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I would like them to focus on what is already out. While I know they won't stop producing and expanding the game with new casters I would like them to slow the pace of new units - that way they can continue to convert the medium and large based models to their "plastic".

As for new units etc, I want them to fill the gaps that have been left in the theme lists like Cygnar light cav and a house Vyre unit.

No new units, just convert everything to plastic.

Casper wrote:
As for new units etc, I want them to fill the gaps that have been left in the theme lists like Cygnar light cav and a house Vyre unit.

Cygnar is getting light cav gun mages in the book after Colossals.

I want more war pigs. I would give them some UAs, another unit or two, another light, and at least one more heavy.

I would rather have any/all of that than another caster and/or a gargantuan.

spyguyyoda wrote:I want more war pigs. I would give them some UAs, another unit or two, another light, and at least one more heavy.

I would rather have any/all of that than another caster and/or a gargantuan.

There's no Minion Gargantuan in Gargantuans. There are new Casters, but there's also new everything else to round out the faction.

The only thing keeping me from seriously getting into this game is the lack of ability to play my own character instead of a named NPC caster. There's been some suggestion that an option to play a build-your-own-warcaster from the new edition of the IK RPG, and that's exactly what I'd release if I had the say. I guess it's a throwback to my role-playing days, but I always enjoy a game more when it tells a story of my own creation rather then someone elses grand adventure.

I'll second customisable casters, I guess the easiest way to do it would be the caster gives you "X" WJ points and can have different weapons/skills/spells etc slotted in as modules rather then paid for abilities. It's the one thing which irks me about this game, I have to play with someone else's toys rather then making my own mark.

My Space marine captain always has place in my heart for example, Bolt pistol, power weapon, nothing else... damn sod took down 30 orks with a klaw in there on his own. Makes him feel more special to me.

It'd also mean we could ask for warcaster kits an get some spare components for conversion work from them.

I know what you mean. It would require some work though. Just look at all those different Casters every main faction has. It would be hard to make a plastic kit that comes even remotly to that level of awesome with so many different flavours.

Since each faction is getting new epic warcasters. I would love to see another Epic Magnus. Or heck, any other Epic Mercenary Warcaster. An Epic Shae would be interesting.

And then you would have to find a way to not exploit the system. Like building a caster with Cain's spells but who is less fragile.

Thagrosh3 who would be an Archangel sized Warlock.

And I would give Ret some more Warcasters so they are caught up with the other factions.
And make them good, we don't have any warcasters that are tier 1.

Platuan4th wrote:

spyguyyoda wrote:I want more war pigs. I would give them some UAs, another unit or two, another light, and at least one more heavy.

I would rather have any/all of that than another caster and/or a gargantuan.

There's no Minion Gargantuan in Gargantuans. There are new Casters, but there's also new everything else to round out the faction.

I know there isn't (though I had heard rumors there was) a gargantuan for them, but I'm not holding my breath on them actually "rounding out the faction." Most of the rounding out has been for the gators.

spyguyyoda wrote:

Platuan4th wrote:

spyguyyoda wrote:I want more war pigs. I would give them some UAs, another unit or two, another light, and at least one more heavy.

I would rather have any/all of that than another caster and/or a gargantuan.

There's no Minion Gargantuan in Gargantuans. There are new Casters, but there's also new everything else to round out the faction.

I know there isn't (though I had heard rumors there was) a gargantuan for them, but I'm not holding my breath on them actually "rounding out the faction." Most of the rounding out has been for the gators.

Really? I'd say the Pigs got more rounded out. I'd rather more units than more beasts for my Gators.


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Lostchaplain wrote:The only thing keeping me from seriously getting into this game is the lack of ability to play my own character instead of a named NPC caster. There's been some suggestion that an option to play a build-your-own-warcaster from the new edition of the IK RPG, and that's exactly what I'd release if I had the say. I guess it's a throwback to my role-playing days, but I always enjoy a game more when it tells a story of my own creation rather then someone elses grand adventure.

Never going to happen. It's hard enough balancing new Warcasters for the game, they'd never introduce something that wasn't and couldn't possibly ever be properly playtested and balanced. I got over it real quick once we started playing campaigns and made the established characters our own through those stories. You could also always convert new models and rename the Casters into your own characters for non-tourney play.

For example: Graham Day, leader of the Drop Bears(aka not-eStryker)

Off the top of my head:
Units
Gators: 3 (including gobbers)
Pigs: 3
Solos:
Gators: 2
Pigs: 1
Beasts:
Gators: 5
Pigs: 3


I could be wrong, but that doesn't really look like Thornfall has more units.

spyguyyoda wrote:Off the top of my head:
Units
Gators: 3 (including gobbers)
Pigs: 3
Solos:
Gators: 2
Pigs: 1
Beasts:
Gators: 5
Pigs: 3


I could be wrong, but that doesn't really look like Thornfall has more units.

Thornfall has 4 units: Brigands, Bonegrinders, Razorback Crew, and Slaughterhousers.

Pigs also have access to 6 Solos, Gators 7.

Oops, forgot the razorback. Still not exactly even, though.

spyguyyoda wrote:Oops, forgot the razorback. Still not exactly even, though.

We'll have to agree to disagree.

Pigs = 8
Gators = 10

I'm not sure where that's even, that's all.

spyguyyoda wrote:Pigs = 8
Gators = 10

I'm not sure where that's even, that's all.

Because I don't care about the numbers, but diversity. Pigs can build more diverse lists than Gators.

I want Avatar Extreme as a new model.

Platuan4th wrote:

spyguyyoda wrote:Pigs = 8
Gators = 10

I'm not sure where that's even, that's all.

Because I don't care about the numbers, but diversity. Pigs can build more diverse lists than Gators.

I guess we're kind of talking about different things, then. I'm talking about overall diversity rather than list diversity. Sure the gators may have some choices that never get taken, but they still have more options.

Alexia Warcaster or Warlock. Option to take units of Risen led by an upgraded Thrall and Risen Thrall units. Basically I want an all Alexia army, a more traditional undead army than the Crix version

What I would like to see, and think that PP could possibly do, is a "make a unit" competition. Basically, a book where fans send in their ideas, and PP turns the best ones into real units (to a limit of a certain number per faction). I think it could lead to some really interesting ideas coming out.

I'd make Epic Rengrave a Warcaster. I was pretty disappointed when he was released as just a Solo.

I'd release a Mercenary Contract for the Cepahalax. Cepahalax would get Warbeasts and Warlocks rather than Warjacks and Warcasters. Their beasts would be Vodgt (sp) type things straight out of Vampire the Masquerade and they'd also be able to use certain Cryx Warjacks such as Seethers and Desecrators (anything that auto generates focus) which their Warlocks would use as Jack Marshalled Warjacks.

I'd also make an undead/pirate Contract as an extension of the Skarre theme force from NQ.

I'd also like to see a three model character unit for circle featuring three Wolves or three Druids or three Tharn and a Druid Warlock with fire based abilities.

They've done that to an extent with last year's league. It had fairly mixed results, with the Skorne league model being utterly broken (whoever thought giving Immortals the ability to buy more attacks was a good idea needs to be smacked). So they'd have to do a hell of a lot more playtesting to ensure it'd be balanced. That, and you get into complicated legal issues with using someone else's ideas.

Crazy_Carnifex wrote:What I would like to see, and think that PP could possibly do, is a "make a unit" competition. Basically, a book where fans send in their ideas, and PP turns the best ones into real units (to a limit of a certain number per faction). I think it could lead to some really interesting ideas coming out.

That sounds awesome!
Not sure what I could come up with, but I'll definetly think about it.

George Spiggott wrote:I'd release a Mercenary Contract for the Cepahalax. Cepahalax would get Warbeasts and Warlocks rather than Warjacks and Warcasters. Their beasts would be Vodgt (sp) type things straight out of Vampire the Masquerade and they'd also be able to use certain Cryx Warjacks such as Seethers and Desecrators (anything that auto generates focus) which their Warlocks would use as Jack Marshalled Warjacks.

I have no idea who the Cepahalax are.

George Spiggott wrote:I'd also make an undead/pirate Contract as an extension of the Skarre theme force from NQ.

Not a bad idea. But can't you already do that in 2 Caster games anyway? Just bring Skarre and Bart.

Instant separation of the core rulebooks, and the advancing timeline.

Create a compendium series of the background to date, collated from the existing manuals, faction books, and NQ magazines.

All further background expansion to be done via graphic novels, novels, short story compendiums and NQ articles.

Kaldor wrote:All further background expansion to be done via graphic novels, novels, short story compendiums and NQ articles.

Pass. I hated it in MkI when they put important fluff in NQ cause those issues tended to be the harder to acquire issues for people that joined later. Gaphic novels are just as bad about doing later runs as magazines.

Platuan4th wrote:

Kaldor wrote:All further background expansion to be done via graphic novels, novels, short story compendiums and NQ articles.

Pass. I hated it in MkI when they put important fluff in NQ cause those issues tended to be the harder to acquire issues for people that joined later. Gaphic novels are just as bad about doing later runs as magazines.

Yes but you'd also have yearly NQ compendiums. A bit more tolerable, IMO, than having to buy six rules manuals and as many different faction books to keep up to date with the background.

I'd publish a book that consolidates all the background from Mk I and Mk II to date in one place. I'd also include background from the No Quarters. It might be a big book ...