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What about an open topped side armor 12 transport that kills 8 guys when it explodes is over powered?
What about paying 150 points for a potential 10 str 7 shots at bs2 is overpowered?
And biker nobs are not evdn.close to what they use to be in power level, if any of these things grt nerfed it will be a shame. Nothing in the ork codex needs nerfed, we need buffs...

My advice is to come into the new book as pessimistic as possible.

"Plan for the worst, hope for the best."

 Anpu-adom wrote:
My advice is to come into the new book as pessimistic as possible.

"Plan for the worst, hope for the best."

Like me every time I pick up my dice!

 Anpu-adom wrote:
My advice is to come into the new book as pessimistic as possible.

"Plan for the worst, hope for the best."

You're talking to Ork players. Pretty sure we all think that way.

Plan? Hope? Sod that!

Just stop mukkin abaht and get stukk in! If youz still alive later, figgur out wot you woz doin rite. Den do it again, but wif moar dakka.

Datz da WORD Bozz

i love the ork community.

When armies are really out-of-date, only the fluffy, true fans of the army remain.

it's nice to see that there are so many other dedicated ork players out there.
my first attempt at getting into 40k was way back with the 2nd ed box set, but with no flgs and no real community to keep me going, it petered out pretty quickly. and when i saw 3rd ed, with the marines and dark eldar, i was 'meh'. ditto 4th. when i discovered assault on black reach, and a couple good starting armies, one of those being the benignly chaotic and battle-driven orks, i was back in it right away. living in a place with a thriving community at the time helped, with a gw and two flgses within reasonable driving distance.
but after a while, things started to change. as new codexes were released, and competitive players jumped on the ba, dark eldar, grey knight, etc. bandwagons, my mobz of boyz in trukkz and swarms of deffkoptaz began to feel less and less relevant. but i stuck with 'em, cuz i'm stubborn like that. people would give me advice on how to restructure my army, but it just didn't suit my style.
then again, the 'roll for one of three options for deployment, roll again for mission' out of the book always seemed a bit... limited to me. i always liked a bit more narrative style in the game. you know, 'what's your sm captain's name? what drives him? does he hate orks?' playing the game should be about telling a story. and the orks, oddballs that they are, are rife with good stories...

And now that we finally got this BS 7th ed. release announced, I can settle in and expect some real Ork leaks to show up.

Now, If I can only con someone in to buying the new rules for me, cause I'm spending my money on models only.

You'z eitha feelin da orkiness or you dont. Iz no middle ground 'ere, see?

Did anyone else notice that Da Waaagh is back up and running? I thought that I'd mention, considering how long it has been down.

It is too! WAAAGH!!!!

 Charles Rampant wrote:
Did anyone else notice that Da Waaagh is back up and running? I thought that I'd mention, considering how long it has been down.

Your a day late with that announcement, It was posted yesterday.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/595469.page

It's nice to see that Da Waaagh is back! It's good to have an Ork-focused forum.

Looks like deffkoptas have also gone "no longer available" status on GW UK site.

I'm hoping that the next white dwarf will show us some ork stuff, considering the white dwarf comes out the same day 7th edition drops.

Stuff is happening soon!

My secret goal... All my Orks painted by June 1.

I'm almost done with my last 3 models. 2 Stompas and Snikrot. My inventory without upgrades: All painted. Pics to follow after Memorial Day tourney!

Soon da Boyz will 'ave dere way wid all dem 'umies and fishy faces and wind-up-robots whot keeps gettin' up... An' most all... Dem prancy pointed eared lads. Wees gonna crump dem right!

Ork Inventory (Orks)
HQ - 770
Warboss (95)
power klaw; twin-linked shoota; bosspole.

Warboss (105)
shoota; warbike; bosspole.

Big Mek (110)
power klaw; kustom force field.

Big Mek (85)
kustom force field.

Big Mek (95)
shokk attack gun.

Ghazghkull Thraka (225)

Weirdboy (55)

Elites - 1,870
15 Burna Boyz (225)

5 Nobz (325)
Painboy; 2× power klaw; bosspole; Waaagh! banner; warbikes.

5 Nobz (130)
Painboy.

10 Nobz (610)
Painboy; 2× big choppa; 4× power klaw; bosspole; Waaagh! banner; warbikes.

3 Meganobz (135)
3× shoota/skorcha kombi-weapon.

10 Lootas (150)

10 Lootas (150)

5 Kommandos (145)
Boss Snikrot; 2× big shoota.

Troops - 1,755
30 Ork Boyz (255)
Nob (power klaw; 'eavy armour; bosspole); shootas; 3× rokkit launcha.

30 Ork Boyz (255)
Nob (power klaw; 'eavy armour; bosspole); shootas; 3× rokkit launcha.

30 Ork Boyz (255)
Nob (power klaw; 'eavy armour; bosspole); shootas; 3× rokkit launcha.

30 Gretchin (120)

30 Ork Boyz (290)
Nob (power klaw; 'eavy armour; bosspole); 3× rokkit launcha.
• Trukk

30 Ork Boyz (290)
Nob (power klaw; 'eavy armour; bosspole); 3× rokkit launcha.
• Trukk

30 Ork Boyz (290)
Nob (power klaw; 'eavy armour; bosspole); 3× rokkit launcha.
• Trukk

Fast Attack - 825
5 Deffkoptas (225)
5× twin-linked rokkit launcha.

1 Deffkopta (35)

Dakkajet (120)
twin-linked supa shoota.

Dakkajet (120)
twin-linked supa shoota.

20 Stormboyz (325)
Boss Zagstruk.

Heavy Support - 1,030
3 Killa Kans (150)
3× rokkit launcha.

3 Killa Kans (120)
3× skorcha.

3 Killa Kans (135)
3× grotzooka.

Battlewagon (125)
kannon; big shoota; deff rolla.

Battlewagon (125)
kannon; big shoota; deff rolla.

Battlewagon (125)
kannon; big shoota; deff rolla.

Battlewagon (125)
kannon; big shoota; deff rolla.

Battlewagon (125)
kannon; big shoota; deff rolla.

Detachment: Lords of War
Other - 1,540
Stompa (770)

Stompa (770)

Detachment: Fortifications
Other - 50
Aegis Defence Lines (50)

7,840 points

Rubs wrote:
Looks like deffkoptas have also gone "no longer available" status on GW UK site.

I'm hoping that the next white dwarf will show us some ork stuff, considering the white dwarf comes out the same day 7th edition drops.

Stuff is happening soon!

Confirm Gee-Dub Germany making the deffkopta OOP. Commandoz and Tank hunters are back for order though. Maybe they try to get rid of the stock before the new models arrive.

 doktor_g wrote:
My secret goal... All my Orks painted by June 1.

I'm almost done with my last 3 models. 2 Stompas and Snikrot. My inventory without upgrades: All painted. Pics to follow after Memorial Day tourney!

Soon da Boyz will 'ave dere way wid all dem 'umies and fishy faces and wind-up-robots whot keeps gettin' up... An' most all... Dem prancy pointed eared lads. Wees gonna crump dem right!
*snip*

I admire this. Once my FW Meka Dread (See link in my signature for WIP pics) is done I too will be attempting to get as much of my Ork backlog painted, to clear the decks for the awesome new models.That mid sized stompa is going to be my first priority.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Was suggested that this might warrant posting here too, so:

Some months ago I noticed the Forge World Ork Battlefortress was missing from the site. At the time they still had a Facebook page, so I inquired about it and was told it had been withdrawn for new molds to be made. That was in February, if memory serves.
I emailed Forge World yesterday, as the Battlefortress is still missing, and received this reply this morning:

Hi,
Thank you for your email. Unfortunately this product has been withdrawn from sale due to problems in creating replacement moulds. We hope to produce a new version in future but this will not be for quite some time.

If there is anything further we can do to assist you, or if you have any queries about the information we have requested or provided, please telephone us.

Regards,
Forge World

More xenos loveliness falls by the way side, as the Heresy behemoth continues. I really loved that model, and it was on my list to buy once I had a gap in my painting big enough to accommodate such a project.
I guess now I might look into scratch building something. Or, if anyone reading this in the UK had one they want to sell, PM me

That's one of my favorites too, luckily I have one (not for sale )

I just really hope that there still will be some kind of Ork HQ on a warbike. I'm building my Ork Biker Boss from FW right now, and I hope I'm not forced to play him as the FW special character.

 Bonde wrote:
I just really hope that there still will be some kind of Ork HQ on a warbike. I'm building my Ork Biker Boss from FW right now, and I hope I'm not forced to play him as the FW special character.

As others have stated, I feel they may remove some special characters and wazdakka may go.

But, I don't imagine they'll remove the warboss on warbike. What I'm hoping for the warboss, is they'll give him the option to have a jumppack, so he can jump around with the stormboyz.

Just updated the first post with a small tidbit from my friend

Shame about the battle fortress, always had my eye on that but could never afford one. :(

 Juvieus Kaine wrote:
Just updated the first post with a small tidbit from my friend

I hope he is right.

 Gargskull wrote:
Shame about the battle fortress, always had my eye on that but could never afford one. :(

I'd dare say that the fortress is a prime example of something you could scratch build if you wanted it badly enough. For that matter, several of the scratch builds and kit bashes I have seen look BETTER than the Forgeworld fortress.

Easily but some models are so nice you just want to own them as they are.

 Billagio wrote:

 Juvieus Kaine wrote:
Just updated the first post with a small tidbit from my friend

I hope he is right.

Pretty sure he is, if not then early July. Orks are very close. Sweet, sweet new models.

New 40k edition, new Ork stuff, new D&D edition...

this is going to be an expensive summer...

Thank Gork I don't have anyone to play D&D with any more, or I'd be bankrupt.