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It's interesting to see the various rumors from the different sources. The idea of a point system for psychic powers is one that intrigues me... and equally fits with the long term theme of the orks over the years. Regardless of the validity of these rumors, I'm always happy to just see anything ork.

Agree about it is always nice to see anything orky.
I hope they knock the points psychic system on the head. The game is picking up too many fiddly faffy rules.

GW if you are reading....Buggies need an overhall.

If Mat Ward writes an' skrews our Codex den I'z gonna make us a new one an' put it on 'ere.

Per the Ork history and lore, a pile of "dead" ork limbs can be thrown together to create a new Ork. I am all for orks having a similar rule to "We'll be back" (Necrons) or all Orks getting a 6+ invol save (since the 6+ armor save is practically USELESS!!).

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
If Mat Ward writes an' skrews our Codex den I'z gonna make us a new one an' put it on 'ere.

Let's be fair, orks are the one race that would not be messed up over the top ward nonsense.

 Steve steveson wrote:

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
If Mat Ward writes an' skrews our Codex den I'z gonna make us a new one an' put it on 'ere.

Let's be fair, orks are the one race that would not be messed up over the top ward nonsense.

Mat Ward hates greenskins and has said he doesn't like writing for them. He wrote the 7th edition O&G book for fantasy, and it was universally hated. Unless he's been reprimanded for it, don't expect him to do your greenskins justice.

Meh, just give me some shifted points, a warlord chart, maybe a new toy and Ill be happy.

Writers that produce sub standard work, purely because they don't like the source material, should be sacked. He is employed as a writer not a special snowflake, he needs to suck it up and write consistently.


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 Steve steveson wrote:

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
If Mat Ward writes an' skrews our Codex den I'z gonna make us a new one an' put it on 'ere.

Let's be fair, orks are the one race that would not be messed up over the top ward nonsense.

Not unless we get told that Marneus Calgar is really our spiritual liege and all orks secretly wish to be ultramarines.

Ugly Green Trog wrote:
Writers that produce sub standard work, purely because they don't like the source material, should be sacked. He is employed as a writer not a special snowflake, he needs to suck it up and write consistently.


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 Steve steveson wrote:

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
If Mat Ward writes an' skrews our Codex den I'z gonna make us a new one an' put it on 'ere.

Let's be fair, orks are the one race that would not be messed up over the top ward nonsense.

Not unless we get told that Marneus Calgar is really our spiritual liege and all orks secretly wish to be ultramarines.

If that was the case we'd lose all the writers. Cruddace for Tyranids and Tomb kings while buffing up IG, Kelly for Chaos, while overbuffing Eldar (Again in the same way!)


While we'd be left with Vetock, who is rather even handed.

New buggies kit is the main thing I'm interested in, oh and plastic Manz... rules changes make little difference to a true Ork, we'd waaagh through it all anyway!

I'd like the Waaaaaaagh to be updated to be a bit more useful, Zogwart so he can have a BS of 1, a plastic Flash Gitz box and (now this is wishful thinking) have some sort of reanimation protocol, since Orks grow from the spores of dead Orks...

I do like the idea of the token system thats rumoured.

Orks grow from the spores of dead Orks but over a prolongued period of time, its nowhere near what you'd see in the scope of a battle.

I really don't even think Matt Ward could really mess up our Dex as much as people are worried. Boyz will probably stay the same all around because lets face it, they are the BASIS for everything Orky. If anything Lootas will probably just get nerfed along side the Nob Biker Swarm. I don't see Flash Gitz getting buffed either.

In other words, death to the daemon host, the terrible and afflicted - Matt Ward.

am I the only one who want's to see the grots rumors get realised?
plus for the love of god the GW wouldn't steel from FW is just a bunch of ork manure. look at FW whho makes new models right after GW reeleases them.... o yeah the fact that there the same company is also worth noticing.

I just checked the smallest squigoth just fits the oval base. and to be honest it's the most likely figure to feature in the new codex. just look at all the other big models released for other armies. there always MC despite looking like walkers. and if we still can't have a squiggoth mine will continue to function as a looted tank hahaha

There will be a big kit, that's for sure. Will it be a big bomber (yeah), a squigoth (yeah), a big walker (yeah), a new tank (less-yeah, but still cool). It's pretty hard to screw an ork minis anyway, because players can just fix it as they like and it will be fluffy and cool.

A Squigoth in 40k would be pretty awesome. I'm also hoping on, with GW banging out supplements left right and centre, i hope they release supplements for each klan and I can viably field Nazdreg as an actual character and not a vanilla warboss

 randomtoaster wrote:
A Squigoth in 40k would be pretty awesome. I'm also hoping on, with GW banging out supplements left right and centre, i hope they release supplements for each klan and I can viably field Nazdreg as an actual character and not a vanilla warboss

There are already models and rules for the Squigoths, FW makes them. If GW remakes them in plastic, they are probably going to be at least as expensive with the new prices.

 Bonde wrote:

 randomtoaster wrote:
A Squigoth in 40k would be pretty awesome. I'm also hoping on, with GW banging out supplements left right and centre, i hope they release supplements for each klan and I can viably field Nazdreg as an actual character and not a vanilla warboss

There are already models and rules for the Squigoths, FW makes them. If GW remakes them in plastic, they are probably going to be at least as expensive with the new prices.

I know there is, but a lot of players refuse to allow FW rules and units, if they made their way into the Ork codex, then it would be awesome. I doubt they'd be FW expensive, barely anyone would pay over £200 for a gargantuan squiggoth.

 Ouze wrote:

 Agamemnon2 wrote:
well, in many ways the Orks are the most pious army in the game. Their faith sustains them and drives them to conquest. The Waaagh is nothing less than a green jihad.

This is, perhaps, the best perspective on Orks I have ever heard.

Agreed

No offense intended, but i think I'll keep my pet slugs away from this thread...

via Larry Vela on Bols
It looks like we have a good idea of what the first half of 2014 is looking like.
Orks in June, after Imperial Guard
Ork models focus on updates/removal of metal and finecast models.

Gutrippa returns as a reimagined halftrack with a Kannon and a nasty spike filled front, and a AAA Flakkwagon alternative build.

Buggy kit
Flashgitz/Tankbustas combo-kit
Meganob kit (Warboss bit included)
Big Gunz/Suppagunz combo-kit
Deffkoptas
Plastic cybork parts are included in one of those kits.

Plastic Weirdboy clampack
Plastic Mek clampack

Last but not least... there is mixed chatter out there about... da CyBoar!

Nothing on Kommandos?

I'd sooner expect Tankbustas to be paired with Kommandos than with Flash Gitz.

Flash Gitz! AWWWW YEAH!

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I'd sooner expect Tankbustas to be paired with Kommandos than with Flash Gitz.

Yeah, Flash Gitz are Nobz and therefore considerably larger than Tankbustas. Making a 5 man Tankbusta/Commando dual plastic kit would make much more sense. I could imagine GW adding a sprue with large guns and gun arms to the existing Nob plastic kit (and doubling the price). They have already done it with a kit like the Baneblade, so I could see it happening again.

 Bonde wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I'd sooner expect Tankbustas to be paired with Kommandos than with Flash Gitz.

Yeah, Flash Gitz are Nobz and therefore considerably larger than Tankbustas. Making a 5 man Tankbusta/Commando dual plastic kit would make much more sense. I could imagine GW adding a sprue with large guns and gun arms to the existing Nob plastic kit (and doubling the price). They have already done it with a kit like the Baneblade, so I could see it happening again.

Yeah I thought it was weird considering the size differences. Perhaps tankbustas will be nobs now? Or Maybe Flash Gitz are boyz stats in order to make them cheaper?

 Billagio wrote:

 Bonde wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I'd sooner expect Tankbustas to be paired with Kommandos than with Flash Gitz.

Yeah, Flash Gitz are Nobz and therefore considerably larger than Tankbustas. Making a 5 man Tankbusta/Commando dual plastic kit would make much more sense. I could imagine GW adding a sprue with large guns and gun arms to the existing Nob plastic kit (and doubling the price). They have already done it with a kit like the Baneblade, so I could see it happening again.

Yeah I thought it was weird considering the size differences. Perhaps tankbustas will be nobs now? Or Maybe Flash Gitz are boyz stats in order to make them cheaper?

It wouldn't be the first time that GW changes fluff for a unit, but I think it is unlikely, since we already have one Flash Git model. Changing this would just piss people off who have converted Flash Gitz from regular Nobz.

All it needs for flash gits and tank bustaz to go in one box is a different set of torsos for each. Nobz in boyz and biker boxes are already done that way. Considering both types models have a ton looted stuff sticking to them, it makes sense to put them in one box.

 Jidmah wrote:
All it needs for flash gits and tank bustaz to go in one box is a different set of torsos for each. Nobz in boyz and biker boxes are already done that way. Considering both types models have a ton looted stuff sticking to them, it makes sense to put them in one box.

Yeah but those boxes only have 1 nob torso and the rest boyz. This would be giving 2 sets of different sized torsos and probably arms/legs. That dosent seem likely to me.

In the codex prior to our current one... flash gitz did not have the stat lines of Nobz, nor the size of such. I would not be surprised to see Flashgitz return to the standard Boy statline. As I've said in the past though, I'm just happy to see anything ork crop up from the rumor mill!