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 Compel wrote:


Or, just go for something like the FF/Ast double pack. - Which, I'm probably wrong in saying, does not APPEAR to have the "Shipment 2 charge" on it?

Correct, if you buy the $50 double pack, you don't have to pay the $10 shipping, even if you pick FF/Asterians as your freebie.

Well, I upped my pledge to $200 though the remainder is basically for add-ons at this point (hoping we see some FF add-ons down the line). Will probably be upping it a bit more (possibly to grab a second FF starter) but for now I will up it as a show of thanks for Mantic and to edge it closer to the Forge Father/Asterian goal. I'm kind of stoked that they will all be in Forge Guard armour, the concepts look bad-arse.

 Taarnak wrote:
Or, add $50.00 for both new factions via the bundle deal (which includes shipping), and pick your favorite existing faction for the free one. This is what I currently intend to do.

~Eric

Same here - this is a nice perk indeed!

My biggest issue now is trying to decide if I wanna aim for strike+add-on spam, or jump up to enforcer or even assault. I already wanted to make an enforcers army before this dropped, and with the free faction starter per strike...

Ofc that will horrendously bloat my pledge when you factor in I still want a terrain set (only way to get the new landing pad, fortifications etc..),the new faction starter double-pack, and the optional mercs. That and enforcers would probably like to have a few of those burst laser add-on guys =\

Lock up your wallets, hide your credit cards!

May end up doing that before the end myself. But for now I'm in for $10 shipping and the FF starter +$27 in whatever add-ons catch my interest down the road. But once my paycheck comes in for all the extra hours I'm working (half-way to month end... go faster time!) I'll probably up to $300 for the $50 expanded universe, a free FF starter to complement and the $95 terrain pack. So much goodness in there.

Edit - Hmm, at that level Assault Team starts looking pretty good. Aw, nine hells, my wallet is weeping already.

Can someone copypasta the text that says if you go for the Q2 Forgefathers/Asterians bundle that it ships free?

I can't locate that language...

Thanks!

 Alpharius wrote:
Can someone copypasta the text that says if you go for the Q2 Forgefathers/Asterians bundle that it ships free?

I can't locate that language...

Thanks!

Adding an Expanded Universe Faction Starter

If you decide you want an existing Faction as your free choice or you really like the designs of the new factions and want lots of figures, you can add on the Expanded Universe Faction Starters to your pledge, either individually or as part of a Kickstarter Exclusive Bundle Deal never to be seen again!

Note that each of these bundles includes free UK and US shipping.

THIS is how you make EVERYONE happy. I'm not sure how any contingent won't come away from this one pleased as can be. We get freebies/added value, we get new factions, we get an acknowledgement of building a collection for Deadzone AND future games... Heck... this is an amazing shot in the arm in general.

If they'll allow it, i'm definitely going to add $90 to my pledge for TWO Asterian/Forge-Father bundles (Supposedly only the first has a $10 surcharge for Wave 2 shipping, right?)

Relevant section:

Manic KS wrote:

Adding an Expanded Universe Faction Starter

If you decide you want an existing Faction as your free choice or you really like the designs of the new factions and want lots of figures, you can add on the Expanded Universe Faction Starters to your pledge, either individually or as part of a Kickstarter Exclusive Bundle Deal never to be seen again!

Note that each of these bundles includes free UK and US shipping.

~Eric

Edit: Beat me to it.

 scarletsquig wrote:


Correct, if you buy the $50 double pack, you don't have to pay the $10 shipping, even if you pick FF/Asterians as your freebie.

Assuming you're in the US or UK.

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
THIS is how you make EVERYONE happy. I'm not sure how any contingent won't come away from this one pleased as can be. We get freebies/added value, we get new factions, we get an acknowledgement of building a collection for Deadzone AND future games... Heck... this is an amazing shot in the arm in general.

If they'll allow it, i'm definitely going to add $90 to my pledge for TWO Asterian/Forge-Father bundles (Supposedly only the first has a $10 surcharge for Wave 2 shipping, right?)

$100 for 2 sets the $10 is in addition to the bundle prices you don't subtract it from them if you qualify for free postage you just don't have to pay it.

 DaveC wrote:

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
THIS is how you make EVERYONE happy. I'm not sure how any contingent won't come away from this one pleased as can be. We get freebies/added value, we get new factions, we get an acknowledgement of building a collection for Deadzone AND future games... Heck... this is an amazing shot in the arm in general.

If they'll allow it, i'm definitely going to add $90 to my pledge for TWO Asterian/Forge-Father bundles (Supposedly only the first has a $10 surcharge for Wave 2 shipping, right?)

$100 for 2 sets the $10 is in addition to the bundle prices you don't subtract it from them if you qualify for free postage you just don't have to pay it.

Wasn't it said elsewhere that $10 would cover ALL Wave 2 shipping? I vaguely recall seeing it, and it being something akin to, any terrain, models, etc... shipped later only require paying the shipping extra ONCE?

Slightly confused here. If someone were to pledge for a Suppression Team for example, would they get to choose three free starter sets or just one?

@Zond

There were comments in the KS that made it seem like that would indeed be the case.

The way it breaks down is if you are grabbing the add-on versions of the new sets (the bundle or the singles) then it is free shipping to the UK or US. If you live outside these areas then you pay the $10 for any and all Wave 2 shipments.

If you are a US/UK backer and decided to grab a Wave 2 starter as your freebie, then you add the $10 to cover the second shipment.

The free US/UK shipping on the bundles doesn't seem to preclude the $10 charge for the freebie from my reading. But for those who were in for an extra starter anyways, it is a cheaper option for Strike Team+ pledgers to grab the one they are already paying for as a freebie and to get the Wave 2 as an add-on is they are US/UK residents.

Those outside of either look to need to pay the $10 Wave 2 shipping charge if they are going for any Wave 2 stuff. And those US/UK folk only getting a Wave 2 starter as a freebie will also be ponying up the $10 shipping charge. The main confusion seems to lie in whether the free US/UK shipping on the add-ons counts for the $10 freebie shipping for US/UK pledgers.

So that is my reading at least, I guess we'll wait for clarification from Mantic.

That said, $15 for two international shipments is still mind-boggling good from my standpoint. So I'm happy to pay it, myself. If US/UK backers can alleviate the $10 shipping fee on the freebie by grabbing an add-on then that is a crazy good deal (if that is the way it works).

Nice. It's been a few days since there's been a 'Holy crap, must grab that' stretch goal (which, I suppose, says something about what I expect from a Kickstarter.) At an absolute minimum I'll be in for Strike Team and Expanded Universe now. I'm still waiting to see what happens to the terrain for Strike Team and the add-ons before I know for sure what I'll do with that. Right now I'm planning on grabbing a Mantic buttload of terrain add-ons, but I may switch to Assault or Suppression Team depending on how the value works out. Regardless I'm sure I'll end with this costing me $300-500.


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 Ronin_eX wrote:
If US/UK backers can alleviate the $10 shipping fee on the freebie by grabbing an add-on then that is a crazy good deal (if that is the way it works).

That should be the way it works.

Jason Gifford about 2 hours ago
Quick Question. Assault Team (So two strike Teams), taking one each of the Asterians and Forge Fathers for the 2 free faction sets, and also ordering an EU Bundle Deal, so I'll end up with 2 each of the Asterians and Forge Fathers... how much should I add for US shipping?

Mantic wrote:@ Jason - Ah, good question! Adding the EU bundle on would cover the cost of the Second Shipment postage meaning you wouldn't need to pay any additional shipping.

Yep... This is the Mantic I was hoping for. Now, for $100 total added to my pledge, I get a second Enforcer starter, and two Forge Father/Asterian starters.

AMAZING.

Been doing some thinking, and unless they change the 6 building sprues in the strike package to two battlezones, I can't see myself going over assault team.

Suppression would be pretty darn close to what I want (basically an enforcer army, plus everything else they make for the game), if I were to tack on the EU double and the mercs...

The hitch is that I'd be stuck with 18 some-odd core worlds sprues with no option to swap out for landingpad/reinforced/ruins/etc battle zones.

So for this humble deadzone fan, I think assault plus EUbundle, plus mercs, plus skirmish(to get current tile sets)/battle(depending on how many sets we unlock), plus some add-on enforcers (specialist with burst laser, i'm looking at you!).. will be what I settle on.

Ofc they could throw another monkey wrench at this with another ridiculously high value stretch goal... Good times

I must admit, the Forgefather "not-terminator" squad is pretty cool. The real bummer is that it won;t be useable in Warpath until halfway through next spring. Ugh, that'd be a long wait.

So. To give a possible hint as to what may happen later, there is gonna be another batch of two factions if we get far enough.

The possibility is there for a duplicate stretch goal of this nature at some point

I must be one of the few who don't actually like the new factions. It seems that the Strike Team pledge is still my sweet spot.

I'll have to get in on this, funds permitting, at a later stage.

gohkm wrote:
I must be one of the few who don't actually like the new factions. It seems that the Strike Team pledge is still my sweet spot.

I'll have to get in on this, funds permitting, at a later stage.

I'm likely going to just double up my rebels with the free box. I like both new concepts, but just don't feel like spending more than Strike Team at this point, and I really don't mind the idea of getting my whole Kickstarter in a single package, rather than most everything with a bit later. I would probably add even more if they made the 2 factions for $50 into a general upgrade option rather than just the FF/asterians.

I dont mind dwarfoids in a scifi setting, and the not-eldar are mostly cyborg/robots so those are cooler than they could have been.
I'll most likely pick up the $50 EU set for the sake of completeness (they're both neat but i'm not crazy about them) and focus on enforcers with however many free factions I end up with...
Though the rebs are preeety awesome... toughest decision for me right now, but the rebs wont play well with my 46 man corp army box, and enforcers will.

I'd be ok with another "season 3" set with zzor and/or veermyn, the more fancy teams you've got laying around the easier it will be to entice someone who doesn't already play into a pickup/demo game.

Unfortunately Grim, this thing will have to explode for them to get into Veer-myn. It's planned as a later release in and of itself with its own set of faction choices and what have you (I'm sure there'll be a lot of cross-over factions in each setting).

If you're familiar with Mordhiem, it'd be like the Lustria setting.

Tough decision.

Kids want Forge Fathers, Dad wants Asterians. Will likely have to get the EU bundle and get a bonus Plague faction to mob both of them with.

Hopefully we'll at least see that infected Teraton in the near future.

My big conundrum of the moment is what to do with other games I've pledged for. Do I want to keep my pledge for Galaxy Defenders, or just go in balls- deep and pledge at Assault for Deadzone?

I was going off of your two more factions comment. Those are the only other WP factions I know of so that's why I said that.

I'd be happy to see the KS explode like that but I'm already digging far deeper into the old wallet than planned and more factions will only add to that

 GrimDork wrote:
I was going off of your two more factions comment. Those are the only other WP factions I know of so that's why I said that.

I'd be happy to see the KS explode like that but I'm already digging far deeper into the old wallet than planned and more factions will only add to that

Find more wallets

Beats me what the other two factions might be. Zees? Maybe Survivors like was suggested? Should be interesting. Maybe at that point it'd more setting specific type factions, which could be cool.

A survivor faction will get me to up another $35 easy.

Hrm, not really liking the Asterians. I REALLY want space elves, but I want space ELVES and not Space Elf+ a dozen Cylons. I totally understand the fluff reasoning, I do. It makes MUCH more sense than say, a dying race using it's civilian militia as front line troops wearing paper mache armor. But it hardly makes me want to use the models or play the faction.

At least that makes the decision of free faction pretty wasy (and yet SO HARD!): more Enforcers or more Rebels?

 Kalamadea wrote:
It makes MUCH more sense than say, a dying race using it's civilian militia as front line troops wearing paper mache armor.

This sort of thing is representative of my main gripe with the 40k universe. It's enough to make me happy that a logical reason is behind the models and gameplay even if it's not my ideal situation.