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 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:

xruslanx wrote:

sockwithaticket wrote:
Which is a very simple change to make. The other boosts to it's utility suggest, as ever, a desire to push a poor seller to the fore. Not saying it's right or wrong, just slightly amused that it's become so transparent.

so you think that any unit that gets improved in a codex re-write is a cynical money grab? Logically then, you think gw should make all units rubbish? That's poor logic.

Personally i'm looking forward to my master of the fleet nerfing their arrival, and my hydras turning them to scrap once they do arrive. Open topped av 10...hell even my chimeras could pop that.

Yeah the whole "poor selling/new models always get the best rules" mantra really doesn't fly. If it did, Mutilators, warp talons, DA Flyers, Chariot of Tzeentch, and the entire SoB army would be top tier right now.

DA flyers have had one codex, lol. It's a little early to be using them as an example.

However, realistically, it's not about simply what models sell poorly and which don't. It's also a question of the market segment and predicted ROI. There are a lot of Space Marine armies, and they make a lot of Space Marine figures to keep with the demand. Increasing demand for the LSS fits into that strategy. On the other hand, they don't make a lot of Sisters of Battle, and may not even have the resources to keep up with an inflated demand for them. In that case, trying to push the sales of Sisters models wouldn't be productive. They'd have demand for more models than they can realistically produce.

Keep in mind that's just an example. I have no idea what their production capability of Sisters models is. I'm just saying that the solutions aren't always cut and dried, and interchangeable. Pushing poorly selling models in popular armies has a higher return on investment than pushing poorly selling models in poorly selling armies. And the poorly selling armies may not be targets for expansion. GW may not want to sell more Sisters than it does now, simply because there might be a material investment and an opportunity cost to drive those sales which has been considered more favorable with other options.

Okay, I take no credit for these. These all come from Shaun Carlin on B&C> He might well have stolen them too, but hey, I'll cite my source, lol.

































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 jffalaschi wrote:

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:
Okay, I take no credit for these. These all come from Shaun Carlin on B&C> He might well have stolen them too, but hey, I'll cite my source, lol.

You know these are live in the GW website, right?!

Yeah, but the site is down for a lot of people, and you can see them all here in one stop.

Is that even a deal? AFAIK that's just the army from the Battle Report in this month's codex.

I just feel like if they were going to steal three poses from my project log for their LE covers, my HB conversion, and my re-posed arms for their ridiculously lucrative new model line, it would have been good form to at least offer me a free LE copy of the codex.

Yeah, those LE codex prices are ridiculous.

Seriously glad I don't have a First Founding Chapter I care about enough to buy one, lol.

 Warzoner wrote:
All of these prices are ridiculous. I'm off to another game. Yeah. Warzone. I think it's gonna be that.

From your username, we'd never have guessed.

Run along.

Syphid wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
Is it wrong that I looked at the army builder screenshot and thought:

HFs on Tacs? No beacon option for the pod?

Is it wrong that I looked at the army builder screenshot and thought:

What the is a "Lightening" Claw?

I dunno, but it will fit perfectly in a Crusador squad.


Anywho... I dunno. I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'...