New Tyranid Flyer rumors from BoLS

[greatescape13]

Bell of Lost Souls, which has largely been correct when it comes to their rumors, just posted on the facebox that the next flyer wave is imminent and includes Tyranids and Tau.

So what do people at the Hive expect from this kit?

I think the big question is: will it make just a Harpy, or will there be the option to make something else with rules that appear in the White Dwarf prior to a codex release?

I'm thinking the latter, as their norm is now double-use kits (the only one that wasn't properly double-use lately was the War Altar of Sigmar... yeah it can be a regular dude or the big prophet himself, but you know what I mean...).

So what do we want to see from an as-yet un-named alternate Flyer to the Harpy?

I'm thinking it will be an anti-flyer model. The Harpy is suited to infantry killing mostly (barbed strangler, spore bombing), so some sort of "Tyranid Fighter Ace" seems like it would be ideal. Maybe that's just wishful thinking and perusing the thread on dual Stormraven lists and their difficulty for us to face.

What do you all want from a dual-use Tyranid kit? What would be a good pairing to the Harpy? And is there a difference between what you want and what you expect (heh)?

Cheers.

[andy089]

maybe a flying transport?

[swarm492]

We kinda already have those, we have falling transports. I dont know about more creatures but what I would like to see is fules for FMC to latch onto all that pesky (please do not swear) in the air and bring them crashing down.

[maeloke]

I'm hoping for a dedicated vector strike unit: High strength, with some sort of resistance to that whole 'one hit = crash' thing.

Honestly, pretty much anything would be better than the Harpy.

[swarm492]

^ yea this too..

[tanagra]

As an alternative to a harpy, I imaging a taloned beast clamping down on a night scythe and tearing it in half, then flying off to ambush another flyer.

Soooo melee centered? Designed with vector strike in mind like maeloke said.

[Jabberwocky]

S6 T5 A4 FMC would make me happy, double ST and maybe some sort of S6 6"/12" assault 4-6 venom spitting.

Don't really want another massive MC and something similar to a harpy stat wise would make the kits easier.

[liquid405]

We really need a S7 FMC. Thats when we can reliably take on other flyers.

[infornography]

I can deal with it being T5 A4+, but if it is going to rely on Vector Strike it needs to have better than S6. Either that or a special rule that allows it to smash while vector striking.

I wouldn't mind it being the same statline as a harpy if it has good skyfire guns on it though.

[Hive Carnithrope]

So we basically want flying Raveners. That sort of thing sounds pretty cool. Snake like beasts swooping down to wreck a Valkyrie.

I hope it's true!

[marmotzero]

What we basically want are the flying critters from Avatar that latched on to helicopters and threw them into rocks.

[rcrih]

My guess would be a Harpy - Parasite kit.

[killme304]

Parasite is not a MC, so I doubt it would be a double kit. A seperate kit wouldn't be out of the question though. I'd rather see a shrike kit tbh (other than the forgeworld conversion kit).

I too have heard the rumor of inbound flying models, and I was under the impression it was a harpy and possibly the spore pod.

[bigpig]

Doing this would fit with them moving to take advantage of the rush to flyers and attempt to fill holes. An "interceptor" style nid unit with skyfire would be great so long as it has the option to switch to ground fire mode. A harpyesque flyer with double devourers would fit the bill perfectly and allow it to make effective strafing runs as well.

The only problem with an interceptor will be if it can't shoot ground units effectively forcing us to spend points on dedicated single role air superiority units.

[killme304]

"If a weapon has both the Interceptor and Skyfire special rules, it uses its full Ballistic Skill against all targets..." Pg 38, Interceptor, 2nd paragraph.

I'd roll a FMC with double devourers and both Interceptor and Skyfire any day.