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Still idly working on completing a run of WD's from like issue 270 to somewhere around 310. Mostly because that was kind of the part where I bought and read a whole bunch of them, and I'd love to complete the collection.
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Cooked Auto posted:More or less yeah, going by the Games Workshop wiki, Finecast was 2011. The 2008 one was the really bad one. The 2013 book was kinda too late to make a difference since the game was already actively in its death throes at that point. The thing that Ill always remember about the 7e book was the Siren Song, not because it was remotely the most broken thing in the book but because it was emblematic of how bad the design was. It was a once per game ability you could buy for a few points (like 25?) that let you target an enemy unit in the movement phase and force them to either charge your Herald or flee. No roll, no counterplay, they either charge or flee, and if they fail the charge, they just run 2d6 forward and stop there. Except flying units. They have to go the full 20. And if you are Unbreakable or Immune to Psychology (and thus cant panic), are you immune to the ability? No. You have to charge. So if your opponent has a fearless character on a flying mount, like say a Vampire Lord on a Zombie Dragon, you can just teleport them 20 out of their lines with no counterplay, sacrificing a cheap character, and then flank charge them with a block of Bloodletters with Herald (or two blocks!) and grind them into paste. No actual interaction takes places at any point. The entire book was like that, just full of dumb gotcha rules and gruesomely overpowered and undercosted characters.
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Sep 7, 2023 22:29
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I think that was also the era of Eldar D weapons as well.
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Cooked Auto posted:I think that was also the era of Eldar D weapons as well. IIRC all superheavy walkers had a strength D stomp attack so the play for knighs/wraithknights etc once they got in combat was to both start trying to stomp on eachother's toes to trigger the strength D instakill. DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:WHFB daemon hell I remember being at a warhammer event where two guys had the exact same daemon list, widely believed to be the best possible list in the game. One guy won it and the other was in the bottom third of results, something I'd have said was genuinely impossible. I kind of wish I'd been a fly on the wall for his games because I've no idea how that happened. Hams truly are a land of contrasts
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Sep 7, 2023 23:14
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I miss that (goon produced?) YouTube of Eldar giving you the D to a DMX song. Christ, which Daemons army book had the WD bonus supplement introducing Soul Grinders? It was just a fuckoff huge 40k tank dropped into the game because they wanted to sell more of them.
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Sep 7, 2023 23:32
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Those Guard point adjustments are very substantial. I had a 1000pts list I really liked, but it was 5pts over. Now I'm 5pts under and I fit in my armoured sentinel.
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Sep 8, 2023 00:01
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Did a quick google search which gave me a reddit post, now I'm asking here to confirm. If you have a model attach to one of it's eligible units, and those units have differing movement speeds, which movement speed is used? I was debating having a Spiritseer run with a Wraithlord but if that will make the Wraithlord have to go at the speed of the Spiritseer, that's obviously not good (for me). edit: actually less bad than I thought, I was remembering my Wraithlord's movement speed from crusade where it got buffed, 8" (WL) now versus 7" (SS) so it's in the realm of possibility 
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Sep 8, 2023 04:50
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You just have to maintain coherency so your fast leader can do donuts around the unit if you want. You can use the extra move to get in charge range and pull the rest of the guys forward too.
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After calling wayyyyyyyy too many stores around Sydney I have purchased the last 2 boxes of Venomthropes probably in the country. I also found out Maleceptors are web order only from GW. Here is what I am looking to run. I just don't know if 100 swarm units is enough. Swarma (2000 Points) Tyranids Unending Swarm Strike Force (2000 Points) CHARACTERS Tervigon (190 Points) 1x Massive scything talons 1x Stinger salvoes The Swarmlord (270 Points) 1x Bone sabres 1x Synaptic pulse Winged Tyranid Prime (85 Points) 1x Prime talons Enhancements: Relentless Hunger Gargoyles (150 Points) 20x Gargoyle 20x Blinding venom 20x Fleshborer Hormagaunts (130 Points) 20x Hormagaunt 20x Hormagaunt talons Hormagaunts (130 Points) 20x Hormagaunt 20x Hormagaunt talons Termagants (120 Points) 20x Termagant 20x Chitinous claws and teeth 20x Spinefists Termagants (120 Points) 20x Termagant 20x Chitinous claws and teeth 20x Spinefists Lictor (60 Points) 1x Lictor claws and talons Lictor (60 Points) 1x Lictor claws and talons Maleceptor (170 Points) 1x Massive scything talons 1x Psychic overload Maleceptor (170 Points) 1x Massive scything talons 1x Psychic overload Pyrovores (30 Points) 1x Chitin-barbed limbs 1x Flamespurt Pyrovores (30 Points) 1x Chitin-barbed limbs 1x Flamespurt Ripper Swarms (20 Points) 1x Chitinous claws and teeth Ripper Swarms (20 Points) 1x Chitinous claws and teeth Tyrannofex (245 Points) 1x Powerful limbs 1x Rupture cannon 1x Stinger salvoes
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Sep 8, 2023 06:00
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Hey guys, I think I finished my Broodlord, but I'm not sure what to do beyond what I did, I havent varnished it yet, can I get some thoughts, comments and critiques?      
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Sep 8, 2023 09:28
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The only thing that jumps out to me is that the eyes are a bit nondescript compared to the rest of the scheme. They don't pop like your other details do.
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Cynic Jester posted:The only thing that jumps out to me is that the eyes are a bit nondescript compared to the rest of the scheme. They don't pop like your other details do. Do you have any suggestions? I guess i can try making them blood red instead of yellow
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Sep 8, 2023 11:50
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Broodlord eyes are also just kinda really beady and sunken in under those eyebrows. You can only do so much with them unless you're specifically photographing the model from slightly below.
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Sep 8, 2023 12:55
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ro5s posted:IIRC all superheavy walkers had a strength D stomp attack so the play for knighs/wraithknights etc once they got in combat was to both start trying to stomp on eachother's toes to trigger the strength D instakill. Strength D stomps would have been less powerful than what they had. D3 small blast templates, roll 1D6 for each - on a 2-5 everyone takes a S6 hit, on a 6 every model touched is removed from play, no rolls no saves gently caress you.
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Sep 8, 2023 13:36
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Cooked Auto posted:I think that was also the era of Eldar D weapons as well. Can't forget the lists that would run a pair of invisible Wraithknights
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Sep 8, 2023 13:45
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Real nice for the app to lock Tyranids content before the codex even ships.
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Sep 8, 2023 13:54
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Al-Saqr posted:Do you have any suggestions? I guess i can try making them blood red instead of yellow I used a light green and Tesseract Glow for my eyes. Don't know if there's a similar yellow tone paint.
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Sep 8, 2023 13:55
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Devorum posted:Real nice for the app to lock Tyranids content before the codex even ships. Just checked it, wow they wont even let you see the regular index data sheets, absolute scumbags lol. Guess its time to uninstall the app!
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Sep 8, 2023 14:07
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Please Games Workshop. Please just realize that making the rules freely available lowers the barrier of entry to your game and makes you more money.
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Sep 8, 2023 14:14
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Geisladisk posted:Please Games Workshop. Please just realize that making the rules freely available lowers the barrier of entry to your game and makes you more money. I prayed to god above for mercy from eternal torment, and god looked down and simply whispered "No."
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Sep 8, 2023 14:15
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Al-Saqr posted:I prayed to god above for mercy from eternal torment, and god looked down and simply whispered "lol. lmao.
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Geisladisk posted:Please Games Workshop. Please just realize that making the rules freely available lowers the barrier of entry to your game and makes you more money. It probably doesn't though
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Sep 8, 2023 15:01
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It makes multiple armies possible in a dangerous way.
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Removing access to the index seems extremely stupid. In my circle, having access to a free baseline set of rules for all factions not only brought interest back for main armies but also prompted me to take a look at a few of the others. I was tempted to pick up some IG or Tau, even if it didn't translate to more sales in my case. I did end up buying into a bunch of Necromunda stuff that I wouldn't have picked up if not for the free rules getting me to try more 40K and increasing my interest in miniatures in general. I also bought a few new kits to expand my AdMech options since I used a troop heavy list in 9th and welp.
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smug jeebus posted:It probably doesn't though I got into 40k again because my little brother bought some Necrons and I played some games against him using Bolt Action WW2 guys as Imperial Guard, using rules I found on Wahapedia. Had the rules not been available for free, albeit illegally, I would not have done this. I would not have spent 100$+ on books just to play a couple of casual games of a game I didn't care about at the time. This has spiralled into me spending multiple thousands of dollars on GW product in the years since.
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Removing the index makes sense, given that those rules are now obsolete. However I expected that we'd still be able to see at least a partial datasheet reference for codex units. In 9th you still saw the statline & keywords without owning the codex. Also doesn't the AOS app let you see full warscrolls for units, and only hides the faction-specific rules?
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Al-Saqr posted:Just checked it, wow they wont even let you see the regular index data sheets, absolute scumbags lol. what the actual gently caress they never locked off datasheets for all of 9th.
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Sep 8, 2023 15:54
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Geisladisk posted:Hobby stuff
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Is it possible the list builder just had the old items removed for the time being and will have the new items deployed on the official day of the codex release? Edit to add: I also still see the Tyranid index available on the Warhammer Community site, so it is still there? Presumably will be replaced by an updated version on the official day of codex release, but will not include the new codex specific subfactions? (Or whatever we are calling subfactions now)
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IncredibleIgloo posted:Is it possible the list builder just had the old items removed for the time being and will have the new items deployed on the official day of the codex release? On the app i can only see the combat patrol datasheets, im sure on the website its still technically free
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IncredibleIgloo posted:Is it possible the list builder just had the old items removed for the time being and will have the new items deployed on the official day of the codex release? 
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Al-Saqr posted:On the app i can only see the combat patrol datasheets, im sure on the website its still technically free I have never used the app before, so I downloaded it and can see what you are saying. Still, might be worth waiting until the official release of the codex to see exactly what they do with the app's rules. As much as I have questioned some of GW's decisions before, I think it is prudent to wait a day or two here and see how it all falls out.
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IncredibleIgloo posted:Is it possible the list builder just had the old items removed for the time being and will have the new items deployed on the official day of the codex release? quote:This release also contains all the datasheets, Detachments, points, and Enhancements from Codex: Tyranids. To access these additions, youll activate them using the unique code printed in your copy of the Codex.
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The one time I go to bat for GW and they backstab me like this. What a bunch of assholes.
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Seems to be the same setup as 9th. You can build a list but can't see the special rules or statlines unless you have a code from the physical book. Kinda dumb but not the worst I guess.
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I've just seen the new Tyranid video and really want to know how this dude wasn't picked as the new codex cover.
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Improbable Lobster posted:Seems to be the same setup as 9th. You can build a list but can't see the special rules or statlines unless you have a code from the physical book. Kinda dumb but not the worst I guess. No this is worst than 9th because they never locked you out of seeing the basic statlines of the units and weapons.
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The issue is they locked it down before anyone even has the codex. Like, there's no possible way to use the app to build a Tyranids army right now.
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Oh hell, back to Battlescribe.
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All i gotta do is wait for the official release tomorrow then wait for the codex to reach me in a week then ill be able to use the app!
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