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There's still a nagging, terrible feeling at the back of my mind that we're gonna get a new Incoming! email, and it's gonna be Craftworld Eldar or Chaos: Space Marines. Or even worse, Dark Angels.

Might have to go to Nottingham if Necrons aren't next and demand answers from the senior staff.

the only thing... this makes me mad, you know nids are getting another codex in 6th then to give all them mcs mtc

Or they could just Eratta it in a FAQ

Scarey Nerd wrote:There's still a nagging, terrible feeling at the back of my mind that we're gonna get a new Incoming! email, and it's gonna be Craftworld Eldar or Chaos: Space Marines. Or even worse, Dark Angels.

Might have to go to Nottingham if Necrons aren't next and demand answers from the senior staff.

im down for eldar

nah id rather necrons even though i dont use them. my friends been waiting for it since 5th came out.

kenzosan wrote:

on another note, anyone got on opinion of why necrons, de, witchhunters, and daemonhunters havent been updated till now? noone played the last 3 but necrons actually worked in 4th for the one guy that used em. the only opinion i ever got of wh, dh, and de was that they just get beat so no one uses em.

emmmm.... I think you have missed the DE release



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scratch that I just realized you said up until NOW. Silly me

wyomingfox wrote:

the only thing... this makes me mad, you know nids are getting another codex in 6th then to give all them mcs mtc

Or they could just Eratta it in a FAQ

But they won't.

Mantle wrote:

kenzosan wrote:

on another note, anyone got on opinion of why necrons, de, witchhunters, and daemonhunters havent been updated till now? noone played the last 3 but necrons actually worked in 4th for the one guy that used em. the only opinion i ever got of wh, dh, and de was that they just get beat so no one uses em.

emmmm.... I think you have missed the DE release



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scratch that I just realized you said up until NOW. Silly me

o no i got that, and the greyknights. m point was why are/were those armies neglected for so long, and why, in 5th for necrons, did they not update the codex's that got screwed first?

kenzosan wrote:

Mantle wrote:

kenzosan wrote:

on another note, anyone got on opinion of why necrons, de, witchhunters, and daemonhunters havent been updated till now? noone played the last 3 but necrons actually worked in 4th for the one guy that used em. the only opinion i ever got of wh, dh, and de was that they just get beat so no one uses em.

emmmm.... I think you have missed the DE release



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scratch that I just realized you said up until NOW. Silly me

o no i got that, and the greyknights. m point was why are/were those armies neglected for so long, and why, in 5th for necrons, did they not update the codex's that got screwed first?

Because who needs an update more, an army that doesn't work and is desperate for an update, or 4 colours of Mahreens?

Scarey Nerd wrote:

kenzosan wrote:

Mantle wrote:

kenzosan wrote:

on another note, anyone got on opinion of why necrons, de, witchhunters, and daemonhunters havent been updated till now? noone played the last 3 but necrons actually worked in 4th for the one guy that used em. the only opinion i ever got of wh, dh, and de was that they just get beat so no one uses em.

emmmm.... I think you have missed the DE release



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scratch that I just realized you said up until NOW. Silly me

o no i got that, and the greyknights. m point was why are/were those armies neglected for so long, and why, in 5th for necrons, did they not update the codex's that got screwed first?

Screw the Marines

They are the most popular and will survive the 2 or so years needed to update the codexs really in need of a dusting off and a revamp.

Because who needs an update more, an army that doesn't work and is desperate for an update, or 4 colours of Mahreens?

Scarey Nerd wrote:

kenzosan wrote:cuz screw the nids, thats why. (in reference to mtc and mcs.)

I play against a Tyranid player regularly, I'd lvoe to see the look on his face when I told him that his Carnifex couldn't bash through trees any more

Because it's just hilarious to watch a codex continually get beat on by crappy rules, and an even worse FAQ?

I'm sure your friend, and other Tyranid players really appreciate that.

I know I just love it...

Sasori wrote:

Scarey Nerd wrote:

kenzosan wrote:cuz screw the nids, thats why. (in reference to mtc and mcs.)

I play against a Tyranid player regularly, I'd lvoe to see the look on his face when I told him that his Carnifex couldn't bash through trees any more

Because it's just hilarious to watch a codex continually get beat on by crappy rules, and an even worse FAQ?

I'm sure your friend, and other Tyranid players really appreciate that.

It was more of a comment on how GW rules tend to not make sense for what they're applying to, in this case a Carnifex which is specifically called a Living Battering Ram suddenly not being able to move through trees easily, or a Jump/Jetpack unit not being able to disengage from CC even though he can fly. I've had to watch my Necrons get beaten in most games by superior and newer codexes for the past 2 years, so I don't exactly find it hilarious. I do find it hilarious however that a Monolith can ram a Valkyrie because they're both skimmers, so the Valkyrie can't dodge

haha lol i make that a S7 hit on the valkyrie and no chance of the monolith being hurt. but still a 5 to glance and 6 to penetrate

The Metal Tide wrote:haha lol i make that a S7 hit on the valkyrie and no chance of the monolith being hurt. but still a 5 to glance and 6 to penetrate

Totally worth it. Imagine the look on your opponent's face when they realise that you're going to ram a plane with a big floating pyramid, and they're powerless to stop you doing so, and worse, their retaliation will be ineffectual.

I hope they bring in -3 AV rule the scarabs had in WD217. Just not to scarabs like the current ones, maybe something similar to the scarabs from that issue.

The way Scarabs are described in Fall of Damnos makes them seem quite nasty. Maybe they will get a boost or maybe even a couple of different types of Scarabs in the new codex? (anti-infantry and anti-armour varieties maybe)

Praxiss wrote:The way Scarabs are described in Fall of Damnos makes them seem quite nasty. Maybe they will get a boost or maybe even a couple of different types of Scarabs in the new codex? (anti-infantry and anti-armour varieties maybe)

I heard a rumour that:

Scarey Nerd wrote:

The Metal Tide wrote:haha lol i make that a S7 hit on the valkyrie and no chance of the monolith being hurt. but still a 5 to glance and 6 to penetrate

Totally worth it. Imagine the look on your opponent's face when they realise that you're going to ram a plane with a big floating pyramid, and they're powerless to stop you doing so, and worse, their retaliation will be ineffectual.

Good point. A living chunk of unstoppable metal. I would love to see the look on their face as a monolith knocked their valkyrie into the ground in a burning heap of twisted metal. And in retaliation they don't even get as much as 1 glancing hit.


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Scarey Nerd wrote:

Praxiss wrote:The way Scarabs are described in Fall of Damnos makes them seem quite nasty. Maybe they will get a boost or maybe even a couple of different types of Scarabs in the new codex? (anti-infantry and anti-armour varieties maybe)

I heard a rumour that:

Spoiler:

In FoD, some scarabs convert a tank into warriors? I couldn't find it when I read the book myself, but I have a tendency to skim-read.

I would love to

Scarey Nerd wrote:

Praxiss wrote:The way Scarabs are described in Fall of Damnos makes them seem quite nasty. Maybe they will get a boost or maybe even a couple of different types of Scarabs in the new codex? (anti-infantry and anti-armour varieties maybe)

I heard a rumour that:

Spoiler:

In FoD, some scarabs convert a tank into warriors? I couldn't find it when I read the book myself, but I have a tendency to skim-read.

Fair enough. if it were true an ork player could loot a vehicle during play

I'd like to see scarabs become again a powerful anti-vehicle unit.

Crons need a few more anti tank units IMO

The Metal Tide wrote:Crons need a few more anti tank units IMO

Yeah, at the moment we can glance all over the place but we're not getting kill-points, our only real anti-tanks are Heavy Destroyers which are a complete and utter joke, and the C'Tan, which are expensive.

D-Lord with Warscythe eats tanks.

Any chance of a synopsised update on the first page portaljacker of confirmations, da threa' b a big 'un.

Praxiss wrote:D-Lord with Warscythe eats tanks.

That's 140 points for Str 5 + 2d6, though. It's good, but other armies don't have to pay that much for something like that. How much is a twin-linked lascannon on a predator?

Concerning the tank thing with scarabs

Azure wrote:Concerning the tank thing with scarabs

Spoiler:

I think I was the first to mention it, and I don't have my book in front of me right now but it was mentioned at some point near the beginning. Scarabs dismantled a Chimera and turned it into several warriors which horrified the guard who saw the whole process

Someone apparently needs to tell Ward that Scarabs aren't Replicators.

AlexHolker wrote:

Azure wrote:Concerning the tank thing with scarabs

Spoiler:

I think I was the first to mention it, and I don't have my book in front of me right now but it was mentioned at some point near the beginning. Scarabs dismantled a Chimera and turned it into several warriors which horrified the guard who saw the whole process

Someone apparently needs to tell Ward that Scarabs aren't Replicators.

Haven't read the book, but the fluff is that all necrons, even warriors, were once organic life forms. How would that be possible?

Soul transmission?

Asphalt wrote:

AlexHolker wrote:

Azure wrote:Concerning the tank thing with scarabs

Spoiler:

I think I was the first to mention it, and I don't have my book in front of me right now but it was mentioned at some point near the beginning. Scarabs dismantled a Chimera and turned it into several warriors which horrified the guard who saw the whole process

Someone apparently needs to tell Ward that Scarabs aren't Replicators.

Haven't read the book, but the fluff is that all necrons, even warriors, were once organic life forms. How would that be possible?

I suppose it would be feasible that the Scarabs reform the metal into the shape of the Warriors, then the consciousness-es of the Necrons could be transferred into the shells.

EDIT: Ninja'd by HoverBoy...