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 Wilson wrote:

 Davespil wrote:
I just want more robots added to Cult Mech. Make one of them troops so I can take an army consisting of nothing but giant robots. No squishy troops or vehicles. Just an army of giant robots walking over everything.

Slowly... 6 inches a turn....


Painfully slow....

I like to take my time.

 Kanluwen wrote:

Davor wrote:

 the_Armyman wrote:

They don't value their printed products, why should anyone else?

Isn't that why a lot of people torrent their books. Number one way to stop people torrenting stuff is, to actually give them a reason to buy their product. Problem is, GW is not giving us reasons why to buy their product.

That's the excuse that people use to justify torrenting their books, certainly.

Explanation != Justification, a key point often missed by people who insist on taking moral stances to defend multi-million dollar corporate entities for some reason.

 Davespil wrote:
I just want more robots added to Cult Mech. Make one of them troops so I can take an army consisting of nothing but giant robots. No squishy troops or vehicles. Just an army of giant robots walking over everything.

YES!

Moar robot models, please! Not that there's anything wrong with the current models (except the Pillsbury doughboy). I just want more robots in addition to.

 Yodhrin wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

Davor wrote:

 the_Armyman wrote:

They don't value their printed products, why should anyone else?

Isn't that why a lot of people torrent their books. Number one way to stop people torrenting stuff is, to actually give them a reason to buy their product. Problem is, GW is not giving us reasons why to buy their product.

That's the excuse that people use to justify torrenting their books, certainly.

Explanation != Justification, a key point often missed by people who insist on taking moral stances to defend multi-million dollar corporate entities for some reason.

What part of my post was a defense?

And quite frankly, while "explanation != justification"--most of the time where people try to "explain" why they download material rather than purchase it, it smacks of trying to justify it.

+1 to the more robot brigade.
Exciting news imo, would likely start collecting AM and put them up against my Crons for a Terminator style free for all

More robots? Ok, as long as they're not too much 50's Sci-Fi like the current one GW makes.

 Kanluwen wrote:
What part of my post was a defense?

You cannot blame someone for assuming you are defending GW. Defending GW is your default mode.

I'll be happy to have this book, but after Imperial Knights and this I don't think I'll be buying any books for new factions until they've been out at least a year.

The robots will be cool, but I wish they'd give us a tank and a transport, even if they just copy and paste it from elsewhere.

I really want to see rules for the vehicles mentioned in the fluff that the Mechanicus use to "harvest" the battlefield for materials and biological spare parts.

Another two GW products invalidated after less than a year... sweet!

@warboss - possibly, they do it like Tau. Buy this wonderful $85 campaign book and get updates on your two existing books and you get a bunch of other stuff, OR, buy this new $60 which will make it all convenient!

OR... buy both, because you wanted what was in the campaign book, and having to flip between 2 codex books AND the campaign book drives you nuts.

I could get behind an AdMech-based campaign.


Though me saying that is stupid. Really the sentence above could say "I could get behind an AdMech-based [literally anything]." and it would be true.

I'd rather a single codex than a pricier campaign book. I hate it when my books are unwieldy assault weapons.

 aka_mythos wrote:
I'd rather a single codex than a pricier campaign book. I hate it when my books are unwieldy assault weapons.

I thought that was half the point of Imperial Armour books...

That's acceptable, just meant I didn't want to have to carry a stack of big books...
I'll carry a pound of gold over a pound of poop any day.

As lovely and golden as the Imperial Armour books are though, I'd love to see FW also adopt a digital format for their books.

 BrookM wrote:
As lovely and golden as the Imperial Armour books are though, I'd love to see FW also adopt a digital format for their books.

That would be golden.

 Dramagod2 wrote:
IDK, I bought the books when they came out and I've enjoyed playing them for a year. Im also excited about the new book as well as a posible IA addition. It doesnt bother me because I've used them.

The reason I stopped buying GW products was because I got burned out on playing every week, and decided to take a short break pretty soon after 6th edition came out. Imagine my annoyedness that by the time I got back, the core ruleset I had only "just bought" (it seemed) was already obsolete. For those of us with a more methodical pace* or only occasional bursts of wargaming opportunities, the seeming breakneck pace of modern Games Workshop book releases seems incredibly excessive. At least back in the day you were likely to get 3-4 years out of a Codex (unless you were Dark Eldar, and used the same one from 2003 to 2012).

* Heck, it usually would take me several months from the time I buy my first codex and unit box to having an tabletop-ready army, that's simply how slowly I paint and build. and the sum of several other real-life factors that go into it. I assume a lot of people with families, other hobbies, demanding jobs and the like are the same way.

 kronk wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:

 The Wise Dane wrote:
Please. No more robots, no more fliers. Can't we get some tanks or normal infantry?

I'd prefer a transport...

I'd like to see AdMech get a transport, even if it's just a fancy Rhino.

Just wait for the IA: Mechanicus. The Triaros is a crackerjack transport, basically a mini land raider.

Something I have thought of with this new book - we don't have a decursion like most armies that came out last year. With hope this new codex will gives us one.

RaptorHunter wrote:
Something I have thought of with this new book - we don't have a decursion like most armies that came out last year. With hope this new codex will gives us one.

Maybe, I wonder if they copy paste the war convocation into it though. I know it isn't a custom FO but I am curious what previous formations make the grade.

I'm pretty new to 40k and got into because I think chaos is awesome. After 2 years I now finally understand why everyone says gw hates us chaos players. I just don't understand why they do.

the_scotsman wrote:

 kronk wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:

 The Wise Dane wrote:
Please. No more robots, no more fliers. Can't we get some tanks or normal infantry?

I'd prefer a transport...

I'd like to see AdMech get a transport, even if it's just a fancy Rhino.

Just wait for the IA: Mechanicus. The Triaros is a crackerjack transport, basically a mini land raider.

The 30k Mechanicum stuff really fills in the gaps and helps the 40k Mechanicus. The Triaros would still be a good deal even if it cost more.

Yeah. Plus, we need Thanatars. Stat.

the_scotsman wrote:

 kronk wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:

 The Wise Dane wrote:
Please. No more robots, no more fliers. Can't we get some tanks or normal infantry?

I'd prefer a transport...

I'd like to see AdMech get a transport, even if it's just a fancy Rhino.

Just wait for the IA: Mechanicus. The Triaros is a crackerjack transport, basically a mini land raider.

The only question now is what exactly to put inside it...

For 30k the Answer is usually Rad-Engine Myrmidons, but we might not get those in the IA book. Maybe plasma Vanguard? Most of our units that need to get up the board are already so fast..

Also, talk of flyer really has me excited. I can't wait to see what it looks like.

the_scotsman wrote:
Yeah. Plus, we need Thanatars. Stat.

Probably no Automata, sorry.

Honestly the only thing I'm really fussed about is whether or not they give us the 30K-style Magos HQ. Going back to the GW Dominus after the hunners of options and wargear on the FW Magos was depressing :/

ultimentra wrote:

the_scotsman wrote:

 kronk wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:

 The Wise Dane wrote:
Please. No more robots, no more fliers. Can't we get some tanks or normal infantry?

I'd prefer a transport...

I'd like to see AdMech get a transport, even if it's just a fancy Rhino.

Just wait for the IA: Mechanicus. The Triaros is a crackerjack transport, basically a mini land raider.

The only question now is what exactly to put inside it...

For 30k the Answer is usually Rad-Engine Myrmidons, but we might not get those in the IA book. Maybe plasma Vanguard? Most of our units that need to get up the board are already so fast..

Also, talk of flyer really has me excited. I can't wait to see what it looks like.

Myrmadons and the alike still exist in 40k but their weapons' rules could easily be tweaked depending on the fiction and the results of the heresy era Martian civil war.

I think we'll get something akin to what FW has done in the past... It will be a campaign specific Forge World and a list to represent it with a separate list of units that can drop right into Codex: Mechanicus armies. In that way some of the things that don't fit broader 40k use can still be used but within the confines of that sub-list, representing their rarity and the uniqueness of the books campaign setting Forge World's army.

Yodhrin wrote:

the_scotsman wrote:
Yeah. Plus, we need Thanatars. Stat.

Probably no Automata, sorry.

Honestly the only thing I'm really fussed about is whether or not they give us the 30K-style Magos HQ. Going back to the GW Dominus after the hunners of options and wargear on the FW Magos was depressing :/

Automata and Legio Cybernetica still exist in a much more limited form, but they're still around. I think we'll get the automata and Thanatar but they'll be tweaked and limited. I think we'll see them with tight hand holding the Kastellan Automata have, where a techpriest has accompany them.

I wonder if we'll also gain access to Krios tanks in the new IA books, I feel like the Krios Venator is superior to the Neutronager in terms of being a tank hunter.

remember though, no volkite weaponry of any sort

I could imagine Volkites could be present the same way archeotech weapons are... Relics reserved for characters.

Don't forget that the Techpriest Dominus has the option to take a Volkite weapon already, so it isn't completely unreasonable that the Admech get it

 aracersss wrote:
remember though, no volkite weaponry of any sort

Except Ordinatus apparently. That thing is already useable in 40k and it's covered in volkite sentinels.