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 vipoid wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 vipoid wrote:
Speaking of Nightmare, does anyone know where I can find it? I can't seem to locate it on GW's new webstore.

Yea... these things tend to not last a day, let alone to the release of the next box. Your best bet now is some decrepit game store with no online presence.

Ugh.

Is there a reason GW isn't making more of them?

You know, so they can sell them. For money. The way companies generally work.

They make more money with a quick sellout of the box at the numbers they produce and then the contents sold separately, individually for more, than the box would have been.

think we're done with the army sneak peeks?

 usernamesareannoying wrote:
think we're done with the army sneak peeks?

You mean Faction Focuses? There are 24 so I think all armies are there.

Been going over the faction abilities of the armies I own and those of my play group.

While most looked cool in a vacuum, now that we can see all of them together the power variance looks absolutely wild to me. Darts-at-a-wall wild.

Nurgle is a one trick nothingburger. Tzeentch does that same trick better and has destiny dice on top.
FEC moved most of their faction abilities onto Ushoran's warscroll, what remains is weak respawning.
Gitz powerups are good but transient.
Skaven are solid, but rely a lot on gnawholes that you may or may not have room to place.

Nighthaunt win big with ignoring save mods (but getting +1 ward Command instead), huge tactical utility (charge while locked in combat, formation trait to retreat/run and charge, and 3 different "when you charge" debuffs that can all be piled onto the same target. Yum.

Of my enemies, Lumineth are completely insane with two fights per fight all the time and then their choice of 4 "once per turn" things on top of that.

Part 2, the lore https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/06/26/warhammer-studio-interview-read-about-how-skaventide-changes-the-lore-of-warhammer-age-of-sigmar/

Warhammer Weekly is doing a full 4.0 rules review on youtube right now, for anyone interested.

Rules are out in the wild anyway. We just need warscrolls.

Skaven vs Ogors

Part 3 https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/06/27/warhammer-studio-interview-redesigning-the-core-rules-of-warhammer-age-of-sigmar/

If you ever wanted proof in writing that the AoS team and 40K team may as well be on different parts of the planet:

"With any game that runs for multiple editions, there’s inevitable feature creep, with new layers of rules adding more complexity over time. This provides great depth and engagement for existing players, but inevitably makes it harder for new players to jump on board.

With that in mind, we hit a wall early on: if the first thing you need to do to play is look at all your faction’s rules and errata, then multiple layers of errata to the Core Rules, then the floor for accessibility becomes quite high. There was only so far we could go with accessibility if we planned to make all of those rules compatible with a new edition, when we realised that, we started looking at how far we could take it if we didn’t have that constraint. "

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
If you ever wanted proof in writing that the AoS team and 40K team may as well be on different parts of the planet:"

AoS ones are just the playtesters for 40k next edition

I could believe that if 40K didn't turn out universally crap everytime.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
I could believe that if 40K didn't turn out universally crap everytime.

They simply do not listen to whatever experience there is from AoS team.

AOS and 40k as games are always learning from each other. from AOS, 40k has gotten some of its best ideas, and from 40k, AOS has learned what to not do

Part 4 https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/06/28/warhammer-studio-interview-designing-the-new-skaven-while-respecting-the-classics/

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
If you ever wanted proof in writing that the AoS team and 40K team may as well be on different parts of the planet:"

AoS ones are just the playtesters for 40k next edition

I wish the 40k team would actually pay attention to AoS...
I love both systems, but am getting tired of the pointless 40k changes...

 NOLA Chris wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
If you ever wanted proof in writing that the AoS team and 40K team may as well be on different parts of the planet:"

AoS ones are just the playtesters for 40k next edition

I wish the 40k team would actually pay attention to AoS...
I love both systems, but am getting tired of the pointless 40k changes...

I dunno - do you really want a double turn in 40K as well as AoS. Cause the AoS team REALLY loves the doubleturn

Why not? It's still a vastly better game at this point and the double turn is still very overblown.

Part 5 https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/06/28/warhammer-studio-interview-fine-tuning-the-nail-biting-finishes-of-spearhead/

 Overread wrote:

 NOLA Chris wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
If you ever wanted proof in writing that the AoS team and 40K team may as well be on different parts of the planet:"

AoS ones are just the playtesters for 40k next edition

I wish the 40k team would actually pay attention to AoS...
I love both systems, but am getting tired of the pointless 40k changes...

I dunno - do you really want a double turn in 40K as well as AoS. Cause the AoS team REALLY loves the doubleturn

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! (eek!)
lol
that IS one of the mechanics I don't really like about AoS...
I've had too many games won or lost by the decisive demolishing double turn in an otherwise close match

1 frickieg file for 24 armies bad news.

Need to learn how to split pdf for multiple filles. Not expectring 1 file, 24 armies to open fast on phone or even find what i need.

Worst news of aos4. Thankfully subbing for warhammer+ so app probably get me by but sheesh. 24 armies in 1 file...

Where'd you get the info that there's 1 file?

Even if true it's a trivial affair.

Considering GW's vdfjg90t5w0z9ejg filenames it would be a great deal more obnoxious to me to have 24 files that you would have to rename upon download or kill yourself finding the right one when you play.

Interesting that these models share a sprue

 GaroRobe wrote:
Interesting that these models share a sprue

So they will be sold like Carnifex with Neurotyrant for Tyranids probably.

At last! Here comes my Skaventide mega review with high-res sprue images, scale comparisons, all assembly options, and... what other reviews are not saying: https://taleofpainters.com/2024/06/review-skaventide-part-1-the-models/

Read before you preorder

Ordered from Element with no issues.

The GW site hasn't even let me in the queue yet.

How they expect to sell anything like this is beyond me.

GW website originally gave me a 55 minute queue but half an hour later its now taking me straight to the product page. Still in stock with a reduction at Element Games too. I might buy after release if it gets another chunk removed like the Kroot Hunting Pack did....

Not sure it's going to sell out that fast considering leviathan never did.

Yeah stock of Leviathan is still kicking around. These starter sets are produced in insane quantities.

Myself I'll likely be hunting for the rulebook in 2 weeks when everything starts arriving for people and the stocks go up and everyone is selling off the excess parts that they don't need.

I'm going to be very very good and not buy into a new Skaven army after selling them on at the start of the year (If I keep saying that I might manage to make it true!!!)