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Since magical attacks really only affect VC ethereals, Wood Elf forest spirits and a very few other units(usually chars with some magic item), are there any rumors floating around that magical attacks will have some greater impact on the game in 8th? Just wishlisting here, but I am kind of hoping for a -2 to ward saves or something similar. This would nullify most demon ward saves and even put a little extra pressure on the DE pendant.

Haven't heard any rumors to that effect yet.

The only Ward/Armor save affecting rumor (pretty much confirmed, IIRC) is that you cannot stack armor and ward saves anymore.

No stacking ward/Armour save?
I play as Lizardmen and High Elfs, and I don't know if I should cry or laugh in joy...
But on topic, I really hope that MAs would do something else than hit WEs hard...

Marshal Torrick wrote:Since magical attacks really only affect VC ethereals, Wood Elf forest spirits and a very few other units(usually chars with some magic item), are there any rumors floating around that magical attacks will have some greater impact on the game in 8th? Just wishlisting here, but I am kind of hoping for a -2 to ward saves or something similar. This would nullify most demon ward saves and even put a little extra pressure on the DE pendant.

I doubt it, otherwise it would make Skaven shooting extremely ridiculously good.

Grimaldus wrote:

Marshal Torrick wrote:Since magical attacks really only affect VC ethereals, Wood Elf forest spirits and a very few other units(usually chars with some magic item), are there any rumors floating around that magical attacks will have some greater impact on the game in 8th? Just wishlisting here, but I am kind of hoping for a -2 to ward saves or something similar. This would nullify most demon ward saves and even put a little extra pressure on the DE pendant.

I doubt it, otherwise it would make Skaven shooting extremely ridiculously good.

To late for that, damn rats have the most broken army book in the game, hell even daemons I consider less irritating. . .

Not really, Skaven just have a lot of versatility to their list. Like the big thing with skaven that makes them brutal is the fact they can sacrifice cheap units to set up better charges. Like there is some stuff that is undercosted like the Doomwheel but there is a counter to everything in the skaven army list.

Except maybe the HPA . Well, I don't know... but I certainly had trouble with that the one time I've faced skaven...

And yes, magic attacks doing something other than hurting us WE players would be awesome

RiTides wrote:Except maybe the HPA . Well, I don't know... but I certainly had trouble with that the one time I've faced skaven...

And yes, magic attacks doing something other than hurting us WE players would be awesome

Meh, as a DE player who likes his magic, fire tends to deal with the HPA for me quite well

Grimaldus wrote:

RiTides wrote:Except maybe the HPA . Well, I don't know... but I certainly had trouble with that the one time I've faced skaven...

And yes, magic attacks doing something other than hurting us WE players would be awesome

Meh, as a DE player who likes his magic, fire tends to deal with the HPA for me quite well

Yeah, as a Skaven player, I can tell you that wounding once with a flaming attack(negates the "Too Horrible to Die" rule) and St5+ hits(it's only T5) aren't what the HPA wants to see.

RiTides wrote:Except maybe the HPA . Well, I don't know... but I certainly had trouble with that the one time I've faced skaven...

And yes, magic attacks doing something other than hurting us WE players would be awesome

There isn't a problem in the world that a good cannonball can't solve. In this case a flaming cannonball from a dwarf cannon would do the trick quite well.

It's been rumoured by some that you can make missile attacks magical. One example was that you could make a shot from an Empire Great Cannon flaming...