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The best part of 7E?

So my Shadowseer loves boxcars on Veil of Tears. Manifesting or checking. Always boxcars.

In 7th, not only can I 1-dice the power, allowing me to not perils, but he now has 2 wounds, so he doesn't always instasplat when it happens!

Now, if I could only manage to prevent shots within 24" with that power...

For me its that Admech finally became a playable faction. I have been waiting for years for this to happen and while its not directly because of 7th edition, I'll always associate their release with it.

For me, the Psychic phase is now a ton of fun/bullcrap and the fact that DA are now crazy powerful, but only the RW, so that kind of sucks.

My favourite part of 7th Edition has to be Maelstrom games. I'm a sucker for 'em.

Allies. Grenades as thrown weapons. Technically introduced in 6th, but I'm glad they're still around.

It will probably end soon, or at least that is what IG players can hope for.

This is the house rule edition, that's the best thing about it, previous eds people would not even consider it, these days however if something doesn't work in the rules, we change it, add it to our own faq (vastly superior to gw) and get on with the game.

The edition harlequins were finally an army. And they didn't wear cone hats at all.

Probably the fact that it seems with 7th edition they revamped most of the units to have more streamlined USR's rather than a ton of units each having their own special "snowflake" abilities.

Except for the Eldar of course. Can't stuff those back into Pandora's box it seems

Superheavies in normal games means I can use big big tanks in a table top game.

Around here we run a scenario like Ogre where it is a single (sometimes up to 3 big tanks) vs an army.

So fun!

The best part of 7th?

It got me to finally clear out my backlog by selling it all. Now I have room for good games instead.

 Chumbalaya wrote:
The best part of 7th?

It got me to finally clear out my backlog by selling it all. Now I have room for good games instead.

Ah, good old flame threads, always brings out the anti-GW crowd

 jreilly89 wrote:

 Chumbalaya wrote:
The best part of 7th?

It got me to finally clear out my backlog by selling it all. Now I have room for good games instead.

Ah, good old flame threads, always brings out the anti-GW crowd

Seriously. It's not enough for people to vent in the "worst part of 40k" threads.

Look guys, we get it. There is a lot wrong with the game, but this thread is about the things that are actually good. Spare us the toxicity for once.

 GangstaMuffin24 wrote:

 jreilly89 wrote:

 Chumbalaya wrote:
The best part of 7th?

It got me to finally clear out my backlog by selling it all. Now I have room for good games instead.

Ah, good old flame threads, always brings out the anti-GW crowd

Seriously. It's not enough for people to vent in the "worst part of 40k" threads.

Look guys, we get it. There is a lot wrong with the game, but this thread is about the things that are actually good. Spare us the toxicity for once.

But, 40k is the wurst!!

Formations, Formations, and Formations.

Specifically, SM Codex that made fluffy formations playable like 1st company, 10th company, Gladius, etc.

Also: Imperial Knight codex that has more rules than that would fit on the back of a napkin, and Adeptus Mechanicus, YAY! An Eldar codex where (almost) EVERYTHING is playable. That was shocking.

7e v. 6e got me a substantial buff for my Crimson Fists by making Bolter Drill work on Sternguard ammo and by buffing Scouts. Too bad my Blood Angels are now subpar.

I like that armies are being update to be on par with other releases of that year. Too bad 2014 blows majorly vs. 2015.

Maelstrom of War mainly. Really made the game more dynamic in my group rather than just camping on backfield objectives. For the most part I do also enjoy the early formations that were released that were both fluffy but had decent restrictions, the more recent ones I'm less enamored by given that a lot of them are fueled by the Pay-To-Win design of DLC with the Skyhammer Formation being the obvious culprit.

Tactical objectives are quite cool, we often just swap some out for the secondary objectives for some spice. And the ability to now take have battle forged and half unbound it great imo. I was very tired of the troop tax in previous editions. Only issue now is with objective secured they're kind of needed :p

I concur on maelstrom, as much of a back-handed compliment this is I feel it helps some sub-par armies compete with the powerful armies by letting them play the objective game as opposed to the "blow the snot out of my opponent" game. It makes for much more dynamic games.

Psychic phase, while I enjoy the phase I feel as usual GW dropped the ball on certain powers. Has anyone seen the pyromancy tree ever get used? Lots of real gem powers to be found for sure but there are some you look at and just have to scratch your head and ask "why is that worth a perils?". Anyways I really like the new psychic phase all the same.

Formations, once again double edged sword. Very fun and often fluffy, love the concept. In practice a few stand out as OP or downright broken. Decurion style are lotsa fun to theory out and play but they are very open to abuse sadly.

I'll admit I enjoy 7th more than any previous edition. Good ideas that in some cases are half-baked but it's in my opinion a step in the right direction.

Despite all the drawbacks it caused a properly set up melee/swarm nid army can crumple necrons like a paper cup. Best. Feeling. Ever.

AtraUnam wrote:
Despite all the drawbacks it caused a properly set up melee/swarm nid army can crumple necrons like a paper cup. Best. Feeling. Ever.

I feel I speak for everyone when I say I don't believe a word of that.

Bharring wrote:
The best part of 7E?

So my Shadowseer loves boxcars on Veil of Tears. Manifesting or checking. Always boxcars.

In 7th, not only can I 1-dice the power, allowing me to not perils, but he now has 2 wounds, so he doesn't always instasplat when it happens!

Now, if I could only manage to prevent shots within 24" with that power...

Best part of 7E? I can now mathematically prove my opponents are cheesemongers.

2nd best part: My IG are on a 100% losing streak.

I like the freedom of list building, while im not a big unbound fan, I like that I can kind of play however I feel that day and it keeps it fresh... Also 100% maelstrom adds some dynamism to the game and keeps it moving, allows armies that wouldn't always to win if you play it right... All in all if you ignore the glaring obvious flaws it is pretty good and fun

I too like the freedom of list building.

My favorite parts of the game in 7th ed are SCATBIKES!

Lets put this 36" heavy gun that has high rate of fire and high enough strength to glance av12 on a very fast and mobile platform, improve armor from 4+ to a 3+ on a rider with BS4 for Just 3 points more than a Plague Marine.

I also really, really, really like WKs that are less than 300pts and can kill 2-3 IKs in close combat.

Oh, and I also really, really, really, like how distortion weapons got upgraded to Super Heavy Level Destroyer Category Weapons.

 Filch wrote:
My favorite parts of the game in 7th ed are SCATBIKES!

Lets put this 36" heavy gun that has high rate of fire and high enough strength to glance av12 on a very fast and mobile platform, improve armor from 4+ to a 3+ on a rider with BS4 for Just 3 points more than a Plague Marine.

I also really, really, really like WKs that are less than 300pts and can kill 2-3 IKs in close combat.

Oh, and I also really, really, really, like how distortion weapons got upgraded to Super Heavy Level Destroyer Category Weapons.

Sarcasm noted Filch. Please believe me when I say that as an Eldar player I also have great disdain for those design choices of the current codex. I craved a fluffy, fun and balanced codex for all players (friend and foe) and for the most part that is what I got, sadly a few standouts did make it through and that is unfortunate, many codexes do suffer this fate as well though not just Eldar. As a chaos player I also know the pain of playing a terribly schizophrenic army that is gloriously overcosted. I wait impatiently for our 7th edition codex for that reason.

While I also question the design philosophies behind many of GW rules and units this is hardly the thread for such comments. This thread is here to shine a positive light on some of the successes of 7th edition and come together to share our appreciation of these highlights. I would politely ask that you keep the negative comments relegated to one of the thousands of complaints threads on this site and allow the posters of this thread their OT discussion sans pessimism. I do invite you to share any positive highlights you may have of the current edition however.

Back on topic: I also appreciate the new codexes that are coming out such as Harlequins, mechanicum, skiitarii and covens. These very flavourful books add a few new units, fun rules or interesting forces to play with and against. While I dislike the cost of codexes in general I welcome the extra ways to play the game. I know Tempestus scions were pre-7th but I greatly enjoyed that book as well.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:

 Filch wrote:
My favorite parts of the game in 7th ed are SCATBIKES!

Lets put this 36" heavy gun that has high rate of fire and high enough strength to glance av12 on a very fast and mobile platform, improve armor from 4+ to a 3+ on a rider with BS4 for Just 3 points more than a Plague Marine.

I also really, really, really like WKs that are less than 300pts and can kill 2-3 IKs in close combat.

Oh, and I also really, really, really, like how distortion weapons got upgraded to Super Heavy Level Destroyer Category Weapons.

Sarcasm noted Filch. Please believe me when I say that as an Eldar player I also have great disdain for those design choices of the current codex. I craved a fluffy, fun and balanced codex for all players (friend and foe) and for the most part that is what I got, sadly a few standouts did make it through and that is unfortunate, many codexes do suffer this fate as well though not just Eldar. As a chaos player I also know the pain of playing a terribly schizophrenic army that is gloriously overcosted. I wait impatiently for our 7th edition codex for that reason.

While I also question the design philosophies behind many of GW rules and units this is hardly the thread for such comments. This thread is here to shine a positive light on some of the successes of 7th edition and come together to share our appreciation of these highlights. I would politely ask that you keep the negative comments relegated to one of the thousands of complaints threads on this site and allow the posters of this thread their OT discussion sans pessimism. I do invite you to share any positive highlights you may have of the current edition however.

Back on topic: I also appreciate the new codexes that are coming out such as Harlequins, mechanicum, skiitarii and covens. These very flavourful books add a few new units, fun rules or interesting forces to play with and against. While I dislike the cost of codexes in general I welcome the extra ways to play the game. I know Tempestus scions were pre-7th but I greatly enjoyed that book as well.

I see you've written my post for me. have an exalt sir or madame!

I like maelstrom for the most part, some of the cards make no sense but you can easily work out with your opponent which ones those are.

One thing that never changes edition to edition is the die-hards who quit "ages ago" and yet trawl 40k forums insistent on reminding people that they "quit ages ago". I mean, it speaks volumes for all these other excellent wargames that you're still hanging around here.

I really like maelstrom games as a concept - houseruling a little bit makes them work better (so immediately tossing cards you literally can't get, like shooting down a flyer when there aren't any) but they can often end up kinda swingy. I really like that they keep you on your toes though.

I absolutely love the era of models we're in. There are so many damn options in every kit, it's unbelievable when you compare it to the days of the old monopose Orks and Tactical Marines.

 Formosa wrote:
This is the house rule edition, that's the best thing about it, previous eds people would not even consider it, these days however if something doesn't work in the rules, we change it, add it to our own faq (vastly superior to gw) and get on with the game.

That's because the rules have finally gotten bad enough that nearly everyone can agree a lot of things need major clarification or fixing.