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Just a simple show of (figurative) hands, how many of us use FW units regularly? This is under the assumption that your opponent(s)/LGS are fine with it.

No, but I would if I had the money.

Yes. Nothing wrong with them. It's when people abuse them that there is something wrong. A lot of the time the only reason one seems OP is because the opponent doesn't know what it does, as forgeworld isn't as common as regular games workshop. Therefore, the opponent doesn't know what to expect. Simply ask what a unit can do and he strong it possibly is before the game. Any fun casual gamer will gladly let you see the information on the model.

I don't have any FW models at this time, but I'm debating picking up some Tetras and a Y'Vahra for my Tau, possibly soon.

Certainly, and gladly play those that do too

One of my armies is entirely FW.

I scratch build a lot of FW stuff for my orks.
The rules are dated, but the diversity in options is great and most of it isn't nerfed to death.

While I don't own any FW (and thus voted no), I'd love to get some DKoK or some fun superheavies like the CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT.

I'm the minority it looks like, but I'm yet to have a game against forge world units where at the end I say: "that was fun".

It typically ends with a conversation of: "yep, that unit is as good as you said it was..." while I bag up my army from the dead pile after turn 3.

Minor dramatization, but you get the picture.

I don't own any Forge World stuff but I would play with things like Grot Tanks if I had them. Forge World is hit or miss on rules with some really cool and interesting stuff and then some broken op gak.

At this point, my FW models are slowly overtaking my normal models.

For my WE army: Angron, Red Butchers, and Rampagers.

yukondal wrote:
I'm the minority it looks like, but I'm yet to have a game against forge world units where at the end I say: "that was fun".

It typically ends with a conversation of: "yep, that unit is as good as you said it was..." while I bag up my army from the dead pile after turn 3.

Minor dramatization, but you get the picture.

Let me guess, Revenants? Supremacy suits?

I'm using the Plague Hulk regularly, it's a cheaper and weaker version of the soul grinder, nothing wrong with it.
Looking through the FW books I don't see anything that would be costed worse than usual GW stuff (looking at Tau or Eldar for example).

I bought a sicaran 6 months ago and just got a conversion beamer decimator engine for $30. I'm eyeballing either a Kytan or a fire raptor.

I use a lot of FW models, as I play 30k Word Bearers, CSM and Daemons. I don't find the FW variants I have to be better than what I can already field in 40k, but they do give me more variation which is always nice.

The way I see it, the more variant anyone can get to their army, the better - Which is why I always welcome FW.

Yes, I never leave home without my Malanthrope.

Well on top of 3 Lynx tanks, a Revenant Titan, 9 Hornets, Irillyth, I have an Ultramarine HH army

Considering Necron Forgeworld units are poop, not really.

I play a FW-list.
I have: 12 Thallax, 4 Scyllax, 3 Myrmidon Destructors, a Thanatar, a Krios Venator and a Triaros.
Planing to get a Malcador Infernus, some Medusas, a Flyer and Ursarax(at least there are finally WIP-pics...).

Aye, one of my armies is a FW army.

For my Imperial Guard, I'm basically required to have forgeworld to stand a chance.

So yeah, I've got HWTs that don't suck (rapiers) a basilisk that doesn't suck (Earthshaker Carriage) and a valkyrie that doesn't suck (Vulture).

Have run Sicaran Tank, Contemptors (plain and Mortis), a Deredeo, a Cerastus Knight-Acheron, and Rapier Quad Mortar with my Marines, plus Tac Squads using Red Scorpions chapter tactics.

Don't think this quite counts, but currently working on some Myrmidon Destructors and Castellax Battle-Automata to be counts-as Kataphrons and Kastellans for my Cult Mechanicus army (hate the look of the GW Kataphrons and Kastellans).

I don't have any FW units yet but I'm saving up for those beautiful Sons of Horus special units and some artillery for my board.

But I do have a converted Silas Albarec and I always use Red Hunters Chapter Tactics for my Exorcists so I voted yes anyways

I rarely field an army without my Sicaran and/or Deredeo anymore.

yukondal wrote:
I'm the minority it looks like, but I'm yet to have a game against forge world units where at the end I say: "that was fun".

It typically ends with a conversation of: "yep, that unit is as good as you said it was..." while I bag up my army from the dead pile after turn 3.

Minor dramatization, but you get the picture.

what forgeworld models do you play against on average? just out of curiosity.

as for OP: well, I play 2 space marine legions, 30k mechanicum, and solar auxilia. so yes, I do use forge world

I currently don't but my final list will include a fellblade.

I am not a huge fan of the FW rules. Some of the rules have a place whereas I see most of them to be too much when compared to GW's stuff.

When I first started playing FW stuff was "have to have opponents permission to use" not allowed as by the rules. So I thought this was still the norm up until 6 months ago.

I do know that GW owns FW and FW models are fething beautiful.

Just my $.02

 Fallenbourne wrote:
I currently don't but my final list will include a fellblade.

I am not a huge fan of the FW rules. Some of the rules have a place whereas I see most of them to be too much when compared to GW's stuff.

In general this really isnt the case, and if you look at tournaments where FW stuff is allowed, you almost never see FW stuff in top tournament armies. They certainly didnt introduce things like the sub 300pt D-toting GC or Scatterlaser jetbike troops

I will admit I don't know all the special rules and the such. Honestly I have only seen what has been posted on FW page for download and what has been discussed here on dakkadakka. So I may be making a huge generalization, which is probably true.

Only very occassionally, most of my FW stuff is super heavy and dosent fit in as much to fun games.
No one likes facing a Revenant or Hierophant