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MadCowCrazy wrote:I read...Hammer & Anvil

Huh. Says on BN.com it isn't available for a month. Is it easier to get where you are?

Sabet wrote:All my store has is a battleforce now. And im sorely tempted to buy it. though won't because of yet another price increase on it ($175 now). That and the fact i already have 120 warriors, 30 scarabs and 10 destroyers. I think 2 heavys as well

But it, sell it when the price increases.

While I have no intention of buying the Necrons, its nice to see they're finally getting a much needed update both in rules and in model variety.

I don't mind them being Tomb-Kings-in-space-ish, but whoever painted them could've toned down the brightness a little. I am, however, thanking the Star God--er, the... the Necrontyr Lord that likes rowing boats for their funny looking vehicles.

Fluff wise... I can't really get super excited about. It's funny how the teaser speaks of Unity. Order. Obedience. when, based on the fluff given, is contrary to the notion. The Necrontyr as a whole is subdivided into several Empires (thousands maybe) and (in hindsight) end up fighting one another because of ancient grudges or beliefs. Some Overlords trade with other races (though nothing springs to mind on what they could possibly want, besides a diplomatic overthrow of a planet, which the Tau already do), others run around trying to grab C'tan shards to stuff them in pocket dimensions, and there are even some that fist bump with Space Marines. SO there's no real sense of actual Unity or Obedience as a whole.

Then there's the shattering of the Ctan; Necrontyr Empire starts falling apart -> Picks fight with Old Ones -> Bargain with Ctan -> Defeat Old Ones -> Necrons shatter Ctan for helping them -> Necrons then hide from the Eldar who didn't get the memo that their Old Ones were dying left and right -> Necrons hibernate to avoid Eldar confrontations and somehow the majority of the Eldar don't wipe them out in their sleep -> Necrons wake up several milleniums later.

I loved the Ctan. The Deciever made the Imperium its plaything. It sought out Imperial Assassins for their phase blades. The Adeptus Mechanicus worshipped one--or a shard of one that was so weak and hungry that the 'big bad Emperor' could barely subdue it on Mars.

They seem so... tame now...

Yea, I get it that people now have more variety to make their army fluff, but it could have been done better...

I'm just waiting for the Silent King to give Marneaus Calgar a hand-shake and Grand-Marshal Helbrect (of the Black Templars) a slap-on-the-back for teaming up and defeating the Orks...

StormForged wrote:The Deciever sought out Imperial Assassins for their phase blades.

I think he was more there posing as the local ruler to mess up the empire, and when the assassin brought him a 'gift' it was just frosting on the cake.

Nightbringer's Chosen wrote:

MadCowCrazy wrote:I read...Hammer & Anvil

Huh. Says on BN.com it isn't available for a month. Is it easier to get where you are?

I bought it at Games Day UK

Sabet wrote:All my store has is a battleforce now. And im sorely tempted to buy it. though won't because of yet another price increase on it ($175 now). That and the fact i already have 120 warriors, 30 scarabs and 10 destroyers. I think 2 heavys as well

I was reading this, saw that you said the battleforce was $175, thought to myself "this dude must be from Australia", looked at your location, and bam, nations capital. Sorry dude, that sucks.

StormForged wrote:I'm just waiting for the Silent King to give Marneaus Calgar a hand-shake and Grand-Marshal Helbrect (of the Black Templars) a slap-on-the-back for teaming up and defeating the Orks...

Oh, it's not that bad.

It's pretty bad though.

That stinks battleforces are only $83 here ;(

StringBassKnight wrote:

StormForged wrote:I'm just waiting for the Silent King to give Marneaus Calgar a hand-shake and Grand-Marshal Helbrect (of the Black Templars) a slap-on-the-back for teaming up and defeating the Orks...

Oh, it's not that bad.

It's pretty bad though.

I dunno, the geniuseS behind the Necron Codex are writing the Black Templars as well.

Destroyerlord and Heavy Destroyer remain a Plastic/Metal Hybrid Kit for the time being.

Which, to me, is the most perplexing thing about this entire release.

That is bizzare. Why? Who made that decision?

Trazyn: Ah, after a centuries worth of trade, I finally have all the Horus Heresy Novels!

*He shambles over to his only book shelf*

Trazyn: One, two, three f--. Wait, where's Flight of the Einstein? And Garro?

*Lord informs him the books in question are missing.

Trazyn: Missing? I have quantum shielding and three Ctan Shards gaurding my collection! Why, it would take some kind of master strat-

CREEEEEEEEEEEED!

*Trazyn throws his hands up in aggravation*

StormForged wrote:Trazyn: Ah, after a centuries worth of trade, I finally have all the Horus Heresy Novels!

*He shambles over to his only book shelf*

Trazyn: One, two, three f--. Wait, where's Flight of the Einstein? And Garro?

*Lord informs him the books in question are missing.

Trazyn: Missing? I have quantum shielding and three Ctan Shards gaurding my collection! Why, it would take some kind of master strat-

CREEEEEEEEEEEED!

*Trazyn throws his hands up in aggravation*

I lol'd, so you get +1

Definatly getting a star gate vibe from this stuff. right down to the flying crescent stuff

Ugh, hammer and anvil isn't due out for the rest of us till end of november:(

I wanted to get this post out befor i went to get battlefield

Do you think that wraiths will still have S 6? or will that go down?

I put in my pre-order today at my FLGS:

Codex
3 boxes of Immortals/Deathmarks
2 boxes of Lychguard/Praetorians
2 Ghost Arks
2 Command Barges
Imotekh The Stormlord
Trazyn the Infinite
2x Crypteks

With my store's policy of 10% discount on preorders, I get all that for $392 USD. Thank God i sold my Hierophant and Hierodules on ebay this weekend, LOL. I should have a very respectable 3000+ points worth of necrons, depending on how the points costs in the codex flesh out.

I'm excited!
10 Days...

DerangdFlamingo wrote:Definatly getting a star gate vibe from this stuff. right down to the flying crescent stuff

I love Stargate, so, I'm cool with that. In fact, when I build my table I'm going to build multiple tomb worlds connected by a Stargate network It would make for some fun campaign missions.

bluebomber wrote:I wanted to get this post out befor i went to get battlefield

Do you think that wraiths will still have S 6? or will that go down?

WS 4 BS 4 S 6 T 4 I 2 W 2 A 3 Sv 3++


Rumored, that is....

tetrisphreak wrote:

bluebomber wrote:I wanted to get this post out befor i went to get battlefield

Do you think that wraiths will still have S 6? or will that go down?

WS 4 BS 4 S 6 T 4 I 2 W 2 A 3 Sv 3++


Rumored, that is....

Thank you sir

I am wanting to know what the Harbinger of Eternity Crypteks get.

I started looking at my necron bits and I am missing half my rods. I hope I can find a good substitute, that will work with the new models as well.

I'm more concerned about how we are going to differentiate all these different weapons/rods on these crypteks. Oh that harp of dissonance looks just like my eldritch lance here, but it's blue and the other is red...but that green rod there, that's just a plain old warscythe....

can you see it getting confusing?

Got my preorder from Warstore, although they don't have the FC models yet.

In Fall of Damnos there was a Flayed One lord. I hope he makes it in at some point.

Can't wait to see the walker, Wraiths, and Spyders...

The Immortals with Tesla Carbines in Ghost Arks sounds nice at fast. Throw in a couple scarab swarms, some wraiths, and maybe the Storm Lord or Royal Court in Ghost Ark, finishing off with a Ctan shard (bleh, the whole role-reversal doesn't feel right) with a random ability.

That sounds quite fast and hard hitting...

(..)
We also keep forgetting it's a 6th Edition Codex. Destroyers with Preferred Enemy show that pretty good. Some things will appear strange or won't make any sense at all.
(...)
So we go from an outdated codex, to one that could not see its full potential because it is ahead of the curve!

StormForged wrote:The Immortals with Tesla Carbines in Ghost Arks sounds nice at fast.

Immortals can't ride Ghost Arks.

I do feel like the overall feel of Necrons is good. They appear to finally have a codex that can HOPEFULLY rival some of the more modern codexes and make Necrons a contender again. I for one have little to almost no experience playing with/against Necrons, but do rejoice their upcoming 'Dex.

Vhalyar wrote:

StormForged wrote:The Immortals with Tesla Carbines in Ghost Arks sounds nice at fast.

Immortals can't start the game in Ghost Arks.

Fixed your quote. They can ride around in them all they want after they embark on them first turn. They just can't start the game in them. And they can't be regenerated by them. But I haven't seen anything to say that Ghost Arks will only carry Warriors. Dedicated Transports for Warriors, yes. Warrior-only Transports, not that I've seen.

Vhalyar wrote:

StormForged wrote:The Immortals with Tesla Carbines in Ghost Arks sounds nice at fast.

Immortals can't ride Ghost Arks.

Sorry, I mean the Night Scythe... That's a really lame name for a transport imho.

Death By Monkeys wrote:But I haven't seen anything to say that Ghost Arks will only carry Warriors. Dedicated Transports for Warriors, yes. Warrior-only Transports, not that I've seen.

The first post actually, though it's maybe a little ambiguous.

10 model transport (It can only carry Necron Warriors, Lords, Overlords, Crypteks and Special Characters)