators

Seeing how boring the new warscrolls are i think im gonna hold on the purchases

Then why have different factions at all?

I don't really mind if units are a little overcosted, but what gets me is the total lack of creativity and lore/stats relation with the exception of Glutos. It feels really lazy, the example with the Blissbarb arrows and the Symbaresh weapons being the most egregious one. Why couldn't most new units be more like Glutos and the Shardspeaker? Not powerwise but varietywise

About the epitome, the enemy unit affected by Fascination can still fight before the Epitome, they just can't attack it but can still attack other units

Daemonette heroes are the same, so are Enrapturesses (except no Depra gain) and KoS. The shields on Myrms lets them reroll saves. Costs are strange for warscrolls that didn't change and I agree all the mortals seem overcosted somehow, maybe GW is wary of the OP nature of the old Depravation. Also, they are DULL. I expected more special rules when I read the fluff, like the archers lacing their arrows with toxins and Venom doing nothing unless the +1 to wound if the Homunculus is alive is meant to represent that, and if it is I find it lazy AF. The only creative warscroll is Glutos, coincidentally the most expensive model money wise too; I guess all the love went to LRL. Sorry to crush your hopes

Re: Sigvald and Eltharion, yes they are pretty equal except one is 40 points cheaper and, looking at your table, does more damage and has a command ability. Makes no sense. P. 😧 I'd like that link too if possible via pm

260 for Sigvald sounds like a cruel joke for such a gorgeous model, i'd say Eltharion is at the very least comparable for 40 less points and with a Command Ability to boot

My hype has gone from 100 to 0 this week. I was ready to drop a hefty sum preordering most of the new things and now i'm wondering if i'm even gonna buy anything at all. Good job, GW

Remember the Darkoath from previous WH Quests

This is exactly what i'm expecting at this time and it might make me not buy anything, i don't like to pay for lazy uninspired work. Also i would be pretty pissed about them replacing the less than 2 years old battletome with literally the same battletome without addressing the glaring problems the faction is facing (namely the fact that bringing troops is useless)

I'm starting to fear the book is gonna be the same book we already have with the mortals tacked in, and the little information we have does nothing to point otherwise

Let's be real, elves are the real Space Marines of AoS

Nm nothing to see here

I think she is a she. Nobody but me is gonna mention the very obvious Darkest Dungeon vibes?

Or, shockingly, they'll answer those questions when the actual models are close to release

What 40000 spam? They literally showed 2 40k products, 3 if you count Titanicus while all the rest was AoS related + the leaks we already got this week