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General wishlist thread

Spin-off thread discussing specific mechanics for new Faith Points system & new Acts of Faith

 Melissia wrote:

 Guardsmen Bob wrote:
How skinny is she, if she can fit into that power armor!?

As skinny as all of John Blanche's freakishly anorexic fantasies.

Seriously the man is disturbed and his art sucks, let's move on to better art.

Could be worse.

Games Workshop Art Direction Team Representative: "Well, we're not using John Blanche as our art director for Sisters of Battle anymore. We've decided to go in a slightly different direction."

Sisters of Battle Player: "The Sisters all look kind of small... underaged... and frilly."

GWADTR: "Yes! We've gone with CLAMP as our new art direction team for Sisters of Battle. Instead of Servo-Skulls and Cherubim, we're getting cute stuffed animal familiars instead!"

SoBP: "I hate you, Games Workshop Art Direction Team Representative."

 Mr Morden wrote:
Lets hope that the points adjustment is not up!

Don't even think it!

Jokes aside, it's a valid point. I also hope Celestine doesn't get a nerf bat to the face with a jump in cost, I've only recently finished painting her and it's probably the best thing I've painted.

D

God. If CLAMP designed Sisters everyone would have legs 6' long!

PaperworkNinja wrote:Sisters of Battle Player: "The Sisters all look kind of small... underaged... and frilly."

wat

Between putting 17 year old girls into power armour, having a possibly rather high rate of attrition, and using rejuvenation treatments, one could almost argue they're looking too old. nodontchangethem!

A bit more variety would be cool, though. More Sisters with bionics or scars like this Badass Canoness, or different ethnicities. I admit that on some images they almost look like clones - but that may well be intentional, mind you. All in all, I'm rather satisfied with the last images we got.

(Badass Canoness is from the same artist who drew the majority of SoB in the 3E Codex, btw)

So... anyone know when we actually get this thing?

Best answer ...

 evildrcheese wrote:
Spoke to Cruddence @ Games Day re SoB asking if the digital version is his WD dex. He confirmed it is, hes been involved in the writing of the warlord traits was the impression I got. He also told me they'velooked at the scaling issue for faith points and that there's been 'minor' point tweaks. Release date is for next month (October). Interestingly he said it'll probably be treat like a supplement in that if it sells well as a digital it's probably get a physical release. Spoke to someone from the digital editions stand and they confirmed it'll be for Android aswell as Ipad.

D

 Melissia wrote:

Seriously the man is disturbed and his art sucks, let's move on to better art.

He is probably perfectly well adjusted even if his art may be sometimes disturbing. Also, his art is awesome, it is what defines 40K.

 Manchu wrote:
Best answer ...

 evildrcheese wrote:
Spoke to Cruddence @ Games Day re SoB asking if the digital version is his WD dex. He confirmed it is, hes been involved in the writing of the warlord traits was the impression I got. He also told me they'velooked at the scaling issue for faith points and that there's been 'minor' point tweaks. Release date is for next month (October). Interestingly he said it'll probably be treat like a supplement in that if it sells well as a digital it's probably get a physical release. Spoke to someone from the digital editions stand and they confirmed it'll be for Android aswell as Ipad.

D

Ah... drat, was hoping for like 'oct 1st' or something along those lines... but then again, I've never known GW to put actual dates to things.

Hmmm....
Stand alone SOB codex may be code for stand alone SOB porn?

 master of ordinance wrote:
Hmmm....
Stand alone SOB codex may be code for stand alone SOB porn?

No. Now go stand in thy corner with the Cone of Shame upon ye head!

 ClockworkZion wrote:

I think 1d4chan (warning for the linguistically sensitive, there is a lot of swearing after the link) has you covered:

Haven't been there in a long while and the language I want to hear from my kids, but very funny.

I've missed this:

Another fun thing to note, in 2000+ games (IE when the army starts to become unreliable) is that you can take a second detachment of Sisters. Yeah you'll have to take a second HQ choice (and more problematically, 2 more squads of Battle Sisters). This can be slightly unwieldy, but it does mean you get D6 more points of Faith, as it's D6 per detachment.

Is this in the WD dex or in the FAQ?

Would go perfect with my current SOB list!

It is not in the codex nor the 1 page FAQ. And it hardly matters for long with possibly different faith point generation rules coming out.

whats a CLAMP?

A Japanese group of comic artists, know for their very exaggerated female forms (and I don't mean in the American way).

Google it if you dare.

Well, it'd make the sisters really stand out, at least.

 Shandara wrote:
A Japanese group of comic artists, know for their very exaggerated female forms (and I don't mean in the American way).

Google it if you dare.

They're also known for being a group entirely composed of women. They take turns leading different parts of projects from writing to drawing to inking to tone work.

Seems like they are behind Chobits, I thought that looked like a pretty standard anime.

Then again they did xxxHolic which has a rather strange art style.
This comes to mind...
http://www.gabpproperty.com/files/imagesGABPprop/product/300/KIDM4.jpg

I guess you could say the artstyle is similar to many "grays" (typical alien) I've seen.
Like this:
http://3d-stuff.ru/wp-content/uploads2/2013/08/SoftgoodImage26805a.jpg

That'd be a horrible art style for the SoB imo.

They also did Angelic Layer and I think Cardcaptor Sakura, both of which feature spunky little girl protagonists.

And no, I don't want an army of little girls. That moves from being awesome to coming off as creepy and pedophiliac.

Having the sisters carrying CLAMP weasels around would be annoying too.

Please no anime in my SOB army. I like anime, heck, I live in Japan, but SOB is something completely aesthetically different.

 MadCowCrazy wrote:

That'd be a horrible art style for the SoB imo.

I'm pretty sure that was the intended meaning/joke.

MWHistorian wrote:Please no anime in my SOB army. I like anime, heck, I live in Japan, but SOB is something completely aesthetically different.

Unless it's Motoko?

 Lynata wrote:

MWHistorian wrote:Please no anime in my SOB army. I like anime, heck, I live in Japan, but SOB is something completely aesthetically different.

Unless it's Motoko?

No thanks. That just leads to drug use, orgies, boobs and fans making even MORE porn.

Let's stick to the current design thanks.

 ClockworkZion wrote:
No thanks. That just leads to drug use, orgies, boobs and fans making even MORE porn.

Let's stick to the current design thanks.

It's like you hate fun.

 Manchu wrote:
Best answer ...

 evildrcheese wrote:
Spoke to Cruddence @ Games Day re SoB asking if the digital version is his WD dex. He confirmed it is, hes been involved in the writing of the warlord traits was the impression I got. He also told me they'velooked at the scaling issue for faith points and that there's been 'minor' point tweaks. Release date is for next month (October). Interestingly he said it'll probably be treat like a supplement in that if it sells well as a digital it's probably get a physical release. Spoke to someone from the digital editions stand and they confirmed it'll be for Android aswell as Ipad.

D

I don't find that reassuring at all seeing he wrote the lousy rules for the WD Codex Sisters of Battle. Perhaps he's realize the damage he's done and hoping to redeem himself. It will take more than minor tweeks to make codex SoB viable in a competitive tournament. I bet this will be another rush job with minimal play testing and the editor once again unable to distinguish a Multimelta from a Heavy Bolter.

 Snrub wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:
No thanks. That just leads to drug use, orgies, boobs and fans making even MORE porn.

Let's stick to the current design thanks.

It's like you hate fun.

Not really. One of the things I like about the Sisters is their ability to be completely awesome without needing to be done up for to appeal to horny 12 year old boys. I LIKE strong female characters (mostly because they're few and far between and the really good ones just make me marvel in how pure badass they are) and the fact that they don't pander to people through sex is awesome!

Not to mention they're the army that best fits the entire setting. If they aren't baroque and gothic when they make plastics I may have to write a sternly worded letter!


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 SabrX wrote:

 Manchu wrote:
Best answer ...

 evildrcheese wrote:
Spoke to Cruddence @ Games Day re SoB asking if the digital version is his WD dex. He confirmed it is, hes been involved in the writing of the warlord traits was the impression I got. He also told me they'velooked at the scaling issue for faith points and that there's been 'minor' point tweaks. Release date is for next month (October). Interestingly he said it'll probably be treat like a supplement in that if it sells well as a digital it's probably get a physical release. Spoke to someone from the digital editions stand and they confirmed it'll be for Android aswell as Ipad.

D

I don't find that reassuring at all seeing he wrote the lousy rules for the WD Codex Sisters of Battle. Perhaps he's realize the damage he's done and hoping to redeem himself. It will take more than minor tweeks to make codex SoB viable in a competitive tournament. I bet this will be another rush job with minimal play testing and the editor once again unable to distinguish a Multimelta from a Heavy Bolter.

Cruddace doesn't excite me, but his balance in the Space Marine codex is looking a lot better than his older work, so perhaps he's starting to get better.

That or he had a lot of help. In which case I hope Matt Ward was ghost writing as Cruddace on this update.

 Snrub wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:
No thanks. That just leads to drug use, orgies, boobs and fans making even MORE porn.

Let's stick to the current design thanks.

It's like you hate fun.

No, no, it's more like he is exhibiting good taste and decency...

 Manchu wrote:
Best answer ...

 evildrcheese wrote:
Release date is for next month (October). Interestingly he said it'll probably be treat like a supplement in that if it sells well as a digital it's probably get a physical release. Spoke to someone from the digital editions stand and they confirmed it'll be for Android aswell as Ipad.

D

Sells? Are they now going to charge us for the digitalized version of a White Dwarf list? I guess I shouldn't be surprised but I was anyway.

The more I play the WD dex the more I like it. People are often surprised by how much hurt my Sisters can put out, so I'm not fussed that it's getting a revamp until we get our proper codex (as long as we do get a proper dex at some point).

D