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 kodos wrote:
It is not about being patient or that there are still problems around but communication

If some people get the idea that 40k releases are hindered in favour of AoS stuff, despite 40k is better supported than the new Edition of AoS, there is something wrong with Company-Customer communication

GW would benefit by going directly to the customer saying that it is not working as planned because of issues they cannot influence and all releases are months late, instead editing old posts, making a small comment somewhere and saying "it was always planned that way"

Or it’s just a case of the grass being greener. I’m not really sure how it’s GWs fault if people are just wrong about what has more support at the moment?

I'm not sure what Brexit or the plague has to do with Warcry getting lots of model support while KT is stuck with upgrade sprues

Those baby Tau look ridiculous next to the SoB

Goose LeChance wrote:
I'm not sure what Brexit or the plague has to do with Warcry getting lots of model support while KT is stuck with upgrade sprues

Those baby Tau look ridiculous next to the SoB

Does 1/4 being an upgrade sprue really count as KT being stuck with upgrade sprues?

short on plastic, short on workers, Warcry being done a while ago and was already in the warehouse and GW needed to make something up for Tau fast to hold the release date

a lot of things can cause this, as well as that GW thought people don't like Tau anyway so an upgrade sprue is enough

 ImAGeek wrote:
I’m not really sure how it’s GWs fault if people are just wrong about what has more support at the moment?

by not telling people what is going on, what is happening to plan, what is delayed, what will happen in future
saying nothing and hope that people don't recognise that something is going on, well GW could do better here

GW is doing everything in their power to keep me from buying anything, it's actually funny...

Tau new things look good but would expect full new kits.

Any Tyranid mentioned?

There appears to be an autogun option for the sisters initiates, so perhaps the generic unit will have an option to be fighty or shooty? Storm initiates and Initiate defenders?

 Aenar wrote:

Batch A and B were the same leak, from the same source (same user, which is also a mod there). I had commented on the thread and then commented again on the batch B one once it was split in two.
It got split in two for convenience and to not let a single thread derail on "squats!!!", since "batch A" had plenty of details on the Templars.

 Kanluwen wrote:
This is where things become difficult...
Both batches came from B&C, not 4chan.

The 4chan ones contained the nonsense about the Harlequin transports, etc--a literal "clown car" joke. There was a huuuuuuuuugely expanded list of Craftworld/Aeldari stuff--that's the 4chan trash that Faeit+BoLS also started amplifying.

Problem is that the individual who posted the stuff on B&C had their posts removed. So there are screenshots out there of some of it but also some people who just kinda/sorta kept reposting snippets of it and it crossed wires with the 4chan trash.

 Arbitrator wrote:
Both rumours came from the same source, posted by the same person on B&C. They were just in different threads I believe.

Ok, thanks. That is good to know. The attribution in the reddit post I was linking to was confusing.

For clarification sake: The Aeldari-merger/clown-car/Baharroth rumour batch was not part of the B&C rumour double-strike, was it?

 Vovin wrote:

 Aenar wrote:

Batch A and B were the same leak, from the same source (same user, which is also a mod there). I had commented on the thread and then commented again on the batch B one once it was split in two.
It got split in two for convenience and to not let a single thread derail on "squats!!!", since "batch A" had plenty of details on the Templars.

 Kanluwen wrote:
This is where things become difficult...
Both batches came from B&C, not 4chan.

The 4chan ones contained the nonsense about the Harlequin transports, etc--a literal "clown car" joke. There was a huuuuuuuuugely expanded list of Craftworld/Aeldari stuff--that's the 4chan trash that Faeit+BoLS also started amplifying.

Problem is that the individual who posted the stuff on B&C had their posts removed. So there are screenshots out there of some of it but also some people who just kinda/sorta kept reposting snippets of it and it crossed wires with the 4chan trash.

 Arbitrator wrote:
Both rumours came from the same source, posted by the same person on B&C. They were just in different threads I believe.

Ok, thanks. That is good to know. The attribution in the reddit post I was linking to was confusing.

For clarification sake: The Aeldari-merger/clown-car/Baharroth rumour batch was not part of the B&C rumour double-strike, was it?

No, that was part of the 4chan lot.

I’d still keep a pinch of salt handy.

It’s certainly looking good, but even the more reliable rumour could still have something put in for a laugh!

I hope it’s not Squats though.

I like the new sisters of battle Necromunda Gang.

So, someone on reddit got the following screenshot from the video:



Apparently, there's an option for autoguns too. I'd say the 40k version of the novitiates will have 2 loadouts: 1 CC oriented with autopistols + swords and one with autoguns. Which means a lot of options in the sprue.

As for the rumour list, Bob from War of Sigmar mentioned, in the comments of the article I linked earlier, he's heard Squats are getting "more than a kill team", so there's that.

morgaur wrote:
So, someone on reddit got the following screenshot from the video:

Spoiler:

Apparently, there's an option for autoguns too. I'd say the 40k version of the novitiates will have 2 loadouts: 1 CC oriented with autopistols + swords and one with autoguns. Which means a lot of options in the sprue.

As for the rumour list, Bob from War of Sigmar mentioned, in the comments of the article I linked earlier, he's heard Squats are getting "more than a kill team", so there's that.

Not sure how I feel regards squats, I'm not sure there's a niche for them now in their original guise. Do we need an additional imperium faction in decent armour with bolters?

 kodos wrote:
It is not about being patient or that there are still problems around but communication

If some people get the idea that 40k releases are hindered in favour of AoS stuff, despite 40k is better supported than the new Edition of AoS, there is something wrong with Company-Customer communication

GW would benefit by going directly to the customer saying that it is not working as planned because of issues they cannot influence and all releases are months late, instead editing old posts, making a small comment somewhere and saying "it was always planned that way"

That's not how business is done though. Saying nothing is a lot better than saying something that might be able to be interoperated or contorted into a completely different saying.

morgaur wrote:

As for the rumour list, Bob from War of Sigmar mentioned, in the comments of the article I linked earlier, he's heard Squats are getting "more than a kill team", so there's that.

The Tyranid codex being conspicuously absent from the big rumour list could mean they're being saved for new content alongside Squats. It would be very fitting to be reintroduced by fighting their way out of an assault by a hive fleet.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I’d still keep a pinch of salt handy.

It’s certainly looking good, but even the more reliable rumour could still have something put in for a laugh!

I hope it’s not Squats though.

I think Squats is the one thing that might make me buy more 40K miniatures.

 ImAGeek wrote:

No, that was part of the 4chan lot.

Thank you. So these can be safely discounted as fabrication.

Dudeface wrote:

Not sure how I feel regards squats, I'm not sure there's a niche for them now in their original guise. Do we need an additional imperium faction in decent armour with bolters?

As with everything, it depends on how they are worked back in the game. What Bob said was "more than a Kill Team", specifying he had heard about the Thudd Gun. That doesn't, however, mean a full army; it could be just a couple of units of Militarum Auxilia in the next IG Codex.

OK, the Pathfinders upgrade sprue is a bit silly. Having just assembled my Pathfinders for Kill Team, that kit already has a crazy amount of choices that stay on the sprue. For me a lot of that upgrade sprue will also stay on its sprue—ya fish heads, I’m talking to you!

morgaur wrote:
So, someone on reddit got the following screenshot from the video:

Spoiler:

Apparently, there's an option for autoguns too. I'd say the 40k version of the novitiates will have 2 loadouts: 1 CC oriented with autopistols + swords and one with autoguns. Which means a lot of options in the sprue.

As for the rumour list, Bob from War of Sigmar mentioned, in the comments of the article I linked earlier, he's heard Squats are getting "more than a kill team", so there's that.

Ok, that's cool! I just wish that when they previewed models they would do it properly and actually show the options.

They did.

It was right there in the video.

What’s left at gencon?
40k
Necromunda
Bloodbowl

... WarCry

*chanting*
WarCry! WarCry! WarCry!

 xttz wrote:

morgaur wrote:

As for the rumour list, Bob from War of Sigmar mentioned, in the comments of the article I linked earlier, he's heard Squats are getting "more than a kill team", so there's that.

The Tyranid codex being conspicuously absent from the big rumour list could mean they're being saved for new content alongside Squats. It would be very fitting to be reintroduced by fighting their way out of an assault by a hive fleet.

I'll be pretty frigging salty if Nids are one of the last armies to get a codex, which is what this would seem to indicate, given their complete lack of any mention in the credible rumor. Somebody's gotta be last, but it's really a joke if it's one of the earlier 8th books (Nids, Eldar, and Guard are old and very much showing their age.)

Maybe the Octarius book will be a satisfying stopgap, but unless it has new datasheets for many units, I really doubt it's going to move the needle.

 Crimson wrote:

morgaur wrote:
So, someone on reddit got the following screenshot from the video:

Spoiler:

Apparently, there's an option for autoguns too. I'd say the 40k version of the novitiates will have 2 loadouts: 1 CC oriented with autopistols + swords and one with autoguns. Which means a lot of options in the sprue.

As for the rumour list, Bob from War of Sigmar mentioned, in the comments of the article I linked earlier, he's heard Squats are getting "more than a kill team", so there's that.

Ok, that's cool! I just wish that when they previewed models they would do it properly and actually show the options.

Yes, that would be good. Especially because you just know GW can't resist showing all the upgrade bits on their new Kill Team models and that leads to a really disjointed look of the squad. A picture of a more conventionally assembled squad wouldn't go amiss, especially since they've explicitly advertised this option for Guard and Orks and will no doubt follow suit with Sisters. Would be good to see that in pretty, colorful pictures.

I've got a good feeling about the inclusion of unarmored humans with auto weapons in the army. I have every intention of getting a squad or two of Novitiates, of course, but it also provides a place for Frateris Militia conversions where before the best you could do was work with allies. Which is not ideal for a number of reasons.

Dudeface wrote:

morgaur wrote:
So, someone on reddit got the following screenshot from the video:

Spoiler:

Apparently, there's an option for autoguns too. I'd say the 40k version of the novitiates will have 2 loadouts: 1 CC oriented with autopistols + swords and one with autoguns. Which means a lot of options in the sprue.

As for the rumour list, Bob from War of Sigmar mentioned, in the comments of the article I linked earlier, he's heard Squats are getting "more than a kill team", so there's that.

Not sure how I feel regards squats, I'm not sure there's a niche for them now in their original guise. Do we need an additional imperium faction in decent armour with bolters?

I feel it would be most appropriate for Squats to be a non-Imperium faction.

eldomtom2 wrote:

Dudeface wrote:

morgaur wrote:
So, someone on reddit got the following screenshot from the video:

Spoiler:

Apparently, there's an option for autoguns too. I'd say the 40k version of the novitiates will have 2 loadouts: 1 CC oriented with autopistols + swords and one with autoguns. Which means a lot of options in the sprue.

As for the rumour list, Bob from War of Sigmar mentioned, in the comments of the article I linked earlier, he's heard Squats are getting "more than a kill team", so there's that.

Not sure how I feel regards squats, I'm not sure there's a niche for them now in their original guise. Do we need an additional imperium faction in decent armour with bolters?

I feel it would be most appropriate for Squats to be a non-Imperium faction.

Well are said to be firing on a Mechanicus ship in the bit of text from PA. They seemed to have been severed from the Imperium. In the old fluff they were largely independent but signed with Imperium but the fluff has changed so much since Rogue Trader and those sorts fo relationships don't exist in modern 40k. Be interesting to see how they bring them back fluff-wise as well as design wise. Non Imperium would be the most interesting..

So as a heads up, with the security certificate thing going on right now with Dakka(it's probably just a background oopsies)...it's gonna be a bit harder to keep the thread updated today.

Bear with me if/when GW does any previews! Thank you all for your patience.

Thank you for your efforts