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2017/05/26 19:03:40
Subject: Re:Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
Lord Kragan wrote: Interestingly. People were right, there's smaller SH detachments with no benefits. Hell, there's a detachment that DEDUCES COMMAND POINTS!
Figured as much - didn't expect the fortifications one though. That's handy. The auxiliary is a surprise (and well thought out).
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2017/05/26 19:03:47
Subject: Re:Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
Lord Kragan wrote: Interestingly. People were right, there's smaller SH detachments with no benefits. Hell, there's a detachment that DEDUCES COMMAND POINTS!
That Auxillary detachment is kind of nuts. I mean I get it if you want to add just one extra FOC option to your army for some reason, but at the same time it's rather punishing.
Looks like a snap from a printed book, are preview copies doing the rounds?
2017/05/26 19:05:19
Subject: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
Brotherjanus wrote: Say you have 3 lascannon hits and 4 bolter hits that have wounded and saves have been failed. You would allocate the successful wounding hits depending on what's best as the defender. For example, a unit of 5 Ork Nobs with 3 wounds each. You would resolve the bolter wounds first dealing 3 damage to a healthy Nob killing it then one damage to a second healthy Nob. You then assign one lascannon hit against the now damaged Nob. Roll for damage. If you roll a 1 the lucky Nob lives to soak the next hit, otherwise he alone is removed (2-6 damage doesn't matter as 2 will kill him). It then goes from 2 total dead Nobs to 5 dead Nobs depending on die rolls. This is one example and it will speed up once everyone plays it a few times.
For defender wouldnt best be bolter, bolter, lascannon, bolter, lc, lc?
If the rules allow it and you wanted to be a cheesy nob then you take bolter hits until you have just one wound left then take a lascannon hit.
I'm sure they'll have stuff governing different weapons and fast rolling in the side bar that we can't see yet.
If it's like AoS, the attacker decides the order in which the attacks are resolved, and they have to be completely resolved before moving on to the next attack. You would have to resolve all bolter shots before moving on to the lascannon, unless the attacker was foolish enough to attack with the lascannon first in this situation.
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2017/05/26 19:05:41
Subject: Re:Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
Brotherjanus wrote: Say you have 3 lascannon hits and 4 bolter hits that have wounded and saves have been failed. You would allocate the successful wounding hits depending on what's best as the defender. For example, a unit of 5 Ork Nobs with 3 wounds each. You would resolve the bolter wounds first dealing 3 damage to a healthy Nob killing it then one damage to a second healthy Nob. You then assign one lascannon hit against the now damaged Nob. Roll for damage. If you roll a 1 the lucky Nob lives to soak the next hit, otherwise he alone is removed (2-6 damage doesn't matter as 2 will kill him). It then goes from 2 total dead Nobs to 5 dead Nobs depending on die rolls. This is one example and it will speed up once everyone plays it a few times.
For defender wouldnt best be bolter, bolter, lascannon, bolter, lc, lc?
If the rules allow it and you wanted to be a cheesy nob then you take bolter hits until you have just one wound left then take a lascannon hit.
I'm sure they'll have stuff governing different weapons and fast rolling in the side bar that we can't see yet.
You couldn't do that because I, the attacker, would roll all the bolter shots first, tell you to resolve them, then move on to las cannons.
Well if you want to optimize lascannons unless nob survives at which point you switch to bolters to finish. Prevents bolters leaving wounded which lascannon overkills.
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2017/05/26 19:11:00
Subject: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
Youn wrote: This edition will seriously weaken Celestine from the tank she used to be. I guess you could put her closest from unit in a hope that your opponent fires at her vs the unit she is next to.
I never saw her as tanky. Mostly because of ID and her lack of EW.
Uhm... she has/had EW.
2017/05/26 19:16:51
Subject: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
ClockworkZion wrote: Inquisition seems to be changing since it was 1 HQ and a set number of Elites per Inquisitor and that fits none of those detachments.
Actually it hasn't changed. If memory serces right it was 3 elites and one additional HQ per mandatory HQ. That's a Vanguard detachment (3 elites-minimum, though- and 1-2 HQs)
Youn wrote: This edition will seriously weaken Celestine from the tank she used to be. I guess you could put her closest from unit in a hope that your opponent fires at her vs the unit she is next to.
I never saw her as tanky. Mostly because of ID and her lack of EW.
Uhm... she has/had EW.
That was just after gathering storm, though.
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2017/05/26 19:17:29
Subject: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
I like the Aux detachnebt. Probably means I could bring a guard platoon (assuming they haven't just gotten rid of those). Hell, I could bring a random GK Grand Master. Since they refer to it as a super-heavy detachment I'm assuming Chapter Masters as LoW are gone.
2017/05/26 19:18:32
Subject: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
Youn wrote: This edition will seriously weaken Celestine from the tank she used to be. I guess you could put her closest from unit in a hope that your opponent fires at her vs the unit she is next to.
I never saw her as tanky. Mostly because of ID and her lack of EW.
Uhm... she has/had EW.
Not in her original form. She went down like she had a glass jaw if she got hit with S6+. I haven't looked at the Gathering Storm rules in a while, but gather that's where she gained it.
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Cephalobeard wrote: Wow, a lot of those detachments don't even require Troops. That's incredible.
Well the Deathwing crying should be over since it has a detachment now.
ClockworkZion wrote: Inquisition seems to be changing since it was 1 HQ and a set number of Elites per Inquisitor and that fits none of those detachments.
Actually it hasn't changed. If memory serces right it was 3 elites and one additional HQ per mandatory HQ. That's a Vanguard detachment (3 elites-minimum, though- and 1-2 HQs)
I missed that. Probably scrolled too fast.
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2017/05/26 19:24:09
Subject: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
I like the aux detachment idea it allows you to include a single ally unit, or an additional unit in a single slot. At a cost, so if you want say a spearhead detachment but want 7 heavy support units you only get 2 command points. Or more likely a battalion detachment with 4 heavies etc. I kind of whish additional detachments had some built in penalty. The way I see it is if I have cheap HQs there is no reason not to take say a vanguard detachment if I want 3 elite choices in my army. I could easily get 4 CP. It also seems like MSU benefits from the CP system as long as the units are cheap.
2017/05/26 19:24:46
Subject: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
I find it strange that the Patrol Detachment gets you absolutely nothing, but the Vanguard, Spearhead, and Outrider all give you +1 Command Point. Outside of incredibly small games where you can't afford 3+ of any one choice, I can't see a reason to ever take it.
2017/05/26 19:25:37
Subject: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
Assuming Rubrics are troops for Thousand Sons it seems like the best balance to get CP is one battalion and one patrol since there is no (smart) way for me to fill out a brigade.
That would require 4 troops and 3 HQ and give me enough slots for whatever I want. If a LoW pops up I can add it as a single detachment. So, 4 CP tops assuming nothing else to grant them in matched play.
2017/05/26 19:28:23
Subject: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
Deadawake1347 wrote: I find it strange that the Patrol Detachment gets you absolutely nothing, but the Vanguard, Spearhead, and Outrider all give you +1 Command Point. Outside of incredibly small games where you can't afford 3+ of any one choice, I can't see a reason to ever take it.
It's basically for super small games. Like teaching people to play or using just the stuff in the starter.
2017/05/26 19:28:29
Subject: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
Deadawake1347 wrote: I find it strange that the Patrol Detachment gets you absolutely nothing, but the Vanguard, Spearhead, and Outrider all give you +1 Command Point. Outside of incredibly small games where you can't afford 3+ of any one choice, I can't see a reason to ever take it.
It is the old Allied detachment, 1 HQ 1 troop, so it is the cheapest access (without losing CP) to units from other factions. The other FOCs require a much larger investment. Now if you want 3 of a slot then yes no reason not to take one of these.
2017/05/26 19:29:31
Subject: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
Well, that supreme command detachment answers our Orky questions about how to get as many HQs into a list as we'd like. Nice. Now with added command points!
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2017/05/26 19:29:39
Subject: Re:Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
Daedalus81 wrote: Assuming Rubrics are troops for Thousand Sons it seems like the best balance to get CP is one battalion and one patrol since there is no (smart) way for me to fill out a brigade.
That would require 4 troops and 3 HQ and give me enough slots for whatever I want. If a LoW pops up I can add it as a single detachment. So, 4 CP tops assuming nothing else to grant them in matched play.
I thought some characters gave you more CP.
2017/05/26 19:29:54
Subject: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
Also, have they specified what "Faction" means? Is it any keyword on the datasheet? So you could have Nurgle Daemons in a detachment with Nurgle CSM? Or not?
Edit: NM, I see "Faction Keywords" have their own section.
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2017/05/26 19:29:56
Subject: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
Breng77 wrote: It also seems like MSU benefits from the CP system as long as the units are cheap.
I pondered filling out a brigade with cheap cultists, but ultimately i'd have a ton of useless units. Armies that can fill those slots and still be useful are not the elite ones. And if they aren't elite then they'll have lots of small and vulnerable units.
2017/05/26 19:30:21
Subject: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition Summary - 25 May 2017: Missions/Ork focus/FB #17(all info in OP)
skarsol wrote: Wait, so one LOW is no penalty, but one anything else loses you a CP? That's... dumb.
It might have been if you could take a Lord of War in anything other than a Super Heavy or Super Heavy Auxiliary detachment.
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