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After perusing my codex for the weekend, I'm pretty excited. I think GW has generally done a better job with this book than with the other 2 codexes in terms of making sure the army is fairly strong, but also has some weaknesses (anyone who saw the Table Top Titans battle report knows at least in part what I'm talking about here).

I think they did a great job of making the army feel fun and fluffy to play, and in particular, I like how they fixed Pox Walkers. When they were originally released in 8th, they were pretty broken imo. The nerf that you had to have reinforcement points for any walkers yo brought back made total sense, but also made them kind of meh. I really like where they sit now in terms of cost and abilities.

I wish we could get a DP in the same detachment with a LoC or Chaos Lord, but that's a pretty small gripe. I'm really looking forward to playing some games with it at some point (Nurgle both literally and figuratively willing).

I love everything so far but the fact that morti is missing a 100 points, but I think it is tough to get that sort of centerpiece model LoW profile right. They really adressed the complaints of "morty gets one shot turn 1 and costs a lot of points", and I truly don't think they undercosted morti on purpose "to sell moar kits (I am sure they sold tons already, because I have seen the dude all other 8th tables other than tournament tables around where I used to play in 8th ed).

It seems like THE beginners' army in every possible way (easy to collect, glue, and paint -if you don't have high standards-), not very expensive, and the most forgiving gameplay we have yet seen in 9th due to the toughness (though it may prove hard to really master, time will tell). Wanna start 40k ? Go go go deathguard.

It seems like the codex writing skills have really improved so far for all 9th ed releases, though this codex does seem like the strongest one released so far.

It seems like the codex writing skills have really improved so far for all 9th ed releases, though this codex does seem like the strongest one released so far.

Agreed!

As far as Morty goes, I think he's particularly tough to balance this edition because of Nightbringer. He ignores a lot of the things that make Morty so tough, and is going to be a problem for him in most matchups imo. Of course people also thought Mortarion was too tough when he was originally released and that turned out not to be true, so while I agree he's now way more likely to see "turn 2", it will be interesting to see how he fits given that he's nearly a full 25% of your army now.

Not being a DG player myself, I like that they will (hopefully) shake up the meta. Spamming 2d weapons to counter Marines won't cut it.

a_typical_hero wrote:
Not being a DG player myself, I like that they will (hopefully) shake up the meta. Spamming 2d weapons to counter Marines won't cut it.

As someone who frequently played against Drukhari, I am glad that triple disintegrator ravagers finally found something they are not good against lol.

Not being a DG player myself, I like that they will (hopefully) shake up the meta. Spamming 2d weapons to counter Marines won't cut it.

This is also a solid point. They are in a really interesting spot right now in terms if the meta. Everyone is loading up on D2 weapons do deal w/marines, and DG don't care about your D2 weapons.

Tycho wrote:

It seems like the codex writing skills have really improved so far for all 9th ed releases, though this codex does seem like the strongest one released so far.

Agreed!

As far as Morty goes, I think he's particularly tough to balance this edition because of Nightbringer. He ignores a lot of the things that make Morty so tough, and is going to be a problem for him in most matchups imo. Of course people also thought Mortarion was too tough when he was originally released and that turned out not to be true, so while I agree he's now way more likely to see "turn 2", it will be interesting to see how he fits given that he's nearly a full 25% of your army now.

I think Morty is probably fine as is without access to Warp Time and being forced into pure Death Guard by the rest of the book basically makes him have to go it on his own now.

I think Morty is probably fine as is without access to Warp Time and being forced into pure Death Guard by the rest of the book basically makes him have to go it on his own now.

Yeah, I mean time will tell, but I think people are really underestimating this fact. The second you bring a CSM detachment, you lose all of the new cool things DG got in terms of contagions etc.