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Basically, necrons have 5 core units (~1/10). SM are all core, except characters, vehicles that arent dreadnoughts and centurions (~8/10). Necrons do have other buffing characters for their other units. But this requires an additional model, like a skorpekh lord for skorpekh destroyers. When the destroyers die the lord has no buffing unit anymore. A SM captain can buff everything that has core, greater flexibility. When its buffed unit dies he can simply move on to buff another core unit.
   
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Generally speaking, if the necron unit in question is :

Not a HQ
Not an aberration (Destroyer or flayed one)
Not a dynastic agent
Not a canoptek
Not a vehicle

Then its core. So basically "ordinary" necrons.

Vehicles not being core is an odd one because they're being piloted by ordinary Necrons, which are supposed to be core.

Lorewise its fine, but gameplay wise its a little clunky because Necron buffs are more limited compared to say, marines, and that's a huge weakness.
Rites of Reanimation may seem good, until you remember that it doesn't work on the true damage dealers of a necron force, destroyer units.

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What units are we still waiting on (after Saturday’s preorders) besides flayed ones?
   
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changemod wrote:
What units are we still waiting on (after Saturday’s preorders) besides flayed ones?


Flayed ones and the two new Cryptek variations.

After that we should have everything from this update that GW has shown released. If there is any more GW hasn't shown it and there's no other new units in the book - and none of the other kit options are removed from sale on the GW webstore (eg finecast being updated to plastic).

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 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Generally speaking, if the necron unit in question is :

Not a HQ
Not an aberration (Destroyer or flayed one)
Not a dynastic agent
Not a canoptek
Not a vehicle

Then its core. So basically "ordinary" necrons.

Vehicles not being core is an odd one because they're being piloted by ordinary Necrons, which are supposed to be core.

Lorewise its fine, but gameplay wise its a little clunky because Necron buffs are more limited compared to say, marines, and that's a huge weakness.
Rites of Reanimation may seem good, until you remember that it doesn't work on the true damage dealers of a necron force, destroyer units.


vehicles not being core is by design, space marine vehicles aren't core eaither.

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BrianDavion wrote:
 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Generally speaking, if the necron unit in question is :

Not a HQ
Not an aberration (Destroyer or flayed one)
Not a dynastic agent
Not a canoptek
Not a vehicle

Then its core. So basically "ordinary" necrons.

Vehicles not being core is an odd one because they're being piloted by ordinary Necrons, which are supposed to be core.

Lorewise its fine, but gameplay wise its a little clunky because Necron buffs are more limited compared to say, marines, and that's a huge weakness.
Rites of Reanimation may seem good, until you remember that it doesn't work on the true damage dealers of a necron force, destroyer units.


vehicles not being core is by design, space marine vehicles aren't core eaither.


I can understand most vehicles not being Core, but fluffwise it seems odd that Monoliths aren't the exception.

I don't know if I'm thinking of the old fluff, but weren't almost all Necron invasions spearheaded by the arrival of Monoliths?

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 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.


 Andilus Greatsword wrote:

"Prepare to open fire at that towering Wraithknight!"
"ARE YOU DAFT MAN!?! YOU MIGHT HIT THE MEN WHO COME UP TO ITS ANKLES!!!"


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 insaniak wrote:

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.

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 vipoid wrote:
BrianDavion wrote:
 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Generally speaking, if the necron unit in question is :

Not a HQ
Not an aberration (Destroyer or flayed one)
Not a dynastic agent
Not a canoptek
Not a vehicle

Then its core. So basically "ordinary" necrons.

Vehicles not being core is an odd one because they're being piloted by ordinary Necrons, which are supposed to be core.

Lorewise its fine, but gameplay wise its a little clunky because Necron buffs are more limited compared to say, marines, and that's a huge weakness.
Rites of Reanimation may seem good, until you remember that it doesn't work on the true damage dealers of a necron force, destroyer units.


vehicles not being core is by design, space marine vehicles aren't core eaither.


I can understand most vehicles not being Core, but fluffwise it seems odd that Monoliths aren't the exception.

I don't know if I'm thinking of the old fluff, but weren't almost all Necron invasions spearheaded by the arrival of Monoliths?


By that logic shouldn't a space marine Thunderhawk be core?

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Well the old fluff was partly for the old army which only had monoliths, warriors, immortals, destroyers and lords. The Monolith was also one of the biggest models of its time and a big "showpiece" so yeah they were fairly common back then.

But then Necrons didn't have arks and airships and more infantry and other vehicles. So like a lot of armies what was once a common "every army pretty much has one or wants one" option has now become more optional. Which is a good thing because the monolith now is more powerful and expensive to take in points and command points.

So you don't want that as an "auto include" you want it as an option you can take and build around, but which you can leave out without being weakened.

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BrianDavion wrote:
 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Generally speaking, if the necron unit in question is :

Not a HQ
Not an aberration (Destroyer or flayed one)
Not a dynastic agent
Not a canoptek
Not a vehicle

Then its core. So basically "ordinary" necrons.

Vehicles not being core is an odd one because they're being piloted by ordinary Necrons, which are supposed to be core.

Lorewise its fine, but gameplay wise its a little clunky because Necron buffs are more limited compared to say, marines, and that's a huge weakness.
Rites of Reanimation may seem good, until you remember that it doesn't work on the true damage dealers of a necron force, destroyer units.


vehicles not being core is by design, space marine vehicles aren't core eaither.


Aren't dreadnoughts vehicles? Aren't they core?

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The CORE argument makes me laugh to be honest, especially all the SM apologists on here saying it's because it's fluffy blah blah blah. Like yeah, sure. Because GW write the fluff as well as the rules lol. They can make anything fluffy by simply rewriting it.

You know, like how they retcon Necrons. Every. Single. Edition.

 Venerable Ironclad wrote:
Having more Core units doesn't automatically make your army better

I can say with certaintly that if Necrons had more core units, they would be better. So......

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BrianDavion wrote:
 vipoid wrote:
BrianDavion wrote:
 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Generally speaking, if the necron unit in question is :

Not a HQ
Not an aberration (Destroyer or flayed one)
Not a dynastic agent
Not a canoptek
Not a vehicle

Then its core. So basically "ordinary" necrons.

Vehicles not being core is an odd one because they're being piloted by ordinary Necrons, which are supposed to be core.

Lorewise its fine, but gameplay wise its a little clunky because Necron buffs are more limited compared to say, marines, and that's a huge weakness.
Rites of Reanimation may seem good, until you remember that it doesn't work on the true damage dealers of a necron force, destroyer units.


vehicles not being core is by design, space marine vehicles aren't core eaither.


I can understand most vehicles not being Core, but fluffwise it seems odd that Monoliths aren't the exception.

I don't know if I'm thinking of the old fluff, but weren't almost all Necron invasions spearheaded by the arrival of Monoliths?


By that logic shouldn't a space marine Thunderhawk be core?


I have absolutely no idea. I don't know the fluff for Thunderhawks.

I'll say again, though, that 'Core' just seems to be a terribly non-descriptive keyword.

And that most of the supposed problems could have been expunged by simply removing auras from the game.

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 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.


 Andilus Greatsword wrote:

"Prepare to open fire at that towering Wraithknight!"
"ARE YOU DAFT MAN!?! YOU MIGHT HIT THE MEN WHO COME UP TO ITS ANKLES!!!"


Akiasura wrote:
I hate to sound like a serial killer, but I'll be reaching for my friend occam's razor yet again.


 insaniak wrote:

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.
 
   
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The issue is not lack of Core in the Necron book, it's that a handful of abilities and stratagems are locked behind a Core requirement when they really shouldn't be.

It doesn't make any narrative or gameplay sense that the +1 S stratagem is Core only since there's only one dedicated melee Core unit, so they may as well have just restricted it to Lychguard anyway. Even the fluff behind the strat should not preclude other units from making use of it either.

Rites of Reanimation having no actual way to benefit Canoptek units inherently, despite the control of Canoptek constructs being entirely the realm of Crypteks and Technomancer's specializing in resurrection, also makes no narrative sense. If it's a gameplay concern then there could easily be an exclusion for Monster keyword units to stop free Spyder rezzes every turn and the Cryptekm Arkana would enable you to do it once per game still.

Destroyers not listening to MWBD makes perfect sense because they wouldn't listen to what the Overlord has to say, but a Technomancer would have no difficulties or obstacles in reconstructing one. Yet currently you have to pay 20 pts for the opportunity to do it once per game, whereas Marines are paying 15 pts to let them do it every single turn on more expensive models.

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 Bosskelot wrote:
The issue is not lack of Core in the Necron book, it's that a handful of abilities and stratagems are locked behind a Core requirement when they really shouldn't be.

It doesn't make any narrative or gameplay sense that the +1 S stratagem is Core only since there's only one dedicated melee Core unit, so they may as well have just restricted it to Lychguard anyway. Even the fluff behind the strat should not preclude other units from making use of it either.

Rites of Reanimation having no actual way to benefit Canoptek units inherently, despite the control of Canoptek constructs being entirely the realm of Crypteks and Technomancer's specializing in resurrection, also makes no narrative sense. If it's a gameplay concern then there could easily be an exclusion for Monster keyword units to stop free Spyder rezzes every turn and the Cryptekm Arkana would enable you to do it once per game still.

Destroyers not listening to MWBD makes perfect sense because they wouldn't listen to what the Overlord has to say, but a Technomancer would have no difficulties or obstacles in reconstructing one. Yet currently you have to pay 20 pts for the opportunity to do it once per game, whereas Marines are paying 15 pts to let them do it every single turn on more expensive models.


Agreed, I think this is the problem, and here we get to the confluence of inane game mechanics:
1) Targeting stratagems to a specific keyword is fine in theory if the stratagems made sense. Making things stratagems that should really be pieces of gear or unit special rules (and then putting targeting restrictions on it because fluff I guess) is less sensible.

2) The Core mechanic is so ill-defined that I'm not sure the Designers themselves know what it means. It's entirely possible that a designer might say "Well, in my opinion, Tomb Spyders and other canoptek units are Core, since the tomb world cannot function without them and almost every necron force brings loads" so they make a stratagem to target CORE on the assumption that includes Canoptek units. One other designer might say "Well, canoptek units aren't real necrons and aren't beholden to the Overlord through fealty, but rather the Tomb World through algorithm. Therefore, I don't think they're core!" and then exclude the Core keyword from their datasheet.

Which one is most correct?
   
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 Overread wrote:
changemod wrote:
What units are we still waiting on (after Saturday’s preorders) besides flayed ones?


Flayed ones and the two new Cryptek variations.

After that we should have everything from this update that GW has shown released. If there is any more GW hasn't shown it and there's no other new units in the book - and none of the other kit options are removed from sale on the GW webstore (eg finecast being updated to plastic).

Necrons still have the new Overlord, Royal Warden, Skorpekh Lord, Psychomancer, Chronomancer, Plasmancer, Canoptek Reanimator and the Cryptothralls all potentially awaiting release (a few models from Indomitus may not see a separate release for a while)

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Wait... Flayed Ones can’t make use of the +1S Strat? Lol that seems really dumb.
   
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 Tiberius501 wrote:
Wait... Flayed Ones can’t make use of the +1S Strat? Lol that seems really dumb.


Perhaps, but it's exactly the sort of nonsense that happens when GW insists on vomiting pointless keywords all over their game.

 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.


 Andilus Greatsword wrote:

"Prepare to open fire at that towering Wraithknight!"
"ARE YOU DAFT MAN!?! YOU MIGHT HIT THE MEN WHO COME UP TO ITS ANKLES!!!"


Akiasura wrote:
I hate to sound like a serial killer, but I'll be reaching for my friend occam's razor yet again.


 insaniak wrote:

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.
 
   
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 vipoid wrote:
 Tiberius501 wrote:
Wait... Flayed Ones can’t make use of the +1S Strat? Lol that seems really dumb.


Perhaps, but it's exactly the sort of nonsense that happens when GW insists on vomiting pointless keywords all over their game.


It's like GW saw other games doing keywords and decided to shove them in with no real idea of how to implement them.


 
   
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 Sim-Life wrote:
 vipoid wrote:
 Tiberius501 wrote:
Wait... Flayed Ones can’t make use of the +1S Strat? Lol that seems really dumb.


Perhaps, but it's exactly the sort of nonsense that happens when GW insists on vomiting pointless keywords all over their game.


It's like GW saw other games doing keywords and decided to shove them in with no real idea of how to implement them.


Exactly.

I think a big part of the problem is that GW keeps changing design philosophies. So rather than having a single, small group of commonly-used keywords, we instead have an ever-expanding mess of niche ones.

First it was the broad allegiances that were important (Imperium, Chaos, Eldar etc.). Plus Infantry, Vehicle, Monster, and all the other things that should have just been unit-types.

Then they narrowed it down and made individual armies important (Space Marines, Sisters of Battle, IG etc.)

Then it was narrowed even more and the most vital thing was what subfaction a given unit was <Chapter>. Except in the case of Dark Eldar, which cared not only about a given unit's subfaction but also about its sub-subfaction. Because that is totally necessary for a codex with fewer total entries than the Marine codex has HQs. Incidentally, the DE codex also has the 'Incubi' keyword. A Keyword that applies to all of 2 units.

Now we seem to be moving towards each army having keywords based on subfactions of units, except that these are a different sort of subfaction to the <chapter>-type ones (do keep up, old boy).

But at the same time, we're also basing things around the new and entirely arbitrary keyword 'Core'. Except that, even though there are only 2 codices out at the moment, the question of what 'Core' is supposed to mean and why it is necessary seem entirely up in the air.

Oh, and we've also got keywords like 'Noble' and 'Phaeron', because that's something else we really needed, apparently.

It just seems that the game is accumulating more and more redundant keywords (either new ones that serve no purpose or old ones that have been effectively replaced), because GW still haven't made up their minds about how they want to use them.

 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.


 Andilus Greatsword wrote:

"Prepare to open fire at that towering Wraithknight!"
"ARE YOU DAFT MAN!?! YOU MIGHT HIT THE MEN WHO COME UP TO ITS ANKLES!!!"


Akiasura wrote:
I hate to sound like a serial killer, but I'll be reaching for my friend occam's razor yet again.


 insaniak wrote:

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.
 
   
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I really do like the idea behind keywords, they are just executed badly. Which is classic GW. Add a new mechanic to bestow special rules and slowly but surely fiddle with it until it's a mutated husk of what it should have been
   
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So, in terms of list building, I’m guessing we’ll tend to see Canoptek, Core, or Destroyer builds?

It’s not a knock against the Codex. That there’s no “clearly best” build is a good thing - even if solid builds still number fairly low?

   
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Having no "clear best" is a good state for a codex with armies as diverse in models as 40K has. Sure power-game wise chances are only a few will be viable, but having several viable builds means there's going to be a good healthy bulk of middleweight lists that will have a variety of units and strategies.

That's basically the near ideal you want for a codex/battletome. Nothing that is an auto-include; nothing that's an auto-win or superpower compared to everything else.

It lets you have variety, choice and a degree of versatility.




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 vipoid wrote:
BrianDavion wrote:
 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Generally speaking, if the necron unit in question is :

Not a HQ
Not an aberration (Destroyer or flayed one)
Not a dynastic agent
Not a canoptek
Not a vehicle

Then its core. So basically "ordinary" necrons.

Vehicles not being core is an odd one because they're being piloted by ordinary Necrons, which are supposed to be core.

Lorewise its fine, but gameplay wise its a little clunky because Necron buffs are more limited compared to say, marines, and that's a huge weakness.
Rites of Reanimation may seem good, until you remember that it doesn't work on the true damage dealers of a necron force, destroyer units.


vehicles not being core is by design, space marine vehicles aren't core eaither.


I can understand most vehicles not being Core, but fluffwise it seems odd that Monoliths aren't the exception.

I don't know if I'm thinking of the old fluff, but weren't almost all Necron invasions spearheaded by the arrival of Monoliths?
That was the idea, yeah. Monoliths descend from the sky and just start teleporting armies onto the ground.


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BrianDavion wrote:

By that logic shouldn't a space marine Thunderhawk be core?
Do the Thunderhawks follow the front-line commander into battle?

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 p5freak wrote:
BrianDavion wrote:
 Matt Swain wrote:
Now that the new monolity is apparently going to be 170USD and the silent king is going to be 150USD do you think many of the new monolith models will be selling?

I just see the silent king as a better buy if i had to pick one.


the only way the Monolith will sell is if they tweek detachments to enchourage people to be able to take a LOW. put a single LOW slot in a battalion and it'll be a bit tempting to take that and then a supreme command detachment with the SK


Even then i will not buy the monolith, because it has no FLY, and its nearly impossible to move it around the battlefield with its huge 130, or 160mm base. Cant end its movement on top of a fuel pipe, or barricade, because of unstable position. Has to subtract 2" from its movement when it moves across craters, fuel pipes, barricades, because of difficult ground. Cant move over/through a ruin.


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 Vash108 wrote:
 p5freak wrote:
BrianDavion wrote:
 Matt Swain wrote:
Now that the new monolity is apparently going to be 170USD and the silent king is going to be 150USD do you think many of the new monolith models will be selling?

I just see the silent king as a better buy if i had to pick one.


the only way the Monolith will sell is if they tweek detachments to enchourage people to be able to take a LOW. put a single LOW slot in a battalion and it'll be a bit tempting to take that and then a supreme command detachment with the SK


Even then i will not buy the monolith, because it has no FLY, and its nearly impossible to move it around the battlefield with its huge 130, or 160mm base. Cant end its movement on top of a fuel pipe, or barricade, because of unstable position. Has to subtract 2" from its movement when it moves across craters, fuel pipes, barricades, because of difficult ground. Cant move over/through a ruin.


What does Titanic grant it?


It grants you the cost of CP when you want to use it, and it gives away 10 VP, when your opponent picks titan slayer as secondary.
   
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BrianDavion wrote:
 Matt Swain wrote:
Now that the new monolity is apparently going to be 170USD and the silent king is going to be 150USD do you think many of the new monolith models will be selling?

I just see the silent king as a better buy if i had to pick one.


the only way the Monolith will sell is if they tweek detachments to enchourage people to be able to take a LOW. put a single LOW slot in a battalion and it'll be a bit tempting to take that and then a supreme command detachment with the SK


Lol
The reason 40k rules are always sub par, and everything thing keeps getting more expensive is because price doesn't matter at all to the fan boys.

GW make a kit, and lots of people buy it. Rules can be crap. Plastic can be ten times the price of gold. They still buy them.

If crap units never sold the GW would put more effort into internal balance. If sales fell as prices went up, they wouldn't go up.

To be fair to GW, they have put more effort into 9th so far... But it looked that way at the beginning of 8th...
   
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They compete in the FA slot with Wraiths, Spyders and whatnot.

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$170 for the new Monolith!? Gosh I'm extra glad I picked up two of the old ones off ebay now. Geez.

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