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MarsNZ wrote:
He's understandably hesitant to buy new models and here you are trashing his list and basically advising him to buy a new army (SM) so he can run a carbon-copy netlist. Nice one.

Because his list is poor, and he seems to be quite competitive (and probably playing other competitive players).

He's just telling it like it is.

As it happens, I managed to buy a pack of TWC. I'm thinking of dropping the Rune Priest, and perhaps in exchange getting a Wolf Lord on the mount. And perhaps a Wolf Priest to lead the Blood Claws as opposed to a Pack Leader (Healing Balm gives FNP and they can re-roll 1's on hits and wounds iirc), which ought to give them a heft boost in their charge. Perhaps throw a Wolf Amulet to the Wolf Priest to give the Blood Claws Furious Charge and the Priest Rage?

 Zathras wrote:

 Moktor wrote:

 Furyou Miko wrote:
On the verge of quitting?

Bye then.

I can't imagine why people leave this game.

In my case I got tired with the way GW kept sticking it to the player base with their steady price increases to unaffordable levels ($160 for a PLASTIC model?) and poorly written rule sets. I played my last game of 40k shortly after 6th came out and haven't looked back. I now play X-Wing as my game of choice and can get 2-3 games done in the time of 1 game of 40k, having more fun and less rules arguments along the way.

And yet you're still here, engrossed in 40k discussion

 Pyeatt wrote:

And yet you're still here, engrossed in 40k discussion

People with existing collections of miniatures who don't like where things have gone can still enjoy:

Painting the unpainted models they've already purchased
Reading 40k related books, both old and new
Discussing a game they wished they like but don't
Trying other rules to play in the 40k universe.
Finding other appropriate miniatures that fit the dark sci-fantasy aesthetic
Expressing their desire for change

There's just so many things you can talk about 40k wise without buying into their current 7th ed package of rules and models.

Ranor wrote:
As it happens, I managed to buy a pack of TWC. I'm thinking of dropping the Rune Priest, and perhaps in exchange getting a Wolf Lord on the mount. And perhaps a Wolf Priest to lead the Blood Claws as opposed to a Pack Leader (Healing Balm gives FNP and they can re-roll 1's on hits and wounds iirc), which ought to give them a heft boost in their charge. Perhaps throw a Wolf Amulet to the Wolf Priest to give the Blood Claws Furious Charge and the Priest Rage?

The TWC box is great. You need to think a little bit about how you play them though. Even though they have T:5, 3+/3++ (with SS), and 2 wounds they are major bullet magnets and will draw crazy amounts of fire. So if you want to make sure that they actually reach combat you may want to include even more protection in the unit. These are some ways of doing that,
- Add a Wolf lord/WGBL with runic armor + 2 Fenrisian wolves to tank AP>2 shots, and for some ablative wounds.
- Add a Rune priest on bike with runic armor and Biomancy (and pray to the dice gods for Endurance, Life Leech or Iron arm). He can buff the unit and tank some shots if needed (but with only 2 wounds he won't be that good in that role).
- Add an Iron priest on wolf+ 2-4 Cyber wolves. Runic armor and ablative wounds make him a great tank. He's also a major offensive threat.
- Wolf priest on bike in runic armor. Another great way to buff the unit both defensively and offensively.

Or use all of the above for a TWCstar...

A wolf priest leading Blood Claws is cool and thematic. You need to think about how to get them into combat though. Unless you put them in a LR or Stormwolf they will likely have to endure at least one round of shooting. It could be worth trying a footslogging max size BC unit + a Wolf priest, where you also include a terminator pack leader with SS who can protect the unit.