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The regular Tigerhsark looks better, but the AX 1-0 is superior. Oh the pain. :(

Also looking at the last page discussion about them being understaffed it sounds like Fires has been shelved then? Welp that means the end of any possible non-marine releases for a decade or so.

This is by far one of the saltiest threads ever.

 em_en_oh_pee wrote:
This is by far one of the saltiest threads ever.

Is that supposed to be a Tau fish joke? You grimdark space racist, you!

 alleus wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:
Space Marines get 2-4 times as many kits as Dark Eldar. It's not like anything is coming out for Guard, Inquisiton, AdMech, or Sisters, either.

Does anyone know what happened to the Iron Hands Contemptor? It seems to have vanished from the store.

I heard somewhere that the Iron Hands Contemptor mold broke, and they are making a new one. Not sure if that means new sculpt or the same sculpt just with a new mold though.

Thank you. Hopefully, it's fixed soon.

The Tigershark looks great, but unfortunately I don't see myself buying one. I haven't been having much fun at all playing Tau as of late.

Well no wonder outside of commander spam lists the nu-Tau are terrible. Even if you don't want to be competitive all the interesting Tau stuff other armies can basically do better now. Tau are lacking in any kind of identity on the tabletop.

 Gamgee wrote:
Well no wonder outside of commander spam lists the nu-Tau are terrible. Even if you don't want to be competitive all the interesting Tau stuff other armies can basically do better now. Tau are lacking in any kind of identity on the tabletop.

At least you have transports and flyers.

Forgeworld News & Rumors...

You know, important stuff, like when that Alpharius model is going to be released finally!!!

Rumour has it that they're trying to perfect hair casting technology

so they can provide a full alpha legion squad with a single perfect resin villains quick release moustache so any of them can be (name redacted or that other fellow name not even known)

 Gamgee wrote:
Well no wonder outside of commander spam lists the nu-Tau are terrible. Even if you don't want to be competitive all the interesting Tau stuff other armies can basically do better now. Tau are lacking in any kind of identity on the tabletop.

Yeah, it's mostly the second. I don't care about competitiveness, usually, but Tau are just so dull, now. I want an interesting army.

As for this thread always is:
https://streamable.com/0e3c5


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 em_en_oh_pee wrote:

 Gamgee wrote:
Well no wonder outside of commander spam lists the nu-Tau are terrible. Even if you don't want to be competitive all the interesting Tau stuff other armies can basically do better now. Tau are lacking in any kind of identity on the tabletop.

At least you have transports and flyers.

Four more years! Four more years!

That weapon profile seems...excessive. Unless that thing costs a fortune in both money and points, it's going to give a big ol' box of ammo to the "FW is pay2win cheese" crowd.

Where is the new weapon profile detail?

 Alpharius wrote:
Forgeworld News & Rumors...

You know, important stuff, like when that Alpharius model is going to be released finally!!!

NEVER!!!!! In all seriousness how many years have you been waiting on that one?

 Alpharius wrote:
Where is the new weapon profile detail?

Top of the article mentions it.

Warhammer Community wrote: ...each is Strength 18, with an AP of -5, and causes 2D6 Wounds, with double damage against Titanic units.

Oooof that's even better than the Shadowsword canon.

It's up there with battle titan weapons, though not up to the arms on the warlord.

True. The Ta'unar railgun has the same stats, but I think the taunar costs more. In theory it also gains a cluster launcher alongside the Railgun to make up for the lack of shots, but the cluster system in 8th has been nerfed to be an anti-charge thing where if enemy models are within 3 inches on a 4+ they take an invulnerable save.

The only things brave enough to charge a freaking titan are things that can kill it which tend to be strong enough a single mortal wound isn't going to matter.

It costs 5 more points than the default pulse ordinance and law of averages means the pulse ordinance will out damage the single heavy rail gun by huge magnitudes.

It's a complete downgrade for the Ta'unar in every way and a laughable weapon options. Forgeworld really needs to buff the cluster shells to be an additional weapon again to actually make it worth the damn cost.

 Empchild wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Forgeworld News & Rumors...

You know, important stuff, like when that Alpharius model is going to be released finally!!!

NEVER!!!!! In all seriousness how many years have you been waiting on that one?

Three years now, I think?

Not a big deal, sure, but...they really ought to at least release all the Primarch models from Book 3 already!

 Bobthehero wrote:
Oooof that's even better than the Shadowsword canon.

Most of the FW stuff is. An'ggrath on the charge kills pretty much everything but Reavers and above.

So I just discovered this on the warscroll builder.

This makes me very hopeful that the Fimir aren't abandoned after all, and I've been told by a FW employee(albeit over the phone) that more Fimir are coming. Though I believe it may have been a few months ago. I took it with a grain of salt til I saw this.

Very cool, Fimir just got a lot of exposure via the Norsaca DLC for TW:Warhammer. I really hope they give them a bit more.

Though shouldn't Fimir be Chaos even in AoS?

 Alpharius wrote:

 Empchild wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Forgeworld News & Rumors...

You know, important stuff, like when that Alpharius model is going to be released finally!!!

NEVER!!!!! In all seriousness how many years have you been waiting on that one?

Three years now, I think?

Not a big deal, sure, but...they really ought to at least release all the Primarch models from Book 3 already!

A buddy told me something...interesting.
That primarchs are released when they had an important part in the heresy, not when they got a book, but that might be bollocks

 Carnikang wrote:
Very cool, Fimir just got a lot of exposure via the Norsaca DLC for TW:Warhammer. I really hope they give them a bit more.

Though shouldn't Fimir be Chaos even in AoS?

I don't think we know the lore of them enough. They might have changed their stance on Chaos and said "Feth it!"

 Gamgee wrote:
The regular Tigerhsark looks better, but the AX 1-0 is superior. Oh the pain. :(

Also looking at the last page discussion about them being understaffed it sounds like Fires has been shelved then? Welp that means the end of any possible non-marine releases for a decade or so.

I don't think FoC is shelved. I do find it strange that they won't even tell us anything new about it though. Surely they could atleast confirm if it's still coming or not? IIRC the latest we saw was from Warhammer World, a few slides in the presentation, with some artwork of Tau and 30k Mechanicum stuff for 40k.

Take as long as it needs, but don't keep us in the dark. I have been thinking lately that both GW and FW have gotten so much better at disclosing information, but this is a little sad.

 alleus wrote:

 Gamgee wrote:
The regular Tigerhsark looks better, but the AX 1-0 is superior. Oh the pain. :(

Also looking at the last page discussion about them being understaffed it sounds like Fires has been shelved then? Welp that means the end of any possible non-marine releases for a decade or so.

I don't think FoC is shelved. I do find it strange that they won't even tell us anything new about it though. Surely they could atleast confirm if it's still coming or not? IIRC the latest we saw was from Warhammer World, a few slides in the presentation, with some artwork of Tau and 30k Mechanicum stuff for 40k.

Take as long as it needs, but don't keep us in the dark. I have been thinking lately that both GW and FW have gotten so much better at disclosing information, but this is a little sad.

Someone said earlier they need to wait until the Tau & AdMech codex are out before they can release it.


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 zedmeister wrote:

 em_en_oh_pee wrote:
Come on, FW. Give me Fires and I will blow so much coin on new stuff!

From what I could infer after some gentle probing is that they are waiting till the Marine, AdMech and Tau Codexes are out

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/08/22/codex-death-guard-first-lookgw-homepage-post-2/

ADMECH IS NEXT. If Tau's after that... then there is no more excuse!

What a good opportunity that would be to release a campaign book, adding expansion rules to armies that would now have 8th codex's.

FoC by the end of the year and im happy.

 unmercifulconker wrote:
What a good opportunity that would be to release a campaign book, adding expansion rules to armies that would now have 8th codex's.

FoC by the end of the year and im happy.

Warhammer 40,000 open day is in November...

 zedmeister wrote:

 unmercifulconker wrote:
What a good opportunity that would be to release a campaign book, adding expansion rules to armies that would now have 8th codex's.

FoC by the end of the year and im happy.

Warhammer 40,000 open day is in November...

Well isn't that delightful.

Tau coming this year? Eh... possible. Reece did say there are changes being made to Riptide's. I mean why would they be testing those so soon if the dex is not coming out in the first wave.

On the other hand there are a ton of rando's out there who seem to be confident to tell me GW is focusing on Imperium this year and not to expect xenos. Not to mention Lady Atia has said the Tau are getting a big release at some point and if it is true GW is going to focus on Imperium this year then I find it odd that they would do the Tau release this year. I mean if it happens cool but I find it unlikely. More than likely they are going to find a way to release more power armored mini's.

If you could find another drum to beat, or at least beat it in a different thread, that would be great...