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Cat Face Joe posted:lol imagine looking at infinity and thinking "this looks good but it doesn't have that rich gw tang i so desire" this is so many loving people ugh, I know so many Carls it sucks...
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The best part about the Necromunda thing: "Rules will be almost identical to the original." Because what I want in a new game is trash rules that should have been left back in the 90s. Also, I think I figured out why GW is still in business. It's you. It's all of you who like the balldwarfs.
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I'd be interested in seeing how GW sales break down between new players versus the middle-aged guys who've been playing and giving GW money for decades. because if they're getting most of their money from the latter that'd explain a lot of things otoh I doubt GW actually knows the answer to that question
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I like the flying airboats but the balloon men and infantry are indiscernible messes. They might be better with an alternate paint scheme but I doubt it. Thats my hot take, judging AoS releases one army at a time. Maybe one day they'll release something I like for AoS. The Sylvaneth were pretty ok i guess. Ok cya
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Moola posted:this is so many loving people "i want to play a game but i need it to have ugly models and embarrassing lore!" *gw fairy appears* "'ave i got da game fuh you!" *wisks them away to the dilapidated games workshop store but it's closed at 3pm on a saturday"
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Those dorfs are pretty dorky and I like that about them but they don't fit the BLOODGRIM theme AoS has. They are also covered in random poo poo that makes them look super busy but that is GW norm now. They would have been a candidate for just paint project if they weren't undoubtably ludicrously over priced.
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Lotta rubes in this thread forgetting that you DONT GIVE GW MONEY
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Jeb Bush 2012 posted:I'd be interested in seeing how GW sales break down between new players versus the middle-aged guys who've been playing and giving GW money for decades. because if they're getting most of their money from the latter that'd explain a lot of things I guarantee you that new players give GW the most money - all the guys I know that play GW games stopped spending money on them 10+ years ago because they either play defunct game systems or have everything they need for their armies. Most guys my age took a look at 40K's continuous escalation at some point and said "gently caress that poo poo."
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Avenging Dentist posted:The best part about the Necromunda thing: "Rules will be almost identical to the original." Because what I want in a new game is trash rules that should have been left back in the 90s. Hopefully they at least change how close combat works. I liked necrmunda a lot, but the combat phase was always a confusing mess
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I saw it yesterday, but what the gently caress *is* this gun circled in red. I can grok the other four guns, but I just don't get this one. It doesn't look good no matter its rules or intended weapon type. I also still can't get over the balloons. They're metal balloons 
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Pyrolocutus posted:I saw it yesterday, but what the gently caress *is* this gun circled in red. I can grok the other four guns, but I just don't get this one. It doesn't look good no matter its rules or intended weapon type. I assume the gem is a sight of some sort. Sniper blunderbuss.
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Thundercloud posted:Terrain is plastic. What insane company wouldn't include two evenly matched sides
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Pyrolocutus posted:I also still can't get over the balloons. They're metal balloons
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can't believe they went to all the effort of sculpting those dudes just to set up a "going down like a lead balloon" joke
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Bombogenesis posted:Dumb baloon Dorfs are neat and I may buy some when they get a starter box, but I have to wonder if GW is purposely making everything more overly-busy in some kind of attempt to get people to buy more paint. They obviously don't realize that it's intimidating to newcomers or the chronically lazy. I think it's an attempt to foil recasters more than anything else. And terrible aesthetic sense.
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Yvonmukluk posted:I think it's an attempt to foil recasters more than anything else.
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Too real. That middle panel hits close to home. My poor dorfs 
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berzerkmonkey posted:It's not working. I can confirm 
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Museums recast dung all the time.
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Pyrolocutus posted:I saw it yesterday, but what the gently caress *is* this gun circled in red.
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I genuinely want to like this army but - gently caress it I'll crosspostRulebook Heavily posted:i actually want to like this army but GW loving murdered it. The only shapes GW didn't gently caress up are the guns, because even GW hasn't found a way to gently caress up a gun beyond recognition yet. Too bad that "Ball", "Circle" and "Cylinder that isn't a gun barrell" elude them
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Rulebook Heavily posted:The only shapes GW didn't gently caress up are the guns, because even GW hasn't found a way to gently caress up a gun beyond recognition yet. One might argue that bolters come close.
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Mar 15, 2017 23:15
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They aren't steampunk they use magical gasses or some poo poo.
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fine fine they're fartpunk same diff
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Brofessor Slayton posted:Was that the starter set that had a model on one side that the other side was literally incapable of harming in any way? Third ed starter box with space marines and landspeeder vs dark eldar warriors with strength 3 splinter rifles. Thirsty Dog posted:What insane company wouldn't include two evenly matched sides Try finding a 40k starter with even sides. There simply hasn't been one. Space Marines always have 20-30% more in points than whoever they are fighting, after all they are the hero faction. If the starters were equal and Chaos/Orks/Nids etc beat the snot out of marines 50% of the time then there'd be a lot fewer marine players.
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TKIY posted:They aren't steampunk they use magical gasses or some poo poo. steam is gaseous
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TKIY posted:They aren't steampunk they use magical gasses or some poo poo. Isn't steam in their literal name? Even if it wasn't the zeppelins and clockwork birds and top hats is clearly trying to ape steampunk
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Bad Moon posted:Isn't steam in their literal name? Honestly I don't even know anymore. They are called something overlords but are they Steamhead Duardin or not?
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Mar 15, 2017 23:41
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Everything GW is making these days is way too busy, sometimes less is more guys.
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TKIY posted:Honestly I don't even know anymore. They are called something overlords but are they Steamhead Duardin or not? BEHOLD THE AGE OF SIGMAR
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Bad Moon posted:BEHOLD THE AGE OF SIGMAR I have hope that the underworld game is better and it's also not branded with AoS.
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Duterte motherfucker is back.
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Still in that shirt after the last time? No way it's not either a political statement, masochism, or actual brain damage. (he plays AoS, so it's probably the last reason)
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They usually film two bat reps in one da and post the second a while later. Though it's not impossible he wore it twice
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Thundercloud posted:Third ed starter box with space marines and landspeeder vs dark eldar warriors with strength 3 splinter rifles. I think there was a splinter cannon on the sprue so you had at least a chance of bringing down the Armor 10 Speeder with a lucky glancing hit, but yeah that set was a pretty lousy value all things considered. I remember them talking about the terrain in it a lot too. quote:Try finding a 40k starter with even sides. There simply hasn't been one. Space Marines always have 20-30% more in points than whoever they are fighting, after all they are the hero faction. If the starters were equal and Chaos/Orks/Nids etc beat the snot out of marines 50% of the time then there'd be a lot fewer marine players. Second edition should have been close. You had 20 marines against 20 orks and 40 gretchin, plus a card ork dreadnaught.
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Atlas Hugged posted:I think there was a splinter cannon on the sprue so you had at least a chance of bringing down the Armor 10 Speeder with a lucky glancing hit, but yeah that set was a pretty lousy value all things considered. I remember them talking about the terrain in it a lot too. TFW u pick the dark eldar and thru the dice gods beat the redshirt running the demo game https://media2.giphy.com/media/Zw3oBUuOlDJ3W/giphy.mp4 EDIT: incase this sounds smug as gently caress, it was just a fond memory of the dude saying 'this isn't meant to be happening' as my Deldar smacked his dudes up.
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Atlas Hugged posted:I think there was a splinter cannon on the sprue so you had at least a chance of bringing down the Armor 10 Speeder with a lucky glancing hit, but yeah that set was a pretty lousy value all things considered. I remember them talking about the terrain in it a lot too. For Marine players it was great. For Dark Eldar players it was godawful. I do have a terrible nostalgic soft spot for those plastic ruins though. The trees were flimsy and kinda crappy though. If they'd been a bit sturdier, I'd have been a bit happier with them. The 2nd ed starter set really was fantastic value for money though. And it was a "proper" starter set, in that it gave you enough forces to properly start an army and play normal games. The card terrain wasn't too bad either, given the price point on that box at the time. The starter sets since then seem to have gotten progressively worse (unless you're a space marine player). Although Black Reach at least gave enough models to get a good start on either army, to a lesser or greater degree. Sadly it also gave us Sicarius, and Matt Ward got his claws into the Marine codex, so on balance it was still terrible.
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mcjomar posted:The starter sets since then seem to have gotten progressively worse (unless you're a space marine player). The starter scenarios for AoS were set up so the Sigmarines would win and Chaos were practically an NPC chump faction. These were intended as actual scenarios, not just rules examples. I get that letting the new guy win is good for demo games but the lopsided starter sets aren't a good way to go about this.
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