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it would be awesome if they did answer it but i doubt they would give a reply anytime soon, considering the VAST amounts of crap that people are still bickering over and grammar mistakes.

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Hell, I'm not that bothered by the Stormraven. Why? Because, as it stands right now, it's "limited use".When it's shoehorned in to the Codex: Space Marines, then yeah. I'll be irked.


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FAQ Coming huh?

I can't wait until they make DLS only 3 rerolls per turn, make KFF/MFF not work on a vehicle when you are inside it, SnP doesn't confer to Artillery, and maybe correcting the typo on Kanz from 50 to 55. (jk they wouldn't do that).

Also, maybe they'll give Mek's the Big Shoota back since they forgot that's sorta the old Mek goto of 5th.

But here's hoping the following things get favorable 'typo' fixes, cause they must be have fat fingered a few things;
-The Relics.. all my relics once per army on any relic eligable model I want please
-Flash Gitz lack of 'Eavy Armor equipment option
-Kanz points cost is mispelled, should be '35'
-Dorkanaughts supposed to be SH
-W!G mob rule foggy, confusing, counterintuitive, bad
-Deff Rolla, someone forgot to paste the part where it auto hits units
-Badrukk's Formation size is too big to get in a BW
-Ere we go on walkers is missing

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i aksed why cypher confers hatred chaos marines to deathwing even though that itself is one of the things you get for being a deathwing natively

i also asked in captain korvydae can be taken in ravening formations in place of a captain just like shrike

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I wonder if we could convince GW to balance units online for free in 40k. This way we could actually have some progress for other armies. Then as new campaigns get released the newest changes are put in them.

Can someone suggest this for me? I don't use facebook.
   
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Yeah this isn't going to go over well lol. There is already over 1.3k comments...

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One thing I don't get is why people ask about things that are basically asking for permission to houserule something.

i.e. "can I take a Forgeworld -character into a vanilla Battle Company instead of a captain."

It doesn't state that in the rules, the answer is clear; you cannot.

Just kidding, I know why (to get the classic "you can ofcourse do that" -reply by someone who just answers with what you want to hear) but stop doing it or it'll just end badly for all of us with all sorts of clearly wishlisted rules coming into being, and something getting broken really bad.

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notredameguy10 wrote:
Yeah this isn't going to go over well lol. There is already over 1.3k comments...
I think they knew that was going to happen. I guarantee the rules@gwplc inbox gets flooded with that many emails asking for rules clarifications daily, or at least it used to before people gave up getting a response.

I also think they were expecting a large part of the comments would be off topic, unless the interns running the account are really inexperienced with social media. It'll be okay, guys. There's human beings on the other end of Facebook account who are capable of sorting through idiots just as well as we are.

(Then again, we're not very good at it judging from the YMDC circlejerks. Maybe we are doomed.)
   
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i love how most of them are errata related queries and not FAQ related queries. an FAQ asks questions about confusing wording or wether something can happen or not in the current confines of the rules. they dont go on to then change those rules as well. faq =/= errata


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 Rismonite wrote:
FAQ Coming huh?

I can't wait until they make DLS only 3 rerolls per turn, make KFF/MFF not work on a vehicle when you are inside it, SnP doesn't confer to Artillery, and maybe correcting the typo on Kanz from 50 to 55. (jk they wouldn't do that).

Also, maybe they'll give Mek's the Big Shoota back since they forgot that's sorta the old Mek goto of 5th.

But here's hoping the following things get favorable 'typo' fixes, cause they must be have fat fingered a few things;
-The Relics.. all my relics once per army on any relic eligable model I want please
-Flash Gitz lack of 'Eavy Armor equipment option
-Kanz points cost is mispelled, should be '35'
-Dorkanaughts supposed to be SH
-W!G mob rule foggy, confusing, counterintuitive, bad
-Deff Rolla, someone forgot to paste the part where it auto hits units
-Badrukk's Formation size is too big to get in a BW
-Ere we go on walkers is missing


this for example is an errata type query not an FAQ

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Looks interesting. GW is moving definitely in the right direction.
Let's see if they want to become a gaming company again.

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I think it will be a good thing for GW just to start answering questions. It would be much better for them to do it in an organised way, and to incorporate the answers into revisions of the rules, but that is a lot to hope for.

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I applaud the direction GW is taking these past few months. It seems like they are actually starting to listen and this here is a huge step forward.

They also get a sense of what state the game is in, for the playerbase. I would bet that they are taking the questions, answer them and then take a good, hard look at what people are actually thinking about the state of the game. I wouldn't be surprised if they took these things into account when the next edition hits.

Good for you GW - Good for you!


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 wuestenfux wrote:
Looks interesting. GW is moving definitely in the right direction.
Let's see if they want to become a gaming company again.
According to my local GW rep, he's more or less confirmed (as much as he can without getting in trouble I guess) they are bringing back their specialist games division. We've already got several awesome box sets out of that, in the Assassins game, Betrayal at Calth, and now the Deathwatch Overkill game.

I think it's because they looked at the state of models-in-games and realized there's a lot of people who buy things like Super Dungeon Explore and the like. The thing is, they've also got the upper hand by having models usable in their own tabletop gaming sessions so Warhammer fans will stick to picking up their new GW games.

By the way, Betrayal at Calth is a blast to actually play. Anyone else done it?
   
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 SRSFACE wrote:
 wuestenfux wrote:
Looks interesting. GW is moving definitely in the right direction.
Let's see if they want to become a gaming company again.
According to my local GW rep, he's more or less confirmed (as much as he can without getting in trouble I guess) they are bringing back their specialist games division. We've already got several awesome box sets out of that, in the Assassins game, Betrayal at Calth, and now the Deathwatch Overkill game.

I think it's because they looked at the state of models-in-games and realized there's a lot of people who buy things like Super Dungeon Explore and the like. The thing is, they've also got the upper hand by having models usable in their own tabletop gaming sessions so Warhammer fans will stick to picking up their new GW games.

By the way, Betrayal at Calth is a blast to actually play. Anyone else done it?

No,we don't play board games at our local store.
BaC is a blast, since the models are very useful for each Marine player.

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I did the ITC a favor and asked how the tau combined fire decursion benefits work. Since they choose to ignore raw and rai in favor of their favorite armies and players not having to do something drastic like changing their army composition ever. Mabye if its not the same 4 armies in the top every tournament with their rules every time, they might even benefit and get more attendance.

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 ionusx wrote:


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this for example is an errata type query not an FAQ


I promise I didnt post my errata lol :p but it is worth noting that FAQ and Errata have been in the same document before.

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 Yarium wrote:
And in classic fashion, half the community on Facebook is taking the opportunity to ask questions that are NOT rules questions! So many "please change the Dreadnaught to have 4 attacks". While I agree that this is odd, it's definitely not a RULES question.

I don't have a Facebook account and refuse to get one. Please more people ask them to clarify the host of witchfire powers that don't have weapon profiles (Psychic Shriek, Laugh of Sorrows, Mind War, etc.), and whether a to-hit roll is required or not.

Someone else ask whether Gargantuan Creatures can fire only 2 weapons, or all their weapons?

Someone else ask whether your "best" save is the number defined as best (lowest number, so a Ravenwing Biker uses a 3+ save) or whichever you feel is your best (4+ rerollable is "better" than a 3+ at saving wounds, so the Ravenwing Biker uses that by Jinking).

God, I have so many...

Does a Solitaire make a single Kiss of Death attack with his Kiss in addition to gaining the benefits of Harlequin's Caress, or must he choose just one or the other?

If something says "in the shooting phase", does this mean any time the model shoots, or just in the shooting phase? This affects Overwatch for Monstrous Creatures and for models like Maugan Ra that fire twice "in the shooting phase".

Does a summoned Bloodthirster with KDK arrive already landed, or does it arrive "Swooping" and is forced to then land the next turn, and only be assault the turn of THAT?

Can the Hunter Cadre all share the benefits of a single Tau Commander if fired "as a single squad"? Or does his benefits still only apply to the unit he's with before joining them all up?

Can I charge someone if I can't place a model next to them because of clever abuse of terrain?

Do you assign the direction of hits caused by dropping a Bomb or Vector Strike from the model's initial position, final position, or from any point chosen to be the point that you "passed over" the unit?

I'm sure there's so, so many more. Please someone help gets these up!


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 Orock wrote:
I did the ITC a favor and asked how the tau combined fire decursion benefits work. Since they choose to ignore raw and rai in favor of their favorite armies and players not having to do something drastic like changing their army composition ever. Mabye if its not the same 4 armies in the top every tournament with their rules every time, they might even benefit and get more attendance.


Yes the massive Tau boycott certainly hurt the LVO's attendance.
   
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I asked about Flyers and the Ravenwing Strike Force.

I also asked about something came up in a recent game. I had a Ravenwing Bike Squadron in my opponent's deployment zone. He had a Banewolf coming in from Reserves, and tried to Tank Shock it through my Bikes. I had a biker with a meltagun right on his table edge, so I had him make a Death or Glory attack. He scored a Stunned result. So, the Banewolf was stunned before even making it onto the table. At that point we didn't know what to do, so I asked about it.

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 Psienesis wrote:
You know you can create a FB page with bogus info, right? Boaty McBoatface could be your profile name.


You know, I just had to look up and see if that was a thing...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rrs-boaty-mcboatface-could-official-7594401

Anyhow, I appreciate the concern, but I'll still be keeping away from Facebook for the time being. Thanks though!

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 Psienesis wrote:
You know you can create a FB page with bogus info, right? Boaty McBoatface could be your profile name.

Only if you're going to be a Royal Research Ship from the UK.
   
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Do units embarked on a transport that Jinks fire snap shots?
How many times can Warp Spiders jump if shot at?

edit: this is a really positive move, and ties in with the rumoured return of organised play.

I'd bet they are using some data-mining techniques to find out what questions are most prevalent.

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Well, a lot are not even questions for FAQ

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I imagine there will be a lot of complaining when GW replies only to a fraction of the questions.

It's just not realistic that they would reply to them all. But still, I will be legitimately surprised if there aren't bitter and unreasonable individuals criticizing GW for not responding to all the ~1500 questions at the time of writing, especially if their own question didn't get answered.

Which is a bit of a downer, since they are most likely doing what they realistically can at this point. I just hope the bitter and negative part of the community doesn't deter GW from fanbase interaction once more (and then whine about lack of interaction afterwards, ofcourse...)

   
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i know they over 1600 comments already but I am sure there arent really that many questions as I bet alot are repeat questions.I would say there are more like 600 questions once you weed out the duplicates. I for one want to put the number of weapons a gargantuan creature can shoot to rest once and for all so I can either keep adding starcannons to my wraithknight or put those points elsewhere.

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This is what I think the guy who thought it was a good idea to post this is now looking like...

Spoiler:


But seriously GW, thank you for this.

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I doubt my questions would be given a substantial or meaningful answer. But then, I'm not playing along just yet.

1) Why is the new Dark Eldar codex essentially the old one with a load of rules cut out and the pages on a number of named characters ripped out?

2) When will CSM be given attention? As in, good attention?

3) Ahriman, where's his spell familiar or equivalent so he doesn't peril every single time he casts?

4) Abandoned Sons... I mean Thousand Sons, fix them any time soon?

5) While we're on codices, What about making orks worthwhile? I'm 3 for 3 here on stuffed over armies

6) Tomb Kings - not actually a question, just my middle finger

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 Wulfmar wrote:
I doubt my questions would be given a substantial or meaningful answer.


No wonder, since none of them would fit the Rules related FAQ -category. But I guess that was your point partially.

   
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The questions wouldn't be answered because none of them are relevant.

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