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Ledabot wrote:The pictures are gd beautyful, why do you have a problem with them!
I agree. I went over the latest reaser a couple of times to pause on all the new artwork.
I do wish GW would have a 'gallery' section with desktop backgrounds made from these great big pieces of artwork. Sadly they'd probably do it the way Black Library does it, which is to charge for the backgrounds... and us Aussies would have to pay more for the backgrounds for some unknown fething reason.
Altruizine wrote:Um, no. There will be Codex FAQs released en masse with the BYB. If they decide to change the Tesla rule into a universal effect your FAQ will say something like, "Pg. XTesla: Replace this wording with the wording from page Y of the Warhammer 40,000 Rulebook"
And since when has gw EVER did a mass faq QUICKLY?!?!?
It could be a few weeks, a few months or...I don't know...a few years for all of these faqs to come out?
The last time they released a new edition of one of their games. The FAQS for 8th edition WHFB were up almost instantaneously.
Crisis suits can now jump out of CC and triple tap with relentless plasma guns, and fire warriors can move + single tap out to 30, or remain still and double tap out to 30. 6th edition sounds like more good news for Tau than a new codex.
Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but refuse. They cling to the realm, or love, or the gods…illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is, but they’ll never know this. Not until it’s too late.
Also going to be the first to say this relentless crisis suits + plasma + BS1 defensive fire + marker lights = owie ow hot hot hot
Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but refuse. They cling to the realm, or love, or the gods…illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is, but they’ll never know this. Not until it’s too late.
warpcrafter wrote:I just want to find out what the purpose of the servo skull dice holder things is.
I think - and this is only a guess - that they might be a visual reminder of units that have taken wounds and whatnot. So you could put, say, a "3" into a holder, and then put the holder next to your whatever to remind you that it has taken a wound and now has 3 left.
It reminds me a lot of that classic Valentine's Day episode of the Simpsons, the one where Lisa gives the "Choo-choo-Choose me!" card to Ralf. At the beginning Mrs. Hoover makes them build little mailboxes for all the cards they've made, and Lisa complains how pointless the mailboxes are. These holders are, assuming I'm correct in my assumption of their purpose, the 40k equivalent of the little mailboxes Lisa and her class were forced to make (ie. utterly supurfluous).
Also going to be the first to say this relentless crisis suits + plasma + BS1 defensive fire + marker lights = owie ow hot hot hot
One of the posted rumors is that you get to move 2D6 during the Combat phase with your jet packs, not that all Crisis Suits now have Hit and Run.
warboss wrote: Is there a permanent stickied thread for Chaos players to complain every time someone/anyone gets models or rules besides them? If not, there should be.
warpcrafter wrote:I just want to find out what the purpose of the servo skull dice holder things is.
I think - and this is only a guess - that they might be a visual reminder of units that have taken wounds and whatnot. So you could put, say, a "3" into a holder, and then put the holder next to your whatever to remind you that it has taken a wound and now has 3 left.
It reminds me a lot of that classic Valentine's Day episode of the Simpsons, the one where Lisa gives the "Choo-choo-Choose me!" card to Ralf. At the beginning Mrs. Hoover makes them build little mailboxes for all the cards they've made, and Lisa complains how pointless the mailboxes are. These holders are, assuming I'm correct in my assumption of their purpose, the 40k equivalent of the little mailboxes Lisa and her class were forced to make (ie. utterly supurfluous).
Not too superfluous.
They're gimmicky, but how many times have you placed a die next to a vehicle/model to mark its damage/wounds only to forget and pick up that die for a roll?
Also going to be the first to say this relentless crisis suits + plasma + BS1 defensive fire + marker lights = owie ow hot hot hot
This?
- tau battle suits can fall back 2d6 in the melee phase
Isn't that just the new, random version of Tau suits being able to jump 6" in the assault phase? Seems like you got hung up on the word 'melee'.
Maybe it was regular jump infantry where I saw that. The improvement to rapid fire and new relentless rules might be enough to put Tau back in tier 1. Defense fire will also really help them especially if they can burn marker lights on defense fire.
Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but refuse. They cling to the realm, or love, or the gods…illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is, but they’ll never know this. Not until it’s too late.
Also going to be the first to say this relentless crisis suits + plasma + BS1 defensive fire + marker lights = owie ow hot hot hot
How Markerlights? All markerlights fall off after your turn, they will have no part in defensive fire unless you invest hugely into markerdrones. Edit* NVM, I see what you are talking about now derp. Though this brings up another interesting question, will network markerlights allow BS increase on defensive fire?
In other news: Suddenly the huge price hike on SM units and the even larger price hike on SM vehicles like LandRaiders now suddenly makes sense. Just in time for everyone to suddenly want to buy them!
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“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
Absolutionis wrote:Not too superfluous. They're gimmicky, but how many times have you placed a die next to a vehicle/model to mark its damage/wounds only to forget and pick up that die for a roll?
Hardly ever, and certainly never to such a point where I require something to put my dice in so that I don't forget what they're meant to represent.
According to blogosphere there's a german copy of the rulebook floating around the internet now... I suppose we will start having some solid confirmations on all the big things very soon.
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These holders are, assuming I'm correct in my assumption of their purpose, the 40k equivalent of the little mailboxes Lisa and her class were forced to make (ie. utterly supurfluous).
superfluous? How can something that is mandatory for tournaments be superfluous?
morgendonner wrote:According to blogosphere there's a german copy of the rulebook floating around the internet now... I suppose we will start having some solid confirmations on all the big things very soon.
I wonder how mad GW is about someone already having scanned the 6th book more than a week before release.
Assembled and painted:
~9000pts Player of The Tau Empire since release in 2001
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
morgendonner wrote:According to blogosphere there's a german copy of the rulebook floating around the internet now... I suppose we will start having some solid confirmations on all the big things very soon.
I wonder how mad GW is about someone already having scanned the 6th book more than a week before release.
In retaliation, they will switch to a new system of measurement, rather than English or Metric, only found on special tape measures that GW sells.
The tape measures will also be finecast.
I'm pretty excited about the pyschic thing TBH. Excited because I run Njal in my SW army and his 3+ null is going to be pretty important..lol.
all of the shooting changes make me kind of nervous....the structure point thing seems overpowered....the speeder thing seems kind of dope. Guess I'll need to review the changes, but I think MOST people are pretty skittish about the new rules because they think it's going to break their army.
I'm sure it'll be awesome once we all digest it, I guess if I need to buy 2-3 more rune priests to go with Njal and work the psychic power thing, so be it.
Thanks for compiling this list BTW, the more I read, the less I worry about this thing ruining my $1000 army...
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morgendonner wrote:According to blogosphere there's a german copy of the rulebook floating around the internet now... I suppose we will start having some solid confirmations on all the big things very soon.
I wonder how mad GW is about someone already having scanned the 6th book more than a week before release.
In retaliation, they will switch to a new system of measurement, rather than English or Metric, only found on special tape measures that GW sells.
The tape measures will also be finecast.
excuse me sir, my tape measure has a huge hole in it
- "Did you try to soak it in hot water?"
What?
- "Buy some green stuff!"
you suck
- "don't leave it in your car...or it'll melt"
good bye
hahaha
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morgendonner wrote:According to blogosphere there's a german copy of the rulebook floating around the internet now... I suppose we will start having some solid confirmations on all the big things very soon.
I wonder how mad GW is about someone already having scanned the 6th book more than a week before release.
I guess it might boost sales though if the rules are amazing
The weird 'Last Rumor' on BOK about detachments seems interesting. I'm not sure I understand though. So once you fill up your required force org, you're free to choose units from any slot? Is that what he's saying?
warpcrafter wrote:I just want to find out what the purpose of the servo skull dice holder things is.
I think - and this is only a guess - that they might be a visual reminder of units that have taken wounds and whatnot. So you could put, say, a "3" into a holder, and then put the holder next to your whatever to remind you that it has taken a wound and now has 3 left.
It reminds me a lot of that classic Valentine's Day episode of the Simpsons, the one where Lisa gives the "Choo-choo-Choose me!" card to Ralf. At the beginning Mrs. Hoover makes them build little mailboxes for all the cards they've made, and Lisa complains how pointless the mailboxes are. These holders are, assuming I'm correct in my assumption of their purpose, the 40k equivalent of the little mailboxes Lisa and her class were forced to make (ie. utterly supurfluous).
Good news though, you're less likely to pick up the wound dice in a holder then out of it.
morgendonner wrote:According to blogosphere there's a german copy of the rulebook floating around the internet now... I suppose we will start having some solid confirmations on all the big things very soon.
I wonder how mad GW is about someone already having scanned the 6th book more than a week before release.
I guess it might boost sales though if the rules are amazing
I've been reading the german forums, but all i've learned there is that they have the same stupid arguments we do, but they chastise one another for whining more than us.
morgendonner wrote:According to blogosphere there's a german copy of the rulebook floating around the internet now... I suppose we will start having some solid confirmations on all the big things very soon.
I wonder how mad GW is about someone already having scanned the 6th book more than a week before release.
I guess it might boost sales though if the rules are amazing
I've been reading the german forums, but all i've learned there is that they have the same stupid arguments we do, but they chastise one another for whining more than us.
German forums ... *cough* ... *cough*
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warboss wrote: Is there a permanent stickied thread for Chaos players to complain every time someone/anyone gets models or rules besides them? If not, there should be.
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