Post by bigpig on Dec 8, 2017 5:24:17 GMT
That wasn't a troll, just a direct answer to the OPs question. Pretending, however, to take the moral high road while, at the same time, giving a condescending pat on the head IS trolling.
For what its worth, I've been playing nids and on this page for over 10 years. I'm currently the ITC number 1 ranked West coast US nid player and (if that darn TO from the last event finally submits the scores) I'll be the #1 overall nid player with 353pts. Now, that really doesn't mean anything other than I've played against a lot of great players and have experience beyond big fish/small pond. It does, however, give me some perspective on where nids fit right now and the bigger meta. That is not to discount your experience because, even though you've only been here since 6 days after the latest codex release, I'm sure you bring plenty to the table
Again to the OP, our army has strong fast melee. We have pyschic counters that can shut down some of the real game turning combos like. We have decent, but not tier 1, shooting. These make for a solid army, and, more importantly right now... they challenge the standard mindset. My point to the OP is that his experience is that his opponents cannot stop him and his army feels overpowered. If his opponents cannot see how to stop him, then they either lack the proper models to field, are in a rock paper scissors matchup with him, or more likely are stuck in a way of playing and don't yet have the tactical depth or experience against the army to see how to stop him. The current tier 1 armies (Chaos soup and IG) have solid counters to our top builds. Try not going first against an infiltrating AL cultist blob and an IG blob and see how far our deepstriking or Swarmlord slingshot shenanigans get us, for example. Their inability to win does not say we are top tier, it says either the OP is really good (and should slow his roll or handicap himself to keep opponents willing to play against him) or his opponents just haven't figure it out yet... but they will.
This is a solid dex, and in the hands of good players can win tournaments, but it is not a tier 1 easy button army
Would like to take a second to clear up something.
I frequent a number of message boards and am known as someone with a good sense of humor.
It seems I am to new here to be known for that and elsewhere my post would have been received in the manner it was written.
That said imo a codex that can win tournaments regularly should be considered tier one. I feel the Tyranid codex can and will win and make a difference to both the tournament and casual meta.
No worries then. The mea culpa clarification is appreciated and respected.
What you'll find is this site has historically been a unique little island in the 40k internet where we actually are constructive and don't really have trolls or people that undercut each other. It is basically the opposite of the FB 40k Comp page, for comparison. A new dex that is "good" compared to what we had will have a bunch of bandwagonners coming around to latest hotness before they move on to something else. Maybe us OGs are a little defensive about that cynical element showing up and are being a bit defensive.
Anyways, welcome aboard. .....and we're still tier 2 I think