6th edition out soon

[tanagra]

Current 40k rule book has been removed from GW website.

I wait with held breath.

[zephoid]

lol..... my lgs has a tourney coming up in 3 weeks called "farewell to 5th". if 6th is out by then it will be even more ironic

[tanagra]

Yeah I've got a planned match against an ork player in 3 weeks as well.

I really hope the new rule book doesn't seriously affect the effectiveness of my army too much.

[swarm492]

I have so much hope for 6th, and enriching this game. I really hope things take a turn back to 2nd when there was alot more flavor to the game.

[swarmy]

haha should make my escalation league interesting having half in 5th and half in 6th. Wonder if I'll get less draws and more wins in 6th...

[swarm492]

Well if hull points are true im gonna say yes.

[Jabberwocky]

Even once the new book is out, most people will play 5th for a few weeks until more people have bought and learned it.

[swarm492]

I'll prolly take a week or two off just to learn it if its as different as some of the rumors suggest.

[Illithid]

Been taken off the Australian GW site also!!! BRING ON 6TH!!!

[greatescape13]

May 29, 2012 1:47:58 GMT swarm492 said:

I have so much hope for 6th, and enriching this game. I really hope things take a turn back to 2nd when there was alot more flavor to the game.

I only half agree with that statement. I would love to see the level of fluff and content in the army books that 2nd edition had.

But if that means "turning back to 2nd" when it comes to the rules? Ick. Remember how LOOOOOONG games took in 2nd edition? I regularly play Apoc games of 5,000 points per side and we can get them done in (almost) the time it took to play a 2,000 point game in 2nd ediiton. Those rules were fiddly, particular, hero-centric, and just not as good for a full scale battle. They were skirmish rules, not army rules.

My $0.02.

Cheers.

[jinx]

Remember,you didn't hear this from me: 30 june

[bigtrev]

So long as they don't change it as radically as they did with the last release of WHFB. I've hardly played it since it got released cos I feel they ruined the game.

I live in hope.

[demoric]

Yay! My first edition change will be soon. Then I can talk like the other old grognards "Well back in Edition X this was better". I just hope the changes aren't too radical.

[swarm492]

I think we need some change, nothing drasticly ground breaking but atleast some things to change the current meta.

[Devil's Advocate]

This is a warning to all you people who are saying "please don't change it much"

No matter what, even little changes create big results. Necron Warriors got to save 4+ and down in cost. it changes everything them on the table - quantities, best weapons and tactics, best targets...

let's take the hull points for example; even if they change it such that you only count the number of glances done in a turn or a phase, it still means a raft of Adrenal gland Hgaunts can reliably wreck almost any transport on the turn they assault. that minor change *will* shift the meta, and change the game. The idea that there will only be minor tweaks to the game system and that won't affect the game *too* much is... amusing.

It's an edition change. There will be major changes to some rules. Other rules, not so much. the meta will shift, and armies will need to be updated. People will scramble and you'll have a chance to dust off your pyrovore, harpy and rippers. Break out with your chaos daemons, dark angels, and orks. Maybe they'll still have problems. Maybe they'll be the new must-have army or unit. Either way, the ubergamers will be in the same spot as the less successful ones. Learning a new edition.


It's a good day.