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My 2 cents on the Orkanaut:

+ kit looks kinda nice. the modell itself isn't that great, but there is lots of room for conversion and it will net you a load of extra bitz an gubbinz to use elsewhere.
+ Could be a more mobile version of lootas, providing (by guesstimate) roughly the same firepower but on the move and with a good defensive capability

- Compared to a Land Raider, we pay more points, more moneys, get weaker dakka, less transport capacity and probably less durability. Burn. Bad burn.
- Doesn't solve a major ork problem: handling vehicles with high armour values at range.
- Doesn't actually fill a battlefield role, that is not allready covered to some degree by other units.

If nob bikers get worse in any way then I am selling all my 40k and sticking to fantasy.

BAN wrote:
If nob bikers get worse in any way then I am selling all my 40k and sticking to fantasy.

Yeah, sell yr GW and buy more GW. That'll teach 'em.

BAN wrote:
If nob bikers get worse in any way then I am selling all my 40k and sticking to fantasy.

I can't imagine how GW could make them worse, maybe putting the points up. Maybe making the bikes dakka guns Assault 2?

That might actually make bikers more affordable points wise.

We will see

Funny you said that ceorron...

I usually play BW with Zogwort, some bikes plus lootas and ADL... And I wanted some nice Grot units...

So already Weirdboyz nerfed. No prospects for Grots. Feeling the atmosphere here: there is a possibility for Lootas to be hit. And now you mention Bikes...

Hmm... I can see the pattern here, but I will not yield. I refuse to worry and I will stay optimistic...

Well we don't know until the codex drops. Probably just irrational fear.

Ork weirdboyz were always, back in the day, fairly immune to the perils of the warp. A possessed Warp'ead wasn't taken over by a daemon, instead the daemon fell into a trap by attempting to take the tasty psyker as the ork mentality is so basic there's nothing for the daemon to exploit. The daemon would find it's self trapped and at the mercy... of the ork.

Perhaps we'll see something like that come back, perhaps immunity to perils or somesuch.


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The MorkGorknaut on paper really doesn't excel at anything. It's point cost is very high and it's a poor 'jack of all trades, master of none'.

Unless they put something seriously useful in to combo with it, or alter it's rules in the actual codex, it's not going to see much action with my army...

Unless unless, they nerf everything else to make it a viable choice of desperation...

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:

The MorkGorknaut on paper really doesn't excel at anything. It's point cost is very high and it's a poor 'jack of all trades, master of none'.

Well it seems that the MorkGorknaut might be the new Flashgitz then. Maybe it will mean flashgitz are good this time round?!!!

There's nothing from the arms down on that model I like.

Is that this weeks white dwarf bled dry now?

Reckon so. Will be picking it up anyway, but it looks like we've had the guts.

I think if the Orkanaught had been a Superheavy Walker it would have been pretty awesome?

 Gargskull wrote:
Is that this weeks white dwarf bled dry now?

Everything concerning orks has been leaked. Gotta wait for next week!

Oh well, we got a little look at the new manz at least.

So did they seriously make an Ork transport and not give it Assault Vehicle?

Craziness.

That we know of. WD has been know to get things wrong.
I hope they did this time, or it makes the pregnant dread pretty silly.

I think I agree with the chap who thought this might be a good kit to scratch build a MegaDread out of..

Which is cheaper?

They cost exactly the same, assuming you get a Mega-Dread body and two army from forgeworld.

Gorkanaut/Morkanaut did not grasp me at all. I don't see it having a place in my army nor does it please me as far as the model is concerned.

and lets not even talk about the price.

But I am looking forward to the other kits. I am more excited about the 3 unit combo kit , MegaNobz and the buggy.

so when can we see some images of those boxes any ideas?

(I've seen the Mega nobz next to the red gorkanaut/morkanaut need more)

I really hope we get some plastic buggies. I field a Kult of Speed, so I don't use things that move less than 18" a turn.

What an eyesore. Those infantry look good, though. Shame they need to string out the releases for White Dwarf. It's such a tease.

Aye.. imagine if we get that thing.. (which at this point seems to have.. limited uses to put it politely) but no buggies/Tracks kit again...

I hope that's not the case. As that would be, not just dropping the ball, but strapping explosives to it and throwing it out the window.

 Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
Aye.. imagine if we get that thing.. (which at this point seems to have.. limited uses to put it politely) but no buggies/Tracks kit again...

I hope that's not the case. As that would be, not just dropping the ball, but strapping explosives to it and throwing it out the window.

To make up for it we will get a shiny new grots box, double the price as the one we have now but with 5 models and one runtherd...did I mention its going to be fine cast?

 zammerak wrote:

 Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
Aye.. imagine if we get that thing.. (which at this point seems to have.. limited uses to put it politely) but no buggies/Tracks kit again...

I hope that's not the case. As that would be, not just dropping the ball, but strapping explosives to it and throwing it out the window.

To make up for it we will get a shiny new grots box, double the price as the one we have now but with 5 models and one runtherd...did I mention its going to be fine cast?

Or, you know... a strip of greenstuff with the label: Ork Meganob, Ork Flashgit, Ork Kommando, Ork Deffkopta, Ork Buggy* (* delete unnecessary) and special version of Stompa casted in white metal (two part model)...

zammerak: They can't do it. It would be sad.

Not getting my wallet out for this one, that's for sure.

It's far from being a display cabinet quality sculpt, and if I ever wanted to actually field one in a game (unlikely) I could scratch build a much better one myself.

As far as the Morkanought is concerned I'm buying 1. Probably just 1.

 ceorron wrote:
Well we don't know until the codex drops. Probably just irrational fear.

With GW, no fear is irrational.

IDK I think people are being unfair with this guy. He is AV13 with 5HP, that is the equivalent to T9 in AV. If you give those grot rigger and a KFF that thing is not going to be dying and in 7th it scores. You can also hide a grot squad in its belly until last turn and grab another objective.

Due to the change to objective placement in 7th I think most games will favor the mid field more and this guy will be tough to move.

What is strangest to me though are the rules interactions. will its contents be stuck inside when it is in assault? How do stompas work in that regard?

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Not getting my wallet out for this one, that's for sure.

It's far from being a display cabinet quality sculpt, and if I ever wanted to actually field one in a game (unlikely) I could scratch build a much better one myself.

I'm extremely lucky that I was able to pick up a couple of scratch-built mini-stompas a while back:



I never knew what to do with them before, but the GorkaMorkanaut looks to be a perfect use! Too bad its rules aren't stellar, but at least all I have to do is fit some new arms to these guys.