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 oldravenman3025 wrote:

 Crazyterran wrote:
I lold at the fact the Mechanicus cant use it in 40k.

Nor can the Guard or Sororitas, despite the fact that the Imperialis Militias and Solar Auxillary can use them in 30k. As usual, it's a SPHESS MUHREEN exclusive vehicle in 40k.

Like Guard really needed something like this.

I'd argue for it being available to Sisters though

 oldravenman3025 wrote:

 Crazyterran wrote:
I lold at the fact the Mechanicus cant use it in 40k.

Nor can the Guard or Sororitas, despite the fact that the Imperialis Militias and Solar Auxillary can use them in 30k. As usual, it's a SPHESS MUHREEN exclusive vehicle in 40k.

Marines, Imperial Guard and Squats could use them in Epic, IIRC. Silly to now restrict them to Muhrines!

Coulda shoulda woulda but should have been a plastic kit for all Imperial factions and they’d have sold a whole pile of them!

 JohnnyHell wrote:


Marines, Imperial Guard and Squats could use them in Epic, IIRC. Silly to now restrict them to Muhrines!

Coulda shoulda woulda but should have been a plastic kit for all Imperial factions and they’d have sold a whole pile of them!

Sure, do you know who could've used them, period? Admech.
Honestly they should've just been availble to everyone in the imperium and chaos, it's a cool looking unit that I seriously doubt would shift any sort of balance in the meta. The restriction is only hurting themselves here, I'd buy one if I could actually use it

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:

 oldravenman3025 wrote:

 Crazyterran wrote:
I lold at the fact the Mechanicus cant use it in 40k.

Nor can the Guard or Sororitas, despite the fact that the Imperialis Militias and Solar Auxillary can use them in 30k. As usual, it's a SPHESS MUHREEN exclusive vehicle in 40k.

Like Guard really needed something like this.

I'd argue for it being available to Sisters though

Death Korps of Krieg, or any other regiments that specialize in siege warfare.


I could also see the Tempestus Militarum using something like this.


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JohnnyHell wrote:

 oldravenman3025 wrote:

 Crazyterran wrote:
I lold at the fact the Mechanicus cant use it in 40k.

Nor can the Guard or Sororitas, despite the fact that the Imperialis Militias and Solar Auxillary can use them in 30k. As usual, it's a SPHESS MUHREEN exclusive vehicle in 40k.

Marines, Imperial Guard and Squats could use them in Epic, IIRC. Silly to now restrict them to Muhrines!

Coulda shoulda woulda but should have been a plastic kit for all Imperial factions and they’d have sold a whole pile of them!

PiñaColada wrote:

 JohnnyHell wrote:


Marines, Imperial Guard and Squats could use them in Epic, IIRC. Silly to now restrict them to Muhrines!

Coulda shoulda woulda but should have been a plastic kit for all Imperial factions and they’d have sold a whole pile of them!

Sure, do you know who could've used them, period? Admech.
Honestly they should've just been availble to everyone in the imperium and chaos, it's a cool looking unit that I seriously doubt would shift any sort of balance in the meta. The restriction is only hurting themselves here, I'd buy one if I could actually use it

This. It get's tiresome that the SPHESS MUHREENZ gets exclusive access to all of the cool stuff. Throw the rest of us a bone on occasion.

Hahaha, so apparently FWs FB post about termite received so much flakk, they decided to delete it And the paints...Hoo, boi, they better add new Thousand Sons pictures to their website, since people won't be ever able to achieve that kind of color again

 CragHack wrote:
Hahaha, so apparently FWs FB post about termite received so much flakk, they decided to delete it And the paints...Hoo, boi, they better add new Thousand Sons pictures to their website, since people won't be ever able to achieve that kind of color again

It was removed because of people being upset they couldn't use it? Also, love the username. That's a blast from the past

Oh they were sniping off comments about admech not getting a transport all day, then gave up and deleted the post.

Huh, they deleted the complaints that it was marine only for no reason? I guess GW / FW hasn't changed much after all.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Huh, they deleted the complaints that it was marine only for no reason? I guess GW / FW hasn't changed much after all.

Literally the same as 5 years back!

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Huh, they deleted the complaints that it was marine only for no reason? I guess GW / FW hasn't changed much after all.

There's a difference between making suggestions and what probably happened. What probably happened is a bunch of whining and a bunch of "I'll never buy your product again" and a bunch of crap like that.

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:

There's a difference between making suggestions and what probably happened. What probably happened is a bunch of whining and a bunch of "I'll never buy your product again" and a bunch of crap like that.

I have no trouble believing people were acting antagonistic and entitled so I understand their thought process. I do however find that particular solution poor, since it conveys no message at all. They should just write a statement where the acknowledge the fact that many people are asking for their army to also get rules for it and say that they've taken that under advisement. Simply deleting messages and offering no retort is a quick way of losing goodwill.

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Huh, they deleted the complaints that it was marine only for no reason? I guess GW / FW hasn't changed much after all.

There's a difference between making suggestions and what probably happened. What probably happened is a bunch of whining and a bunch of "I'll never buy your product again" and a bunch of crap like that.

So, customer feedback then. Maybe not feedback they wanted, but isn't nuGW supposed to be all about listening to the fans?

I mean seriously, the fact they couldn't foresee this would annoy people, and the fact they couldn't then muster up two braincells to rub together to say "wait for Cyraxis"(assuming they're not 100% moronic and actually will be giving the Mechanicus access to the Termite in that) or "we'll take what you've said on board and consider some experimental rules for a Mechanicus version" or whatever to defuse the situation, rather than reverting to type and calling in the Negativity Police to delete comments and eventually just deleting the whole thread in a sulk is nobody's fault but theirs. Deleting actual abuse is one thing, but this was not that.

It's going to depend on how much was simple complaints, and how much was stuff that breached facebooks language/behaviour terms.

If it was getting really nasty better to delete totally rather than have facebook getting grumpy with them as the group/page owner for not keeping things 'clean'

Edit: and I've seen enough moaning being left alone on the various new GW facebook pages to think that this was something above and beyond the norm, hopefully they'll give it another try later when fewer trolls might be around

FW need the OK from the HQ for 40k models and rules. So I suppose the HQ have their own opinion about what the AdMech should have or not. And I doubt the Cyraxis book will give them the full Mechanicus love.

Blaming FW on their FB site is just futile. What should they say? 'Yeah, we could, but...'

There's a difference between "listening to the fans" and leaving up a post full of toxic talkback on what's supposed to bea marketing channel, and one with a 'Hey, play nice now!' caveat up front.

If peeps emailed in calmly, great. If everyone nerdrages on a FB post of course they're not going to leave that up!

 JohnnyHell wrote:
If peeps emailed in calmly, great. If everyone nerdrages on a FB post of course they're not going to leave that up!

(as for myself I have done the 'polite email to FW' option)

I can see how them deleting the post rather than leave all the foul language and whining up to fuel the fire.

They should give Admech some love, I would totally buy one for my Metallica, but I have no interest in it for anybody else.

Maybe people think that by <REDACTED> FW to death and making them delete their news in result, will result in FW taking some kind of action. Because, really, why not give the rules? Just like with Custodes - it took them countless posts of "maybe fw does not want money", "great, why can't i play it in 40k" whining to get noticed

Not that I really care about any of those rules...

Please do not circumvent the language filters - BrookM

It's also happened over a weekend- the staff curating the page in the last two days may not have had the authority or knowledge to adequately answer requests about the Termite being provided to other forces, and have been forced to wait till Monday at the earliest to contact someone who can make the decision. So in the meanwhile they've been policing the comments thread, and then decided it was easier to delete it. Hopefully this is followed by an explanation next week in good will, otherwise it is a bit heavy handed by itself.

 CragHack wrote:
Hahaha, so apparently FWs FB post about termite received so much flakk, they decided to delete it And the paints...Hoo, boi, they better add new Thousand Sons pictures to their website, since people won't be ever able to achieve that kind of color again

Well clear paints aren't FW only products.

tneva82 wrote:

 CragHack wrote:
Hahaha, so apparently FWs FB post about termite received so much flakk, they decided to delete it And the paints...Hoo, boi, they better add new Thousand Sons pictures to their website, since people won't be ever able to achieve that kind of color again

Well clear paints aren't FW only products.

No, but other brands are quite different in how they turn out

Alphaaaaarius!

Good Lord that is one gorgeous model!

Available for pre-release at Warhammer Fest according to the article

I like the fact he is stabbing somebody in the back.

Any news on if they did him bare headed?

I feel like the Space Wolf he's slaying is very unfortunately posed.


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 Looky Likey wrote:
I like the fact he is stabbing somebody in the back.

Any news on if they did him bare headed?

Warhammer Community wrote:While Alpharius is known for his variety of disguises and love of deception, this rendition of Alpharius portrays him in his full panoply of war, and fits perfectly with any Alpha Legion units you already have. Unlike all other Primarchs, he’s been depicted with his helmet on – for all we know, there could just be a particularly talented legionnaire in there while Alpharius hides in one of your Tactical Squads…

No bare head!

 Looky Likey wrote:
I like the fact he is stabbing somebody in the back.

Any news on if they did him bare headed?

The temptation to convert him so that it looks like he's stabbing a sentry with his back to him will be hard to resist

Also, on the helmet:

While Alpharius is known for his variety of disguises and love of deception, this rendition of Alpharius portrays him in his full panoply of war, and fits perfectly with any Alpha Legion units you already have. Unlike all other Primarchs, he’s been depicted with his helmet on – for all we know, there could just be a particularly talented legionnaire in there while Alpharius hides in one of your Tactical Squads…

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All our dreams are coming true in 2018, folks...

So far. Just need Fires and I think we will have satisfied just about everyone.

Edit:

Also, lol to the glowy gem that just says "Please, shoot me here in the head, kthx"

That is a nice model, just not a fan of the glowing gem on the helmet. But other than that, very very nice indeed!

What the hell are you guys talking about? All I see is a regular Alpha Legionnaire.


In all seriousness though, that mini is gorgeous.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
In all seriousness though, that mini is gorgeous.

And bonus points for a base that isn't bigger than the model