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They all seem pretty good TBH.

Evil Sunz will probably be the go-to for competitive play, at least for one detachment.

+1 to charge is massive from DS/Da Jump and it helps with advancing the Boyz up-field.

It's just a shame it works best on footslogging units.

 An Actual Englishman wrote:
Evil Sunz will probably be the go-to for competitive play, at least for one detachment.

+1 to charge is massive from DS/Da Jump and it helps with advancing the Boyz up-field.

It's just a shame it works best on footslogging units.

Codex Orkz comes out, You can deepstrike 3 units turn 2 for 3 CP, no restrictions, Gorkanauts become 250pts, gain a 4+ invuln and 2 attacks. Sorry i had to have an upbeat moment

They revealed the preorder for next saturday. Killteam Commanders.....no orks. nothing nada.......

Kill team commanders...

Incandescent does not demonstrate how furious I am at this moment.

Don't call it orktober when the 27th of the month is earliest we can get hands on new shinies.

No Speed Freaks yet? Hmm, that's a bit disappointing.

There's an Ork commander box.

That concludes Orktober releases

Well, at least you can buy a plastic Ork Warboss without also paying for a lot of other stuff now....

Uh, wait a minute...

leopard wrote:
Half expect the Blood Axe one to match the Tyranid one, cover in the open unless you charge or advance, which seems a lot more reasonable than basically a +1 save against virtually everything

I'm hoping that it would be a hybrid between that one and -1 to hit stratagems. What I mean by that is that Blood Axe units count as being in in cover if they're outside of 12", but it doesn't matter if they advance or charge.

The reason why I would rather have it be that way is Kommandoz and Stormboyz will probably always be advancing and charging. I understand the narrative reason for losing the cover save when advancing or charging, but on the other hand it doesn't work that well with two units the Blood Axes are known for.

Anon052 wrote:
They revealed the preorder for next saturday. Killteam Commanders.....no orks. nothing nada.......

Not surprising.

At this point I'm passed caring. "I'm not angry, just disappointed" would best describe my mood.

So much for Orks around my bday/before my baby comes. Sigh. Maybe 2040 will have another Orktober.

Looks like Orks get one weekend in Orktober.

Good concept GW. Poor on the execution.

No codex in "orktober", they keep trolling ork players it seems...

 jhnbrg wrote:
No codex in "orktober", they keep trolling ork players it seems...

Little early to call that, I think. There's still two more weeks they could reveal it. My bet is for Speed Freeks next week and the codex after that.

 Vitali Advenil wrote:

 jhnbrg wrote:
No codex in "orktober", they keep trolling ork players it seems...

Little early to call that, I think. There's still two more weeks they could reveal it. My bet is for Speed Freeks next week and the codex after that.

That still means no codex in october, with preorder on the 27:th? With the new base sizes this is turning into a pretty lousy release despite all the hyping.

Last time I checked, the only thing announced ahead of time was the Speed Freeks box. That’s it.
Every other thing after that has been internet people playing Chinese whispers starting with a capstone line in a video and turning it into a whole month of nothing but Ork releases with no more evidence to tie the two ends of the chain together than the coincidence of some semi-confirmed rumours (with no attached date, it should be said) appearing around the same time.

If anyone has been trolling Ork players, it’s been themselves. It’d be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic.

Anyway, back to rebasing my boyz in time for Novembork.

 Dakka Flakka Flame wrote:

leopard wrote:
Half expect the Blood Axe one to match the Tyranid one, cover in the open unless you charge or advance, which seems a lot more reasonable than basically a +1 save against virtually everything

I'm hoping that it would be a hybrid between that one and -1 to hit stratagems. What I mean by that is that Blood Axe units count as being in in cover if they're outside of 12", but it doesn't matter if they advance or charge.

The reason why I would rather have it be that way is Kommandoz and Stormboyz will probably always be advancing and charging. I understand the narrative reason for losing the cover save when advancing or charging, but on the other hand it doesn't work that well with two units the Blood Axes are known for.

I'd certainly prefer it to be all the time, but its a lot easier to image orks moving slowly being harder to targte than the horde piling forwards at full tilt.

will have to wait and see but I expect this to be typical GW, done in a very simple style and a copy & paste of the nid one seems likely, you get cover but at a cost of speed - that helps kommados when they drop as they are now always in cover when they do so, but lose it for overwatch if they declare a charge - but boyz barrelling across the table don't get it unless they slow down a bit.

have to wait and see, not changing my army here, the vast bulk is Blood Axe regardless of the rules, with a Goff detachment for stormboyz and likely a snakebite one for more infantry as I have a bunch of old fantasy models I plan to convert

 jhnbrg wrote:

 Vitali Advenil wrote:

 jhnbrg wrote:
No codex in "orktober", they keep trolling ork players it seems...

Little early to call that, I think. There's still two more weeks they could reveal it. My bet is for Speed Freeks next week and the codex after that.

That still means no codex in october, with preorder on the 27:th? With the new base sizes this is turning into a pretty lousy release despite all the hyping.

With Commanders released next weekend, there’s still 2 weekends left in Oktober. So, in theory, release of Speed Freaks on 20 October, and the Codex on 27 October. In that case, Orktober still stands.

And even then, I don’t recall GW ever saying that 1) October would only be Ork releases and 2) Orks wouldn’t get any releases outside October. Orktober is clearly just a play on words thought up by the community team to indicate the October will see a major Ork release. Which it doubtlessly will.

 Mr_Rose wrote:
Last time I checked, the only thing announced ahead of time was the Speed Freeks box. That’s it.
Every other thing after that has been internet people playing Chinese whispers starting with a capstone line in a video and turning it into a whole month of nothing but Ork releases with no more evidence to tie the two ends of the chain together than the coincidence of some semi-confirmed rumours (with no attached date, it should be said) appearing around the same time.

If anyone has been trolling Ork players, it’s been themselves. It’d be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic.

Anyway, back to rebasing my boyz in time for Novembork.

"To celebrate the return of everyone’s favourite green-skinned warmongering, barbaric xenos this Orktober, we’ve got an entire month’s worth of exciting content for you to help get you in the mood for Waaagh!"

"Orktober is going to be awesome, so don’t forget to check back each day to see what news and articles we have for you."

"Arriving first this month is the awesome new game all about kunnin’, speedin’ and shootin’"

"Next up is Codex: Orks itself. The book features bespoke rules for the six major Ork clans, dozens of powerful and thematic Stratagems to use in battle, a selection of wazzy psychic powers and updated datasheets – including all the new wagons that feature in Speed Freeks."

I think you need to check again.

 Mr_Rose wrote:
Last time I checked, the only thing announced ahead of time was the Speed Freeks box. That’s it.
Every other thing after that has been internet people playing Chinese whispers starting with a capstone line in a video and turning it into a whole month of nothing but Ork releases with no more evidence to tie the two ends of the chain together than the coincidence of some semi-confirmed rumours (with no attached date, it should be said) appearing around the same time.

If anyone has been trolling Ork players, it’s been themselves. It’d be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic.

Anyway, back to rebasing my boyz in time for Novembork.

GW themselves called it Orktober, and now we know there will be at most 1 week of Ork releases - preorders on the 20th and release on the 27th at the earliest.

 Insane Ivan wrote:

 jhnbrg wrote:

 Vitali Advenil wrote:

 jhnbrg wrote:
No codex in "orktober", they keep trolling ork players it seems...

Little early to call that, I think. There's still two more weeks they could reveal it. My bet is for Speed Freeks next week and the codex after that.

That still means no codex in october, with preorder on the 27:th? With the new base sizes this is turning into a pretty lousy release despite all the hyping.

With Commanders released next weekend, there’s still 2 weekends left in Oktober. So, in theory, release of Speed Freaks on 20 October, and the Codex on 27 October. In that case, Orktober still stands.

And even then, I don’t recall GW ever saying that 1) October would only be Ork releases and 2) Orks wouldn’t get any releases outside October. Orktober is clearly just a play on words thought up by the community team to indicate the October will see a major Ork release. Which it doubtlessly will.

No, pre order on 20:th and 27:th means release in november for the codex.

Have they said that’s the only release up for preorder next week?
Maybe trolling us somewhat by not white announcing the rest of that preorder yet?
Wishful thinking probably. But I’ve got no rush for Ork things as i’m behind with loads of projects

Maybe they meant next Orktober?

Lis'n up you filthy gits!

You's didn't get the memo! Orktober is this monf und next monf und da next! Every monf is Orktober cause ORKS is da Biggest and Da BESTEST!

orktober articles
5 actual ork related articles with only 1 with anything new in it.
20 non ork related articles.
despite the cool model they have shown this week, GW is dropping the ball. they deserve all the vitriol.when it comes to orks, GW is not a company of its word.
time to berate them everyday until they actually give us preorder dates.

You do realise that after the last year orks are going to get the most new models of any 40K army that isn't a brand new army (ergo custodes)

Honestly at this point I could care less about the models. With out pre order dates and rules they may as well be showing off someones custom conversion. Yeah, its neat and all, but I can't buy it and there aren't rules for it.

 Overread wrote:
You do realise that after the last year orks are going to get the most new models of any 40K army that isn't a brand new army (ergo custodes)

you do realize that GW themselves called this month "orktober"

what models we are getting is alot, im not going to argue that, but GW has promised a month filled with ork related stuff, and so far we've been sidelined for every other release. GW has brought our hate upon them. time for them to bite the bullet of our waaaagh.

geargutz wrote:


what models we are getting is alot, im not going to argue that, but GW has promised a month filled with ork related stuff,

Show me where they promised that? All I seen was a single pun, if you decide to read into that thats your problem not anyone elses.

 jhnbrg wrote:

 Mr_Rose wrote:
Last time I checked, the only thing announced ahead of time was the Speed Freeks box. That’s it.
Every other thing after that has been internet people playing Chinese whispers starting with a capstone line in a video and turning it into a whole month of nothing but Ork releases with no more evidence to tie the two ends of the chain together than the coincidence of some semi-confirmed rumours (with no attached date, it should be said) appearing around the same time.

If anyone has been trolling Ork players, it’s been themselves. It’d be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic.

Anyway, back to rebasing my boyz in time for Novembork.

"To celebrate the return of everyone’s favourite green-skinned warmongering, barbaric xenos this Orktober, we’ve got an entire month’s worth of exciting content for you to help get you in the mood for Waaagh!"

"Orktober is going to be awesome, so don’t forget to check back each day to see what news and articles we have for you."

"Arriving first this month is the awesome new game all about kunnin’, speedin’ and shootin’"

"Next up is Codex: Orks itself. The book features bespoke rules for the six major Ork clans, dozens of powerful and thematic Stratagems to use in battle, a selection of wazzy psychic powers and updated datasheets – including all the new wagons that feature in Speed Freeks."

I think you need to check again.