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[rpricew]

So I recently took it upon myself to start complaining to Forgeworld about the lack of Tyranid updates since over the last couple of years all we have gotten from them is the loss of Capillary Towers, Spore Chimneys & Brood Nests...but they seem to release a new (insert random non Tyranid name here) every few weeks or so...

For reference: www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff

I started sending in emails & posting comments on their Facebook page and finally got a response today! Only took 3 weeks and half a dozen tries.

and I quote "We won't be releasing a second Tyranid IA book until after we've written a Dark Eldar and a Necrons one" ~ Forgeworld

Now I didn't ask if they were writing a book... I just asked when the Tyranids were going to get some love? Any updates on new/existing units or just some new variation model (like the new Necron unit).

Interesting that they chose to say they are going to write a Tyranid book after the Dark Eldar and Necrons.

So, there you have it. Nothing special, I just thought I would share.

[zephoid]

Crons have been announced to be next, DE were always considered to be on the table. Marine vs Marine or Marine vs Guard were not great sellers for Forgeworld so the combination of Xeno-Guard or Xeno-Marine is pretty much expected.

[fragile]

They have some neat stuff, but i refuse to go to any site that forces you to allow them to load programs onto your computer.

[rpricew]

What? I didn't have to load anything...

[swarm492]

they have a disclaimer now about the cookies the site puts on your computer, you have to accept them in order to visit the site.

[rpricew]

Cookies... doesn't everyone love cookies ?

[Davor]

You need cookies to come to this site, unless you log on and off every time you show up. I think it's like that to almost all sites you see now. I believe even GW sites does this as well.

[Deleted]

Ive emailed them a few times with product questions and have never received a response. Lame.

[halos]

Aug 28, 2012 21:10:00 GMT swarm492 said:

they have a disclaimer now about the cookies the site puts on your computer, you have to accept them in order to visit the site.

I believe this is just a recent law for UK-based sites saying that it's possible for them to upload cookies, not, as far as I'm aware, that FW actually have any. Unless you get the site to remember your details I suppose.

[carnogaunt]

Aug 28, 2012 21:01:30 GMT fragile said:

They have some neat stuff, but i refuse to go to any site that forces you to allow them to load programs onto your computer.

A cookie is not a program. Cookies are tiny files which associate some data with a variable name which can be used by scripts on the web page (which you were already running before they put in the popup notice, if you weren't aware of them).

Here are the contents of the Forgeworld cookie on my computer:
Name: FW-ALLOWCOOKIE
Content: 31/05/2012 05:44:15
Host: www.forgeworld.co.uk
Path: /
Send for: Any type of connection
Expires: Sunday, May 30, 2032 11:44:13 PM

• Name- The variable name of the cookie. The name "allowcookie" suggests that the primary function of this cookie is just to confirm that you have accepted the agreement.
  
• Content- The data within the cookie. In this case, it is the date I last visited the site.
  
• Host- The website that this cookie should be sent to.
  
• Path- which page(s) of the website it should be sent for. "/" means any page on the website.
  
• Send for- Some cookies are only sent over encrypted connections (e.g., when the cookie contains sensitive information).
  
• Expires- The time at which the browser is supposed to delete the cookie. Cookies which never need to be deleted usually have an arbitrarily distant expiry date (because they can't be set to keep forever).

As you can see, the Forgeworld cookie is innocuous. Pretty much every website these days will set them. On my computer, The Tyranid Hive has set several cookies, most notably one containing my username and one containing a hash of my password. This is how you stay logged in to the site.

[bredkooler]

Thanks for that carn, I never knew what the FW cookie was specifically but its a "trustworthy" site so I just accepted

[rpricew]

So, is anyone interested in the idea of ForgeWorld writing a new Tyranids book after they do the Necron and dark eldar one?

[zephoid]

would be nice. IA4 is just a bit oudated (they have a detpack killing a heirophant) and nids have the least presence in Apoc of any army in the game. Even DE and crons can do more than nids.

[fragile]

Aug 29, 2012 1:03:37 GMT carnogaunt said:

Aug 28, 2012 21:01:30 GMT fragile said:

They have some neat stuff, but i refuse to go to any site that forces you to allow them to load programs onto your computer.

A cookie is not a program.

There are numerous types of cookies. Upload, tracking, etc. You can adjust the settings on your computer to allow/disallow most of them. It may be a new UK law for the cookie thing, but I dislike places putting things on my computer. Not to mention it is forced. There is no need for a cookie to visit a site. Typically it is for speed of loading the page. (The page is saved in part in your Temp files.) But with my connection I have no need for the page to be saved. So why force me to accept it? All it takes is for one little jackwagon with a virus to modify their cookie and you have a route into a computer.

[killercroc]

I believe Forgeworld doesn't have new Tyranids because they are not the best sellers. It's mainly Space Marines and Guard, which would explain why every other new product for them is something Imperial. Now if somehow tyranids because super over-power and popular (and pigs fly) then at that point FW would make stuff. Until then if you want something you'd have to make it yourself, which to be honest is easy with Tyranids.