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Based on a lot of the rumors it seems like Infantry will be a lot stronger in 6th edition? Do you see a return of infantry hordes in 6th?

Short answer: no
Long answer: I play Tau

Space Marines don't need numbers. 'Nuff said.

But this would be good for Imperial Guard and other armies that make heavy use of numbers.

I hope we see infantry-hammer. My Daemons and Black Templar will be happy...

i also want infantry hammer too, my DW tac termies may actually get some usage

If it does make infantry spam the meta, and they make flyers better then Razorwing Jetfighters will become really quite useful.

GW would make money from making armies hordes of infantry so it's entirely possible. But I personally(based on whats been rumoured) think 6th will be about flyers and big centrepiece models.

Considering the infantry horde Valhallan army that I've been working on, this would be very good news for me

I'd love to see infantry models, I was just wondering if you thought it was possible

I wouldn't mind having my IG get buffed. They can't really compete on the "centerpiece" theme.

I wouldn't want 6th to become infantryhammer. I mean, most of us have put quite a lot of time, thought, money and effort on our mechanized armies, and still like the looks and feel of them.

I won't be dumping my wagons and trukks to get 200+ boyz on the table. Footslogging hordes are boring to paint, and messy and complicated to run. Hate me, but I like my mech list, I LOVE my vehicles, and I'd want to be able to keep using them under the new rules. I'd want to call my orks done and move to preferably non-greener pastures.

What I want from 6th is to balance the meta so that infantry-heavy lists can compete in equal terms with armored or mechanized lists. Wishful thinking, maybe. But come on, GW. It can't be that hard.

Personally I just don't like the boxy look of Imperial vehicles or the look of Eldar vehicles at all. I also don't like green so Orks are right out. The only vehicles I like are Tau, and nobody wants to play Tau

TheAngrySquig wrote:...and nobody wants to play Tau.

You just had to say that, did you? Friend, this is gonna turn to one hell of a gak storm.

Tadashi wrote:

TheAngrySquig wrote:...and nobody wants to play Tau.

You just had to say that, did you?

I'm sorry! I just don't like communist semi-aquatic smurfs!

TheAngrySquig wrote:

Tadashi wrote:

TheAngrySquig wrote:...and nobody wants to play Tau.

You just had to say that, did you?

I'm sorry! I just don't like communist semi-aquatic smurfs!

I don't like anime fan space communists either, but advertising it is just asking for trouble.

The shitstorm approaches

I doubt this will happen; Transport vehicles are some of the most expensive models, in terms of cash cost, comparative to their points value. ($37.75 for a 35 point Rhino? heh), so I think GW would want to encourage people to buy them. Of course, I suppose they could always significantly reduce the points cost of infantry and push the game in that direction.

Ok, let's just forget it happened.

Just for the record, though, I must say that MANY people want and do play Tau. After Marines of various shapes and flavors and Orks they're the third most played army in my area, so go figure.

Well, one thing I concede you: A dozen metal bawkses piled up in a corner of the table isn't exactly a pleasing sight to behold. That said, waiting for an unskilled horde player to finish his moves can be excruciating. Also, while mech spam has ended up getting repetitive, hordehammer would get boring just as quickly.

The ideal would be, again, a game in which small bodycount elite infantry armies, hordes and mech would be able to coexist without one dominating the others.

Agent_Tremolo wrote:

The ideal would be, again, a game in which small bodycount elite infantry armies, hordes and mech would be able to coexist without one dominating the others.

You know as well as I do that it's not gonna happen.

I don't much care. It won't change the look of my armies.

My signature says it all. Infantry leads the way.

Glad I have more Guardsman models than I should care to.

As an Ork player I will be happy with this. Time to crack those two full units of Gretchin, and three full units of Boyz out and get some paint on them for my 1500 list...

I'm figuring it'll swing towards something a little more balanced between footsloggers and mech, but that's my hope. If it means armies on foot are as viable or close enough to armies in tanks, I'm down with that.

beezley1981 wrote:I don't much care. It won't change the look of my armies.

^ This, I run mixed Guard with enough models to do anything except for blob (which I am working on). I have storm troopers, carapace vets, light infantry vets, artillery (no manticores, I hate missile artillery, always have, always will), tanks, planning on getting some Valkyries and converting up my own drop troop regiment uniform (perhaps something combining DKoK, Elysians, and Cadians in some way). TBH I expect 6th to be all about fliers, which will give me reason to get some Hydras. Does GW make Hydra models, if not does forge world, because I hate converting vehicles.

Buttons wrote: Does GW make Hydra models, if not does forge world, because I hate converting vehicles.

Forgeworld does, but they're pricey:
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Guard/Imperial_Guard_Tanks/HYDRA-FLAK-TANK-COMPLETE-KIT_.html

I imagine with the influx of aircraft there will be a plastic Hydra at some point in the future though.

If the Psyker rumors are true and they end up just as unbalanced as Fantasy 8th ed then there will be a drawback to playing large infantry units.

But, with the other rumours about what can and cannot score/contest objectives then ifantry will have to be a larer presence than it currently is.


BTW, Angry Squid & Tadashi, I play Tau. My physical discription is that of the rare North American Silverback and my poo flinging skills are mighty indeed.

Also, Note that Tau are not semi-aquatic, They come from a plain/dessert planet and have hooves for feet. Now if you said they were religious sheepeople that blindly follow their imperialist leaders, I would have no arguement.

I really don't mind ether way. Whatever makes GW the most money for the future. If they have money, they don't need Matt Ward.

Hikaru-119 wrote:My signature says it all. Infantry leads the way.

Glad I have more Guardsman models than I should care to.

Umm yea, my sig is going to have to go ahead and sort of disagree with you there...

DeathReaper wrote:

Hikaru-119 wrote:My signature says it all. Infantry leads the way.

Glad I have more Guardsman models than I should care to.

Umm yea, my sig is going to have to go ahead and sort of disagree with you there...

Truly there is but one way to appease both parties...
We must all build walking tank men and fight to the death!

As for the new edition. I'm not that fussed, I like seeing things kept rinsed in the game be it my troops or the enemies.

I never liked the vehicle meta. For me 40K has always been about the cool looking infantry models, and given that I choose to play what I think looks cool / is cool over what is viable I have basically got pure infantry armies. So this would be in favour for me. However, I don't play much, and not competitively at all so this really does not affect me. I just personally would like to see more infantry lists as a personal choice.

RatBot wrote:I doubt this will happen; Transport vehicles are some of the most expensive models, in terms of cash cost, comparative to their points value. ($37.75 for a 35 point Rhino? heh), so I think GW would want to encourage people to buy them. Of course, I suppose they could always significantly reduce the points cost of infantry and push the game in that direction.

This. There are a few good reasons why GW wants to encourage transports.
* It means more models sold. Why just get $35 for a squad, when you can scrape another $40 from the players for the transport
* Tanks on the board look cool.
* Tanks make the movement (ie turns) faster. Instead of moving 20 boys, you can move one battlewagon. This makes overall game times less

While I expect some foot builds will be viable (like some are today) the majority of builds will be armored.