'Planetstrike' rumors from BoLS...

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**Ghaz**

... by way of Warseer:

-rumors brought to the community by warseer's: dosadi

~Happy holidays all! Look what Santa left on our doorstep:
Ok, since its Christmas I'll spill what little I know.
(...) It just feels like years of developing the game for strict tournament play is no longer the focus of the game...now it’s more about fun and creativity as we've witnessed with Apocalypse...and will see with...PLANETSTRIKE!

Yes, Planetstrike is the name of the next supplement (unless someone at GW reads this, gets mad and changes it out of spite). It’s about taking the game into the 3rd dimension (Waa?). This is why you’ve been hearing about a deepstrike book; but it’s much more than that! It is about adding flyers and drop pods into the game but also about fighting missions with a clear attacker/defender. I’m sure this has been said before elsewhere so consider this another “confirmation” if you will. There will be a plastic SM drop pod that can also be a chaos deathclaw (I think that’s what it’s called). There will be plastic storm troopers (look like kasrkin) and a plastic valkyrie. The Valkyrie may even be available as a transport in the next guard codex. There are also several new terrain kits in the works. A landing pad, a defence laser and a bunker. All of these can be combined to create a fortification and it goes without saying that they are compatible with the current CoD building sets. There are some other things I’ve heard about Planetstrike, but I’m waiting for a second source to confirm them before I spill.

Planetstrike will be released at GDUK AFIK since 5th will now be out at the beginning of the summer (they switched places for some reason). (...)

~Also confirmed (again) a little after the fact was the rumored plastic Thunderhawk being planned along with Planetstrike. Damn you GW, everytime I try to get out...you drag me back in! A shiny new 5th Edition in only a few months then this!

**mauleed**

Wait, 5th edition will be out by the summer?

**Darrian13**

That sounds awesome. I am very excited about the mention of chaos drop pods. I can only imagine the utter glee I will have drop podding squads of 1000 Sons with their AP3 bolter fire. Good times.

Darrian

**ender502**

Darrian13 wrote:That sounds awesome. I am very excited about the mention of chaos drop pods. I can only imagine the utter glee I will have drop podding squads of 1000 Sons with their AP3 bolter fire. Good times.

Darrian

Thousand Sons...? They are SOOOO cheesey!

Hah! I'm the first...EVER... to say that.

ender502

**Lorek**

No way, dude. Don't forget that Pete Haines was first with, "Two wounds with plenty going for it has an army." Or something like that.

**Anung Un Rama**

well that sounds very promising.....

I'm really looking forward to interesting missions which are not apocalypse...wait, does that mean that I should stop building so many Ork HQs?

now, iff you'll excuse for a moment, I have to drool over my thoguhts....hmmm Ork Thunderhawk

**Darrian13**

Iorek, you do know that they no longer have two wounds, right?

Darrian

**Tribune**

They don't? Dammit, I shall have to go on some sort of ironic rant about how GW have now totally invalidated my entire army, that was lovingly hand built using criminally overpriced miniatures and the sweat of many millions of unpaid child labourers. The villains!

Oh, someone has said that kind of thing before..?

**Asmodai**

Sounds pretty nifty. 5th in early summer is fine by me.

I'll certainly buy both the plastic Valkyrie and maybe the Thunderhawk, although I think I have enough Stormtroopers for now.

**Abadabadoobaddon**

There will be a plastic SM drop pod that can also be a chaos deathclaw (I think that’s what it’s called).

Oh jeez. I sure hope not. Chaos dreadclaws =/= SM drop pods! Dreadclaws have a completely different deployment mechanism due to their primary function as boarding craft for ship-to-ship space combat. I am not looking forward to the dreadclaw being retconned into a SM drop pod with spikes.

**Stelek**

*laughs at thread*

**Umungaz**

I don't understand why 40k can't have fun supplements like CF, Apoc and now Planestrike (which are awesome) but still be a tournament style game. Why not just do a tournament or competive play supplement/guidlines, covering tourneys and official league play. I'm lazy and really want one stop shopping.

**dietrich**

The core rules 'are' the competitive/tourney and supplements like Cities of Death, APOC, and the rumored Planetstrike are the 'fun' elements meant to appeal to veteran gamers.

**Kanluwen**

only one word can express my feelings at this news...

GLEE!!!

**The Power Cosmic**

Mine is "Meh."

Based on this extravagant preview, I'm going to mirror my Apocalypse comments. I appreciate the intent, but with the 40k rules as uninteresting as they are, add-ons don't add much.

6th can't come soon enough.

**Umungaz**

@dietrich: I've been playing 40k for twelve years now so I think that qualifies me to be a "veteran". When I say "tournament rules" or "official play" I'm not talking about the rules to move, shoot or even force org. I'm talking about a comprehensive set of rules for how you conduct an official 40k tournament, like steamroller for WM. I like hover tanks and jet bikes way more than funky steam bots.

For the record I know plenty of guys who have played much longer than me who love competitve play, and aparently so do many on this forum.

**Clang**

the new models sound coooooool (alas, prepare for several zillion copycat drop pod armies), but ruleswise, I'm guessing it will follow the Apocalyse general flying rules? - would seem odd to not do so.

**H.B.M.C.**

More terrain... yes!! Can't wait.

BYE

**H.B.M.C.**

And then maybe, just maybe, once they're done with this 5th Ed malarky, they can release a full campaign book with detailed campaign rules, maybe even with a 40K style set of Mighty Empires tiles!

BYE

**Anung Un Rama**

wow, that was an unusual positve comment from H.B.M.C.

first a new ork book, now this? surely, the apocalypse can't be far....wait, we already got that last summer....

edit: I meant his first one....

**CptJake**

As much as I think a plastic Valkyrie would be cool, I wish GW would send some to Tamiya or DML to teach them how to make model kit that fits together, and how to write that kit's instructions... I have visions of the Valkyrie being as much a pain as the landspeeders, just on a larger scale.

Jake

**Asmodai**

CptJake wrote:As much as I think a plastic Valkyrie would be cool, I wish GW would send some to Tamiya or DML to teach them how to make model kit that fits together, and how to write that kit's instructions... I have visions of the Valkyrie being as much a pain as the landspeeders, just on a larger scale.

Jake

I'll disagree. GW has made huge strides in recent years in terms of vehicle assembly. The new Rhino kits for example are clearly superior to most of the older vehicles in terms of fitting together right.

I think the Valkyrie won't be any worse to assemble than any other recent vehicle kit - probably on par with the Devilfish or Hammerhead.

I'm looking forward to the terrain too. A nice set of bunkers is a necessity for many scenarios.

**Chaplain Pallantide**

Plastic Kasrkins and Valkyries! I am sold!

Thanks,
Chappy P!

**Thanatos73**

Plastic Drop Pods (finally!), Valk and Thunderhawk make me very happy. I for one love these expansion books, especially the rumors for Planetstrike I've bee reading.

**stonefox**

dietrich wrote:The core rules 'are' the competitive/tourney and supplements like Cities of Death, APOC, and the rumored Planetstrike are the 'fun' elements meant to appeal to veteran gamers.

Considering the way COD cleared up a few ambiguous rules regarding terrain, I would gladly accept its ruleset (strategems/etc. optional) in official tournaments. Hell, even the strategems are pretty awesome in terms of competitive play, unlike the ridiculous flank march strategems in apoc.

**Umungaz**

As someone working on becoming an actual pilot and has been obsessed with all things aerospace my whole life, the planestrike stuff sounds too cool. Now if they could get THQ to do a sick Fighta Bommer sim based on it, I would be in dork heaven.

@stonefox: no argument here, think COD would be a great platform for a tournament system.

**JohnHwangDD**

I'm hugely looking forward to plastic Valkyries, and would definitely buy at least 2. maybe 3, if the price were at least reasonable. My IG can always use a bit more mobility!

**Lorek**

Darrian13 wrote:Iorek, you do know that they no longer have two wounds, right?

Darrian

Yeah. I was just making an (admittedly lame) joke. It's one of my favorite phrases; I can't seem to help myself.

**Turtle**

Wait, did I almost miss a potential Dakka meta-argument?

*new GW rumours*

*gripe*

*implication for previous poster to stop playing the game if he doesn't like it*

*implication of below-average mental capacity, poor breeding*

*MODERATOR WARNING*

*hopeful counter argument*

*scorn and derision at previous poster's naivete*

*mention of squats*

*nobody plays squats LOL*

I must say though, if plastic Kasrkin come out and they look anything approaching decent then I will build a new army that will never see a playing table.

**carmachu**

mauleed wrote:Wait, 5th edition will be out by the summer?

yes, didnt you know? Its been a rumor for a while now....