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She's got the Beyonce Squat going on.
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So weird to see something almost monopose in 2020.
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Arven posted:So weird to see something almost monopose in 2020. They aren't monopose, they are relentlessly precise.
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Goonhammer has a great article on screening in 40k ( https://www.goonhammer.com/start-competing-how-to-screen-everything/ ), is there a similar guide anywhere for Age of Sigmar? I'm getting the most value out of this guide for the reverse, understanding how to work around someone who's screening well. I'm specifically wondering in Sigmar how to best use my deep strike for Nighthaunt, who I should target, what I should try to charge. I keep finding myself gummed up in my opponent's screens.
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A lot of that seems like it crosses over fairly well. However, there's one big difference in AoS - you can target characters even if they aren't the closest unit, but they get -1 to hit if an enterprising unit of meat shields is next to the target. Relics that offer - to hit against shooting, or make shooting impossible, are very powerful. The Deepkin also have Forgotten Nightmares, which forces you to shoot at the closest Deepkin unit. For Nighthaunt in particular, note that all Nighthaunt have flying. In AoS, flying triggers on any type of move, so charges and pile ins count. I don't believe its the same for 40k. This makes it really easy (in theory) for your ghosts to get the wrap and trap going. Retreat moves also count, which means Glaivewraith Stalkers with their unit musician can retreat OVER a thinly spread screen and then charge again. There is one big difference between the two games - you don't declare the target of a charge in AoS, as Overwatch isn't a thing. You just roll and see how far they can get, and then move as you wish to get to whatever it is you can charge. Because Nighthaunt fly, if you roll well enough, you can just charge over the screening unit and smack that Lord Relictor in the face (Hexwraiths love to do this). Essentially, Nighthaunt can bypass screening really well. What are you playing against? How are they positioning stuff? More info would be helpful. 
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The Deleter posted:A lot of that seems like it crosses over fairly well. However, there's one big difference in AoS - you can target characters even if they aren't the closest unit, but they get -1 to hit if an enterprising unit of meat shields is next to the target. Relics that offer - to hit against shooting, or make shooting impossible, are very powerful. The Deepkin also have Forgotten Nightmares, which forces you to shoot at the closest Deepkin unit. I play against Slaves to Darkness most often, and often get gummed up on all their units that can roll to ignore mortal wounds. Other than that, my local store has a healthy variety of factions: Sky Dwarves, Stormcast, Rats, Goblins, Flesheater Courts, Beastmen, etc. Unless I'm mis-remembering and mis-reading, one of the differences that makes it tough for me to apply 40k strategies to Sigmar is, in 40k the charging units get to fight first, putting a strong emphasis on charging the right unit at the right time in 40k, and that article talks about this in relation to screening. In Sigmar, units having charged doesn't put them in the top of the list to fight, and this is where I end up struggling with doing my own screening and navigating around my opponent's. I'll charge and pick my first unit to fight using strategies I would in 40k (tag a couple extra units with the charge that will get to swing back at me earlier than I planned, charging a ton in one phase and having my enemy wipe out a few squads before they get to fight), and that doesn't go so well for me. edit: I really need to build some greenstuff drums for my glaivewraiths. I have so many of them from Tempest of Souls boxes I bought for the chainrasps, but they don't come with the drums.
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Chainclaw posted:I play against Slaves to Darkness most often, and often get gummed up on all their units that can roll to ignore mortal wounds. Other than that, my local store has a healthy variety of factions: Sky Dwarves, Stormcast, Rats, Goblins, Flesheater Courts, Beastmen, etc. For the drums, the zombie noisemaker and skaven drumsticks work well if you have the cash for bitz.
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Chainclaw posted:Unless I'm mis-remembering and mis-reading, one of the differences that makes it tough for me to apply 40k strategies to Sigmar is, in 40k the charging units get to fight first, putting a strong emphasis on charging the right unit at the right time in 40k, and that article talks about this in relation to screening. In Sigmar, units having charged doesn't put them in the top of the list to fight, and this is where I end up struggling with doing my own screening and navigating around my opponent's. I'll charge and pick my first unit to fight using strategies I would in 40k (tag a couple extra units with the charge that will get to swing back at me earlier than I planned, charging a ton in one phase and having my enemy wipe out a few squads before they get to fight), and that doesn't go so well for me. The 40k tactics aren’t going to work out well in AoS for several reasons. You identified the big one, which is that you don’t get to strike first, but the reason you do stuff like pull in others units is very different. If you don’t think a unit can survive a full battle round of combat you either attack with them first or just not charge. And you generally want to tag as few units as possible unless you are charging a very beefy unit and really need to tie up a few units for a turn.
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I may have just bought 50 halberdiers, 40 handgunners, 20 greatswords, 30 freeguild militia and 14 empire knights.... Im going to need some more simple green
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This seraphon book has bound non-predatory endless spells. I don't understand. They seem the same but for more pts?
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Harvey Mantaco posted:This seraphon book has bound non-predatory endless spells. I don't understand. They seem the same but for more pts? One of the spells they have is a mass-dispel that clears everything except bound spells.not sure that its worth the points, but thats the difference I can think of for non-predatory
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Yeah wtf? That makes no sense. Maybe they'll faq it so that the effect only touches enemy units or something because it's pointless as is. E: or that^^^
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You can always take the regular version, so no matter, but just seems odd. Also that dispel is only so big, and needs a 9.
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Finally finished up a unit of Blightkings and took some pictures. Pretty pleased with how these turned out.     
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You did a really good job with the armor. It looks like poo poo in the best way.
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Very Blanche energy, it'sa nice
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Is the Azyr app like hilariously out of date? I can’t see cities of sigmar as a selectable faction in it
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No, Cities is actually the first allegiance that I see in Order. Are you sure you don't have any app updates to dl?
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Mikey Purp posted:No, Cities is actually the first allegiance that I see in Order. Are you sure you don't have any app updates to dl? Nope, and it forced an update before letting me launch it today. Guess ill uninstall and redownload!
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Rules question for using allegiances which force a command trait (e.g. the constellations from the Seraphon book, stormcast chambers): If you're using an allegiance which forces a command trait with another condition, do you have to pick your general so that condition is met? For example, the Thunder Lizard trait says "A THUNDER LIZARD general with a MONSTER mount must have this command trait..." Does this mean your general HAS to have a monster mount? By my read you can bypass this by just making a Slann as your general (and get a much better command trait TBH). Is this FAQ'd somewhere?
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I've waited. I've waited so long. I'm so excited.  Bonus terrain:    
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That's awesome stuff.
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Those are some beautiful dream lizards.
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Mar 18, 2020 07:59
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Harvey Mantaco posted:I've waited. I've waited so long.
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MinistryofLard posted:Rules question for using allegiances which force a command trait (e.g. the constellations from the Seraphon book, stormcast chambers): No. In this case if your general isnt riding a monster you can just pick a different one.
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That terrain is incredible. Does anyone make dioramas?
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 hey guys look at me, I'm a stormcast hurr my god sucks and I'm a twat
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Geisladisk posted:
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Geisladisk posted:
Daaaad, he's making fun of me!
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Geisladisk posted:hey guys look at me, I'm a stormcast hurr my god sucks and I'm a twat
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So enemy units can garrison the realmshaper engine, right? Or is there some rule that would prevent that. Because since you have to put it down before terrain... seems kind of fucky to give that to the other player half the time?
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Speaking of... Finished my lizardman pylon:   
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Dope
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That looks dope af!! Nice job. And yeah...I believe that it can be garrisoned by enemies as well. That combined with the fact that it gets placed before terrain makes it kind of useless imo. Hoping that they address it in the FAQ.
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For those who missed it, Goonhammer has an interview with James Hewitt about why Age of Sigmar came out so hosed up. tl;dr - Many of the hosed up things that came out (4 pages of rules, the silly compendium rules) were due to people latching onto and running too hard with the original ideas (4 page quick-start rules to be accompanied by a more developed core rulebook, thematic rules like a Keeper of Secrets offering more attacks to an enemy hero in exchange for the possibility of damnation). On top of this, time constraints and only writing around the original core set meant ranged combat wasn't given enough time to be developed. The Deleter fucked around with this message at 11:27 on Mar 19, 2020 |
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Harvey Mantaco posted:So enemy units can garrison the realmshaper engine, right? Or is there some rule that would prevent that. Because since you have to put it down before terrain... seems kind of fucky to give that to the other player half the time? It can only be used by a friendly SERAPHON WIZARD (friendly to the placing player?) but as I understand it there's nothing stopping your enemy from squatting in it.
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The company culture he describes at GW is unbelievably unhealthy and toxic. Glad they cleaned house and brought in new people. It really shows in the quality of the products, too. Five years ago GW games were a punchline to me, now I play three of them.
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Geisladisk posted:The company culture he describes at GW is unbelievably unhealthy and toxic. Glad they cleaned house and brought in new people. It really shows in the quality of the products, too. Five years ago GW games were a punchline to me, now I play three of them. I hope whoever rehabilitated AOS was properly compensated, nothing short of a miracle to take that game from where it was to where it is now.
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RagnarokAngel posted:I hope whoever rehabilitated AOS was properly compensated, nothing short of a miracle to take that game from where it was to where it is now. For sure. It makes me hopeful that 40k 9th will be better than the mess that is 8th is. Playing a much simpler game is nice when you want to push more than a dozen models in one game.
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Since everyone is stuck inside if y'all still got people to play with come get a big discount on my printed poo poo. https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SigmariteBoutique?coupon=CORONASUX 20% off orders over $20 CAD until the end of the month.
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