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shade1313 wrote:

 Compel wrote:
So, by my very rough count...

The Cadian 92nd Regiment is less than 3500-ish points, for £1000.

And that's including the Baneblade.

So now a "regiment" is two platoons, plus some support vehicles from an entirely different branch.

Oh, GW, hire someone who knows what they're talking about, please.


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Huh. The Hammer of Cadia bundle is actually a pretty decent deal, if you have a use for all of those tanks. $107 in savings over buying them separately.

Now, can I afford it right at this moment, that's the question.

Or sell the two "free" tanks on...

(thought I double posted, erased the bottom one, top one was gone when I came back)


Saving of approx €35 on the defense for boxes, catachan one is GW exlcusive (has the old version of the leman russ in the picture too)

Well, the commissar is... kinda reasonably priced? I guess I am just glad he isn't $30.

I also like the model MUCH more now that I can properly see the model. EXCELLENT lord commissar, but I think he is too ornate for a regular commissar.

From the Yarrick book:

"But Sebastian Yarrick, who fought on Armageddon, who Space Marine Chapter Masters show their fealty to on bended knee"

wat

 Sir Arun wrote:
From the Yarrick book:

"But Sebastian Yarrick, who fought on Armageddon, who Space Marine Chapter Masters show their fealty to on bended knee"

wat

IIRC, several space marine chapter masters were present at Armegeddon and explicitly elected him to be the overall leader. I don't recall them showing fealty on bended knee, though.

Over the top Retcon or just Matt Ward cutting loose behind a shield of Incognito?

I love Yarrick but that fluff is too much even for me. I'm also not sure that he's a good HQ choice in the new codex. I'll give him a few trial runs in large battles but other HQ options seem more compelling.

So far no one seems very excited about squad leaders getting more ranged weapon options. I am looking forward to arming a bunch of them with boltguns.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Marbo will probably get rules in a Catachan supplement for Codex IG.

Given GW's publicly stated position in the Chapterhouse lawsuit that all of their inspiration comes from inside their own heads and they don't draw from any external source, combined with the fact that Marbo is one of the less subtle examples of something drawn from an outside source...? No, I wouldn't be holding my breath for his return.

 insaniak wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Marbo will probably get rules in a Catachan supplement for Codex IG.

Given GW's publicly stated position in the Chapterhouse lawsuit that all of their inspiration comes from inside their own heads and they don't draw from any external source, combined with the fact that Marbo is one of the less subtle examples of something drawn from an outside source...? No, I wouldn't be holding my breath for his return.

Hah, we all know what external sources they draw upon. Who do they think they are fooling? Part of the appeal of the game was the wide range of popular science and fantasy monsters and heroes that were re-imagined within the 40K universe. It's too bad that Marbo can't pay a visit to Nottingham.

I have gone back about 20 pages and cannot locate the Primaris Psyker list of powers. Could someone re-post them?

Can someone who has the codex answer me this:

How many pages is the fluff?

And how does it compare to the fluff of the previous IG codex? Better? Worse?

Is large parts of it merely a copy-paste job (as was the case in the Eldar codex) or have they genuinely redesigned it?

Also, regarding most unit entries in the Bestiarum, is the fluff there also copy-paste from the old codex?

 JB wrote:
So far no one seems very excited about squad leaders getting more ranged weapon options. I am looking forward to arming a bunch of them with boltguns.

actually thats core to my build, im thinking spaming snipers + bolters in the PCS or CCS for all precision shots.

I FINALLY get to use the 10 or so srgt models that have bolters that have been collecting dust or acting as inquisitor henchmen.

you can have a whole army of precision shots with guard now...

or ignore cover, or tank hunter, or move shoot run... sooo much win in this codex, really make the big picute look like once we have each new codex out, that 6th ed will actually be quite balanced.

 Happygrunt wrote:
Well, the commissar is... kinda reasonably priced? I guess I am just glad he isn't $30.

I also like the model MUCH more now that I can properly see the model. EXCELLENT lord commissar, but I think he is too ornate for a regular commissar.

Yeah I'm actually sold on this one, thoroughly so now I've seen the sprues. £10 after the standard 20% online discount is still a couple of quid too expensive for a monopose IMO, but it's at least tolerable unlike the Librarian. Since most of the "comically ludicrous oversized head" syndrome comes mostly from the hat, and it seems the top part of that is actually separate from the head on the sprue, it should be a fairly simple job to put a more sane looking peaked cap on there; plus the way they've split the parts makes fixing his proportions fairly simple, a couple of plasticard spacer and some minor greenstuffing and he should look bang-on.

It's a shame though, time was a new Guard or Marine release would clear me out for a couple of months, these days I'll grudgingly buy the new IG 'dex and the Commissar is the only miniature that warrants purchasing.

The Imperial Guard Battleforce is gone. Yippie ho hay...

How long has it been?

 easysauce wrote:

 JB wrote:
So far no one seems very excited about squad leaders getting more ranged weapon options. I am looking forward to arming a bunch of them with boltguns.

actually thats core to my build, im thinking spaming snipers + bolters in the PCS or CCS for all precision shots.

So, how much now cost PCS with max of sniper rifles? Im looking for some non-ratling snipers

 UlrikDecado wrote:

 easysauce wrote:

 JB wrote:
So far no one seems very excited about squad leaders getting more ranged weapon options. I am looking forward to arming a bunch of them with boltguns.

actually thats core to my build, im thinking spaming snipers + bolters in the PCS or CCS for all precision shots.

So, how much now cost PCS with max of sniper rifles? Im looking for some non-ratling snipers

38 or you could do SWS w/3 for 36

lets the pcs continue doing its order business

It's now April 12 in England, why can't I buy the codex eBook yet?

 TheSilo wrote:
It's now April 12 in England, why can't I buy the codex eBook yet?

We are all asleep.

 Trickstick wrote:

 TheSilo wrote:
It's now April 12 in England, why can't I buy the codex eBook yet?

We are all asleep.

I commend you on your sleep typing abilities, haha.

 AkhilleusK42 wrote:

 Trickstick wrote:

 TheSilo wrote:
It's now April 12 in England, why can't I buy the codex eBook yet?

We are all asleep.

I commend you on your sleep typing abilities, haha.

hey... you aussies should be up by now and buying it! lucky ducks!

 easysauce wrote:
hey... you aussies should be up by now and buying it! lucky ducks!

Yeah, Australians get all the perks when it comes to GW.

)-:

When do data slates come out for a codex? I heard same day by some people but im not too sure.

hey... you aussies should be up by now and buying it! lucky ducks!

Yeah, Australians get all the perks when it comes to GW.

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Yes, I come from the future, mwhahaha. I ordered it from a discount outlet, which is in another state. By the time it gets sent out to me I'll be far behind on the curve *tears of sadness*
Hey, if you guys changed your GW region to Australia, couldn't you conceivably buy the ebook now?


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 Swastakowey wrote:
When do data slates come out for a codex? I heard same day by some people but im not too sure.

I thought that was a liberal hyperbole to make fun of the fact that the missing units will be reintroduced only 'moments' after the new codex drops.

 Swastakowey wrote:
When do data slates come out for a codex? I heard same day by some people but im not too sure.

Data slates? I'm holding on for the inevitable 30€ Codex: Marbo.

 adhuin wrote:

 Swastakowey wrote:
When do data slates come out for a codex? I heard same day by some people but im not too sure.

Data slates? I'm holding on for the inevitable 30€ Codex: Marbo.

Hahaha, filled with page after page of redacted reports and a blank rules page so as to not alert the enemy of his prowess.

 AkhilleusK42 wrote:

 adhuin wrote:

 Swastakowey wrote:
When do data slates come out for a codex? I heard same day by some people but im not too sure.

Data slates? I'm holding on for the inevitable 30€ Codex: Marbo.

Hahaha, filled with page after page of redacted reports and a blank rules page so as to not alert the enemy of his prowess.

You know when Classifies documents are released... but most of it is blacked out? That would be the whole book.

A few useless words but all the decent info is blacked out.

 Swastakowey wrote:

 AkhilleusK42 wrote:

 adhuin wrote:

 Swastakowey wrote:
When do data slates come out for a codex? I heard same day by some people but im not too sure.

Data slates? I'm holding on for the inevitable 30€ Codex: Marbo.

Hahaha, filled with page after page of redacted reports and a blank rules page so as to not alert the enemy of his prowess.

You know when Classifies documents are released... but most of it is blacked out? That would be the whole book.

A few useless words but all the decent info is blacked out.

Like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOCpj6iAZrE

No sound at work sorry... but imagine the blacked out silhouette was a sentence with only a chin showing...

The Ipad version is finally out & It clarifies the "Take Aim"-order:

It quotes the Precision shot rule fromm character section which clearly says that
Each roll of 6 to hit is a precision shot, that can be allocated...

So no allocating 50 shots to whomever you choose! (unless you roll that well.)

 adhuin wrote:
The Ipad version is finally out & It clarifies the "Take Aim"-order:

It quotes the Precision shot rule fromm character section which clearly says that
Each roll of 6 to hit is a precision shot, that can be allocated...

So no allocating 50 shots to whomever you choose! (unless you roll that well.)

Thats good. I wouldnt like to have to explain the stupid reason why its automatic and not on a roll of 6. Makes the order less useful though. No worth using in my opinion. Well compared to other orders.

 Swastakowey wrote:

 adhuin wrote:
The Ipad version is finally out & It clarifies the "Take Aim"-order:

It quotes the Precision shot rule fromm character section which clearly says that
Each roll of 6 to hit is a precision shot, that can be allocated...

So no allocating 50 shots to whomever you choose! (unless you roll that well.)

Thats good. I wouldnt like to have to explain the stupid reason why its automatic and not on a roll of 6. Makes the order less useful though. No worth using in my opinion. Well compared to other orders.

I still think it's damn effective:
50 conscripts (at only three points each!) with the Take Aim order rapid firing = 33.33 hits (16.67 of those hits are precision hits)
With divination for rerolls to hit you can reroll the 66.67 misses = 22.22 additional hits (11.11 are precision hits)
For a grand total of 27.78 precision shots allocated as you choose and 27.78 extra random hits for a unit under 200 points including the added divination

That's pretty damn nasty, in this particular case the lower bs of conscripts is highly advantageous in milking the precision shots

No sound at work sorry... but imagine the blacked out silhouette was a sentence with only a chin showing...

Oh darn, but you're right, it's an interview with every second word considered classified and bleeped out - made me laugh when I first watched it

EDIT: had the quote options reversed