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Played my first AOS. Game ended with a Magmadroth trying to take a 4 point objective (for my opponent) from my thunderers. They got a turn of clear shooting but I couldn't drop them back far enough to avoid a charge in the next turn. Thing charges them and does it's best, but I make good saves and only take one wound. I think I'm fine then discover it has all this extra end of combat stuff. 2 guys die because they hit it with gun butts. It flicks it's tail and kills another. I fail battleshock, the last two will flee. I reroll battleshock because of the honour bearer. One will flee. My turn. The last dwarf, a doughy gunnery sergeant, unloads 5 of the absolute best and brings this bastard thing right down on the objective. I have won by 7 points. It sounds like a big margin but all I had left was one true dwarf with a gun and a gunhauler contesting a deadlocked objective off in the distance. I need to give this dude a name. I wonder how you say Hotter Than Hot in Khazalid. E: I like this game. Lesson learned today; always be approaching at ramming speed. Always coat your skyvessels in mines and torpedoes. I can't wait to get the Ironclad up and running so I can ram some poo poo. I heard the admiral sucks, but the admiral actually owns and he can hang off the side hitting nerds with a hammer then sail off flipping the bird screaming at your dudes to reroll their ones. Endrinmaster was underwhelming but I think I just need to bubblewrap him in more riggers (who are loving rad in combat, I was very surprised). JBP fucked around with this message at 13:14 on Mar 3, 2020 |
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Seraphon Rules Update! You pick between the Starborne - Lizardmen fresh from summoning and still kinda energy beings - or the Coalesced - the Lizardmen who have become more physical and made homes in the Mortal Realms. Presumably this is mandatory like Cities of Sigmar and Slaves to Darkness. Universal Allegiance Abilities
Special versions of the Predatory Endless Spells are available to Seraphon. They can only be moved by the Seraphon player. TL;DR: The book appears to be attempting to split the difference between the "YOU NEED SLANN" playstyle they currently have and one more focused on Saurus and line troops. No mention of Saurus Knight buffs, but they HAVE to be better if Saurus are getting a treat or two. LOL that they're still trying to make predatory endless spells worth it. The Deleter fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Mar 3, 2020 |
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Mar 3, 2020 17:01
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Harvey Mantaco posted:I have a massive seraphon army like this That's very cool. Will they be getting new models along with the book? I actually recognize some of them from like 15+ years ago. Also the night goblin troops, I actually had some of those. That could be a fun army to collect...
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Mar 3, 2020 17:27
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The only new Seraphon model for this release just appears to be this terrain piece: They might do more in the future but so far there's no indication of it.
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Mar 3, 2020 17:45
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I was hoping for a refresh on Saurus Warriors and Knights at least, but no dice so far. They look goofy compared to what the AoS art shows and what Total Warhammer 2 does.
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Mar 3, 2020 18:18
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Maybe it's the flat paint job but that terrain piece looks like someone's budget terrain build using gift boxes or like the terrain pieces you get from the starter boxes by turning the sprue divider upside down.
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Mar 3, 2020 19:56
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/\ It fukn sucks  The Deleter posted:LOL that they're still trying to make predatory endless spells worth it. Sounds like a straight forward fix, can't wait to try them.
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Mar 3, 2020 19:59
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It's really bad. It really screams afterthought.
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Mar 3, 2020 20:04
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i like the coalesced. giving lizzies the Mawtribes treatment where they're as like the Old World bunch as you want, but more so.  Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Maybe it's the flat paint job but that terrain piece looks like someone's budget terrain build using gift boxes or like the terrain pieces you get from the starter boxes by turning the sprue divider upside down. it'll probably look good with some converting + weird stuff on top instead of another boring stargate. otoh it's going to cost £30+ and you can make a crude ziggurat out of any old poo poo if you're going to heavily convert it anyway. e: an A+ spot for those Slann blood bowl tokens to go Saint Drogo fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Mar 3, 2020 |
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Mar 3, 2020 20:13
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Maybe it's the flat paint job but that terrain piece looks like someone's budget terrain build using gift boxes or like the terrain pieces you get from the starter boxes by turning the sprue divider upside down. Beyond the vines and whatsit on top it looks almost exactly like the lizardman themed pyramid my friend made out of random stuff that'd otherwise go into the recycling 15 years ago down to the Saurus warrior standard tops used as detail on scenery.
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Mar 3, 2020 22:58
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My Tempest of Souls and paint set arrived, putting together it now. Is it normal for some of the shoulder guards to have a gap? Kinda wish I did have glue. and green stuff. oh and spraypaint and Super fun though.
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Mar 4, 2020 13:46
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It's more common than you think. You can use your clippers to shave down the pegs to get a closer fit. Glue helps as well.
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CODChimera posted:My Tempest of Souls and paint set arrived, putting together it now. Is it normal for some of the shoulder guards to have a gap? Kinda wish I did have glue. and green stuff. oh and spraypaint and For little gaps you could use Mr Surfacer 500. It works like a charm is might be easier to work with than Green Stuff. This beautiful green man below had a bad gap where the two halves of the skull connect and now you can't see it at all: 
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CODChimera posted:My Tempest of Souls and paint set arrived, putting together it now. Is it normal for some of the shoulder guards to have a gap? Kinda wish I did have glue. and green stuff. oh and spraypaint and Yeah those snap fit stormcasts have a seam down the middle of the shoulderpads. Particularly problematic on the unit leaders which have a fancy lion head scuplted into the pad.
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Speaking of that lame terrain piece, it's a terraforming engine that garrisons up to 20 models, and if a wizard or priest is inside it, you can zap another terrain feature to dump a few mortal wounds on anyone near it. You're probably leaving a single Skink Priest in there to use it, and its dependant on other terrain pieces - I can see it punishing Blades of Khorne players with their shrine or Deepkin who hug their shipwrecks. The darker color scheme looks better, but it desperately needs more detail and gubbins adding on the top to not look anaemic. I wouldn't really bother taking this at all?
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Mar 4, 2020 16:08
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The Deleter posted:Speaking of that lame terrain piece, it's a terraforming engine that garrisons up to 20 models, and if a wizard or priest is inside it, you can zap another terrain feature to dump a few mortal wounds on anyone near it. I can't actually tell if you like it or not mechanically. Seems like it punishes players using terrain, terrain effects and holding objectives near terrain. For 0 points you wouldn't bother taking it?
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Mar 4, 2020 16:36
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I mean I don't like the model at all but the effect seems fine? I'm not a fan of army terrain in general I think is the thing.
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Mar 4, 2020 16:49
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The Deleter posted:I mean I don't like the model at all but the effect seems fine? I'm not a fan of army terrain in general I think is the thing. Put straps on the bottom, turn it upside down, use as skink travel-bucket, hth
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Mar 4, 2020 17:34
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That model is awesome and I bought one even when I don't play the lizards. If I can convince more people to buy one, we'll make Tenochtitlan on a table 
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Geisladisk posted:Yeah those snap fit stormcasts have a seam down the middle of the shoulderpads. Particularly problematic on the unit leaders which have a fancy lion head scuplted into the pad. That's cool just checking. The nighthaunt models are great, actually really most of the new stuff looks good
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I wonder if Old World viability is now a factor in design, since that pyramid looks straight out of Lustra.
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Mar 5, 2020 13:53
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STEGAGEDDON
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Aiming for that total war crossover, I see.
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Mar 5, 2020 16:18
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STEGAGEDDON Someone was having loads of fun writing that. 
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Mar 5, 2020 16:21
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It's not quite on the level of Mr Arkhan's Wild Ride for me, but it's very good. I wonder if this'll break out like Gristlegore did. I'd rather face this because dinosaurs are way cooler!
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Mar 5, 2020 16:24
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Gets around the problem of ugly saurus models at least!
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Seraphon leaks are out. There's going to be rage. Astrolith bearer loses rerolls, bastiladon loses rend ignore, carnosaur isn't fixed, skinks can't fallout. Massive damage nerf to ripperdactyls. Pretty much nerfs across the board (except saurus, salamanders (I think) and troglodon!) The battalions im not sure what they do because not in English but super expensive. Didn't see the sheet for knights but if saurus warriors got a lift I'm optimistic.
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Harvey Mantaco posted:Seraphon leaks are out. There's going to be rage. Astrolith bearer loses rerolls, bastiladon loses rend ignore, carnosaur isn't fixed, skinks can't fallout. Massive damage nerf to ripperdactyls. Pretty much nerfs across the board (except saurus, salamanders (I think) and troglodon!) The battalions im not sure what they do because not in English but super expensive. Didn't see the sheet for knights but if saurus warriors got a lift I'm optimistic. Lol if they make the ugliest loving models this side of marauders a mainstay of the army that could be all about rad goddamn dinosaurs
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Solemn Sloth posted:Lol if they make the ugliest loving models this side of marauders a mainstay of the army that could be all about rad goddamn dinosaurs The warriors or the salamanders? Salamanders are pretty good now. Saurus knights lost the -1 rend ignore. Move 2 more inches, have a 4+ save but still don't have rend on anything. Ripperdactyls lose the movable toad and just get reroll hits for one round they choose, lose exploding hits except on a nat 6. Carnosaur jaws are -1 rend and he has a 4up save with 12 wounds (lol). Eotg is down a die and can't do d6 mortals anymore, can only summon saurus warriors now and in groups of 10 on a lucky roll. And sorry I misspoke, saurus guard are 2w, regular warriors are still 1. Skinks are I think completely useless now. Hope those battalions are amazing. They'll need to be. Edit: might be balanced for batalions though. Skinks might have neat synergy they had to account for. Harvey Mantaco fucked around with this message at 07:29 on Mar 7, 2020 |
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Mar 7, 2020 06:51
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I'm amazed that they're not doing awesome new lizard warriors.
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Man, as soon as I saw that skinks start collecting box, I knew they were going to be poo poo in the new tome.
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Wary fighters defined the unit. They're not skinks as we knew them.
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JBP posted:I'm amazed that they're not doing awesome new lizard warriors. Is there any kind of road map regarding new armies or units? I had a look but it just seems like high elves at the moment?
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Harvey Mantaco posted:The warriors or the salamanders? Salamanders are pretty good now. I was meaning the knights, the warriors look dated but knights are awful models
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CODChimera posted:Is there any kind of road map regarding new armies or units? I had a look but it just seems like high elves at the moment? The road map is a secret
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There will be high elves as well as an all giant army
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All of the new warscrolls are up on the site. I'm still looking through them. I think it's important not to freak out. A fairly consistent trend in AoS 2.0 is moving the power of an army off a unit's warscroll and into Allegiance abilities. It's presumably so what whoever decides to just slam some models on a table doesn't have any complicated effects to remember. We've seen it with Blade of Khorne, Sylvaneth and Cities of Sigmar already. Time will tell if it works out for the lizards.
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I will shoot these lizards with guns until there are no more lizards.
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Goonhammer's review of the new Seraphon is up: https://www.goonhammer.com/age-of-sigmar-review-seraphon/ Looks like a fun army to play and to fight against.
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