New Nids for New Edition. Deathleaper pp45

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**Tsagualsa**

The Phazer wrote:
Tsagualsa wrote:
The app that came out literally yesterday and is currently not available in Europe, where much of their business is based? Yes, they probably should, but not immediately - their twitter presence so far is the best-kept of their social media presences and has enjoyed steady growth in recent times, for now they should keep it while being aware of the alternatives.

Also, they do have an Instagram with 500k followers, as far as i am aware Threads is somewhat integrated with that, so it will probably happen either automatically or very soon if i understood this right.

It's available in the UK TBF.

But if GW are interested in expanding their social footprint Bluesky would be preferred...

Yes, but Continental Europe is GW's second-highest revenue market after the US, and before the UK, at roughly 1/4 of their total revenue (US is about half, and the UK makes up 85% of the remaining quarter) and so far does not allow Threads due to some concerns about privacy etc. so i don't see them abandoning twitter anytime soon. If they leave eventually it will be because Musk asks for too much money for access.

**EviscerationPlague**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Yeah and they can start using Truth Social at the same time.

Eldar aren't broken, that's fake news!

**Tsagualsa**

EviscerationPlague wrote:
H.B.M.C. wrote:
Yeah and they can start using Truth Social at the same time.

Eldar aren't broken, that's fake news!

10th edition is a great edition, a great edition... people say that 10th edition isn't balanced, well, i say it's the most balanced edition of all time, of all time...

**Altruizine**

Going out like Stu Chera.

**Charax**

Well this is interesting (Via Alchemists Workshops):

**Tsagualsa**

Charax wrote:
Well this is interesting (Via Alchemists Workshops):

This is because of the mission cards with the wrong back, right?

As seen in this thread: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/810628.page#11560092

**Prometheum5**

That doesn't apply to the decks provided in Leviathan tho, right? I haven't checked all mine yet.

**Laughing Man**

Prometheum5 wrote:
That doesn't apply to the decks provided in Leviathan tho, right? I haven't checked all mine yet.

Nope, those ones are all correct AFAIK.

**AduroT**

Gonna be annoying having to wait for them to print new ones.

**Nevelon**

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/07/07/global-battle-situation-report-the-end-draws-near/

Nids in the lead. Hopefully we can keep the momentum and get the early preview.

**Geifer**

Nevelon wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/07/07/global-battle-situation-report-the-end-draws-near/

Nids in the lead. Hopefully we can keep the momentum and get the early preview.

Hopefully. Of course if the tinfoil hat crowd is right this is the second act where it looks grim for the Imperium only for them to miraculously emerge victorious in the third act. Am I forging that narrative correctly, GW? I think I do.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

I’ll be ever so disappointed if we eat the planet, get out preview, and the wussy Maureen’s get their preview immediately after 😂😂

I laugh, because I’d be not at all done a disappoint if it happened in reverse.

**Overread**

The other angle is GW goes "since results were so neck and neck close between the two forces we've decided to treat both to a full preview BOOM everyone sees everything".

Thankfully as all this affects is a preview of models you can't really lose. GW won't release models sooner for the winner. Heck we don't even fully know how long the wait will be from preview to release of the models and codex and all.

**Tsagualsa**

Geifer wrote:
Nevelon wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/07/07/global-battle-situation-report-the-end-draws-near/

Nids in the lead. Hopefully we can keep the momentum and get the early preview.

Hopefully. Of course if the tinfoil hat crowd is right this is the second act where it looks grim for the Imperium only for them to miraculously emerge victorious in the third act. Am I forging that narrative correctly, GW? I think I do.

Realistically, a 6% lead three and a half days before the closing call should not be able to be turned around (one assumes that most people used their code pretty soon or immediately) but then again who knows if they're even tracking anything at all (other than the info required for the prize draw, that is)

**Nevelon**

It might trigger marine players who weren’t going to bother logging to sign in and vote. So there might be a surge.

I assumed that the plan was to announce things back to back anyway, so this whole even is just a fluff bit. Both announcements are probably in the can anyway, so it’s just a mater of if they go nid/marine or marine/nid. If there is more then a week between them I’ll be shocked. Both codexes are going to drop early anyway.

**Tsagualsa**

Nevelon wrote:
It might trigger marine players who weren’t going to bother logging to sign in and vote. So there might be a surge.

I assumed that the plan was to announce things back to back anyway, so this whole even is just a fluff bit. Both announcements are probably in the can anyway, so it’s just a mater of if they go nid/marine or marine/nid. If there is more then a week between them I’ll be shocked. Both codexes are going to drop early anyway.

I have somewhat of a gut feeling that the nids will release earlier because they need the hype more than marines, but i'm pretty sure that you're right about the releases and reveals being back-to-back. Wiht Legion Imperialis releasing some time in August there's not too many slots for 'Autumn' that they can use and still have the spotlight. Anyway we'll see in a week, the big reveal is on the 15th iirc, which is just around the corner really.

**Voss**

With dark angels coming up in spring, its actually better if marines win this 'vote':

more time between marine previews.

**NinthMusketeer**

While the reveal is nice, I want to see Nids win mainly because it would mean Marines actually lose one of these things. Their popularity often sees them steamroller opposition in world campaigns like this.

**Kanluwen**

Marines/Nids were going to get previewed at GenCon anyways. All this is doing is moving one of the two to the 15th.

**Dudeface**

Tsagualsa wrote:
Nevelon wrote:
It might trigger marine players who weren’t going to bother logging to sign in and vote. So there might be a surge.

I assumed that the plan was to announce things back to back anyway, so this whole even is just a fluff bit. Both announcements are probably in the can anyway, so it’s just a mater of if they go nid/marine or marine/nid. If there is more then a week between them I’ll be shocked. Both codexes are going to drop early anyway.

I have somewhat of a gut feeling that the nids will release earlier because they need the hype more than marines, but i'm pretty sure that you're right about the releases and reveals being back-to-back. Wiht Legion Imperialis releasing some time in August there's not too many slots for 'Autumn' that they can use and still have the spotlight. Anyway we'll see in a week, the big reveal is on the 15th iirc, which is just around the corner really.

The earliest one should be up for preorder is 26th August.

**NAVARRO**

It's a way to get people hyped and get them buying Leviathan. I was yesterday at a GW store and still a few there... also Online stores still have them.

**Kanluwen**

NAVARRO wrote:
It's a way to get people hyped and get them buying Leviathan. I was yesterday at a GW store and still a few there... also Online stores still have them.

But that's not what people on the internet said! They said that stores were undercut by GW!

My FLGS still is sitting on 15 or so. The local GW on another 20. It's weird how the scarcity/FOMO only seemed to affect discount e-tailers.

**Geifer**

Tsagualsa wrote:
Geifer wrote:
Nevelon wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/07/07/global-battle-situation-report-the-end-draws-near/

Nids in the lead. Hopefully we can keep the momentum and get the early preview.

Hopefully. Of course if the tinfoil hat crowd is right this is the second act where it looks grim for the Imperium only for them to miraculously emerge victorious in the third act. Am I forging that narrative correctly, GW? I think I do.

Realistically, a 6% lead three and a half days before the closing call should not be able to be turned around (one assumes that most people used their code pretty soon or immediately) but then again who knows if they're even tracking anything at all (other than the info required for the prize draw, that is)

I wouldn't discount a weekend surge. If the whole things plays out straight, I'd assume most games would be played on the three weekends the campaign runs and there could be Marine victories in large enough numbers to have an effect.

Nevelon wrote:
It might trigger marine players who weren’t going to bother logging to sign in and vote. So there might be a surge.

I assumed that the plan was to announce things back to back anyway, so this whole even is just a fluff bit. Both announcements are probably in the can anyway, so it’s just a mater of if they go nid/marine or marine/nid. If there is more then a week between them I’ll be shocked. Both codexes are going to drop early anyway.

We'll get the winning side's preview in a week, two weeks after the not-40k preview. Considering the timing and Gencon only three weeks later, I could see the other side making their debut there. Otherwise GW would end up with four previews in the span of five or so weeks. That seems a bit crowded for them.

**Dawnbringer**

As someone with fairly young armies for both (I stepped away from 5th - 9th) I'm interested in both previews. That said the Tyranid one is probably more interesting for me, as I think the base range is pretty well sorted, so until either the Angels of Death updates come out I'm not that bothered.

**tneva82**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I’ll be ever so disappointed if we eat the planet, get out preview, and the wussy Maureen’s get their preview immediately after 😂😂

I laugh, because I’d be not at all done a disappoint if it happened in reverse.

I have never expected large gap either way.

Gw wants hype them both. This is just easy way to get people active and couple net articles.

Seeing how easy these are to fake by players no point putting meaningful result from it.

**General Kroll**

Well I just registered my win for the Nids.

**GaroRobe**

General Kroll wrote:
Well I just registered my win for the Nids.

I really hope Tyranids win. I really want to see what they have coming out. The only thing I'm slightly curious to see would be the SM's rumored terminator chaplain. And maybe the scouts. Assuming those even get shown off, since they're supposed to be part of kill team, not the main 40k release

**Nevelon**

GaroRobe wrote:
General Kroll wrote:
Well I just registered my win for the Nids.

I really hope Tyranids win. I really want to see what they have coming out. The only thing I'm slightly curious to see would be the SM's rumored terminator chaplain. And maybe the scouts. Assuming those even get shown off, since they're supposed to be part of kill team, not the main 40k release

I logged my win for the nids, but would like to know the SM side more. As I already have plenty of TDA captains I was thinking of converting the one from the box into a chaplain. But if they are releasing a new one, I might just build him as-is, just so I have a WYSWYG one for the combat patrol.

Of course, if they drop new nid kits with more options then the mono-pose in the box, I might just kitbash those as well.

I guess we’ll just see what happens and roll with it.

**tneva82**

Either way you won't have long to see both

**Nevelon**

tneva82 wrote:
Either way you won't have long to see both

And the nice thing about push-fits; easy to go back and swap arms and such. So for minor things, I can revisit and modify.

I was looking at the winged warrior and wondering if they were going to make a shooty version. Probably not hard to swap stabby bits for some guns. Was also thinking about how he’d look with boneswords…