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Agamemnon2 wrote:

lord_blackfang wrote:Online rules updates would be great, but I don't see it happening for a game marketed towards 12-year olds.

Oh, I don't know about that. Today's 12-year-olds are more at home online than the grognards of the 20th century. Then again, GW itself isn't. A company that has to shut down its own forums because too many people were saying bad things about them.... awww, diddums

They had forums?


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Formosa wrote:i can add a unit to the list of non existent models/boxsets

Deathwing termies.... i mean who wouldnt want the termy boxes all rolled into 1, both assault and shooty in the same box

Prediction: 2012

Mixed termy boxset £45 for 5

HA! We pay 47.39 GBP converted from Australian dollars at the moment!


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UsdiThunder wrote:GW can learn a lot from MTG.

Right now MTG is previewing cards for their next 2 releases way ahead of the releases. Amazing isn't it. I can set aside money for the relase day.

WTF BRO? Where are these ravnica previews?

Tibbsy wrote:That and the Guard Collossus looks almost identical in the book to the Forge World Bombard, so you can probably discount that one too

Panic wrote:and added the colossus it's basically a bombard.

MajorWesJanson wrote:Gun looks similar, hull is not. Colossus is mounted on a Chimaera hull like the rest of the mobile artillery units. Bombard is on a Leman Russ hull.

Exactly - Colossus != Bombard although the bombard kit provides conversion fodder.

ChocolateGork wrote:

UsdiThunder wrote:GW can learn a lot from MTG.

Right now MTG is previewing cards for their next 2 releases way ahead of the releases. Amazing isn't it. I can set aside money for the relase day.

WTF BRO? Where are these ravnica previews?

I believe he means the next Planechase and the next Core sets.

Don't worry when Ravnica previews will be up at least 2 months before release. Unlike GW who will have it the week before release. This is the major issue with GW. No matter if it is Waves or one big Drop. They will not communicate with their customers. If I had a month or two lead time I could save up for their ridiculous prices.

Unfortunately GW still thinks it's planning the invasion of Normandy and must keep the secrets of the impending releases.

They had forums?

Yes, they certainly did. And they were heavily moderated. As well run as this forum is half the comments one sees here probably would not have been tolerated on the GW forums and I'm not counting the ones critical of GW, just the day to day inflammatory, insulting, thoughtless, inconsiderate and worthless dross that fills up most of the pages of any given topic on all the gamer forums one has likely ever seen. But GW decided to shut down their forums a few years ago. It's not difficult to come up with some good reasons why they may have done so, besides the expense of hosting and moderating them perhaps they decided it wasn't worth the liability risk given the kinds of posts one often sees on gamer forums. All it would have taken is one parent to sue over some rude, profane or potentially racist comment their child had seen or endured to cause GW unnecessary problems. You know, the kind of stuff one sadly sees on gamer forums routinely every day. :(

They also used a really bad set of forum software, which was well behind commonly available software of the day in terms of features and usability.

BrassScorpion wrote:

They had forums?

Yes, they certainly did. And they were heavily moderated. As well run as this forum is half the comments one sees here probably would not have been tolerated on the GW forums and I'm not counting the ones critical of GW, just the day to day inflammatory, insulting, thoughtless, inconsiderate and worthless dross that fills up most of the pages of any given topic on all the gamer forums one has likely ever seen. But GW decided to shut down their forums a few years ago. It's not difficult to come up with some good reasons why they may have done so, besides the expense of hosting and moderating them perhaps they decided it wasn't worth the liability risk given the kinds of posts one often sees on gamer forums. All it would have taken is one parent to sue over some rude, profane or potentially racist comment their child had seen or endured to cause GW unnecessary problems. You know, the kind of stuff one sadly sees on gamer forums routinely every day. :(

What are you talking about? SO a gaming company closes its forums because it can't handle their costumers and their costumers are the ones to blame? I wonder how the rest of the gaming industry some with much bigger comunities manages. Mindblowing the excuses people use to divert from the main point... wich is GW, again, choose to drop the ball and does not have a clue how to deal with reality and is stuck on a strange idea that everyone should worship everything they do.

The forums were a little ancient by the time they shut them down. Aside from that there was also the Chapter Approved section that had optional rules to playtest or just to use. As well as some nice converting and painting guides. The online store even sold bits. It is somewhat odd that a decade or so later the GW site regressed from being a community portal to store front.

BrassScorpion wrote:

They had forums?

Yes, they certainly did. And they were heavily moderated. As well run as this forum is half the comments one sees here probably would not have been tolerated on the GW forums and I'm not counting the ones critical of GW, just the day to day inflammatory, insulting, thoughtless, inconsiderate and worthless dross that fills up most of the pages of any given topic on all the gamer forums one has likely ever seen. But GW decided to shut down their forums a few years ago. It's not difficult to come up with some good reasons why they may have done so, besides the expense of hosting and moderating them perhaps they decided it wasn't worth the liability risk given the kinds of posts one often sees on gamer forums. All it would have taken is one parent to sue over some rude, profane or potentially racist comment their child had seen or endured to cause GW unnecessary problems. You know, the kind of stuff one sadly sees on gamer forums routinely every day. :(

They were moderated?? Every time I went there, practically the only things I saw were rude, profane, or potentially racist. That forum was a cesspit for every annoying kid you've ever met. Most threads degenerated into 1337 speak flame wars.

warboss wrote:

BrassScorpion wrote:

They had forums?

Yes, they certainly did. And they were heavily moderated. As well run as this forum is half the comments one sees here probably would not have been tolerated on the GW forums and I'm not counting the ones critical of GW, just the day to day inflammatory, insulting, thoughtless, inconsiderate and worthless dross that fills up most of the pages of any given topic on all the gamer forums one has likely ever seen. But GW decided to shut down their forums a few years ago. It's not difficult to come up with some good reasons why they may have done so, besides the expense of hosting and moderating them perhaps they decided it wasn't worth the liability risk given the kinds of posts one often sees on gamer forums. All it would have taken is one parent to sue over some rude, profane or potentially racist comment their child had seen or endured to cause GW unnecessary problems. You know, the kind of stuff one sadly sees on gamer forums routinely every day. :(

They were moderated?? Every time I went there, practically the only things I saw were rude, profane, or potentially racist. That forum was a cesspit for every annoying kid you've ever met. Most threads degenerated into 1337 speak flame wars.

Just like most gamer forums...

warboss wrote:

BrassScorpion wrote:

They had forums?

Yes, they certainly did. And they were heavily moderated. As well run as this forum is half the comments one sees here probably would not have been tolerated on the GW forums and I'm not counting the ones critical of GW, just the day to day inflammatory, insulting, thoughtless, inconsiderate and worthless dross that fills up most of the pages of any given topic on all the gamer forums one has likely ever seen. But GW decided to shut down their forums a few years ago. It's not difficult to come up with some good reasons why they may have done so, besides the expense of hosting and moderating them perhaps they decided it wasn't worth the liability risk given the kinds of posts one often sees on gamer forums. All it would have taken is one parent to sue over some rude, profane or potentially racist comment their child had seen or endured to cause GW unnecessary problems. You know, the kind of stuff one sadly sees on gamer forums routinely every day. :(

They were moderated?? Every time I went there, practically the only things I saw were rude, profane, or potentially racist. That forum was a cesspit for every annoying kid you've ever met. Most threads degenerated into 1337 speak flame wars.

That did not happen in my case. As much as people complained about the GW forums now. To myself it had a great wealth of information generated from across the globe about the hobby.. To me the real reason for the closure of the forum was a financial one.

Like Black Gobbo.

and Army box sets.

and One man stores in the US.

All financial decisions in order to streamline their revenue resources.

AlexHolker wrote:

ChocolateGork wrote:

UsdiThunder wrote:GW can learn a lot from MTG.

Right now MTG is previewing cards for their next 2 releases way ahead of the releases. Amazing isn't it. I can set aside money for the relase day.

WTF BRO? Where are these ravnica previews?

I believe he means the next Planechase and the next Core sets.

No, he means the block after Core Set 2013 which is a Ravnica Revival block, like we had a Mirrodin Revival block before Innistrad.

UsdiThunder wrote:Right now MTG is previewing cards for their next 2 releases way ahead of the releases.

Kroothawk wrote:No, he means the block after Core Set 2013 which is a Ravnica Revival block, like we had a Mirrodin Revival block before Innistrad.

We know it's coming (4 months off ATM) which is definitely a good thing, but I haven't seen any card previews yet.

DarthOvious wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:The Bretts aren't alone here. Wood Elves, Daemonhunters, Necrons and Dark Eldar all had their turn at this.

Blood Angel player here. We had an update WD codex with amazing exploding Rhinos in it, which we got after a LONG TIME. So let me think, 3rd Ed was released December 1998, we then got a rubbish WD codex with limited options in June/July 2007, which is 8 and a half years later, before they even bothered to make us a proper codex in 2010.

Trust me, waiting 8 and a half years just so you can get amazing exploding Rhinos and to also learn you don't get Sanguinary Priests anymore as an option is like recieveing a kick to the groin. Very painful. I'm just glad we got our priests back in 2010.

As a witch hunters player I feel jealous of the BloodAngels WD codex. It was no where near as bad.