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I would love to see an necron army take the field again as i've only every played them once (which was actually less then i play Dark eldar before their new dex). its such a cool concept but i would want less termitor to more acient race of machines that brought gaxaly to its knees. Just a qustioni belive mass effect 3 comes out around summmer that has the reapers (ancient machines bent on destroying all life) so could GW be planing on useing that as i boast to sails? just an idea.

Well I think it's about time.

IMO All the codex should be updated my now.
Look at SoB, they're so out of date.

oldone wrote:I would love to see an Necron army take the field again...

Played a 2K point battle last week versus Eldar. The Eldar found attacking a 2 x 'lith standard Necron phalanx like walking into a bandsaw, due in part to them being overly tentative in getting into assault. Their vehicles & troops ended up being gaussed into immobility & stripped of weapons in short order.


I'm doing my bit to keep the soulless standard flying!

IIRC any GW rep is forbidden to speak of things like this, all of their plans are supposed to be under lock and key. The best identifier you will ever have that the Necrons will be getting a new codex is if you see some gigantic picture of a necron lord on the cover of an issue of WD.

Because as we all know, the last thing you want to do is use your retail stores to generate buzz amongst Necron players about a new release. It makes far more sense to keep both staff and paying customers in the dark.

Don’t want them actually having anything to look forward to, now do you?

^^

But.. if they tell the lowly peons what is coming then their competitors might get an advantage!!@#$@.. You know, all the 0 companies that produce full models for 40k

What the OP did not realise was that after he left, the GW rep was replaced with a servitor that looks, sounds and even smells the same as the person did before he made the comment about a codex.

I'm guessing it will be here late 2012. Every time GW talks about a non-Imperial codex, it gets delayed another 3-6 months behind another SM variant. Last comment was Halloween, and I'm sure they'll have to talk about it at least twice before then.

Incoming Grey knights email so this rumor is false. Sorry guys

Last word was they were coming out over a year ago... then last year... now sometime this year. It SHOULDN'T get pushed back again hopefully... I'm really looking forward to new crons

I'm guessing October to ride the Halloween season.

Kirasu wrote:^^

But.. if they tell the lowly peons what is coming then their competitors might get an advantage!!@#$@.. You know, all the 0 companies that produce full models for 40k

It has nothing to do with competitors. If you know a new codex (or any product) is coming out soon, who will buy the current one? That's what it's about.

Aspiring Champion wrote:It has nothing to do with competitors. If you know a new codex (or any product) is coming out soon, who will buy the current one? That's what it's about.

An empty excuse when talking about the Inquisitorial armies. Nobody's going to buy the old DH codex, because GW does not sell it and instead gives it out for free. And they're not going to buy the models, when a basic troops choice of 10 infantry costs about 60 pounds.

GW has done an 'Incoming!' bit on the Grey Knights, so Necrons (unfortunately) won't be coming out anytime soon.

Edit: Just checked my email, and I got an update from GW about said 'Incoming!' article. Looks like GK will be out in April. So figure the time between the new BA 'dex and the new GK 'dex, and you've got a fair idea of how long it may be until Necrons come out.

As long as we get the new codex before the world explodes in 2012, I'll know that I've lived a full life.

Luckily that isn't going to happen, so no need to sweat any delays...

Alpharius wrote:Luckily that isn't going to happen, so no need to sweat any delays...

Except the fact that I want my necron codex. Now.

prime12357 wrote:

Alpharius wrote:Luckily that isn't going to happen, so no need to sweat any delays...

Except the fact that I want my necron codex. Now.

The Necron codex is slated for Dec 24th, 2012.










(It's a joke, I dont know when it is coming out.)

Happygrunt wrote:

prime12357 wrote:

Alpharius wrote:Luckily that isn't going to happen, so no need to sweat any delays...

Except the fact that I want my necron codex. Now.

The Necron codex is slated for Dec 24th, 2012.

You're probably right, though. With BA in Feb, GK in April, fliers in June, something fantasy in September/October, it looks as if we'll get our 'crons in time for christmas.

Yeah, Christmas 2021!

prime12357 wrote:

Happygrunt wrote:

prime12357 wrote:

Alpharius wrote:Luckily that isn't going to happen, so no need to sweat any delays...

Except the fact that I want my necron codex. Now.

The Necron codex is slated for Dec 24th, 2012.

You're probably right, though. With BA in Feb, GK in April, fliers in June, something fantasy in September/October, it looks as if we'll get our 'crons in time for christmas.

You know that the joke is that the world ends on the 23rd of 2012 right?

Long count calendar-

Warhammerwise wouldn't that be a Slaan/Old One thing.. Makes you think...

Happygrunt wrote:

prime12357 wrote:

Happygrunt wrote:

prime12357 wrote:

Alpharius wrote:Luckily that isn't going to happen, so no need to sweat any delays...

Except the fact that I want my necron codex. Now.

The Necron codex is slated for Dec 24th, 2012.

You're probably right, though. With BA in Feb, GK in April, fliers in June, something fantasy in September/October, it looks as if we'll get our 'crons in time for christmas.

You know that the joke is that the world ends on the 23rd of 2012 right?

Either way, we aren't going to get the new codex any time soon.
And if the world ends, we will all die, and in heaven, I certainly hope they have updated codexes...

The Necrons got that new Forge World model, so I'm betting their new codex is due soon.

Unless the new Grey Knights codex has already come out and I didn't realize it, I'm almost positive that it is the next to come out, though.

On the other hand, there's also talks of new Sister of Battle, and I've heard a small group of people talking about Kroot Mercs. The Kroot rumors are most likely just wishful thinking, however...

Personally, I'm just happy that the Dark Eldar release was such a raving success

Austragalis wrote:

Personally, I'm just happy that the Dark Eldar release was such a raving success

Same here!

It will encourage GW to experiment a bit more, and release more Xenos stuff.

Which will, in turn, force the Space Marine Haters to RELAX a little!

Alpharius wrote:

Austragalis wrote:

Personally, I'm just happy that the Dark Eldar release was such a raving success

Same here!

It will encourage GW to experiment a bit more, and release more Xenos stuff.

Which will, in turn, force the Space Marine Haters to RELAX a little!

We can but hope. The cynic in me however would like to point out that the success of the DE release probably owes quite a lot to the fact that it was such a outdated and forgotten race/codex that many thought would never be updated.

Hopefully if one of the 'newer' races/codexes like Tau, Eldar or Necron gets redone and is a similar success then we can start to hope!

*as long as the book doesn't suck* That is all I have to say.

I would love to see new rules for a lot of the races, that or affordable and obtainable models from said ranges, I have honestly only seen one SoB army during my entire time playing, but several necron armies, so I hope the wait on new rules is worth it.

Aspiring Champion wrote:

Kirasu wrote:^^

But.. if they tell the lowly peons what is coming then their competitors might get an advantage!!@#$@.. You know, all the 0 companies that produce full models for 40k

It has nothing to do with competitors. If you know a new codex (or any product) is coming out soon, who will buy the current one? That's what it's about.

Exactly. Nothing like lulling a customer into buying a $30 book, then popping up with a new one a couple months later. At least these days the internet makes it a bit harder to pull that scam...people at least have a vague heads up on things that are coming out.


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btemple0 wrote:I would love to see new rules for a lot of the races, that or affordable and obtainable models from said ranges, I have honestly only seen one SoB army during my entire time playing, but several necron armies, so I hope the wait on new rules is worth it.

Im looking forward to some new and plastic Necrons...A few months ago i got a Lord and a squad of warriors, but Ive been holding it there until the new stuff comes out.

However...if I could pick a race to have redone and updated it would be Eldar. Ive always loved the look of them, but being almost all of them are metal it makes conversions very hard to do. Since Im one of those people who cant leave things alone...I must convert at least a few things in any army. Plastic HQ, aspect warriors, and wraithguard would be a dream come true.

Happygrunt wrote:

prime12357 wrote:

Happygrunt wrote:

prime12357 wrote:

Alpharius wrote:Luckily that isn't going to happen, so no need to sweat any delays...

Except the fact that I want my necron codex. Now.

The Necron codex is slated for Dec 24th, 2012.

You're probably right, though. With BA in Feb, GK in April, fliers in June, something fantasy in September/October, it looks as if we'll get our 'crons in time for christmas.

You know that the joke is that the world ends on the 23rd of 2012 right?

I thought it was the 21st. It was on some discovery channel thing.

prime123457 wrote:Either way, we aren't going to get the new codex any time soon.
And if the world ends, we will all die, and in heaven, I certainly hope they have updated codexes...

It would be cool if in heaven you could get any codex from any time since heaven is outside of time. This is why god can grant prayers about things in the past.
I think im going off topic.