Adeptus Mechanicus Tactica 3.0: Riding the Dunes

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**Kanluwen**

Olthannon wrote:
It's tragic that we got one circus performer with a sniper rifle and that was it.

Frankly, my only disappointment is that the Skatros isn't divided into an antitank and antiinfantry datasheet.

**Crafter91**

Skratos is essentially a cheap lone op. Don't rely on him to do much more than that - but i know several players that pay roughly the same points for a Neurolictor or similar which has no ranged ability so his viability is debatable.

I personally like the idea of using him in a crusade (100% calling him Inspector Gadget) and buffing the living hell out of him over time. You never know - in those games he might just become the sniper we all wanted him to be lol

**em_en_oh_pee**

Kanluwen wrote:
Olthannon wrote:
It's tragic that we got one circus performer with a sniper rifle and that was it.

Frankly, my only disappointment is that the Skatros isn't divided into an antitank and antiinfantry datasheet.

Especially since they did it with the Dragoons. Like, show some consistency!

**Kanluwen**

I wonder if this is their way of being able to get to "see" whether or not players gravitate one way or the other?

Wish they would have split out Onagers as well.

**em_en_oh_pee**

So, now that the reviews are out, what are y'all thinking for detachment?

Weirdly, I am looking at the Rad-Zone Corps, which seems like it has the most flexibility for units that interest me. The detachment rule is... fine. I am sure it will get a few mortals over the course of the game.

Lethal Dosage, Aggressor Imperative, and Pre-Calibrated Purge Solution all look strong.

Radial Suffusion, Malphonic Sursurus, and Peerless Eradicator also look good.

The other detachments are so niche, I am not sure what to do with them. Though I guess Skitarii Hunter Cohort would be good for Skitarii heavy - including Dragoons and Ironstriders.

Data-Psalm would potentially benefit fat bricks of Breachers, bumping their AP by -1 at half range, which they want to be in anyway.

Curious what the price cuts will look like, if any. If Cawl came down a lot, he might be worthwhile.

Big sad the triple Phosphor Kastellans are still just so awful. I don't have the heart to rip mine apart. Thankfully they are terrible? lmao

**Crafter91**

em_en_oh_pee wrote:
So, now that the reviews are out, what are y'all thinking for detachment?

If what I have read is true, the explorer maniple sounds interesting. Enhancement allows you to select a second objective to grant rerolls so being able to choose your home objective and then a midfield one sounds very good to me.

My brain doesnt really process things properly until i can give them a good read though so i need to have a full look when codexes drop.

Overall though, i'm quite excited for the release!

**Kanluwen**

Skitarii and Explorator are the two I'm interested in, and that's about it.

Though if they add more of the Cybernetica Robots from HH into Legends, that one will be tempting...

**em_en_oh_pee**

https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ICTVf4gHJnMRc0kV.pdf

Points are up on the app, too, apparently. Very big disappointments here.

And this is the list I'm going to try to run, which I am sure isn't optimized, but I just can't justify spending more on this army. It's already just so ridiculously pricey and I am tapped out.

Spoiler:

I haven't built the two Ironstriders just yet, so I'm considering if having three pairs of Dragoons is the way to go since I have the Dunecrawlers for ranged antitank (unreliable and swingy as it is). The biggest travesty now is that I have to paint more Vanguard and I just hate that so much.

**ph34r**

I can't bring myself to build more Skitarii including all the special weapons I never built as they didn't matter... my army is so out of touch with the things that are strong now that I think I just give up on AdMech at this point.

**em_en_oh_pee**

ph34r wrote:
I can't bring myself to build more Skitarii including all the special weapons I never built as they didn't matter... my army is so out of touch with the things that are strong now that I think I just give up on AdMech at this point.

If I didn't already own the models I have had on sprue or partially built for ages, I probably would sell my army. I am all in the sunk cost now.

**ph34r**

em_en_oh_pee wrote:
ph34r wrote:
I can't bring myself to build more Skitarii including all the special weapons I never built as they didn't matter... my army is so out of touch with the things that are strong now that I think I just give up on AdMech at this point.

If I didn't already own the models I have had on sprue or partially built for ages, I probably would sell my army. I am all in the sunk cost now.

When last edition the way forward was horde of skitarii with no special weapons I built every skitarii body barely left over in any of my sprues into basic wargear skitarii. I already scraped the bottom of my bits barrel just to build units that are now objectively dumb to not give special weapons, I don't have the heart for another "grit my teeth and fix up the army" in me right now

**Kanluwen**

My one and only gripe is that they still seem timid to acknowledge the fact that people didn't run arquebi on Vanguard but did like multiples in Rangers.

Would have loved to seen Alphas get the option to basically be a second special weapons model.

**FoxHybrid**

How are people feeling about the new Haloscreed detachment? I feel like it's an interesting alternative to the Cybernetica detachment that allows you to not just focus on the Kastelans. I'm probably going to brew up a list to see how it looks, as I'm not super in love with any of our current detachments.

**Lathe Biosas**

Tell us how it works, because I'm still on the fence for 40k AdMech.

**Olthannon**

Given that it's been a whole year since someone else posted in this thread. I think it shows how terribly admech have suffered in 10th.

This detachment however is amazing. Genuinely looks fun to play. Even better is that currently RAW this detachment works for Imperial Knights in your army too.

**Lathe Biosas**

Olthannon wrote:
Given that it's been a whole year since someone else posted in this thread. I think it shows how terribly admech have suffered in 10th.

This detachment however is amazing. Genuinely looks fun to play. Even better is that currently RAW this detachment works for Imperial Knights in your army too.

Huh, I overlooked that bit about the Knights.

**Lathe Biosas**

I just realized, that AdMech looking cool, but dying horribly is a very fluffy thing, because that's what they do in every 40k novel I've ever read.

The horrendous codex fits the backstory.

**em_en_oh_pee**

Olthannon wrote:
Given that it's been a whole year since someone else posted in this thread. I think it shows how terribly admech have suffered in 10th.

This detachment however is amazing. Genuinely looks fun to play. Even better is that currently RAW this detachment works for Imperial Knights in your army too.

This will get fixed soon, I am sure, so definitely enjoy it while you can!