Ork rumours - First post updated 20th June

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**Daemonhammer**

Hopefully they will do something about the poor preformance of bikerz.

**HairySticks**

lol.. Any thing they fail to change from failcast to something usable will be a massive shame :(
I (among many) simply will not buy that crap.. Would genuinly prefer to go 3rd party or to buy fakes and wait weeks for delivery!

**RobZie**

Steve steveson wrote:

I think it's going to be brilliant for us. If nothing else Orks can finally play one any force we want. Full Ork Komandoz force lead by grotsnik? No problem for dem sneaky gitz! Speed freaks without the boyz in trucks and with lots of buggies/tracks? No problem. Pimping Bad Moon list? No troops needed any more. Hopefully the ork Dex's is good but not over the top good. I don't want dex's jumpers giving ork players a bad name. Other than inappropriate shouting ork players are normally a good bunch.

Oh god i hadn't thought about that! Those of us that have stuck it out with this dex since 4th to be labeled as power gamer's if the new dex is decent will make me a saaad panda.

**Dez**

US store still has them in stock...but I'm still hopeful!

**Perfect Organism**

RobZie wrote:
Steve steveson wrote:

I think it's going to be brilliant for us. If nothing else Orks can finally play one any force we want. Full Ork Komandoz force lead by grotsnik? No problem for dem sneaky gitz! Speed freaks without the boyz in trucks and with lots of buggies/tracks? No problem. Pimping Bad Moon list? No troops needed any more. Hopefully the ork Dex's is good but not over the top good. I don't want dex's jumpers giving ork players a bad name. Other than inappropriate shouting ork players are normally a good bunch.

Oh god i hadn't thought about that! Those of us that have stuck it out with this dex since 4th to be labeled as power gamer's if the new dex is decent will make me a saaad panda.

That's exactly what ork players said when the powerful (at the time) 4th edition codex came out. It wasn't really a problem then and I doubt it will be a problem now.

**Sick Bag**

I heard a new codex was coming out when I bought my Orks last month.

I mostly played it safe and bought a core of Boyz. I bought Bikes, but they have been underperforming. I have 1500 and am excited to see what my last 500 will be.

Dakka, Dakka and more Dakka!!!

**Ouze**

Sick Bag wrote:
I heard a new codex was coming out when I bought my Orks last month.

I mostly played it safe and bought a core of Boyz.

I am quite confident that, whatever changes are made to the book, you still made a wise purchase. I think the core Orkyness will always remain "boyz before toys".

**Squidbot**

RobZie wrote:
Steve steveson wrote:

I think it's going to be brilliant for us. If nothing else Orks can finally play one any force we want. Full Ork Komandoz force lead by grotsnik? No problem for dem sneaky gitz! Speed freaks without the boyz in trucks and with lots of buggies/tracks? No problem. Pimping Bad Moon list? No troops needed any more. Hopefully the ork Dex's is good but not over the top good. I don't want dex's jumpers giving ork players a bad name. Other than inappropriate shouting ork players are normally a good bunch.

Oh god i hadn't thought about that! Those of us that have stuck it out with this dex since 4th to be labeled as power gamer's if the new dex is decent will make me a saaad panda.

If the new codex is so good it has people flocking to play Orks, I will be surprised, but a very happy Warboss.

**RobZie**

Squidbot wrote:
RobZie wrote:
Steve steveson wrote:

I think it's going to be brilliant for us. If nothing else Orks can finally play one any force we want. Full Ork Komandoz force lead by grotsnik? No problem for dem sneaky gitz! Speed freaks without the boyz in trucks and with lots of buggies/tracks? No problem. Pimping Bad Moon list? No troops needed any more. Hopefully the ork Dex's is good but not over the top good. I don't want dex's jumpers giving ork players a bad name. Other than inappropriate shouting ork players are normally a good bunch.

Oh god i hadn't thought about that! Those of us that have stuck it out with this dex since 4th to be labeled as power gamer's if the new dex is decent will make me a saaad panda.

If the new codex is so good it has people flocking to play Orks, I will be surprised, but a very happy Warboss.

Yeah, i suppose it is a pretty good trade off. Ork vs Ork games are ridiculously fun and fluffy anyway.

**Squidbot**

In Ork Vs Ork battles I like to pretend they're the same army and they just got bored waiting for the spaces dudes to arrive.

**Dez**

Sick Bag wrote:
I heard a new codex was coming out when I bought my Orks last month.

I mostly played it safe and bought a core of Boyz. I bought Bikes, but they have been underperforming. I have 1500 and am excited to see what my last 500 will be.

Dakka, Dakka and more Dakka!!!

They really need to be in big units (max if you can), and are more of a shooting platform than assault. I'm personally hoping Wazdakka is still around, or I can at least continue to play an all bike army.

**MajorWesJanson**

Bikers will likely get a major points-drop. Marines have gone from 32 in 4th to 25 in 5th and now 21. Eldar jetbikes went from 22 to 17 between 4th and 6th.

Ork bikerz are 25 a bike now, and will likely drop to 20 or less.

**Anpu-adom**

I too started my Orks just a while ago. I haven't even picked up the 4th ed codex... using Army Builder to dream, etc. Picked up the Ork half of AoBR and added a Battleforce. Waiting to see what happens with Meganobs, because I'd love to run a Battlewagon/MegaNob list.

**matphat**

As an Ork only player with a substantial army (3300 pts or so) I'm really looking forward to a new book. Even if it's under-powered. It will be fun to have some new things to do.

**Squidbot**

Crazy idea:
Daemonic Psyker discipline allows Warpheads to summon Warboss Tuska.

**crashhead**

as I have about 15k of orks, I'm excited to see what I can add to my WAAAGH!

more meganobz? well I have 20, so might add some more while I'm at it

hope they don't nerf the deathrolla to much

**Anpu-adom**

matphat wrote:
As an Ork only player with a substantial army (3300 pts or so) I'm really looking forward to a new book. Even if it's under-powered. It will be fun to have some new things to do.

I'm going to predict that your 3300 point ork army will decrease by at least 30%... meaning what was once 3000 points will now be about 2100 points. That happened with my other army, Necrons when they got their codex at the end of 5th.

**Squidbot**

I'm ok with that. Justifies me buying more WAAAAGH to mod.

**Perfect Organism**

Anpu-adom wrote:
matphat wrote:
As an Ork only player with a substantial army (3300 pts or so) I'm really looking forward to a new book. Even if it's under-powered. It will be fun to have some new things to do.

I'm going to predict that your 3300 point ork army will decrease by at least 30%... meaning what was once 3000 points will now be about 2100 points. That happened with my other army, Necrons when they got their codex at the end of 5th.

The only units I can see dropping that much are grots, killa kans, buggies, stormboys, kommandos and flash gits. The ork codex has some flaws, but being overpriced generally isn't one of them.

**streamdragon**

I really can't see how they could make boyz reasonably cheaper. They're already such a great value.

**Dez**

Squidbot wrote:
Crazy idea:
Daemonic Psyker discipline allows Warpheads to summon Warboss Tuska.

1 Million times yes,my favorite story in the book!

**sir william the bold**

Honestly I don't care what they do to the orks as long as we get some new models that look cool

Although, if they drop Kans I will not be a happy warboss...

**nolzur**

MajorWesJanson wrote:
Bikers will likely get a major points-drop. Marines have gone from 32 in 4th to 25 in 5th and now 21. Eldar jetbikes went from 22 to 17 between 4th and 6th.

Ork bikerz are 25 a bike now, and will likely drop to 20 or less.

Dark Angels 27 point bikers would like a word with you...

**zachwho**

Squidbot wrote:
Crazy idea:
Daemonic Psyker discipline allows Warpheads to summon Warboss Tuska.

by far the coolest idea EVAR!!!

honestly if GW did something that cool, i know i could forgive them for alot of their shenanigans over the years!! well I'd at least think about it.

also to the above,kans aren't going anywhere, except to the elites section of your codex.

**Jaceevoke**

nolzur wrote:
MajorWesJanson wrote:
Bikers will likely get a major points-drop. Marines have gone from 32 in 4th to 25 in 5th and now 21. Eldar jetbikes went from 22 to 17 between 4th and 6th.

Ork bikerz are 25 a bike now, and will likely drop to 20 or less.

Dark Angels 27 point bikers would like a word with you...

While yes it is true that the DA bikers cost that much, the trend they are referring to has been started by codexs released later in sixth than the DA's. So while there is a chance that there points will remain the same or, heaven forbid, go up, there is just as much chance they will follow the most recent trends.

**Charles Rampant**

I'm absolutely desperate for Stormboyz to become good, or at least not such a massive points sink. They just are not worth that extra 6pts per model, which is a shame because they make me happy in my pants.

**Squidbot**

I think we'd all like fun stormboyz.

**Bonde**

My Ork army is just about the only thing that still has me excited about 40K. I really don't hope that GW mess up with 7th edition, the Ork codex or the new miniatures.

**Jidmah**

If there is something I'm confident about, it's GW making great ork miniatures. I can't think of a single plastic ork kit that's not completely awesome.

**LavuranGuard**

Jidmah wrote:
If there is something I'm confident about, it's GW making great ork miniatures. I can't think of a single plastic ork kit that's not completely awesome.

Wartrak?

I hope we get a new kit for this - with bits for the Skorcha turret and fuel trailer like the old RT ones.