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Why, oh why! Can't GW ever get anything right ?


Grrr

It's Sisters. They always screw them up
Bit of a glaring error nonetheless

I mean, no one at GW saw that and did a spit take?

Oh wait, SoB codex, no one probably cared enough to check.

They were so busy thoroughly play testing this codex and lowering prices that they were too exhausted to notice the lil pic mix up.

(I managed to type that with a straight face....)

Well done.

Did you have the nerve endings to your facial muscles severed first?

Mistress of minis wrote:They were so busy thoroughly play testing this codex and lowering prices that they were too exhausted to notice the lil pic mix up.

(I managed to type that with a straight face....)

almost thought you were being serious then

Mistress of minis wrote:They were so busy thoroughly play testing this codex and lowering prices that they were too exhausted to notice the lil pic mix up.

(I managed to type that with a straight face....)

Then you have a resolve matched only by The Most Interesting Man In The World.

Lets all be honest here, we would have been surprised if they had gotten it correct.

ShatteredBlade wrote:Lets all be honest here, we would have been surprised if they had gotten it correct.

No...
No we wouldn't...
We wouldn't even notice if they had gotten it correct.

To the OP, you should have a doctor look at that palp on your face, man.

Are we sure that the Heavy Bolter error wasn't on purpose by a vengeful editor or game designer?

Perhaps the degeneration of man's knowledge since the golden age of technology has advanced another step with the latest edition of 40k.

Now as well as not knowing how to build anything, fix anything or even know how a lightswitch works, humanity has started to forget what things actually do.

First Sister of Battle: Is this a heavy bolter?

Second Sister of Battle: No, I'm pretty sure that's a hairdryer...or a multimelta...no, wait...it's a hairdryer, I'm sure.

First Sister of Battle: If anyone wants me, I'll be in my cell just blowdrying my bob.

kronk wrote:Are we sure that the Heavy Bolter error wasn't on purpose by a vengeful editor or game designer?

Well, someone did mentioned the Codex was written by Ward, so ...

Tbh, I don't think many people at GW even know how to play their own game.

These are the same guys who, in the SM Codex, recommend that you take one of each heavy weapon on your Devastator Squad for 'versatility'.

Henners91 wrote:Tbh, I don't think many people at GW even know how to play their own game.

It's quite possible that this is a result of their success. Many companies in the gaming sector - Blizzard, Bioware come to mind - turn from being a cool bunch of likeminded geeks with a garage hobby into a megacorporation headed by lawyers and former bank managers when they grow larger, especially once shareholding and investors become part of the philosophy. Naturally, this also has an effect on the product in that it may end up "missing the love" (or at least some of it). It's like a curse.

Maybe I'm just too negative/nostalgic, but this is how I feel when comparing the "now" to the "back then".

purplefood wrote:

ShatteredBlade wrote:Lets all be honest here, we would have been surprised if they had gotten it correct.

No...
No we wouldn't...
We wouldn't even notice if they had gotten it correct.

I just meant if the white dwarf codex came out and everything was correct and it was a great codex.

Could be worse..


It could be labelled a multi-laser

Does this mean i can field my retributors with all heavy bolters, since rending multi-meltas seem odd

Only heretics see the MM. The Faithful see a heavy bolter.

Ascalam wrote:Well done.

Did you have the nerve endings to your facial muscles severed first?

Quite
Could be just the consequence of plastic surgery for all we know!
If not we admire your self control Mistress of Minis!


So what happened to WYSIWYG?
Personally I don't mind proxies so long as it is consistent and clear.

hexra wrote:Only heretics see the MM. The Faithful see a heavy bolter.

I see a Heavy Flamer? What does that make me?

First Sister of Battle: If anyone wants me, I'll be in my cell just blowdrying my bob.

Lucky Bob!

H.B.M.C. wrote:

hexra wrote:Only heretics see the MM. The Faithful see a heavy bolter.

I see a Heavy Flamer? What does that make me?

Angry at GW.

They did the same thing to the Space Marines.

Ascalam wrote:It could be labelled a multi-laser

This made me lol.