<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Allies in 7th edition"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/69.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Allies in 7th edition DE are brought by Eldar for bonus's, as are Harlys. Imperium of Man shenanigans. The only top army I see that doesn't have any allies is the Necrons.

Do you think GW is going to allow more open ally rules in the next edition to try and balance those armies that don't really have allies? (Tyrnids, Orks, Crons) ?

and if you think they will fix it or change it how so?

Im kind of hoping they either flat out allow everyone to ally with anyone or they basically take allies away which I dont see happening because allies = more money for GW]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/668088/8211187.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/668088/8211187.page GMT Allies in 7th edition http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/668088/8211205.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/668088/8211205.page GMT Re:Allies in 7th edition http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/668088/8211241.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/668088/8211241.page GMT Allies in 7th edition GW the current way it is that's impossible.

At present the only hope of GW fixing an OP combo is two editions late, and the way they're "balancing" armies at present is just dropping a blanket buff on whole factions.

Usually all that does is make the strong units stronger and forgotten units more forgotten, see Kroot and Vespids in the absurd new Tau rules. There are a few exceptions-for instance, Walkers have been getting consistent buffs to melee strength as the codexes roll out-but for the most part if there's a lazy way to do something that's how GW is gonna do it. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/668088/8211272.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/668088/8211272.page GMT Allies in 7th edition http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/668088/8211278.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/668088/8211278.page GMT Allies in 7th edition
 Ghazkuul wrote:
At this point in the edition its fairly obvious that allies either make or break a lot of armies. DE are brought by Eldar for bonus's, as are Harlys. Imperium of Man shenanigans. The only top army I see that doesn't have any allies is the Necrons.

Do you think GW is going to allow more open ally rules in the next edition to try and balance those armies that don't really have allies? (Tyrnids, Orks, Crons) ?

and if you think they will fix it or change it how so?

Im kind of hoping they either flat out allow everyone to ally with anyone or they basically take allies away which I dont see happening because allies = more money for GW
If GW continues on the trend they've shown from 6th through now, and with AoS, I'd hazard whatever form 8th edition takes, will basically be Unbound armies, much like AoS.

I'm not a fan of allies. I almost never see it used for fluff purposes, almost exclusively for synergistic shennanigans. I would not miss Allies being massively pared down or removed one bit. However, with the trends of GW of late, if they don't reverse course, I'd be shocked if the future didn't bring an "all unbound" or "AoS" style army composition to 40k.


That said, an easy fix for most Allies issues is to essentially bump everything"up" a level. Battle Brothers become Allies of Convenience, Allies of Convenience become Desperate Allies, Desperate Allies become Come the Apocalypse and Come the Apocalypse can't ally at all.

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