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It wouldn't exactly be unlike the Imperium to have wiped records of the earlier attempt at counter-invasion, so maybe we'll see that in the fluff?

Aeronautica Imperialis: Flight Command has also been officially unveiled today:




Thread for game discussion can be found here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/786897.page

this deserves its own thread

That's a good way to make people show interest in the game... as it'll certainly be much cheaper than the TT version and can work as an introduction.

However, it seems it's not hex-based. Why?

There're a thread for that game in BrookM post, this is a News and rumour for the tabletop one.

How does everyone think they are going to do the rules for Taros? I imagine we will get a book similar to the Rynn’s World one, with the rules and missions and what not, but do you think that both books would be needed to play if you play Imperials? As in you need the first book to use Marauders and Thunderbolts and the second for Lightnings and Vendettas? Because that would be very lame.

 Sabotage! wrote:
How does everyone think they are going to do the rules for Taros? I imagine we will get a book similar to the Rynn’s World one, with the rules and missions and what not, but do you think that both books would be needed to play if you play Imperials? As in you need the first book to use Marauders and Thunderbolts and the second for Lightnings and Vendettas? Because that would be very lame.

ummm this sounds par for the course. the smart thing would for them to add dataslates in the box, but this is GW we are talking about tho.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/04/21/flight-plan-big-guns-never-tirefw-homepage-post-4/

New preview, avenger got no wing gun and extra weapons like multi-las or missile launcher, boo. Now it's just a cheaper, worse reskin Thunderbolt,

That's not a "preview", that's the whole thing!

Really wish we'd have gotten that for one of the new AdMech units.

I like the TS, but the drones seem so lackluster

The avenger is cool and I think with extra lascannons it should be a good midrange threat.

The avenger seems like a hard sell. The trade offs vs thunderbolt don’t seem like they are likely worth it.

Probably best usage for them is count-as thunderbolt. Paying 3 more point for the guns and you got probably the worst point for stat Aircraft in the game.

Baby! https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/05/31/sunday-preview-skies-of-fire/

Willthe new area pf engagment be bigger than rynns's world?

Gnollu wrote:
Willthe new area pf engagment be bigger than rynns's world?

This pair of double-sided 19-by-18 hex boards

No, same size.

1 out of 3 planes in a Lightning kit will be a regular Lightning, so I guess they just gave you 2 autocannon to put in on the wing hardpoint then....

Should've made those missile and bombs bit in a separate sprue from the start, now they're hogging on sprue space, if you're also buying other kits, you'll be sitting on TONS of missile and bomb bits.

Chopstick wrote:
1 out of 3 planes in a Lightning kit will be a regular Lightning, so I guess they just gave you 2 autocannon to put in on the wing hardpoint then...

three Lightning Strike Fighters, one of which can be built as a Lightning Fighter

This sounds more like 3 autocannons to me, plus the option to make one of the three a regular Lightning. But I guess we'll find out this week anyway.

Chopstick wrote:
1 out of 3 planes in a Lightning kit will be a regular Lightning, so I guess they just gave you 2 autocannon to put in on the wing hardpoint then....

Should've made those missile and bombs bit in a separate sprue from the start, now they're hogging on sprue space, if you're also buying other kits, you'll be sitting on TONS of missile and bomb bits.

Could be useful down the road as more Titanicus scale stuff is released...

Chopstick wrote:
1 out of 3 planes in a Lightning kit will be a regular Lightning, so I guess they just gave you 2 autocannon to put in on the wing hardpoint then....

Should've made those missile and bombs bit in a separate sprue from the start, now they're hogging on sprue space, if you're also buying other kits, you'll be sitting on TONS of missile and bomb bits.

Not enough, evidently. I've been trying to get some of the missiles from the Thunderbolt for my Marauders (the air to air ones, I think), and haven't been able to source 4 of those anywhere (without two Thunderbolts coming along).

Da Butcha wrote:

Chopstick wrote:
1 out of 3 planes in a Lightning kit will be a regular Lightning, so I guess they just gave you 2 autocannon to put in on the wing hardpoint then....

Should've made those missile and bombs bit in a separate sprue from the start, now they're hogging on sprue space, if you're also buying other kits, you'll be sitting on TONS of missile and bomb bits.

Not enough, evidently. I've been trying to get some of the missiles from the Thunderbolt for my Marauders (the air to air ones, I think), and haven't been able to source 4 of those anywhere (without two Thunderbolts coming along).

That just means you have ton of leftover bomb bits, and probably the other type of missile too. If you were spamming just 1 type of missile having a missile sprue sold separately would be way better than buying a whole kit. Also Marauder use their own big bombs bit, which only come in the Marauder bomber kit.

There are no air to air marauder, for shooting at aircraft all of them can use their guns or equip skystrike missile.

Chopstick wrote:
There are no air to air marauder...

I'm pretty sure he meant the missile, not the Marauder itself.

T'au faction focus: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/06/02/faction-focus-tau-air-castegw-homepage-post-2/

Really pretty pics of the Tau craft

A boring filler article with only vague information like.... transport capacity of 2..... at least show the sprue, if they don't want to show the aircraft datacard.

Chopstick wrote:
A boring filler article with only vague information like.... transport capacity of 2..... at least show the sprue, if they don't want to show the aircraft datacard.

you were expecting what exactly?

Racerguy180 wrote:

Chopstick wrote:
A boring filler article with only vague information like.... transport capacity of 2..... at least show the sprue, if they don't want to show the aircraft datacard.

you were expecting what exactly?

Showing actual useful information like datacard, or the kits, new picture of thing they want to sell, staff model, color scheme,....Instead of "this thing is very good, this thing has guns, tau has missile....."

I'm sure we'll be able to see the data card soon enough, this is literally the first "detail" look @ T'au.

Or should I be mad that there were no Lightning rules previewed?
I dont need to see the preview of the rules to know what I am going to purchase out of the new release.

Looking at the photos in the preview articles for the T'au and Imperial Guard stuff, the T'au barracudas seem significantly smaller than both the Lightning and Valkyrie. Is the T'au Barracuda really that small or is it just the perspective?

Guard article to rag on about: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/06/03/faction-focus-astra-militarumgw-homepage-post-2/