I think you really missed the mark on Astra Militarum. You can't just look at points. I have seen a player with nothing but tanks and fully laden Chimeras rock games. They didn't even have Lord Solar. They just dominated the real estate. You know how hard it is to crack open 5-6 Chimeras. You know how much damage even a simple Chimera can do with the new Born Soldiers ability? My Chaos Knights were being whittled down by mere lasgun arrays! Now Tank Commanders get lethals and can order themselves. HUGE! Chimeras have to start the game with something inside. How about Hvy Weapon teams? Run those about with firing deck rule. You could essentially have the equal of nearly 4 heavy bolters shooting from each one. Or Chimeras with Lascannons. 😮. Now those Hvy weapons teams get lethal versus vehicles and monsters.
The reason I bought into Thousand Sons, just in the past month or so was because I've been looking a fairly elite Army to play hero Hammer with. I understand frustrations with how the Army might play, but I really enjoy just bringing a ton of sorcerers and a big monster dude to the table
hear me out, 5 man reivers and phobos lieutenant in champions of russ. Deepstrike shoot scoot and charge = free saga of majesty completed for +1 OC to army
I feel like they'll never fix rivers. The issue is that they have no bite. Best fix would be making their battleshock thing a wargear and giving the unit extra AP on crit wounds. With a larger crit wound window on battleshocked units.
Please stop calling it "Kroot Jail", it is called "Bird cage"
It's where they put the bad Lords of Change.
I think you really missed the mark on Astra Militarum. You can't just look at points. I have seen a player with nothing but tanks and fully laden Chimeras rock games. They didn't even have Lord Solar. They just dominated the real estate. You know how hard it is to crack open 5-6 Chimeras. You know how much damage even a simple Chimera can do with the new Born Soldiers ability? My Chaos Knights were being whittled down by mere lasgun arrays! Now Tank Commanders get lethals and can order themselves. HUGE! Chimeras have to start the game with something inside. How about Hvy Weapon teams? Run those about with firing deck rule. You could essentially have the equal of nearly 4 heavy bolters shooting from each one. Or Chimeras with Lascannons. 😮. Now those Hvy weapons teams get lethal versus vehicles and monsters.
Yep, Astra Militarum lookin' STRONG at least until the balance dataslate. After that is their codex, but that could swing in any direction.
Out with Bullgryn, in with Grey Knight terminators
The reason I bought into Thousand Sons, just in the past month or so was because I've been looking a fairly elite Army to play hero Hammer with. I understand frustrations with how the Army might play, but I really enjoy just bringing a ton of sorcerers and a big monster dude to the table
Understandable. That's better for horde mode (a fan expansion), Killteam, or small games, though.
What is Inky’s opinion of the update?
hear me out, 5 man reivers and phobos lieutenant in champions of russ. Deepstrike shoot scoot and charge = free saga of majesty completed for +1 OC to army
I feel like they'll never fix rivers. The issue is that they have no bite. Best fix would be making their battleshock thing a wargear and giving the unit extra AP on crit wounds. With a larger crit wound window on battleshocked units.
This is the second time this year that accursed cultists/dark communes are going from a staple to unusable
Like riding a bungie cord.
I never get anything in these lol. The game has remained unchanged for me for a long long time now
But thats how i prefer it so im ok with it
Voidreavers cant have 2 heavys for 5 tho