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So forgive my potential over-simplification of the issue but, wouldn't a lot of the issues with regard to save stacking, 3+ save capping and rend distribution be fixed by simply re-implementing a toughness value as an extra tuning nob? I'm not advocating for an old S/T chart, but an implementation of the newer streamlined toughness system of 40k and Warcry. Of course this would require a complete re-write of all existing battletomes and core rules, but maybe its a way forward for 4th edition. I personally don't think it would add excessive bloat or complexity, it would simply add another (much needed imo) tuning nob to solve some of these existing issues. Thoughts?

Oh sorry for the confusion, you are indeed correct, the prime does add +1A. I was looking at the warscroll for the Judicators in the new AoS app and it doesn't have the champion/prime option, yet the Judicators with crossbows do, guess it's just another bug in the new app Looking back at the screenshots of the new hard copy battletome, Judicators with bows do indeed have a prime option.

Apologies if this had been discussed already, but what is the current consensus on Judicator shockbolt bows? I heard Vince discussing them on the latest Warhammer weekly and he said to never take them as they are now worse than the normal bow in every way, and it seems he's correct. It appears if you roll a 1 you will end up with less shots than a normal bow, making it almost not worth it. Is this an oversight on GW's part or intentional? If they had the option for a prime that added 1 attack it would make it worth it, what are your guys thoughts?

Just when we thought 1" range on Namarti Thralls couldn't get any worse...

Ok now with Indomitus out and sold out, let's hope we can get back to some AoS/Warcy news and not another 2 - 3 weeks of "now with Indomitus up for preorder let's explain even more about it every day for the next 3 weeks." Where's my AoS 3.0... 😆

As @Icegoat said, these are the new design of "fully customisable kits," gone are the old style. I for one prefer the new design of "customisable" kits. Gone are the days of the old fully adjustable arms, heads, waists, leg style kits and whilst those old kits were technically more "adjustable," they ended up with awkward unnatural posing under the guise of being "more customisable." Whilst the new design of kits don't give you this level of adjustability, I prefer the new designs by a significant margin. Take for example the Namarti units, just enough options to change heads, weapons and minor pose adjustments, whilst still maintaining some incredibly dynamic and realistic posing.

They also mention that the sentinel and warden champions are not limited to the spells on their warscrolls. Apparently they can take additional spells which is interesting.

Not really sure whats going on with Eltharion not having the wizard keyword, I'm sure one of the many Warhammer Community articles mentioned him as a spell caster. Another minor annoyance with the range is, now that we have the full 3D images on the GW website for the Wardens, they all appear to have a sheathed sword on their backs, yet the warscroll only allows the unit champion to use a sword.

Well the Stormcast Exorcism Soulstrike Box is £110, but it's $310AUD, I'd hazard a guess, especially with the recent price hikes, that it'll be $310AUD.

The Ruination Chamber, though no one really knows what it entails, I think the siege specialist idea is just speculation at this stage.

A Devoted of Sigmar army would be awesome to see and not overly far-fetched considering most of that range was scrubbed. Though if it is a new chamber, I welcome it! the warrior chamber has basically been made redundant by the sacrosanct chamber and the current battletome has done nothing to bring them in line, though I still have a soft spot for the paladin models. Now the sacrosanct chamber, whilst the models look awesome, they have grown a little stale and it's tiring seeing the same one competitive shootcast list over and over. Bring on the new power creep hotness!

Well if Hollywood/Games Workshop ever make a decent Warhammer film, they know who to cast 😆 Could totally see him as an Astartes.

So what's everyone's opinions of the total range, do we think this is all there is? Does anyone else think Tyrion is still to be revealed within the range?

All of the limited edition battletomes have the 'Grand Alliance' missing from the front.

That's exactly what I was thinking 😆

Yep, that's exactly what I meant to say, I just said it in an overly convoluted and confusing way 😆

I used to have the same thoughts as the OP in regards to having both 'to hit' and 'to wound' as being rather pointless, but as others have already stated and i guess ill re-echo, I think it's to add a little more granularity and tuning to the D6 system. An example would be say DoK's Blood Rites ability, on turn 3 they get +1 to hit and on turn 4 they get plus +1 to wound. If say, you only had a +1 'to damage' roll, it would be a lot more of a buff on turn 3 and would be harder to tone down, it would be less tune-able in that sense. Sure you could argue that you could just get +1 'to damage' on turn 3 and turn 4... but that would be a lot less immersive and given how other buffs work with, 'to hit' and 'to wound' a little differently, it would be less tune-able overall. I hope that makes sense.

If you look at the weapon picture in the stat section of the 1st card on that row, it looks like they gave the 2" range 2-handed staff stats to the guy that is dual-wielding in the picture in that card... Yet the 3rd card in that row has the picture of a 2-handed staff model yet only have 1" range... and the middle card on the row has the 2-handed staff picture and 2" range. So it seems there is some inconsistency between the range stats and for what weapon, that's what leads me to believe they got the 1st and 3rd cards stats the wrong way around.

The cards look pretty good, though it appears the 1st and 3rd cards on the second row are meant to be have the stats swapped around, looks like someone made an error and put the incorrect model image on the cards. I do get the feeling though, that yet again, the sacrosanct chamber is going to outshine the warrior chamber again, even in Warcry.

I hope GW don't end up squatting the rest of the older aelf line. I purchased the 'warriors of the great cities anvilgard' box set in the hope that the rumoured fish elves (at the time) would be expanding on the scourge privateers range, obviously turns out that the fish elves were idoneth deepkin, which is still find bizarre that they weren't somehow meshed with the privateers considering they both have an aquatic theme. I guess I'll have to wait till GHB2019 to see if they finally decide to give the privateers some allegiance abilities which will at least show they may have some future after all. I am however a little apprehensive as I have no idea what direction GW could go with them, I can't see them being part of malerions coming aelves as they are more aquatic themed than shadow. At the same time though, why would GW bother bundling the privateers into a box set naming them warriors of the great cities and then later squat them, would be one heck of a retcon.