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If you could ad one unit to the Eldar codex, what would it be.

I'm going with an assault transport. Having been in battles where a massive space marine land raider, storm raven, rhino, thunder hawk, what have you, come flying up from behind cover or even off the board, drop off an bit assault squad which then charges into me and ravages a unit without having to cross any incoming fire. Then here comes my falcon or wave serpent with harlequins, howling banshees say and they jump out, then sit there twiddling their thumbs while the dug in marines rapid fire their poor 5+ saves into oblivion. The remaining one or two that survive make a heroic attempt to fight but disappear before the now outnumbering marines. I want a nice fast skimmer with an assault ramp, doesn't need ten thousand weapons like a storm raven. Heck I'd be happy with a rhino analog with just linked shuriken catapults for defense and the ability to assault.

What would your dream eldar unit be?

If the FW Hornet was an actual choice in regular games. I would be all over an Eldar army if I could have awesome tanks in every force org slot.

Of the realistic choices: I'd want the Hornet as well.

Dream choice: an Eldar aspect warrior focusing on stealth, infiltration, and the use of assault weaponry. Essentially, Dire Avengers with infiltrate.

Mahtamori wrote:Of the realistic choices: I'd want the Hornet as well.

Dream choice: an Eldar aspect warrior focusing on stealth, infiltration, and the use of assault weaponry. Essentially, Dire Avengers with infiltrate.

Striking Scorpion

The CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT

All right, I'll take the crassus armored assault transport, just put some falcon style swoopy wings on the sides, pull the tracks. Sounds perfect to me.

purplefood wrote:The CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT

But will the Eldar have an upgrade option to put their DOOMBREAD in the CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT to prevent a DOOMPICNIC?

seapheonix wrote:All right, I'll take the CRASSUSA RMOURED ASAULT TRANSPORT, just put some CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT style swoopy wings on the sides, pull the tracks. Sounds CRASSUSA RMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT to me.

You always capitalise CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT

I want a long range AT aspect ala Shadow Specters.

purplefood wrote:

seapheonix wrote:All right, I'll take the CRASSUSA RMOURED ASAULT TRANSPORT, just put some CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT style swoopy wings on the sides, pull the tracks. Sounds CRASSUSA RMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT to me.

You always capitalise CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT

And modifying the CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT with wings is heresy!

I love the looks of the shadow spectres and the hornets from forgeworld, though I feel like they need to be tweaked just a little before they would be playable without someone saying they were over powered.

Shadow spectres look awesome, but really aren't that great for their points cost.

I second the hornet and the assault transport, it would open up so many more lists.
Also if there was an targetting upgrade(+1 BS) of some sort for vehicles such as WW and Falcons that would be sweet

The Crystal Dragons from Path of The Warrior !

Space Marine tactical squads.

Polvilhovoador wrote:The Crystal Dragons from Path of The Warrior !

What do they do?

chaos0xomega wrote:

Polvilhovoador wrote:The Crystal Dragons from Path of The Warrior !

What do they do?

No idea! The book just mention them, but it was enough to make me curious.

More Aspects... and a Warp Spider Phoenix Lord!

Love the warp spider phoenix lord idea, seen a number of fandex rules for him around on the web, I like the name Lhykosidae that someone came up with.

Fuegen was considered lost for the longest time, there is no reason they couldn't bring another phoenix lord back.

seapheonix wrote:Love the warp spider phoenix lord idea, seen a number of fandex rules for him around on the web, I like the name Lhykosidae that someone came up with.

Fuegen was considered lost for the longest time, there is no reason they couldn't bring another phoenix lord back.

Lhykosidae isnt made up... its from a BL book where the Warp Spider Phoenix Lord appears

Some sort of cheap drone, hologram decoy or something to bulk up numbers.

It never made sense to me that a dying race is conscripting civilians and making them rights wtih sub-standard equipment.

So a Wraith Cannon Fodder (some sort of crystal skeleton thing) or a holo decoy (guardian cast in tinted clear plastic) would fit perfectly.

Failing that something like the SW Lone wolves for unique loner heroes.

Ooooh, which book is that, I would love to check it out.

seapheonix wrote:Ooooh, which book is that, I would love to check it out.

One of the few Eldar specific ones... Farseer I think or Path of the something...

It was the Goto crapfest, although I did enjoy the parts about the Warp Spiders, I think it's called Eldar Prophecy.

Oh yes, I started that and put it down after the first three pages where they were all killing each other.

psychic wraithlord plain and simple, space marines get psychic dreads so why dont the eldar with there prodigious psychic affinity get psychic walkers huh ? huh ? ... HUH !

I want a Harlequin faction in the new Eldar 'dex: Solitaire, Greater Harlequin, Mimes, Harlequin jetbikes, transport for Harlies like the Venom.

wuestenfux wrote:I want a Harlequin faction in the new Eldar 'dex: Solitaire, Greater Harlequin, Mimes, Harlequin jetbikes, transport for Harlies like the Venom.

This would force me to build an Eldar army, especially if they also got nice models.

Nicholas wrote:

Mahtamori wrote:Of the realistic choices: I'd want the Hornet as well.

Dream choice: an Eldar aspect warrior focusing on stealth, infiltration, and the use of assault weaponry. Essentially, Dire Avengers with infiltrate.

Striking Scorpion

err.. I was thinking more along the line of assault rifle. Striking from the shadows with a hail of deadly fire, then melting away again. Not so much stick it to their guts.

I want my existing units to be good before I go for something new. I'd just love a crazy, fast army consisting of huge amounts of spiders or hawks.
But assault transport would help banshees so it gets my vote.

Fixing the old ones is a whole different thread, really interesting one though. The mark III new eldar codex, I'm subscribed if you follow my name thing.