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Aenar wrote: I just hope some of the reviewers who get these advance copies of the CA will upload their videos tomorrow, going very slowly through pages well in focus so you can clearly read all the points.
The first reviewer to do that gets many views just from me.
Or you could wait a week, and legally acquire the information.
Nothing illegal about watching a guy on the internet going over point changes and using BS instead of buying the book. ^^
Watching a video of someone going over the changes, then buying the book when released? Generally fine, depending on how much detail the reviewer goes into (highlights as a tease? OK. As described by the person I first responded to, panning the camera slowly over the pages so that everything is legible? Not fine.)
Watching a video of someone going over the changes, then using BS (appropriate acronym, really) instead of (as opposed to as well as) buying the book? That's piracy, pure and simple, which I thought this place didn't encourage.
Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.
Kanluwen wrote: This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.
Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...
tneva82 wrote: You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something...
Emicrania wrote: I feel some people in this thread never heard of "moral compass".
I gave up when someone insinuated that breaking an opponents arm was a valid method of wining and it went unchallenged for a couple pages. At this point I'm glad no one tries to do a belly flop onto my miniatures to secure the in game advantage of the opponent not having an army.
That said, Sign deserves to go up to 15, 10 was a joke for what that thing does. The rest hurts me. An acolyte is not 8/11s a marine. A marine survives freaking lasgun fire far better.
Twilight Pathways wrote: What about not watching a video, but still using battlescribe instead of buying the book? It would seem the video part is irrelevant?
Sensible opponents say no. Too many errors in bs to rely. Not to mention it's dirt easy to modify
Before SM's they were at 53 ish, now they are at 49/50.
Problem is that its an army that was great in the right hands and completely terrible in the wrong ones.
But yeah, those nerfs make the 'meta' GSC list some 200 points more expensive. Which is probably going to completely kill the army competitively when most other lists are getting cheaper.
Edit: Having checked GMG's review quick. the rumors where half right.
Acolyte hybrids unchanged.
Abberants up to 19?
Stop sign up 15 to 25.
no change for rocksaws.
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Aenar wrote: I just hope some of the reviewers who get these advance copies of the CA will upload their videos tomorrow, going very slowly through pages well in focus so you can clearly read all the points.
The first reviewer to do that gets many views just from me.
Or you could wait a week, and legally acquire the information.
Do you think GW sends so many review copies of books out with the expectation that the details will be kept top secret? They want the information out there to drive sales. If someone reads about some awesome new rules for Death Company Intercessors today, they'll be tempted to include a box with their PA3 order. Same applies to anything potentially affected by new rules or point changes.
Orks start somewhere at 32:30, watching it right now.
7 Ork facts people always get wrong: Ragnar did not win against Thrakka, but suffered two crushing defeats within a few days of each other. A lasgun is powerful enough to sever an ork's appendage or head in a single, well aimed shot. Orks meks have a better understanding of electrics and mechanics than most Tech Priests. Orks actually do not think that purple makes them harder to see. The joke was made canon by Alex Stewart's Caphias Cain books. Gharkull Blackfang did not even come close to killing the emperor. Orks can be corrupted by chaos, but few of them have any interest in what chaos offers. Orks do not have the power of believe.
Before SM's they were at 53 ish, now they are at 49/50.
Problem is that its an army that was great in the right hands and completely terrible in the wrong ones.
But yeah, those nerfs make the 'meta' GSC list some 200 points more expensive. Which is probably going to completely kill the army competitively when most other lists are getting cheaper.
Edit: Having checked GMG's review quick. the rumors where half right.
Acolyte hybrids unchanged.
Abberants up to 19?
Stop sign up 15 to 25.
no change for rocksaws.
I don’t think GSC ever won a big tournament, no?
Sure, some skilled players did ok, but never to the extend similar top players did with Tau or Plaguebearers or the like.
Aenar wrote: I just hope some of the reviewers who get these advance copies of the CA will upload their videos tomorrow, going very slowly through pages well in focus so you can clearly read all the points.
The first reviewer to do that gets many views just from me.
Or you could wait a week, and legally acquire the information.
Nothing illegal about watching a guy on the internet going over point changes and using BS instead of buying the book. ^^
Watching a video of someone going over the changes, then buying the book when released? Generally fine, depending on how much detail the reviewer goes into (highlights as a tease? OK. As described by the person I first responded to, panning the camera slowly over the pages so that everything is legible? Not fine.)
Watching a video of someone going over the changes, then using BS (appropriate acronym, really) instead of (as opposed to as well as) buying the book? That's piracy, pure and simple, which I thought this place didn't encourage.
That isn't piracy. Battlescribe is not a copy of the book it is an alternative. Is it marginally gray at best? Yes. Printing out a pdf is piracy. Downloading a pdf is piracy. You can get on your noble high-horse and call it piracy all you want, but using things that are available online without producing/distributing a copy yourself is not piracy. Fairly certain you can't copyright stats, rules, etc and you can only copyright the way they are being presented. Come to think of it, it was your thread that got answered contrary to the point you are trying to make now and then locked by an admin after confirming it. Telling people to look for downloadable PDFs is advocating for piracy. Telling people to use battlescribe and look online for places they can find the rules is not advocating for piracy. See the important difference?
Before SM's they were at 53 ish, now they are at 49/50.
Problem is that its an army that was great in the right hands and completely terrible in the wrong ones.
But yeah, those nerfs make the 'meta' GSC list some 200 points more expensive. Which is probably going to completely kill the army competitively when most other lists are getting cheaper.
Edit: Having checked GMG's review quick. the rumors where half right.
Acolyte hybrids unchanged.
Abberants up to 19?
Stop sign up 15 to 25.
no change for rocksaws.
I don’t think GSC ever won a big tournament, no?
Sure, some skilled players did ok, but never to the extend similar top players did with Tau or Plaguebearers or the like.
GSC won some tournaments and has a pretty consistent top showing, obviously now suffering from the SM domination like everyone is.
https://www.40kstats.com/top-4s
So after seeing this I have a feeling that TS are about to replace GK as the worst performing army, more increases then decreases, on the tzeench daemons front LoC went down 20 but the herald of tzentch went stealthily up 14 points leaving the battalion cost pretty unchanged.
Alright time to get back to the usual hope "maybe in the next book TS will get something" or just roll us back into the CSM book as the seems to be doing well with the point cuts while we get psychicly shafted
OK Rant over. Will be back whenever TS will be mentioned in PA if ever
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So GW is BEGGING us to buy those fething buggies meanwhile doing NOTHING for the rest of the fething army. We are stuck in the same repetitive army for another year.
Oh yeah -50 points on a stompa.
feth YOU.
Okay, so stand down the GSC panic. Abberants seem to have been nerfed into the ground for no real reason, but they weren't such a core part of the army that's a crisis, just a shame. The Kellermorph isn't an autotake any more, but it's not a disaster.
Shooting got a lot cheaper, but the points reductions to Russes mean they're still probably the better option - at least it's touch an go with GSC vehicles with heavy mining lasers though if you want more mobility.
They finally made Metamorphs cheap enough they're worth thinking about, and didn't change anything about Acolytes which are the core of most people's armies. My army probably nets out points wise, which is fine.
The points differential between Cult Genestealers and Tyranid ones looks even worse though, and I don't understand why that wasn't fixed.
So GW is BEGGING us to buy those fething buggies meanwhile doing NOTHING for the rest of the fething army. We are stuck in the same repetitive army for another year.
Oh yeah -50 points on a stompa.
feth YOU.
This is an insult to Ork players. However, from the sounds of it, our gretchin stayed the same so at least that rumour is BS. Unless they did go up and I missed it.
Really shows how these things are a waste of money, GW should have a team doing yearly adjustments for free! All these excuses people sy "Just pirate it, borrow it or use BS" are just excuses. Gw clearly expects you to pay for minimum work. Take up my actions and just don't buy it this year, show them it's unacceptable to sell us patches.
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Twilight Pathways wrote: What about not watching a video, but still using battlescribe instead of buying the book? It would seem the video part is irrelevant?
Sensible opponents say no. Too many errors in bs to rely.
By that logic, sensible opponents should also refuse to play against GW's own books.
blood reaper wrote: I will respect human rights and trans people but I will never under any circumstances use the phrase 'folks' or 'ya'll'. I would rather be killed by firing squad.
the_scotsman wrote: Yeah, when i read the small novel that is the Death Guard unit options and think about resolving the attacks from a melee-oriented min size death guard squad, the thing that springs to mind is "Accessible!"
Argive wrote: GW seems to have a crystal ball and just pulls hairbrained ideas out of their backside for the most part.
You're not. If you're worried about your opponent using 'fake' rules, you're having fun the wrong way. This hobby isn't about rules. It's about buying Citadel miniatures.
Please report to your nearest GW store for attitude readjustment. Take your wallet.
The Phazer wrote: Okay, so stand down the GSC panic. Abberants seem to have been nerfed into the ground for no real reason, but they weren't such a core part of the army that's a crisis, just a shame. The Kellermorph isn't an autotake any more, but it's not a disaster.
Shooting got a lot cheaper, but the points reductions to Russes mean they're still probably the better option - at least it's touch an go with GSC vehicles with heavy mining lasers though if you want more mobility.
They finally made Metamorphs cheap enough they're worth thinking about, and didn't change anything about Acolytes which are the core of most people's armies. My army probably nets out points wise, which is fine.
The points differential between Cult Genestealers and Tyranid ones looks even worse though, and I don't understand why that wasn't fixed.
Most GSC lists were running 2x10 Aberrants so saying they were not a core part of the army seems wrong to me.
Otherwise mostly agree tho.
