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**Togusa**

Kanluwen wrote:
And yet they couldn't be bothered to fix their screw-up on the Skitarii weapon loadouts.

Ah well, good for the people wanting all the Autarch stuff.

Skitarii fans didn't complain. Most people I know playing Ad Mech just accepted it. We Eldar fans, did not. There was an organized campaign writing in to GW on this issue!

**H.B.M.C.**

Voss wrote:
No... don't encourage the Kan AdMech/Skitarii rants that matter only to him. Especially not in non-AdMech threads.

No I'm genuinely curious: Does he actually think that this gak wasn't intentional (despite all the others just like it), or is he talking about something else, like something to do with the Omnispex/Data-Tether?

**Matt.Kingsley**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Voss wrote:
No... don't encourage the Kan AdMech/Skitarii rants that matter only to him. Especially not in non-AdMech threads.
No I'm genuinely curious: Does he actually think that this gak wasn't intentional (despite all the others just like it), or is he talking about something else, like something to do with the Omnispex/Data-Tether?

Knowing Kan, probably both

**bullyboy**

Already tore apart my old autarch (wasn't yet painted). Scorp helm replaced with banshee mask head, and fusion pistol replaced by deathspinner. Will use him mainly as anti-infantry, giving him shard of anaris for between 9 and 11 attacks, in addition to shots from deathspinner.
Will replicate cover art with one of others I just ordered, and then finish last with WJG and fusion gun.

**General Hobbs**

They posted an updates Autarch datasheet!

**DreadfullyHopeful**

Great ! Even if I can't help but notice the wording in the article itself:

A highly customisable new Autarch kit was released last month in the Eldritch Omens boxed set – and it’ll soon be released separately. The cleverest part is that it’s completely compatible with the other plastic Autarch in the Aeldari range, and they both come with a ton of bits to help you craft the splendid Aeldari general of your most murderous dreams.

Quite a few of you have been in touch to ask whether this flexibility can be reflected in the datasheet (which currently assumes you own one or the other – but not both). Given that every Autarch is a unique hero to their Craftworld, we’ve decided to update the datasheet to reflect their extensive martial prowess.

They coyly say: "Whoops, when we boasted cross compatibility between kits we were obviously talking about the model only and not the rules

. But since we are such a good company we listened to you !"

In any case, goodbye auto hitting Death Spinner. We hardly knew ya.

**The Phazer**

I'm glad they updated it, and that's neat and good, but y'know, changing a datasheet like days after the Codex ships is fairly dispiriting. Also, y'know can all datasheets be like this instead of the ridiculousness we have with every other 9th ed book.

Eldarsif wrote:
chaos0xomega wrote:
Books been out for a week and its already out of date. Great.

GW needs to do digital rulebooks (or at the very least make a functioning app thats worth a damn).

Yeah, I wouldn't rely too much on them with digital updates. Just checked the app and the autarch datasheet hasn't been updated.

They haven't even updated the inventory list in the paint app with Canoptek Alloy et al that were released at the start of 9th yet.

**EviscerationPlague**

Kanluwen wrote:
And yet they couldn't be bothered to fix their screw-up on the Skitarii weapon loadouts.

Ah well, good for the people wanting all the Autarch stuff.

LOL you're the last person allowed to complain about Skitarii loadouts when you told people to get over it with the Autarch problem.

**Olthannon**

It's just as well I don't care enough about playing the game and just like collecting and painting.

**Irbis**

Nevelon wrote:
Look at how clean that datastlate is, without all the nested if/or decisions. Simple, flexible, lets you play the way you want.

Must be nice to have writer buffing their pet army into the stratosphere, because anything less than this level of devotion and they will be content to leave obvious issues rotting for multiple books. See the flaming gak that is primaris character weapons five years later

And the less said about

who ruined DW in both 7th and 9th editions, the better

**Nevelon**

Irbis wrote:
Nevelon wrote:
Look at how clean that datastlate is, without all the nested if/or decisions. Simple, flexible, lets you play the way you want.

Must be nice to have writer buffing their pet army into the stratosphere, because anything less than this level of devotion and they will be content to leave obvious issues rotting for multiple books. See the flaming gak that is primaris character weapons five years later

And the less said about who ruined DW in both 7th and 9th editions, the better

I’ve ranted plenty about no-model, no-rules, and marine captains before.

GW did the right thing here, IMHO. Now they need to keep on doing it.

And from what I’ve seen, eldar are far from stratospheric. I think “viable, with a few good builds” is where we are at.

GW are constantly inconsistent, and never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. But even a stopped clock is right twice a day, and here we have an example of them doing good.

**bullyboy**

I think the codex art pushed it over the edge (which is what i put in my email, that I wanted to build that model). I think if it were just a comment in a WHC article, they would have redacted it, but the sheer in-your-face image of an illegal loadout on the front cover just wouldn't hold up. Either way, I'm happy with the response.

**Insularum**

Credit where it's due - well done GW for doing the right thing and fixing this.

Criticism where it's due - surely by now GW realises practically no one likes the word spaghetti cluster headache restrictive datasheet style?

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Is it just me being thick, or is there little reason to swap the Star Glaive for….any of the other CCW?

Perfectly open to this being me completely missing something obvious.

**Nevelon**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Is it just me being thick, or is there little reason to swap the Star Glaive for….any of the other CCW?

Perfectly open to this being me completely missing something obvious.

If you want to blend pure chaff, or want one more shot to trigger a MW from the mandiblaster, the chainsword has a place.
The sword is only there to swap for a relic. You might be able to find a mathhammer niche where that 1 point of AP makes it a marginally better choice, but I doubt it.

The glave is the best choice almost all the time, as far as I can tell.

**Don Savik**

They released this very quick, which is odd because you think they could go back and easily FAQ a bunch of existing datasheets with weird and stupid weapon restrictions.

Or are they only doing it this one time because people were vocal about it?

Rumor guy says that new chaos codex is full of locked wargear options so we'll see I guess.

**bullyboy**

yeah, glaive wins out but when i will use the sword, it will indeed be swapped for a relic. I have a spare glaive from Dire avengers that hopefully will fit on remaining Autarch when I get it.

**Lord Damocles**

Nevelon wrote:
The glave is the best choice almost all the time, as far as I can tell.

If you listen closely to the breeze, you can faintly hear ~~~ 'Buy the new model' ~~~

**Nevelon**

Lord Damocles wrote:
Nevelon wrote:
The glave is the best choice almost all the time, as far as I can tell.

If you listen closely to the breeze, you can faintly hear ~~~ 'Buy the new model' ~~~

Or listen to WHC shouting the same thing.

Plastic glaives are one of the few bits that should be easy to get. Everyone built DAs with paired cats, so all the stabby bits go straight into the bitz boxes.

I magnetized my new autach, not because I could ever see myself not fielding the glaive, but if I got the one with wings, I might want to use the part on that model as well.

And I had the pin vice and parts out anyway.

**Scottywan82**

HALLELUJAH! Thank you for seeing reason, GW.

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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Autarch has been fixed.

Spoiler:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/03/15/walk-all-the-paths-at-once-with-the-updated-aeldari-autarch-datasheet/

https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/fDlxaHkFk1zghWjo.pdf

Also these two are coming for a brief Made to Order.

This genuinely made my day. Hell yes.

**Mr_Rose**

Don Savik wrote:
They released this very quick, which is odd because you think they could go back and easily FAQ a bunch of existing datasheets with weird and stupid weapon restrictions.

Or are they only doing it this one time because people were vocal about it?

That and you can now actually field the model using the build on the cover of the codex.

**Argive**

Any idea if MTO are usualy metal of failcrap?

These were metal originaly and have since been up*i mean* down graded to failcrap before being made oop

**Eiríkr**

Damn, the codex has been out for a week and it's already been made partly redundant. I struggle to see why folk still choose to play 40K, it's pretty ridiculous without a living digital rulebook available.

Argive wrote:
Any idea if MTO are usualy metal of failcrap?

These were metal originaly and have since been up*i mean* down graded to failcrap before being made oop

Middle Earth miniatures that I have bought MTO have all been metal.

**Crimson**

Great. Now also errata the Corsairs not being able to join the Ynnari.

**Iracundus**

Mr_Rose wrote:
Don Savik wrote:
They released this very quick, which is odd because you think they could go back and easily FAQ a bunch of existing datasheets with weird and stupid weapon restrictions.

Or are they only doing it this one time because people were vocal about it?

That and you can now actually field the model using the build on the cover of the codex.

Think it was the total combination of the previously mentioned article on WHC talking about compatibility, the in your face nature of the then illegal Autarch loadout HQ choice in the middle of the Codex cover, and the concentrated write-in campaign, rather than any one thing alone.

**jullevi**

Argive wrote:
Any idea if MTO are usualy metal of failcrap?

These were metal originaly and have since been up*i mean* down graded to failcrap before being made oop

All Made-to-Order miniatures so far have been cast in the material they were last available at. If the Autarch were last available in resin, they will be resin.

**vipoid**

Crimson wrote:
Great. Now also errata the Corsairs not being able to join the Ynnari.

Could we instead errata Ynnari to be actually functional? As opposed to half a page of rules explaining all the fun stuff you don't get to use.

**PenitentJake**

There will probably be additional Eldar content in a future campaign book; I wouldn't be surprised to find a Corsair supplement or a Ynarri army of renown. White Dwarf has already stepped up with Althansar for CWE and Harlequins for KT, but I could see them adding more to the mix in the months to come.

**kodos**

*tin foil hat on*: the Autarch fix was planned from the biginning so GW can say "we still listen to the community and make changes to the game by popular demand"

**Adrassil**

kodos wrote:
*tin foil hat on*: the Autarch fix was planned from the biginning so GW can say "we still listen to the community and make changes to the game by popular demand"

I was thinking the very same thing when watching the Auspex Tactics video on it earlier today. You never know, you never know lol