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Typically speaking, the Limited Edition books have been made of superior paper quality, the outer edges lined, bookmark ribbon and nicer casing. Or at least that's what I got with the Ltd 6th and 5th Edition Rulebooks.

I've pre-ordered the Eldar Ltd Ed simply due to the sheer amount I have, so its more of a collectors thing for me. If it weren't for that fact, i'd probably only go for the regular or iPad edition (its $20 cheaper).

Do I have more money than sense? Probably, but this army has been growing since 1996, so I feel slightly justified - even though both Ltd Ed Rulebooks were priced less than the Codex :(

 DarknessEternal wrote:

PredaKhaine wrote:
It is definitely just an extra £30 for a dust jacket isn't it?

You can whine all you want about the price, but the fact is they sell.

GW would be bad at business if they didn't make these.

@ whining

Swing and a miss.

I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing out on anything. I briefly wondered if there was something else (as in extra content) other than a dust jacket and bookmark. If there was, I'd now be up-ordering.
GW have already got about £200 of my cash on pre-orders so why would I whine about spending another £30?

I thought they usually had completely different covering art as well?

Or is that just the dust jacket? It definitely is a different kettle of fish to the very good quality collectors rulebooks.

Nocturnus wrote:

 Wise Guy Sam wrote:
Double post :(

EDIT: there was two posts so I deleted 1 and now the others gone. I'm not retyping it though, It wasn't a great post.

But I call bulldust on White Dwarfs method for painting Iyanden.

I have yet to find a GW painting guide where the results come out even similar. It's always been that way. I remember the first Space Marine painting guide from like 20 years ago. It said to basecoat Blood Angels with Terracotta ....

There was once a heavy metal master class for the free Bilbo model that was actually pretty spot on.

Terracotta. What a farce that paint was.

 Compel wrote:
I thought they usually had completely different covering art as well?

Or is that just the dust jacket? It definitely is a different kettle of fish to the very good quality collectors rulebooks.

The Chaos Daemon one (that I have, I admit, burn me at the stake) has a different cover made of a little more sturdy material. Not sure if it's bound different.

I would prefer if they printed them on the same paper as the LE 6th ed. rulebook though.

 Compel wrote:
I thought they usually had completely different covering art as well?

Or is that just the dust jacket? It definitely is a different kettle of fish to the very good quality collectors rulebooks.

Looks like they got lazy with this release, the Tau got different cover art, this time with the Eldar they just removed the text and left it looking pretty as originally painted by the artist.

I have a gut feeling i'm going to be disappointed, but I kinda had to roll the dice on this one. Honestly, I spent less having 150 custom dice, two specially made felt/crushed satin dice pouches with embroidered Avatar logo and other such things made combined.

The kicker of this release, I had a custom sculpt of a Ranger Autarch made... only for GW to release that VERY idea a month later... so much for the centerpiece. Back to the drawing board on what I can do for a customised centerpiece.

Well since they have hosed my Elysians(too much FW stuff will have to sit on a shelf in order to make an legal army now and use my stuff) I might be switching over to what I have always wanted to do and have a Spider themed army that actually works, multiple warp spiders and scorpions. While the wraith army looks cool, it kinda will be heavily suffering from bandwagon syndrome and everyone will be using it now that they will have plastic wraithguard.

Col. Dash wrote:
Well since they have hosed my Elysians(too much FW stuff will have to sit on a shelf in order to make an legal army now and use my stuff) I might be switching over to what I have always wanted to do and have a Spider themed army that actually works, multiple warp spiders and scorpions. While the wraith army looks cool, it kinda will be heavily suffering from bandwagon syndrome and everyone will be using it now that they will have plastic wraithguard.

I understand that some people like unique and specially themed armies but I never liked the term "bandwagon" when used negatively. I love Eldar I love the lore I love the idea of Wraithguard but I'm also a 16 year old kid from a not so wealthy family. I'm looking forward to buying lots cheap plastic wraith units now that I don't have to save up for a year to buy 5. And it's kind of a buzzkill when I'm seeing as jumping on a bandwagon now that I can afford a really cool, good looking unit that I've wanted for ages.

 Compel wrote:
I thought they usually had completely different covering art as well?

Or is that just the dust jacket? It definitely is a different kettle of fish to the very good quality collectors rulebooks.

I have the Tzeentch Chaos Daemons one.

It's a different cover art, dust jacket, and ribbon book mark. The cover is made of a different material, which I suppose is meant to feel like feaux leather or something. It's definitely soft to the touch.

I like it, but would only do the LE books for my favorite armies. (C:CSM, C:CD, and C:BT)

 Kroothawk wrote:
Limited Codex is selling like hell: Less than 600 books left (sigh)

That's just depressing...

 Azazelx wrote:

 BrassScorpion wrote:
Poll:
Crimson Hunter or Wraithfighter? Or both?
Wraithblades: Axe and shield or swords? Or one unit of each?
Wraithknight: All guns or sword version? Or one of each?

One of each for the Knight and Blades. Haven't looked over the flyer yet. I'll stick with my metal Wraithguard, though.

Definately the Crimson Hunter as 2 lances and a pulse laser as BS4 or 5 for an Exarch is too awesome to pass up. Maybe 2 if I decide not to use the Hemlock.

Not sure on the Wraithfighter yet as it depends on the rules. I am a little dubious about the mindshock pod as it feels a bit more dark eldar than eldar to me. Time will tell though!

As for the wraiths, I will get 10 Wraithguard as I don't have metal ones and maybe 10 Wraithblades (unless they suck then more wraithguard!). I am hoping for being able to mix swords and axes in the same unit.

As for the Wraithknight, not sure if I am gonna get one due to the cost and size of it (I play pretty much all my games away from home so don't fancy having to buy a whole box just for one model). I think I will have to try and borrow a riptide for a game to try it out.

If I don't get it, I will most likely pick up an extra wraithlord instead.

Col. Dash wrote:
Well since they have hosed my Elysians(too much FW stuff will have to sit on a shelf in order to make an legal army now and use my stuff) I might be switching over to what I have always wanted to do and have a Spider themed army that actually works, multiple warp spiders and scorpions. While the wraith army looks cool, it kinda will be heavily suffering from bandwagon syndrome and everyone will be using it now that they will have plastic wraithguard.

I don't think everyone will be playing it. Not everyone played Deathwing when they were unique. Not everyone is wolfwing/draigowing either. I'm holding out hope that a wraith list will be as viable as deathwing was, but I'm sure they'll still be quite rare regardless.

This is a long thread and I don't have the time to read it all, I just need to say one thing:

Still the same Jetbikes, GW? Really?!

I'm kinda hoping it's done in waves. Most of the releases this time were Iyanden. Maybe we'll get a Saim-hann book later down the way with new jetbikes, and all like that?

I can hope, right?

We're all hoping that.

 Uriels_Flame wrote:
"Lets see how long it takes to meet demand on the Eldar models this time around."

All I need is the codex and Wraithguard. Have 3k plus of stuff that sounds like it will still work!

Go grab those DA boxes while you can folks!

All I need to start with are the codex and psychic powers, which I have pre-ordered. I have also ordered Illic Nightspear because I like the model.

Future purchase wise, I plan to add 1 or 2 fliers (I like the Nightshade especially), 10-20 Wraithguard and either a WraithKnight or a second Wraithlord (most likely the Lord because of price and size issues with the Knight). I also might get a few extra Warlocks and/or the Spirit Seer if they are useful in the new book.

I might add some jetbikes and swooping hawks depending on the new rules, but they aren't new releases so don't count!

Does anyone know anything about if Warlocks can be put in any unit like Wolf Guard or the Necron Royal Court? Also what about Warlord Traits? The battle report only had one Warlock and the Trait wasn't mentioned.

I want to turn that Wraith Knight into a Chaos Knight Titan!

 MetalOxide wrote:
I want to turn that Wraith Knight into a Chaos Knight Titan!

Or you could use it as a proxy for a Revenant scout titan. Damn that thing's big! Now I'm expecting the next Orks codex to have the Stompa in it. I wouldn't even be too mad if they downgraded it so that it wasn't a superheavy anymore. (5 hull points and no power fields, maybe 300 points, okay?)

 Anung Un Rama wrote:
Still the same Jetbikes, GW? Really?!

I must be alone on this... but I'm happy there aren't new jetbikes. I have 24 of the current ones and do not want to have to replace them.

Not desparaging people from the wraith list but i know of multiple people who either already have it or have been waiting for a chance to play it with affordable Wraithguard, far more than the more generic eldar players(note that just refers to the non-wraith players, myself included). Not knowing yet the force org am thinking Autarch, a couple ranger/pathfinder squads, a couple Warp Spider Squads, a pair of Scorpion squads and a pair of aircraft. Dont know heavy selection yet as it has the most difficult choices. Hopefully War Walkers get moved to Fast and weapons batteries become useful.

 Gangrel767 wrote:

 Anung Un Rama wrote:
Still the same Jetbikes, GW? Really?!

I must be alone on this... but I'm happy there aren't new jetbikes. I have 24 of the current ones and do not want to have to replace them.

No, I think the old bikes look fine (the prototype was much nicer though). It's the rider that bugs me... Though you could replace it with a new guardian upper body.

 Gangrel767 wrote:

 Anung Un Rama wrote:
Still the same Jetbikes, GW? Really?!

I must be alone on this... but I'm happy there aren't new jetbikes. I have 24 of the current ones and do not want to have to replace them.

There isn't a GW law stating that you must replace older models with the latest versions to keep playing the game, you know?

Sorry if this has been asked before (can't be done with shifting through 120+ pages) but what news of the Dire Avengers? Given that they're 5 for £20/$35 are they a vastly improved, kick ass unit capable of knocking out a Leman Russ just by looking at it, or is this a typical GW crank up the price tactic?

 shamikebab wrote:
We're all hoping that.

Am I the only person who wasn't impressed with that "new" jetbike sculpt and actually prefers the old ones with a simple torso/head conversion?

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
Sorry if this has been asked before (can't be done with shifting through 120+ pages) but what news of the Dire Avengers? Given that they're 5 for £20/$35 are they a vastly improved, kick ass unit capable of knocking out a Leman Russ just by looking at it, or is this a typical GW crank up the price tactic?

Even if they are vastly improved in game use, that's not a tangible good I'm paying for, and so is not a good basis for a price increase of nearly double on the same sprues. So, the short answer is, douche move by GW.

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
Sorry if this has been asked before (can't be done with shifting through 120+ pages) but what news of the Dire Avengers? Given that they're 5 for £20/$35 are they a vastly improved, kick ass unit capable of knocking out a Leman Russ just by looking at it, or is this a typical GW crank up the price tactic?

Looking at the box and description, you get 1 of the normal 2 body/legs sprues, and the Exarch sprue.
So, it's half the bodies, but 2/3 of the amount of plastic.

Just saw this on FaceBook

Fenrir Kitsune wrote:

 Gangrel767 wrote:

 Anung Un Rama wrote:
Still the same Jetbikes, GW? Really?!

I must be alone on this... but I'm happy there aren't new jetbikes. I have 24 of the current ones and do not want to have to replace them.

There isn't a GW law stating that you must replace older models with the latest versions to keep playing the game, you know?

You are absolutely true, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't want the new awesome looking ones! I'm already worried how my 15 wraithguard will look next to the new ones. I'm persnickety I guess.

OHMY GOD!

 adamsouza wrote:
Just saw this on FaceBook

Well, except there's been Knights since forever...