Beginning a new Army

[bob14gs]

Hey everyone, I have been playing Tyranids now for a couple of years. I own roughly 3000 pts worth of the bugs and so I decided I wanted to start on a new army. However, I cannot decide on what army to use. I am thinking between either Necrons or Imperial Guard. Do you guys have any advice on which army I should choose?

[hivemindofpower]

I like Imperial Guard but they are not very strong . Personly I would go for demonhunters. There good with grey knights. But the sisters of batte have alsome powers too. The final choise is up to you bob14gs. If that is your real name .

[Psychichobo]

Then again, Imperial Guard have arguably the best template weapons in the game. Str 8 ap3 72 inch? Yes, please. Bye-bye marines! As for Necrons, they do have a few funky rules, just make sure you don't cheese out with them.

Go for whichever you like the look of, mostly. Remember the reason you play warhammer (fun, competition, testing oneself, models, fluff, painting, etc) and bear that in mind when choosing your army.

[ErA | zoe)ender]

Well it depends on your style of game play. If you enjoy horde armies, perhaps start Orks. If you prefer elite armies try Space Marines. If you want a mixture, try Eldar. And remember, it's all about the models. Pick the army which looks freaking cool. (Other than Tyranids )

[bob14gs]

I am leaning towards guard because I like outnumbering my opponent by a lot, plus like Psychichobo said, they have really good template weapons. One thing though, do any of you guys know how soon a new guard codex will be released after 5th ed?

[niddy]

well orks is da best but if you want to buy IG or crons... id choose crons. even though they are the least fun to make, they can re-born witch is a big puls. plus an even bigger plus the monolith is crazy strong.
on the other hand, impreial gaurd have massive fire power, and have lots of tanks and stuff...
plus (urrgh that word again!) you could throw in a few marines if you wanted.

[ErA | zoe)ender]

I hear that the list of new addition codex's are: 5th edition Warhammer 40k, Space marines, Dark Eldar, Imperial Guard. Thats just rumors, so don't get to cocky

[CylonDorado]

Go gaurd all the way. Necrons are sooo boring.

[flyingspoon]

Necrons are boring in my opinion i should know i play them Guard are quite a fun army and so you know ignore the people who complain about cheese they just can't think of a way to defeat the list and therefore complain about it three monoliths just do what a normal person would and shot the necrons

[bob14gs]

Well, thanks for all the advice guys! I have decided on being guard, so does anyone here have any opinions on what to get to start?

I was thinking something along the lines of: a battlefore, a command platoon, an extra box of shock troops, a chimera and an officer blister.

This comes out to be around $200. If you think I should change what I get, dont get too much more expensive, cause I don't really want to spend over $200. Also, does anyone have any ideas on what doctrines I should use?

[invictus]

First thing I would recommend is that you buy the codex and read it up before deciding on what to buy. Pretty much I would go the same way as you listed though, but I would probably get the catachan one (it seems to have more in it than the regular IG one does) granted no leman russ though.

As for doctrines, it really depends on your playing style. There is alot of variation you can do with it. Its hard to recommend anything though, just look at the lists and see if you want to use the doctrines to buy some of the limited squads back, then go from there. (I personally love the ratling snipers lol)

[bob14gs]

Well, I already have both the necron and guard books (got it from friend who didn't want it anymore). I think I am going to go with Cadians, not catachans because I like the Cadians better. However, do you think I need more heavy weapons, cause with this configuration, I only get 3. Still trying to figure out the doctrines though

[Psychichobo]

The guard codex is pretty confusing at times. Doctrines, I think you can choose five, but there's a list of units you can't use if you choose to use doctrines. However, you can buy a unit type back with one of your Doctrine points. So, for example, if you choose to use doctrines, you cannot use Rough Riders. But you can use a doctrine point to allow you to use Riders in your doctrine army.

I get more confused about the troop setup. As far as I understand, you need for one troop choice 2 to five squads of guardsmen, and a mini-command squad. Is that right?

[bob14gs]

That is pretty much correct. You do have to have a command squad and at least 20 guardsmen for one slot, so for my second I am using an armored fist squad