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Where did all those brave souls go?

Were they laid low by kickstarter "high grade plastic"?
Did they lose their fingers in a flash removal accident?
Or with their job done, did they ride into the sunset?

Where are our heroes?

Pointless jibing aside...

Relic Knights seems a bit in a lull. The super anime aesthetic (which is falling out of favor in media due to over saturation) alongside the restic and scale problems has slowed the game quite a bit.

As far as I know, from multiple friends who have and like the game, is that it's undergoing a reworking by Soda Pop/Ninja Theory alongside a lot of their other games.

The big change is that now that they've separated from CMoN, they've gone back to pure resin, and there's a second edition in the works to improve the game overall.

With them having control over the minis production now, the quality should step back up, sorry for those who got in early. Considering what we've seen of infinity the anime aesthetic can be done well, but they need more control than with restic.

The actual gameplay has many positive points, but the same friend has mentioned that there is a little too much encouragement to not fight and just play whack a mole with objectives, which can lead to some annoying games. So the new edition will probably address that.

I know that Super Dungeo Explore is also getting a work over too, adding more gameplay depth, making the game more concise with smaller maps that lead to satisfying conclusions more quickly. So I suspect that's a template they'll look to use for RK 2.0.

Otherwise, much like Dark Age, being bound to 1 narrow aesthetic is as much a negative as it is a positive for the game.

 Vertrucio wrote:
Pointless jibing aside...

Relic Knights seems a bit in a lull. The super anime aesthetic (which is falling out of favor in media due to over saturation) alongside the restic and scale problems has slowed the game quite a bit.

As far as I know, from multiple friends who have and like the game, is that it's undergoing a reworking by Soda Pop/Ninja Theory alongside a lot of their other games.

The big change is that now that they've separated from CMoN, they've gone back to pure resin, and there's a second edition in the works to improve the game overall.

With them having control over the minis production now, the quality should step back up, sorry for those who got in early. Considering what we've seen of infinity the anime aesthetic can be done well, but they need more control than with restic.

The actual gameplay has many positive points, but the same friend has mentioned that there is a little too much encouragement to not fight and just play whack a mole with objectives, which can lead to some annoying games. So the new edition will probably address that.

I know that Super Dungeo Explore is also getting a work over too, adding more gameplay depth, making the game more concise with smaller maps that lead to satisfying conclusions more quickly. So I suspect that's a template they'll look to use for RK 2.0.

Otherwise, much like Dark Age, being bound to 1 narrow aesthetic is as much a negative as it is a positive for the game.

He's on about this thread bud; http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/599178.page

Not relic knights.

OP: I think it has taken a holiday to let their thumbs heal from the various cuts...

We are fighting a guerrilla war against those that keep pushing restic upon on us, but cheap prices and improved quality is wearing us down! It is only a matter of time, that some of us will join the enemy!

Propaganda!
A great many of us were crushed by the mob of refugees fleeing the destruction of the warhammer world.
Bendy swords and awkward poses were no match for the high grade workshop savagery, but never fear, we live on!
Though our detail may be soft and our standards may droop slightly on warm days, our spirits remain strong!

Jehan-reznor wrote:We are fighting a guerrilla war against those that keep pushing restic upon on us, but cheap prices and improved quality is wearing us down! It is only a matter of time, that some of us will join the enemy!

Joyboozer wrote:Propaganda!
A great many of us were crushed by the mob of refugees fleeing the destruction of the warhammer world.
Bendy swords and awkward poses were no match for the high grade workshop savagery, but never fear, we live on!
Though our detail may be soft and our standards may droop slightly on warm days, our spirits remain strong!

Through the great snowdrifts of dust and the countless snippings of wire, They march onwards!

Wrath of Kings happened.

Privateer Press have already put out the TPE and Stormclad in HIPS with a lot more upcoming in the material after being the world biggest producer of the miniatures in the medium [IIRC], so that a quite a bit victory for the knights.

Though really, the dreaded Restic issue has been kind of pushed to the sidelines now that the Knights have been recoiled in the defence against Operation Age of Shareholders.

The Restic Knights fight on. Like demons in the night, they only appear when darkest and strike with unrelenting fury any that would seek to harm our brothers.

But these long years have been peculiar. Many of the dark ones have gone silent. Restic beasts yielded to man's immeasurable strength, some even serving our cause. While the threat remains, deadly as ever, enemy numbers lessen.

The Knights arduous campaigns have borne sweet fruit and we fewer occasions to gather in force. Our order's elite now scour the lands always watchful, always mindful of the threat lurking just beyond sight.

Despite being present at the start of the movement, I fear my passion to lead on has waned, brothers. Worse, I fear Jehan-reznor is right! But despite my lack of leadership, we are a circle, dear brothers - perhaps an oddly shaped, misformed one at times - but a circle nonetheless!

Always remember, the fight against restic starts in one's own soul. You know that which you purchased, and ought to have naught. Only you can remind yourself, in that next moment of weakness, that the restic menace lives on. It lives on in the renders on our screens, the cuts on our fingers, and the drawer of not resin, yet not plastic shaming our basements.

Do not lose heart, brothers - for we have already lost our detail!

(Not in character - this thread gave me a smile )

I thought they all got resin poisoning and died....that'll teach them

We have not vanished, but with our many great victories against the hated foe the need for our great order has wained.
Thought fear not good sir for should the day of Restic come again be sure that we of the blooded thumbs will rise once more to do battle against the fell foe.
For now though we shall wage a silent war against those bastions of evil whom still hold out that the Restic beast must live.
So, we doth take up our hobby knives in our bloodied fingers and ride once more unto war.

A silent war... I like it

And brother ordinance is right, many victories have been won on behalf of the order by the enlightened masses.

We of the bloody thumb, salute you...