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I would like to try to anticipate what to expect in 8th edition army books based on the trend of the 8th edition books already out. What I need are people who have, or know the old and new books for Orcs and goblins, Tomb Kings, Ogres, Vampire Counts, and Empire. What was changed and what was added?

Thanks in advance.
P.S. links to existing information would be just as good.

Basically, expect magic items to be cut down to just 7 or 8 per book down from the 15-20 there were previously.

If the previous book was top tier, expect minor nerfing. You may look through the book and find nothing really super exciting.

if the book was low tier, expect some solid buffing but nothing particularly game breaking.

Expect Monstrous Cavelry of some kind.

Expect some model on the very large base.

Yah, I mean that's kind of it. Count how many distinct models/units the new 8th books have and they're all probably about the same ballpark except for SCs. I just counted roughly 14 Ogres vs. 21 O&G which is about the most extreme as O&G has to encompass kinda 2 races.

The only army I can think that may break the mold a bit will be WoC. Because as of now it has SOOOOOO much stuff in it. And it's super competitive. It would be weird if they took stuff out. At least units. I think Eye of the Dorks will be nerfed. Marks will be nerfed. You won't have cheapo Ogres. All those items/gifts are nerfed.

 Grey Templar wrote:
Basically, expect magic items to be cut down to just 7 or 8 per book down from the 15-20 there were previously.

If the previous book was top tier, expect minor nerfing. You may look through the book and find nothing really super exciting.

if the book was low tier, expect some solid buffing but nothing particularly game breaking.

Expect Monstrous Cavelry of some kind.

Expect some model on the very large base.

On top of this, expect at least two dual kits.