Those strategic reserve rules are nice for melee but absolutely killer against any kind of static gunline. Even more reason to spam those Riptides, I guess.
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Aye. It seems to me like the more updates we get the less effective infantry shooting is. At the moment I'm incentivised to run nothing but barebone squads as speed bumps. Meanwhile any tank or heavy vehicle has seen a massive boost in firepower, and versatility.
Of course, this could be balanced out in theory by the point count changes, but, uh... if you're an army with low access to strong melee, you're going to be at a pretty significant structural disadvantage. Even if you can tweak the numbers to get the winrate up, it'll feel like shit. And if they don't, and vehicles are too expensive to viably replace infantry shooting, then armies like the T'au and Guard are pretty much just dead.
I wonder if Breachers will become more popular instead of fire warriors in 9th with more of a focus on close combat. I think physic awakening gave them stratigems to shoot in combat. Add the new terrain rules and morale changes, they look quite appealing.
Well, apparently, the The Greater Good ability now lets T'au shoot Overwatch for free (no CP cost) so maybe I jumped the gun on how GW would look to balance all this.
Yep I guessed right.
I'm happy they kept it.
Tau have move, overwatch, shoot.
Everyobe else has move shoot psykic melee
Some 9th edition Necron art from the Szarekhan Dynasty article today:
Leaning more into the horror side of the Necrons there! Still loving the new walkers.
This sounds cool:
New paints coming too:
Could be a new Start Collecting set pictured here, they are all push-fit models:
Leaning more into the horror side of the Necrons there! Still loving the new walkers.
This sounds cool:
New paints coming too:
Could be a new Start Collecting set pictured here, they are all push-fit models:
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Marvel and Warhammer - The First Comic Revealed:
Story by Kieron Gillen and art by Jacen Burrows.
Story by Kieron Gillen and art by Jacen Burrows.
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I really hope they stick with it longer than they have with their other comics partnerships. Of course the fact it's marvel is a big boost in credibility.
Yeah, I have a feeling that either side of the Indomitus box will be broken down into two start collecting sets. With some of the character units like the Bladegaurd Captain, bikes, and other stuff will end up being solo releases and some easy-to-build kits (like those new gravis armor dudes) down the road.Could be a new Start Collecting set pictured here, they are all push-fit models:
Info about Combat Patrol today (smaller games of 9th edition 40K):
That Sweep and Clear rule is a great change. You can't just win a game based on outgunning your opponent now, you actually have to maneuver and take risks.
The problem with these sorts of missions before was that the best tactic was just tabling your opponent.
You also won't have to camp objectives anymore. This could potentially be the return of transports, if only in smaller sized games.
The problem with these sorts of missions before was that the best tactic was just tabling your opponent.
You also won't have to camp objectives anymore. This could potentially be the return of transports, if only in smaller sized games.
Bet you good money it's a human conversion centre, turning humans into Necrons.
9th edition Actions:
Nice one for infantry!
Unit coherency rules:
If units break unit coherency:
Another Core Stratagem:
Couple of new Datasheets:
Nice one for infantry!
Unit coherency rules:
If units break unit coherency:
Another Core Stratagem:
Couple of new Datasheets:
Does hot weather affect how you spray primer? I primed miniatures for the first time in a decade and they look awful; very grainy. I used a citadel primer rattle can and made sure to avoid the first spray hitting the miniature. I might have been a bit far away too but I don't think I was THAT far away.
It's humid as hell here, so that probably was it. >_< Thanks. Guess I'll strip them and redo them at a time when the humidity isn't this bad.
Yeah, I ain't no expert but basically some of the paint dries faster than other bits and the humidity makes some of it dry slower. It mixes together, dries at different rates and you get clumps all over it, like fuzzy grain.
Was it a white primer? I bought two Citadel spray cans two years ago. One Chaos Black, the other Corax White. The black has always been fine, the white worked ok like one time and has since fuzzed everything I tried it on.
I'm a little confused about the new coherency rules. It looks like they're trying to reduce screening and conga lines, but what's stopping players from just shortening their lines a bit to tie up the ends? Like, assuming a unit with 10 models:
Is there more to it? It seems like a nice change, but I'm unsure of how much it's going to budge players away from the practice.
I've had similar issues with Corax White, but Wraithbone went fine! May've just been good luck, but I've heard good things about that and Grey Seer. If it helps, all Citadel sprays (not just Chaos Black and Corax White) can be used as primers. I've been using Leadbelcher and (discontinued) Khorne Red sprays to undercoat my AdMech and haven't had a single issue. Works just as well, and saves a step!
Is there more to it? It seems like a nice change, but I'm unsure of how much it's going to budge players away from the practice.
I've had similar issues with Corax White, but Wraithbone went fine! May've just been good luck, but I've heard good things about that and Grey Seer. If it helps, all Citadel sprays (not just Chaos Black and Corax White) can be used as primers. I've been using Leadbelcher and (discontinued) Khorne Red sprays to undercoat my AdMech and haven't had a single issue. Works just as well, and saves a step!
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I'm a little confused about the new coherency rules. It looks like they're trying to reduce screening and conga lines, but what's stopping players from just shortening their lines a bit to tie up the ends? Like, assuming a unit with 10 models:
Is there more to it? It seems like a nice change, but I'm unsure of how much it's going to budge players away from the practice.
Given that terrain and cover affects individual models now and not units, I suspect they're gonna announce that you aren't gonna be able to choose which of your models get taken off the table.
That's the only reason I could imagine anyway.
If units break unit coherency:
Another Core Stratagem:
THIS is nice, stopping a conga line touching 2 objectives and you shooting the middle of the line while your opponents makes no effort to rejoin the squad back together by not moving. Now one half of that unit simply dies in the morale phase.
Agree everything sounds very fussy and you can tell they might have perhaps listened too much to the competitive scene play testers when writing the final version of some of these
I'd guess when that unit takes a casualty it's difficult to take it from anywhere in that example that doesn't lead to losing more models due to breaking unit coherency, leaving you with 5 models.I'm a little confused about the new coherency rules. It looks like they're trying to reduce screening and conga lines, but what's stopping players from just shortening their lines a bit to tie up the ends? Like, assuming a unit with 10 models:
Is there more to it? It seems like a nice change, but I'm unsure of how much it's going to budge players away from the practice.
It's targeted to make it hard to spread units out in a long line and control multiple objectives (or just make it hard to manuever around them) because if you lose a middle link you need to consolidate or else lose half your dudes.
I have always thought that conga lines in 8th and in Age of Sigmar were super dumb looking and abusive. Really surprised it took this long to formally rule them out.
Yeah I remember watching an AoS tournament stream a while back where it seemed like everyone had multiple conga lines spread all around the table like webs - visually it looked bloody awful and super gamey, made me miss the days of ranked units.
9th edition launches on the 25th of July, Indomitus box pre-orders begin on the 11th of July:
Also launching is the new Chapter Approved:
New Open War cards:
Crusade journal:
Also launching is the new Chapter Approved:
New Open War cards:
Crusade journal:
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They said on the Twitch stream today that there's more to be revealed on the run-up to the 11th that will also be on pre-order, probably includes the rulebook. The 40K app also launches on the 11th which has a full 9th edition matched play army builder using the new points values.
