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Space Marines and Necrons got their 4 week FAQ.

Dark Angel index was updated (their Flyers have the correct statline now) and Black Templar index was added, thus rendering their PA document worthless.

Ultramarines got some updates.

Death Guard Twin Heavy Bolters somehow are still super spicy and remain Strength 6 to everyone else's Strength 5.

I didn't know Sicarius HAD Inspired Retribution.

Captain Sicarius, Abilities, Inspired Retribution
Change ability name and rules text to read:
‘Rites of Battle (Aura): While a friendly Ultramarines Core unit
is within 6" of this model, each time a model in that unit makes an
attack, re-roll a hit roll of 1.’


On a related note, can anyone tell what the new errata are? None of it is pink.

Breton wrote:
I didn't know Sicarius HAD Inspired Retribution.

Captain Sicarius, Abilities, Inspired Retribution
Change ability name and rules text to read:
‘Rites of Battle (Aura): While a friendly Ultramarines Core unit
is within 6" of this model, each time a model in that unit makes an
attack, re-roll a hit roll of 1.’


On a related note, can anyone tell what the new errata are? None of it is pink.

The only new "errata" I saw were the Dark Angel Flyers, the Ultramarines FAQ instead has "updates". A totally arbitrary distinction that only muddies the water, imo.

It seems that ability/rules updates/FAQs are now in blue, while stat and point changes are in magenta.

When a document is revised, the version number will be incremented and new updates will be highlighted in blue, while new errata and FAQs will be highlighted in magenta.

And yes, good catch on Sicarius. GW failing at copypasting YET AGAIN!

So, just to clarify - in 9th are we looking at a 4 week errata/FAQ rather than a 2 week errata/FAQ? Did I miss an announcement somewhere?

So they didn't fix the ridiculous rezzing an ATV thing? Lol...

yukishiro1 wrote:
So they didn't fix the ridiculous rezzing an ATV thing? Lol...

Evidently working as intended.

 Dysartes wrote:
So, just to clarify - in 9th are we looking at a 4 week errata/FAQ rather than a 2 week errata/FAQ? Did I miss an announcement somewhere?

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/10/10/pre-order-now-mega-gargants-necrons-and-more/

A note about FAQs: We’ll be publishing the first FAQ for new battletomes and codexes four weeks after the book arrives, instead of two, moving forward. This gives the Studio team a little more time to collect feedback and make sure they’re not missing anything. This includes the new Space Marines and Necrons codexes.

They then, of course, proceed to miss things like the Sicarius update being totally incorrect.

Or they miss the fact they still haven't got the right T'au FAQ on the FAQ page. Or Ad Mech.
Both are Indomitus 1.0 on the FAQ page, and 1.1 here: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/10/05/codex-updates-wargear-profiles-and-rules/

Or the fact Death Guard Twin Heavy Bolters are still Strength 6.

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose, GW showing utter incompetence once again when it comes to something even a minimum wage intern would have to deliberately try to mess up.

SecondTime wrote:

yukishiro1 wrote:
So they didn't fix the ridiculous rezzing an ATV thing? Lol...

Evidently working as intended.

I mean, why else would they nerf the ability for Destroyers to revive if not to let Space Marines do one better?

On the plus side, BA Assault Squads got their special snowflake special weapons again, which is nice.

 BaconCatBug wrote:


It seems that ability/rules updates/FAQs are now in blue, while stat and point changes are in magenta.

When a document is revised, the version number will be incremented and new updates will be highlighted in blue, while new errata and FAQs will be highlighted in magenta.

And yes, good catch on Sicarius. GW failing at copypasting YET AGAIN!

Yeah, but all the stuff in blue I checked so far was stuff I already remembered, so isn't new? Just grabbed my print out, didn't go word for word but I still cant find anything new in blue. Everything starts the same, and is the same shape at a glance. I'm not sure anything changed but the date of the FAQ. Even the Version number is still 1.2

So four weeks until they fix all of the screw ups in the Imperial Armour Compendium? Ugh, first I wait for the book, then I wait for the FAQ.

@BCB: You think these copy paste mistakes are bad? Wait until you see the Compendium. Did you know Chaos Fellblades have a transport capacity of 25 now?

They gave themselves 2 extra weeks to find issues, but the FAQs look barren empty.

 BaconCatBug wrote:

SecondTime wrote:

yukishiro1 wrote:
So they didn't fix the ridiculous rezzing an ATV thing? Lol...

Evidently working as intended.

I mean, why else would they nerf the ability for Destroyers to revive if not to let Space Marines do one better?

On the plus side, BA Assault Squads got their special snowflake special weapons again, which is nice.

Careful - I got lambasted in a different thread for daring to point out that Space Marines are apparently better at resurrecting models than Necrons are.

But obviously I was just being facetious because, as was made clear at the time, the ATV thing would absolutely definitely completely be removed in this FAQ.

If people start hammering their facebook over it they might fix it tomorrow, otherwise it'll stay around till next year. GW has exactly as much respect for its games these days as required to alleviate social media pressure; no more, no less.

 BaconCatBug wrote:

Breton wrote:
I didn't know Sicarius HAD Inspired Retribution.

On a related note, can anyone tell what the new errata are? None of it is pink.

The only new "errata" I saw were the Dark Angel Flyers, the Ultramarines FAQ instead has "updates". A totally arbitrary distinction that only muddies the water, imo.

The font color change on the Dark Angel Flyers was in the original FAQ to highlight the stats that degrade when bracketed. I have yet to find an actual change between the October and November files other than the file is about 1Mb larger and it seems to be rendered at a higher resolution to make it easier on the eyes.

Of course, actually using the font color convention for changes they use in other FAQs would be even easier on the eyes


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I found a change in the DA FAQ on Page 5, second paragraph removed the restriction from giving Relics of Caliban to VEHICLES, presumably so the Talonmaster can actually take the Corvus Oculus.

@BCB, I'd add 1 more to your list of oddities:

FAQ doesn't address the issue where by RAW, Talonmaster cannot take Corvus Oculus relic despite being model/unit specific relic, because a vehicle model can't be a eligible model to receive/be assigned a relic.Nevermind.