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 AduroT wrote:

 Grundz wrote:
Bah I wish it was counter slam
I just want something with counter slam ever since the special edition touney thing vigilant.

One of the Circle Satyrs has Counter Slam.

Yeah if I wanted to frollic amongst the gumdrop trees that might be an option

 Grundz wrote:

 AduroT wrote:

 Grundz wrote:
Bah I wish it was counter slam
I just want something with counter slam ever since the special edition touney thing vigilant.

One of the Circle Satyrs has Counter Slam.

Yeah if I wanted to frollic amongst the gumdrop trees that might be an option

Those are not gumdrops... more like congealed blood.

 Wehrkind wrote:

 Grundz wrote:

 AduroT wrote:

 Grundz wrote:
Bah I wish it was counter slam
I just want something with counter slam ever since the special edition touney thing vigilant.

One of the Circle Satyrs has Counter Slam.

Yeah if I wanted to frollic amongst the gumdrop trees that might be an option

Those are not gumdrops... more like congealed blood.

Both of which are delicious.

I know! I kind of wish the Delicious Fruit Tokens were still used. My id would appreciate an excuse to use jelly beans or gumdrops as consumable counters during the game.

 Absolutionis wrote:
Maybe it's that I don't play Warmahordes, but does it bother anyone else that there is a faction called Cryx and a faction called Cyriss?

Or will everyone call this new faction the "Convergence" similar to how people call the Blood Elf race the "Retribution"?

Cryx and Cyriss are pronounced differently so it's not a problem. And they really are the Convergence of Cyriss, a cult that worships the goddess Cyriss. There are multiple cults that worship Cyriss. Kinda like how staffers call the Menoth worshippers the Protectorate, as they are one group who worship the god Menoth. And the Retribution are a group within Ios (an Elven nation) that make war upon the nations of men. The Elves in general don't leave their nation, the Retribution are a splinter group.

New post about Cyriss up on the Privateer Press Insider blog, with info and pics about solos:

http://privateerpress.com/community/privateer-insider/insider-4-3-2013

 Absolutionis wrote:
Maybe it's that I don't play Warmahordes, but does it bother anyone else that there is a faction called Cryx and a faction called Cyriss?

Or will everyone call this new faction the "Convergence" similar to how people call the Blood Elf race the "Retribution"?

Actually, you've got
Cyriss
Cryx
Circle
Cygnar
It's not a problem of pronunciation, but they have way too many words that look similar.

Close to half the Circle beasts could be abbreviated WW; the protectorate has the Revenger,Reckoner,Repenter, and Redeemer, etc. etc. PP has a really annoying tendency to have a bunch of names that look similar...

http://battlecollege.wikispaces.com/Cyriss

according to battle college this is what they have planned.
I like the colossal part

Yeah, there's no way I'm not going to be slipping up and calling the Colossal Axiom Prime or Axiom Nexus.

 Platuan4th wrote:
Yeah, there's no way I'm not going to be slipping up and calling the Colossal Axiom Prime or Axiom Nexus.

Which one currently has the Cyriss matrix of leadership?

I'me really enjoying the stylistic break from the typical warjack chassis. I only own one warmachine army, but this is divergent enough to get me to plunk down for a second, in terms of playstayle and aesthetics.

I'd heard there was a pic floating around somewhere but couldn't find it! This was from somewhere on Facebook?

First thought: dang those jacks are sweet. And the infantry is Not but looks very easy to convert a bit to look much better.

Are those.. FLYING STANDS??

I think the troopers might look cooler if the shields were made of some semitransparent plastic, don't know the story, but an energy wall is what I'd prefer.

The heavy, caster, and servitors are pretty cool, but the lights look like a mess and the infantry just look ugly...

Just sweet. I don't really find the infantry that appealing but I don't hate them.

I just wanna see the Angels!

Agreed! The more I look at it, the more I love everything but the infantry, though

Weird. I'm the photographer of the above Convergence picture, and I only emailed it to my business partner. Amazing how quickly these things circulate.

These minis look incredible in person! Privateer did mention that this is a "limited" release, meaning they aren't planning on expanding the faction much beyond its original release, but I'm sure that's somewhere in this thread already.

redcapscorner wrote:

These minis look incredible in person! Privateer did mention that this is a "limited" release, meaning they aren't planning on expanding the faction much beyond its original release, but I'm sure that's somewhere in this thread already.

PP is doing a "limited" release?

This is funnier than a barrel of monkeys.

Backfire wrote:

redcapscorner wrote:

These minis look incredible in person! Privateer did mention that this is a "limited" release, meaning they aren't planning on expanding the faction much beyond its original release, but I'm sure that's somewhere in this thread already.

PP is doing a "limited" release?

This is funnier than a barrel of monkeys.

This is the first I've heard of this limited release thing.

redcapscorner wrote:
Weird. I'm the photographer of the above Convergence picture, and I only emailed it to my business partner. Amazing how quickly these things circulate.

These minis look incredible in person! Privateer did mention that this is a "limited" release, meaning they aren't planning on expanding the faction much beyond its original release, but I'm sure that's somewhere in this thread already.

Does this mean you have some of the Convergence models at your store up in Philly??

redcapscorner wrote:
Weird. I'm the photographer of the above Convergence picture, and I only emailed it to my business partner. Amazing how quickly these things circulate.

These minis look incredible in person! Privateer did mention that this is a "limited" release, meaning they aren't planning on expanding the faction much beyond its original release, but I'm sure that's somewhere in this thread already.

Wait what?

I'm not calling you a liar or anything but they very specifically mention in the QA announcement part during Templecon that this was supposed to be the 6th main faction of the game, they even mention that this won't be a small sub-faction like Rhul but a fully fledged one... I'm pretty sure that they would have mentioned the little fact that this would be a "limited release".

Not to mention that even the sub-factions like pirates and Rhul are continuously being updated with more choices and models, the concept of one time static releases doesn't make any sense in PP's business model...

PhantomViper wrote:

redcapscorner wrote:
Weird. I'm the photographer of the above Convergence picture, and I only emailed it to my business partner. Amazing how quickly these things circulate.

These minis look incredible in person! Privateer did mention that this is a "limited" release, meaning they aren't planning on expanding the faction much beyond its original release, but I'm sure that's somewhere in this thread already.

Wait what?

I'm not calling you a liar or anything but they very specifically mention in the QA announcement part during Templecon that this was supposed to be the 6th main faction of the game, they even mention that this won't be a small sub-faction like Rhul but a fully fledged one... I'm pretty sure that they would have mentioned the little fact that this would be a "limited release".

Not to mention that even the sub-factions like pirates and Rhul are continuously being updated with more choices and models, the concept of one time static releases doesn't make any sense in PP's business model...

It also doesn't add up with what's said to be coming out. Battlecollege has entries for 5 warcasters, 9 jacks, a colossal and a battle engine. This, to me, does not say "limited release". They might not be rivaling Cygnar's unit count anytime soon, but nor is there any sign of CoC being a mere side project.

I think I can shed light on the "limited" release bit. There was to be an initial splash release where a number the models would be available in "limited" quantities (I think at a con or something), but then they would go towards PP monthly release schedule. So if you didn't get that model at the con, you would have to wait a few months for it get to your FLGS.

At least that is what I remember from somewhere, likely the PP site.

Yeah, they're getting an early pre-release kind of thing at Lock And Load, PP's own con thing in Seattle. Might be thinking of that.

No, they explicitly said the products weren't going to be limited in production, but that as expansion books came out they would include little to no new Convergence material. This came from the mouths of three Privateer employees (the organized play guy, the retailer support guy, and a marketing guy) at the ACD trade show. If I bump into any of them again this afternoon, I'll get more information.

The other stuff they said for sure was that a battlegroup would exist at launch or shortly thereafter (I forget which) and that much of the faction will be plastic. And, no, I'm afraid we don't have these models in store in Philly. (: That picture was taken at Privateer's booth at the show in Madison, WI. I took it right after watching a different retailer actually steal a copy of the new Tau codex from the GW booth...

Thanks for the info, redcaps! That is definitely new to me. If you can confirm it that'd be great. I don't know what I think of it; could help me spend less in the long run, after all...

I posted in the PP big forums to see if we could confirm it and this was the reply from PPS_Simon, PP's Community Coordinator:

Right now we don't plan for the Convergence of Cyriss to be added to the regular rotation of updated armies in our WARMACHINE anthology books (Cygnar, Khador, the Protectorate of Menoth, Cryx, and the Retribution of Scyrah), but we will likely add new models to their ranks from time to time.

http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?156712-Convergence-of-Cyriss-to-be-a-one-time-only-release&p=1987816#post1987816

Definitively wasn't expecting it and it will make me seriously reconsider buying into the faction.

I'm sorry for having doubted you redcaps, but this is the first time that PP as gone this way with a new release...

I see it as no different from buying all the pirate figures, except these might be fun

The only thing that bugs me about this situation is that no one at PP said anything about it until you posted Redcap's quotes. I wonder when we would have found that out "naturally" if Redcap hadn't said anything.