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2018/01/02 07:09:34
Subject: Necron 8th Tactica - Unit grading in OP / NEW new FAQ discussion p.97
Just starting out you can't go wrong with the Start Collecting and by the time you have it all painted and based we should have our codex or at least previews out so then we will know what will be our most effective units. So far the only stand out is Tessy Immortals with My Will Be Done on them but once they run up against -1 to -2 to hit armies they go back to being very mediocre just like the rest of army.
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2018/01/02 09:07:01
Subject: Necron 8th Tactica - Unit grading in OP / NEW new FAQ discussion p.97
I would caution you about buying some of the more "exotic" stuff right now.
We're due for an update (new codex) pretty soon (next few months), so may see a big shift in what is good and what is less good.
Immortals might be safe. Warriors wouldn't be a horrible choice (though be aware that they're not that fantastic at the moment. Hopefully that changes soon).
Scarabs have more or less always been decent. Wraiths as well. Can't see GW wrecking either of them in the update (fingers crossed).
Probably hold off on things like Destroyers, Praetorians, etc. The vehicles, too.
Tomb Blades are alright at the moment, but they're one of those entries that oscillates from great to garbage with each new codex, so maybe hold for the time being.
2018/01/02 17:07:07
Subject: Necron 8th Tactica - Unit grading in OP / NEW new FAQ discussion p.97
Hold off till the next batch of 40k Codices get announced. It would be a shame to buy lots of models before our Codex gets released as you might just end up with hot garbage.
However, you Can't go wrong with 2 Start Collecting boxes as it will net you 24 Warriors, 6 Scarabs, 2 Overlords (I converted one into a Cryptek) and 2 Triarch Stalkers. Immortals would be safe to buy as both version will most likely keep the same stats and rules. Everything else is up for debate when the Codex gets released because anything could change.
Well to be fair, all the Codices have made like 90% of their units playable, so there's a good chance you can buy something and it'll be good when the book comes out... assuming it's as good as all the previous books. Assumptions, though.
2018/01/02 17:33:58
Subject: Necron 8th Tactica - Unit grading in OP / NEW new FAQ discussion p.97
Odrankt wrote: Hold off till the next batch of 40k Codices get announced.
I wouldn't be surprised if they make this announcement during the Las Vegas Open on the 26-28 of this month.
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
2018/01/02 17:38:47
Subject: Necron 8th Tactica - Unit grading in OP / NEW new FAQ discussion p.97
Odrankt wrote: Hold off till the next batch of 40k Codices get announced.
I wouldn't be surprised if they make this announcement during the Las Vegas Open on the 26-28 of this month.
Open Day is this weekend, I would expect something then.
Leave it to GW to leave that off their own Events calendar
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
2018/01/02 18:35:07
Subject: Necron 8th Tactica - Unit grading in OP / NEW new FAQ discussion p.97
Whats everyone's favorite "Tactic" for the moment? I tried the Zahndrekh Obyron/Cryptek-VoD combo with 10 Lychguard. It's good when it works but it's definitely not worth 500-600 just for a reliable alpha strike. Probably going to use VoD to deploy when in combat or defensively/wisely to get bjects late game or line breaker.
Probably going use Deceiver + 1-3 Gauss Immortals until we get our Codex or some form of update.
Tor - isn't that assuming you have an equal number or greater MWBD's available to use?
IE if you have 2x overlords you might field 2-3 units of Teslas (one extra for the inevetiable loss or best unit in position to take advantage of the effect) but if you were fielding more Immortals you'd probably field them as Gauss for that Ap support on heartier targets etc.
I was almost tempted to start buying orks and modeling/painting them with a french theme.
If only so I could begin the pardonné waghh.
2018/01/02 21:49:54
Subject: Necron 8th Tactica - Unit grading in OP / NEW new FAQ discussion p.97
Lothmar wrote: Im kind of tempted to try a CCB with the new less damage warlord trait combined with also fielding Toholk to give the CCB 1d3 heal as well.
But not sure what all to field with this tbh...
I heard that someone was talking to Phil Kelly at heat 2 for the Warhammer GT at Warhammer World and he asked about the new trait and the CCB. According to Phil Kelly you minus the damage first e.g. 3 becomes 2 and then you QS the damage. Not sure how reliable that source was but I am going to wait till an FaQ/Errata comes out.
Yeah if it turns out that the trait makes QS less effective then im guessing you wont see it used much, but until then I intend to run it QS first and then DR after.
I was almost tempted to start buying orks and modeling/painting them with a french theme.
If only so I could begin the pardonné waghh.
2018/01/03 15:07:50
Subject: Necron 8th Tactica - Unit grading in OP / NEW new FAQ discussion p.97
I'm looking to get some necrons. I am going to wait until the codex drops, probably just get some warriors and immortals and lord for now. Maybe some scarabs too. I dont have any of the old codexs so I don't know what schemes each Dynasty is. Can anyone tell me what scheme is in this video. Go to about the 5:50 mark.
Also, what is the traditional black/metal/green scheme that GW has on their website and boxes?
1) Your paint scheme has no effect on what army you play as. You can field bright red ultramarines and bright blue blood angles if you want
2) Outside of Space Marines and their years and years of marketing; most gamers have no idea of other faction official schemes. Even players of factions have no idea of the official schemes of alternate factions.
3) Chances are multi-faction combined armies (even if its just two factions ) might well be superior to single faction armies.
4) Chances are that you'll want to vary what faction based upon what army focus you build too; so you could well be jumping between two or three factions depending on what army builds you use.
In short don't worry "too" much about having authentic faction painted models if you don't want too. It's purely a player driven choice.
Dynas - if you can help it avoid the lord model (unless things change in the codex drop). Either that or proxy it if it's part of a box set instead of an overlord/cryptek which are better leadership atm. It's only real use is if you need as cheap a hq as possible, although the morale reroll makes taking it slightly more palatable, but be careful when you use it so you dont make a small loss a big loss. *chuckle* (ex: You lose 8 and roll a 3 and lose 1 guy on morale. It's usually better to just take the 1 lost unit instead of risking the higher odds of getting more losses. )
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I was almost tempted to start buying orks and modeling/painting them with a french theme.
If only so I could begin the pardonné waghh.
2018/01/03 16:07:08
Subject: Necron 8th Tactica - Unit grading in OP / NEW new FAQ discussion p.97
@overread, i know color scheme doesn't matter, but I really like the green and I am tired of painting blue (smurfs army) and prurple (nids). I also like to try and keep to the fluff, so while I would not care if someone took red marines to play as ultramarines, I personally like to follow the fluff.
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One a question of painting anyone painted their warriors without the weapon arms attached and if so any tips on how to get the warriors arms to line up well so that you can put arm to wrist on the gun so that they can be easily glued on after painting.
If you want official paint schemes, check out the Paint App. It's unironically really freaking awesome, and you can look at how they do the Sautehk models on there (it's pretty straightforward). The Dark Green paint scheme is how they do most of the Sautekh vehicles.
2018/01/03 16:25:23
Subject: Necron 8th Tactica - Unit grading in OP / NEW new FAQ discussion p.97
Requizen wrote: If you want official paint schemes, check out the Paint App. It's unironically really freaking awesome, and you can look at how they do the Sautehk models on there (it's pretty straightforward). The Dark Green paint scheme is how they do most of the Sautekh vehicles.
It helps that Ducan has done a tutorial for the vehicles as well.
Spoiler:
Personally I like the Novokh paint scheme.
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
2018/01/03 16:31:38
Subject: Necron 8th Tactica - Unit grading in OP / NEW new FAQ discussion p.97
GW's Necron poster boy Dynasty on their site is typically the Sautekh Dynasty (Imotekh's one). They're pretty easy to find color schemes on via google image search.
2018/01/03 18:25:41
Subject: Necron 8th Tactica - Unit grading in OP / NEW new FAQ discussion p.97
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