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Scarey Nerd wrote:If that faked reference sheet had been true, I'd still have been knocking on GW's door angrily at the fact that the most advanced race technologically in the Galaxy, and quite possibly the Universe, STILL WOULDN'T HAVE AN AP1 WEAPON.

Good thing it's a fake

And what makes you think the real one is going to be better?
Just a little doomsaying on my part, in truth I'm generally optimistic about it, I've just come to terms with the fact that I should expect almost everything...

Come on GW, I'm running out of stuff to buy for my Crons. The only model I don't have is the ltd edition battleforce metal Lord. Don't make me spend £40 getting one off ebay! At this rate I might have to build the necron Pylon formation thats on one of those apoc data sheets

One other thought, does anyone think these 'Tomb Blades' might be a close combat version of Destroyers, kind of a 'Destroyer Lord Lite'. I know their rumoured to be jump infantry which is apparently what Destroyers are becoming aswell. Jump infantry with Warsycthes or even rending would be pretty useful and presents a new build type for the army. Although whether they will be better than Wraiths 2.0 is anyones guess. Its going to be another crowded fast attack section, unless things get farmed out to elites and troops.

I think its fair to say tesla, particle and whatever the other new weapon type rumours are will be things necrons use to represent plasma and melta.

angelshade00 wrote:

Scarey Nerd wrote:If that faked reference sheet had been true, I'd still have been knocking on GW's door angrily at the fact that the most advanced race technologically in the Galaxy, and quite possibly the Universe, STILL WOULDN'T HAVE AN AP1 WEAPON.

Good thing it's a fake

And what makes you think the real one is going to be better?
Just a little doomsaying on my part, in truth I'm generally optimistic about it, I've just come to terms with the fact that I should expect almost everything...

I never said the real would be better The way these rumours are going I'm either quitting Necrons permanently or relegating them to a secondary army. My main worry is for Sisters, but in truth I don't really care what rules they get for the most part, as long as the fluff is good and there is some form of Living Saint/St Celestine.

Scarey Nerd wrote:

angelshade00 wrote:

Scarey Nerd wrote:If that faked reference sheet had been true, I'd still have been knocking on GW's door angrily at the fact that the most advanced race technologically in the Galaxy, and quite possibly the Universe, STILL WOULDN'T HAVE AN AP1 WEAPON.

Good thing it's a fake

And what makes you think the real one is going to be better?
Just a little doomsaying on my part, in truth I'm generally optimistic about it, I've just come to terms with the fact that I should expect almost everything...

I never said the real would be better The way these rumours are going I'm either quitting Necrons permanently or relegating them to a secondary army. My main worry is for Sisters, but in truth I don't really care what rules they get for the most part, as long as the fluff is good and there is some form of Living Saint/St Celestine.

What do not like about the rumoured changes?

Mar wrote:

Scarey Nerd wrote:

angelshade00 wrote:

Scarey Nerd wrote:If that faked reference sheet had been true, I'd still have been knocking on GW's door angrily at the fact that the most advanced race technologically in the Galaxy, and quite possibly the Universe, STILL WOULDN'T HAVE AN AP1 WEAPON.

Good thing it's a fake

And what makes you think the real one is going to be better?
Just a little doomsaying on my part, in truth I'm generally optimistic about it, I've just come to terms with the fact that I should expect almost everything...

I never said the real would be better The way these rumours are going I'm either quitting Necrons permanently or relegating them to a secondary army. My main worry is for Sisters, but in truth I don't really care what rules they get for the most part, as long as the fluff is good and there is some form of Living Saint/St Celestine.

What do not like about the rumoured changes?

Various things, in particular C'Tan aspects and transports. I have a picture in my head of what the Necrons are like, which was backed up by Fall of Damnos, and these rumours seem to counter that picture, and since I play for the background and stories, I doubt I'll play much longer. Apart from anything else, with the amount of models I own that will be outdated, and the amount of vehicles I predict I will need to buy, I don't know if I'd even be able to afford the new army as well as Sisters of Battle, which as I've said are my priority. Just my own opinion, but.

On the new price list, the only Necron items listed are the codex, the Monolith, and the Battleforce box (even though the warrior box and the destroyers aren't). From that I'm inferring:

The Monolith isn't getting a remodel.
Scarabs aren't getting a major remodel, but maybe some extra bits that are available in the warrior/scarab box.
Warriors aren't getting a major remodel, but like the scarabs, perhaps some extra bits.
Destroyers aren't getting a major remodel, but some extra bits available in the Destroyer blister/box. (This matches with earlier rumors of the combined plastic Destroyer/Heavy Destroyer box.)

So, it seems that I may be justified in hoping that the Warriors/Scarab box I bought last month will still work with a future Necron army. *crosses every finger and toe*

Or it could be that they are the kits that don't have metal parts. Yet, I'm still surprised that the Necron Warrior/Scarab box doesn't have a new price.


EDIT: I'm a dunce (the cap is on back-order). It seems (from this https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?pli=1&key=tIytonRUpm6fRkxpIjqcDzQ#gid=0 ) that the destroyer and the warrior boxes are still available, but they aren't increasing in price this month.

Anpu-adom wrote:On the new price list, the only Necron items listed are the codex, the Monolith, and the Battleforce box (even though the warrior box and the destroyers aren't). From that I'm inferring:

The Monolith isn't getting a remodel.
Scarabs aren't getting a major remodel, but maybe some extra bits that are available in the warrior/scarab box.
Warriors aren't getting a major remodel, but like the scarabs, perhaps some extra bits.
Destroyers aren't getting a major remodel, but some extra bits available in the Destroyer blister/box. (This matches with earlier rumors of the combined plastic Destroyer/Heavy Destroyer box.)

So, it seems that I may be justified in hoping that the Warriors/Scarab box I bought last month will still work with a future Necron army. *crosses every finger and toe*

Or it could be that they are the kits that don't have metal parts. Yet, I'm still surprised that the Necron Warrior/Scarab box doesn't have a new price.

One of the things I hope for is that they never ever ever ever ever change the warriors, only thing they may doe is refine them a bit (as now they have diffrent elbows and stuff) but never change them XD

RutgerMan wrote:

Anpu-adom wrote: ... I'm inferring:

Scarabs aren't getting a major remodel, but maybe some extra bits that are available in the warrior/scarab box.
Warriors aren't getting a major remodel, but like the scarabs, perhaps some extra bits.
...
So, it seems that I may be justified in hoping that the Warriors/Scarab box I bought last month will still work with a future Necron army. *crosses every finger and toe*
...

One of the things I hope for is that they never ever ever ever ever change the warriors, only thing they may doe is refine them a bit (as now they have diffrent elbows and stuff) but never change them XD

Ditto... it was that clean 'Terminator' look that attracted me to the Necron army at my FLGS.

When was the last time Warriors were touched? Did the addition of different arms happen after the 2002 release? I know that prior to that, they looked like Cylons from the old Battlestar Galactica series.

Anpu-adom wrote:When was the last time Warriors were touched? Did the addition of different arms happen after the 2002 release? I know that prior to that, they looked like Cylons from the old Battlestar Galactica series.

Nah, man, they made the Cylons from the old BSG look good. While the old Immortals were pretty cool looking, the old Warriors were laaaaaame. Not to mention the lounge-chair Destroyers.

If they made an Adeptus Mechanicus army, I'd love a unit that looked like the reimagined Cylon Centurions, I love them! Also, Cylon Raiders from the new series look to me exactly how Necron fighters would: Sleek, featureless and powered by a Necron.

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There hasn't been much news on the Necrons this week

Thanks to yakface, I have been away from dakka awhile and just read this original post today. Im sorry to say that I am not so excited about the changes as i would hoped to be. granted i dont have time to read all 44 pages of this thread so I probably missed something but... so my question is do we have an idea for a release date?

lowmanjason wrote:Thanks to yakface, I have been away from dakka awhile and just read this original post today. Im sorry to say that I am not so excited about the changes as i would hoped to be. granted i dont have time to read all 44 pages of this thread so I probably missed something but... so my question is do we have an idea for a release date?

We have many XD but I geuss there are lot's of hopes on the 15th or 16th of next month for the 'INCOMING' mail

You had to know they wouldn't have had the incoming email so close to the DE second wave announcement.

RutgerMan wrote:We have many XD but I geuss there are lot's of hopes on the 15th or 16th of next month for the 'INCOMING' mail

I wounldnt hope for an Incoming! e-mail for the following reasons:
1) http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=303834
2) In the "Why Register" section of the GW site the bullet with the incoming e-mails is removed, which verifies the post above.

Instead I would w8 till August to see the dead rise again

necr0n wrote:I wounldnt hope for an Incoming! e-mail for the following reasons:
1) http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=303834
2) In the "Why Register" section of the GW site the bullet with the incoming e-mails is removed, which verifies the post above.

Instead I would w8 till August to see the dead rise again

You link on Dakka to a Warseer thread linking to a Dakka thread?
Anyway, copied your interesting comment to the original Dakka thread http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/369325.page .

Kroothawk wrote:

necr0n wrote:I wounldnt hope for an Incoming! e-mail for the following reasons:
1) http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=303834
2) In the "Why Register" section of the GW site the bullet with the incoming e-mails is removed, which verifies the post above.

Instead I would w8 till August to see the dead rise again

You link on Dakka to a Warseer thread linking to a Dakka thread?
Anyway, copied your interesting comment to the original Dakka thread http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/369325.page .

He wishes to unite the realms for an age of peace and prosperity.

Kurgash wrote:

Kroothawk wrote:

necr0n wrote:I wounldnt hope for an Incoming! e-mail for the following reasons:
1) http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=303834
2) In the "Why Register" section of the GW site the bullet with the incoming e-mails is removed, which verifies the post above.

Instead I would w8 till August to see the dead rise again

You link on Dakka to a Warseer thread linking to a Dakka thread?
Anyway, copied your interesting comment to the original Dakka thread http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/369325.page .

He wishes to unite the realms for an age of peace and prosperity.

The Emperor tried that and look what happened to him.

"Come to the Dakka side! We have cookies!"

Kroothawk wrote:"Come to the Dakka side! We have cookies!"

and undead robots. The best kind of robots.

And gods who do their own killing (C'tan) instead of lounging around on their couches waiting for others to do it for them while munching on chips and watching Soaps (cough, Nurgle, Khorne, Tzeentch [i hope I got that right], Slaanesh, The God Emperor [yeah that's right, i just capped on the merging of Jesus and Chuck Norris], cough cough).

Kurgash wrote:

Kroothawk wrote:

necr0n wrote:I wounldnt hope for an Incoming! e-mail for the following reasons:
1) http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=303834
2) In the "Why Register" section of the GW site the bullet with the incoming e-mails is removed, which verifies the post above.

Instead I would w8 till August to see the dead rise again

You link on Dakka to a Warseer thread linking to a Dakka thread?
Anyway, copied your interesting comment to the original Dakka thread http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/369325.page .

He wishes to unite the realms for an age of peace and prosperity.

True, with the pesisism of Warseer and the optimism of Dakka we could create an ultra site/forum... It would blow up every1's mind since the combined power would reveal the actual rumors GW is hiding from us... Imagine... The endless fighting and crying...

necr0n wrote:

Kurgash wrote:

Kroothawk wrote:

necr0n wrote:I wounldnt hope for an Incoming! e-mail for the following reasons:
1) http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=303834
2) In the "Why Register" section of the GW site the bullet with the incoming e-mails is removed, which verifies the post above.

Instead I would w8 till August to see the dead rise again

You link on Dakka to a Warseer thread linking to a Dakka thread?
Anyway, copied your interesting comment to the original Dakka thread http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/369325.page .

He wishes to unite the realms for an age of peace and prosperity.

True, with the pesisism of Warseer and the optimism of Dakka we could create an ultra site/forum... It would blow up every1's mind since the combined power would reveal the actual rumors GW is hiding from us... Imagine... The endless fighting and crying...

All two sides of the same coin given different perspective.

Indeed.
An optimist believes that these are the best of times. A pessimist fears the same.

I'm a pessimistic optimist.

Assume the worst will happen, then everything else that happens will be a pleasant surprise

That said i'm having a hard time maintaining it regarding my beloved tin men

Wow. So August is a realistic release date then?

Anpu-adom wrote:On the new price list, the only Necron items listed are the codex, the Monolith, and the Battleforce box (even though the warrior box and the destroyers aren't). From that I'm inferring:

The Monolith isn't getting a remodel.
Scarabs aren't getting a major remodel, but maybe some extra bits that are available in the warrior/scarab box.
Warriors aren't getting a major remodel, but like the scarabs, perhaps some extra bits.
Destroyers aren't getting a major remodel, but some extra bits available in the Destroyer blister/box. (This matches with earlier rumors of the combined plastic Destroyer/Heavy Destroyer box.)

So, it seems that I may be justified in hoping that the Warriors/Scarab box I bought last month will still work with a future Necron army. *crosses every finger and toe*

Or it could be that they are the kits that don't have metal parts. Yet, I'm still surprised that the Necron Warrior/Scarab box doesn't have a new price.


EDIT: I'm a dunce (the cap is on back-order). It seems (from this https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?pli=1&key=tIytonRUpm6fRkxpIjqcDzQ#gid=0 ) that the destroyer and the warrior boxes are still available, but they aren't increasing in price this month.

Well rescently the manager of my local GW got given a bunch of Necron stuff that apparently he had to paint up and send off to be used at games day then would get it back about a month after games day to keep or such. Both of us agreed that it seemed odd that he would be asked to paint up models to be displayed at games day that were going to be replaced; especially if you take the August release date as a likelyhood and Games day AU being after that...The models he was given to paint up were limited to the existing Necron plastics and the Destroyer lord so i doubt any of these will be changed asthetically at least.

Well rescently the manager of my local GW got given a bunch of Necron stuff that apparently he had to paint up and send off to be used at games day then would get it back about a month after games day to keep or such. Both of us agreed that it seemed odd that he would be asked to paint up models to be displayed at games day that were going to be replaced; especially if you take the August release date as a likelyhood and Games day AU being after that...The models he was given to paint up were limited to the existing Necron plastics and the Destroyer lord so i doubt any of these will be changed asthetically at least.

... So August is not a good estimate?

no, it still is, just don't expect changes to units which are already plastic. Or the destroyer lord I guess (though his torso, arms, etc. are pewter, so I guess they're keeping a little pewter?)