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GW cut costs a lot by switching to one man stores, bu imagine how much they'd save if they didn't have to spend any money on real estate! I present the future of Games Workshop retail
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Atlas Hugged posted:From memory, I think they forgot to print books or produce models so when MKIII dropped, retail had nothing and a bunch of people were put on waiting lists. Yeah... honestly mkIII seemed rushed for whatever reason. There wasn't really a buildup to it, and they had some initial production problems. I can understand not wanting a long period between "mkIII coming soon" and "mkIII available to buy" but the presentation was a bit flat. The game seems to emphasis more jacks and less infantry, and it did it by nerfing a lot of infantry. Personally I like it, but I can see why people might have been upset by it. They did seem to overcompensate a touch.
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LordAba posted:The game seems to emphasis more jacks and less infantry, and it did it by nerfing a lot of infantry. Personally I like it, but I can see why people might have been upset by it. They did seem to overcompensate a touch. I think we are going to see a lot of this come Age of the Emperor as GW navigate the minefield of obsoleting old units/entire factions without losing big chunks of their
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Mar 7, 2017 11:20
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Is the one man store really a thing? There's at least 3 employees in my city's GW store
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Mar 7, 2017 13:48
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Ayn Marx posted:Is the one man store really a thing? There's at least 3 employees in my city's GW store Yup. There's one here in the dying mall. Open ~40 hours a week, renting like 700 square feet in a shopping mall and closed Monday and Tuesday. 
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Mar 7, 2017 15:07
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mike12345 posted:A while back I posted about finding a box of Epic Space Marine in the attic. I took some pictures, pm me if you're interested, otherwise I'll put it on Ebay come sunday. A bunch of minis are already masterfully pre-painted, by that I mean you have to clean them because I simply dipped them in paint as a kid. You should post this in the Specialist Games thread.
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Liquid Communism posted:Yup. There's one here in the dying mall. Open ~40 hours a week, renting like 700 square feet in a shopping mall and closed Monday and Tuesday. That looks bigger than I expected it to be. Was it always a one man store?
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Mar 7, 2017 18:20
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WARHAMMER www dot games-worskshop dot com
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Liquid Communism posted:Yup. There's one here in the dying mall. Open ~40 hours a week, renting like 700 square feet in a shopping mall and closed Monday and Tuesday. I can already feel the general funk of that store. Like that feeling when you walk in the doors and the humidity is just slightly higher than normal while also being a few degrees cooler than the rest of the mall, and the place smells sorta like a mixture of high school gymnasium and Febreze. Though to be fair, that place looks way cleaner than most Warhammy places, so maybe my judgment is misplaced.
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Mar 7, 2017 19:14
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Ugleb posted:I think we are going to see a lot of this come Age of the Emperor as GW navigate the minefield of obsoleting old units/entire factions without losing big chunks of their GW have a very long track record in this respect, my friend. They do not so much "navigate" that minefield as carelessly drive straight through it, losing various arms and legs in the process, but uncaringly plowing onward oblivious to the damage. Which is to say, they have happily flushed chunks of their fan base down the toilet for any reason or no reason with regularity for decades, why worry about it now?
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Mar 7, 2017 19:18
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Marines will be fine, I'm sure.
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Drone posted:I can already feel the general funk of that store. Like that feeling when you walk in the doors and the humidity is just slightly higher than normal while also being a few degrees cooler than the rest of the mall, and the place smells sorta like a mixture of high school gymnasium and Febreze. When I used to play competitive magic, I remember the physical feel and smell of the barrier wall you pass through to get to the main ballroom of the event. It was exactly like those robots in phantom menace stepping through the Gungan shields, then relentlessly attacked on the other side. I don't know why I continued to play it for so long.
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So if I want to play WMHIII do I need like, upgrade cards like Malifaux or something or just the new rules or how does this dumb hobby work. I had the Hordes starter with the angry wolfmen and the blind dragon badasses and an extra blind dragon badass magnetized to switch between his two options.
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food court bailiff posted:So if I want to play WMHIII do I need like, upgrade cards like Malifaux or something or just the new rules or how does this dumb hobby work. I had the Hordes starter with the angry wolfmen and the blind dragon badasses and an extra blind dragon badass magnetized to switch between his two options. Warmachine Mk3 rules are free online I believe. Points and stuff changed, you can buy a card deck from stores/online with the new stats for everything that was around at the start, or you can buy the decks for cheaper on the app and just play using a phone/tablet. Also at some point soon (next few months, summer?) all the cards will be free online and you will be able to print them yourself if you want.
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Chill la Chill posted:It was exactly like those robots in phantom menace stepping through the Gungan shields, then relentlessly attacked on the other side. I don't know why I continued to play it for so long. Goongas
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Leperflesh posted:GW have a very long track record in this respect, my friend. They do not so much "navigate" that minefield as carelessly drive straight through it, losing various arms and legs in the process, but uncaringly plowing onward oblivious to the damage. I need to take a picture of my local store at some point. It is actually underground where it belongs, you get in through a small staircase under a bigass WARHAMMER sign in the street
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:Marines will be fine, I'm sure. The latest Blood Angel codex disagrees.
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i wonder how many normal people see that warhammer sign and think its some neo nazi thing?
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:i wonder how many normal people see that warhammer sign and think its some neo nazi thing? You mean it isn't?
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it would explain why you only ever see weird looking white dudes in em
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Ugleb posted:That looks bigger than I expected it to be. Was it always a one man store? It's the smallest empty space the mall had available. That whole area was just remodeled, so that's the first store that's ever been in that space. I have never actually seen anyone but the guy who runs it inside.
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Leperflesh posted:GW have a very long track record in this respect, my friend. They do not so much "navigate" that minefield as carelessly drive straight through it, losing various arms and legs in the process, but uncaringly plowing onward oblivious to the damage. They certainly did it while launching AoS but I think they also realised that large numbers of players left them for other games as Mantic made bank on KoW2. They appear to be more willing to admit (internally) that other companies do indeed exist and that they should maybe be trying (slightly) harder to keep customers happy lest they go try other games (the horror!). So I think GW are going to attempt to keep people happier this time, although that doesn't mean that they will succeed.
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TTerrible posted:The latest Blood Angel codex disagrees. What are you some kind of WAAC gamer in Age of Emperor you can just bring whatever look fun and just have a gentlemans agreement with your opponent about it. If you guys have a disagreement just dice off for it
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I just realised Aeldari sounds and looks almost exactly the same as Illidari http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Illidari_(faction)
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Moola posted:I just realised Aeldari sounds and looks almost exactly the same as Illidari Congratulations on somehow making the Aeldari sound even worse
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That Idari is ILL, son
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Fire Dragons in Kill Team are pro tier against MEQs. This is a public service announcement. Also apparently Privateer Press is killing the Press Ganger program. It's like they have decided to make GW level mistakes now for some un fathomable reason. 
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what the gently caress is a meq?
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:what the gently caress is a meq? Marine Equivalent. Anything with T4 and a 3+ save, basically.
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MEQa activate!
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theres almost as many acronyms in dumb gw games as there are in the military
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:theres almost as many acronyms in dumb gw games as there are in the military 40k has nothing on X-Wangs for nicknames and acronyms that are completely indecipherable to newbies, they speak a foreign language in that thread
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the infinity thread is pretty bad too. ive actually read the rules for n3 and i still can barely parse the poo poo theyre talking about
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:the infinity thread is pretty bad too. ive actually read the rules for n3 and i still can barely parse the poo poo theyre talking about 
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:the infinity thread is pretty bad too. ive actually read the rules for n3 and i still can barely parse the poo poo theyre talking about Warmahordes thread is a bit dense this way too.
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Ilor posted:Your combi is B1 in ARO unless you're in SF (assuming you have LoF and aren't forced to make a CF at PH-3 by getting provoked in ZOC). What's so hard to understand about that? I hate that I comprehended this.
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Ilor posted:Your combi is B1 in ARO unless you're in SF (assuming you have LoF and aren't forced to make a CF at PH-3 by getting provoked in ZOC). What's so hard to understand about that? Also, there's a glossary in the second post.
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The rules for Warpath are up for preorder with an April 22 ship date, available in a Warpath + Firefight + Sourcebook compendium for 30 brexit dollars, which is pretty good, or available in 15 brexit dollar singles and the 50 or 100 brexit dollar starter sets. New vehicles aren't up yet, but I expect the standard Mantic discounted triples to return in the near future, I figure they're rebuilding stock. I have the PDFs for loan if anyone wants to read with intent to buy on liking them. NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Mar 9, 2017 |
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Ilor posted:Your combi is B1 in ARO unless you're in SF (assuming you have LoF and aren't forced to make a CF at PH-3 by getting provoked in ZOC). What's so hard to understand about that? just the ice cream for me thanks
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