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 nflagey wrote:

Question is: should we be prepared for a 4+ week release for the Orks?
Someone mentioned a long Ork release that could bring us to some Apocalypse release at the end of the month. Do we have any info about that?
I haven't followed very well the releases since early 2014, with GW new schedule ... is this something they have done so far (Wood Elves, Astra Militarum, ...)?

There was an ancient rumour, I think I heard it in december or something, that there'd be a large Armageddon-themed update in late summer or fall. Rumour was there would be 5 books. Codex orks, Codex IG (so you see, it's not dead-accurate) salamanders supplement, Steel legion supplement (wouldn't that be just the regular FW iron-fist-list?) and some sort of mission book, warzone armageddon or somesuch.

As you can see, some of it is allready wrong (IG got theirs allready), but maybe that was some sort of early concept for the whole thing. I for one could do with a freebooterz or blood axes-supplement. GW tries to channel a bit of the oldschool memories, bringing back ancient stuff - knights, that redone SM Captain, orks becoming visually more ridiculous. Maybe they give us orks something nice in the end?

GW webstore is down. Wonder if its related to orks

GAHHHH need the codexxxxx info already so I can start working on lists.

I'm doing a bad guyz army. Basically a mish mash of bad guyz rolled into one.

Soviets, Ottomans, Wermacht, Punkers, Pirates

Perhaps thematically sorted into detachments.

Soviet & desert dogs detachment
Ottomans & German detachment
Punk & Pirate detachment

Then I can do a display board of the detachments all FIGHTING EACH OTHER

The flash gitz are certainly going into the army.
The are the ULTIMATE BAD ASSES
STATE OF THE BADASS ART.

That makes me want to try and replicate Leon from Robocop using the mohican Flash Git.

The flash gitz snazzgun kinda makes me think of the smart gun

From Facebook:

Beasts of war wrote:
If you liked boshing together Looted Vehicles for your Ork horde then you might be sad to know that they could well be out of the new Codex! With that in mind we want to know what your favourite vehicles to smash together were AND what you'll be doing with all your looted vehicles if the rumours are true!

From their site

Beasts of war wrote:
We’ve been hearing on the grape vine that Looted Vehicles might be going from the upcoming Ork Codex and with that in minds we thought we’d see what you’re favourite vehicles were to bosh together for the glory of your Warboss and the Waaaaaaaagh!

Of course there were some firm favourites to loot but with Orks your mind can go utterly wild! So, if you don’t see an option below in the poll that you like then fire up your typing fingers and let us know what you loved converting for your green tide of awesomeness!

There’s nothing stopping you from doing this kind of thing in the new edition of course, Orks are resourceful, but if Looted Vehicles really are going to the scrap heap what will you use your looted vehicles as?

... And here I was hoping for the opposite: Real looted vehicles. Like taking vehicles from other codexes and simply add a random side effect to it each turn.... Ha well...fits with my sig.

So far it's just flash gits for me, If this is true its old codex time.

Codex not listed in the webstore

 Squidbot wrote:
From Facebook:

Beasts of war wrote:
If you liked boshing together Looted Vehicles for your Ork horde then you might be sad to know that they could well be out of the new Codex! With that in mind we want to know what your favourite vehicles to smash together were AND what you'll be doing with all your looted vehicles if the rumours are true!

Meh. No one ever used them anyway. They were rubbish and you were much better off using things as count as. I a way it's a good thing. Less arguments over WYSIWYG with some more picky players about using a looted rhino as a trukk.

They should widen the options for the battlewagon

Officialise the following:
Flakkwagon
Supa Kannon
Lifta droppa
Big Trakk

Well, the 3rd edition Codex let Ork players chose to field IG or SM tanks, that was pretty cool at that time.
I remember my LR dealing heavy damage. Now I've got three Thunderers I can't play with the new rules, yipeee...

 Bonzofever wrote:
Well, the 3rd edition Codex let Ork players chose to field IG or SM tanks, that was pretty cool at that time.
I remember my LR dealing heavy damage. Now I've got three Thunderers I can't play with the new rules, yipeee...

If only they gave you a gobsmasha option....

"Hearing on the grapevine" that looted vehicles "might be going" from the new codex doesn't inspire a whole lot of believability. I'd say wait and see before declaring doom and gloom.

 Bonzofever wrote:
Well, the 3rd edition Codex let Ork players chose to field IG or SM tanks, that was pretty cool at that time.
I remember my LR dealing heavy damage. Now I've got three Thunderers I can't play with the new rules, yipeee...

Well, remember that GW has spent two years adding things like Allies, Formations and Unbound lists. So actually, they would tell you that you can now use as many looted vehicles as you want: they simply come from allies (IG tanks deployed 12" away, not that hard to do with a mechlist) or as part of your 11 SAG unbound list. No worries.

I think that we will all have to get used to the idea that in-codex alternative options (FOC-swaps, back-of-book-lists, etc) are now replaced with carte blanche to take whatever you want. Do you want a company of Orks who just pilfered an entire IG depot? Then use unbound, get in loads of IG tanks, add some Flash Gits and Lootas, go wild. Want to use Boarboyz and feral stuff? Then use Thunderwolf Cavalry rules in your unbound list.

Now, you might not like having to go out-of-codex in this way - I think that Ork players in general tend to obsess over using only Orks in a way that Imperial players don't - but I'm not trying to tell you that this is a good thing, or a bad thing, or whatever. All that I am saying is that this is what GW want us to do, and you should expect everything in the rules system to now reflect that fact.

When I first saw the morkanut, I thought hey we get an orky thunderfire cannon. One good thing so far flashgits.

 Bonzofever wrote:
Well, the 3rd edition Codex let Ork players chose to field IG or SM tanks, that was pretty cool at that time.

Damn, I wasn't aware of that. That must have been fun!

 paqman wrote:

 Bonzofever wrote:
Well, the 3rd edition Codex let Ork players chose to field IG or SM tanks, that was pretty cool at that time.

Damn, I wasn't aware of that. That must have been fun!

Also Lootas actually used looted imperial weapons such as missile launchers, autocannons and Lascannons.

Can remember the rules for Looted Sniper Rifles. The rules for imperial sniper rifles at the time was they hit on 2+. But when an Ork looted it the Ork would hit on a 4+.

Isn't there a looted wagon option in at least one IA? Kastra Novem has load of irk stuff, but I think it was in the 3rd IA, the one with Xenos.

Just use that if you absolutely need to do it. Or just use the looted wagons as battle wagons.

 PhillyT wrote:
Isn't there a looted wagon option in at least one IA? Kastra Novem has load of irk stuff, but I think it was in the 3rd IA, the one with Xenos.

Just use that if you absolutely need to do it. Or just use the looted wagons as battle wagons.

Mech junkas

 Steve steveson wrote:

 Squidbot wrote:
From Facebook:

Beasts of war wrote:
If you liked boshing together Looted Vehicles for your Ork horde then you might be sad to know that they could well be out of the new Codex! With that in mind we want to know what your favourite vehicles to smash together were AND what you'll be doing with all your looted vehicles if the rumours are true!

Meh. No one ever used them anyway. They were rubbish and you were much better off using things as count as. I a way it's a good thing. Less arguments over WYSIWYG with some more picky players about using a looted rhino as a trukk.

Trukks had a very specific model, so I'm not sure how WYSIWYG gets involved there. Looted Wagons didn't, and so people went crazy. I actually did run some occasionally. Boom Gun + 'Ard Case + Couple Big Shootas to try to save the Boom Gun. Greatest choice? Certainly not. Fun to use? Who doesn't love big blasts?

 streamdragon wrote:

 Steve steveson wrote:

 Squidbot wrote:
From Facebook:

Beasts of war wrote:
If you liked boshing together Looted Vehicles for your Ork horde then you might be sad to know that they could well be out of the new Codex! With that in mind we want to know what your favourite vehicles to smash together were AND what you'll be doing with all your looted vehicles if the rumours are true!

Meh. No one ever used them anyway. They were rubbish and you were much better off using things as count as. I a way it's a good thing. Less arguments over WYSIWYG with some more picky players about using a looted rhino as a trukk.

Trukks had a very specific model, so I'm not sure how WYSIWYG gets involved there. Looted Wagons didn't, and so people went crazy. I actually did run some occasionally. Boom Gun + 'Ard Case + Couple Big Shootas to try to save the Boom Gun. Greatest choice? Certainly not. Fun to use? Who doesn't love big blasts?

I used Looted Wagons occasionally. They were really fun units. Were they super awesome? No. But they were OK. I have a converted but un-painted Looted Wagon that I'd been meaning to get back to. I had actually HOPED that in the new Codex GW would reduce the cost of the Boom Gun by 10-20 points so that Looted Wagons were a bit more viable.

Hearing that it might be going the way of the Myscetic Spore are really disappointing. I hope it's not true.

my looted wagon started out as a battlewagon, before that got its own real model... so if its dropped, that what its gonna be again.

 44Ronin wrote:
They should widen the options for the battlewagon

Officialise the following:
Flakkwagon
Supa Kannon
Lifta droppa
Big Trakk

Aren't those offishul FW models?

edit: There's a 6th ed. 40k update for Dread Mob on FW site, that includes Big Trakks (including flakk option), Mega Dreads, Warkoptas, Grot Tanks and Mekboy Junkas. http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/d/Dred_Mob.pdf - I assume you can use it as an allied list. Of course you could lawyer it that's it's "for 6th and not 7th", but..

Also mentions Stompa/Mek Stompa as LoW if primary detachment is C:Orks or Dredd Mob. Other LoW options are Squiggoth, Kill Tanks or Battle Fortress.

I'm guessing he means "officialize" in the "list them in the actual codex" sense.

I'm hoping the Stompa makes it into the codex, as it'll be much easier to field one that way, if I ever choose to pick one up.

 Squidbot wrote:
From Facebook:

Beasts of war wrote:
If you liked boshing together Looted Vehicles for your Ork horde then you might be sad to know that they could well be out of the new Codex! With that in mind we want to know what your favourite vehicles to smash together were AND what you'll be doing with all your looted vehicles if the rumours are true!

From their site

Beasts of war wrote:
We’ve been hearing on the grape vine that Looted Vehicles might be going from the upcoming Ork Codex and with that in minds we thought we’d see what you’re favourite vehicles were to bosh together for the glory of your Warboss and the Waaaaaaaagh!

Of course there were some firm favourites to loot but with Orks your mind can go utterly wild! So, if you don’t see an option below in the poll that you like then fire up your typing fingers and let us know what you loved converting for your green tide of awesomeness!

There’s nothing stopping you from doing this kind of thing in the new edition of course, Orks are resourceful, but if Looted Vehicles really are going to the scrap heap what will you use your looted vehicles as?

NOOOOO I have so many Looted Wagons...

 Steve steveson wrote:
Meh. No one ever used them anyway. They were rubbish and you were much better off using things as count as. I a way it's a good thing. Less arguments over WYSIWYG with some more picky players about using a looted rhino as a trukk.

Agreed. If we can't have proper lootin' rules, it's better to have none at all than making us shoehorn everything from a Land Speeder to a Land Raider into one 11/11/10 unit entry.

 SJM wrote:
Well, I've got about 50 ork boyz to work on, so I wasn't planning on making any of the new stuff just yet... but I am tempted by those flash gitz, lovely models.

Yeah, I like the new models too, but I too have plenty top paint without them (90 Shoota Boyz).

I do too (more that i care to admit)

But i will still be buying some of those Gitz...

I have 30 already (converted) but those models are stonkin' !

If looted wagons are out the window, then my looted wagons suddently become looted trucks. Putting a mast on it (like several of my other vehicles), and adding it to my pirate fleet

However, I do hope we keep looted wagons.