Something New In 9th?

[LordPathos]

The return of the Parasite of Mortrex!

[joysan76]

technically to complete the epic game rante we wold miss

Malefactor
Dactilis

and would be nice to have for termagant the complete weapon range they may have in the options

But personally i think we need more better rules then new models

[acehilator]

Jul 12, 2020 22:26:21 GMT gigasnail said:

We got the crone/harpy kit, the pod/sporocyst kit, broodlord, tfex/tev, new warrior cut w/ prime, hive tyrant, exocrine/haruspex, and toxicrene/maleceptor in the last 5-7 years man. It's been a minute since the last batch but come on.

All of that was 2014, including HG/TG.

[gigasnail]

Yes. Not 10 years ago, unless I'm missing more time from the end of 2015 than I realized.

[acehilator]

Jul 13, 2020 16:35:32 GMT gigasnail said:

Yes. Not 10 years ago, unless I'm missing more time from the end of 2015 than I realized.

I didn't say it is 10 years ago now. I said it will be 10 years when 10E comes out.

[gigasnail]

Well, I cant read for (please do not swear) and I'm an (please do not swear).

[Iryan]

Jul 13, 2020 17:33:29 GMT gigasnail said:

Well, I cant read for (please do not swear) and I'm an (please do not swear).

So you can't read for yourself?  :Y

[acehilator]

Jul 13, 2020 17:33:29 GMT gigasnail said:

Well, I cant read for (please do not swear) and I'm an (please do not swear).

I know exactly what you mean, that (please do not swear) happens to all of us lol.

[able]

Jul 12, 2020 23:52:22 GMT c4790m said:

Man our range is already pretty bloated and we have loads of stuff that never sees the table. Outside of plastic updates, what new models would you even want?

We have loads of stuff that doesn't see the table because of bad design decisions. If lictor had scout deploy (and they actually made consistent rules for scouts*) instead of deepstrike, they would not be redundant. If the tervigon was a transport rather than a bizarre reinforcement point psudo-transport (tied to a single unit no less), it would see more play. Malaceptor and venomthropes are super cool, but do their job really badly. Tyrant guard are massive fail because tyrants don't actually matter much, and the guard themselves also suck. They are stuck with the same profile as weapons that are half the size, so really they should have 'medium scything talons', getting some AP and more damage.
Prime could be decent, if it could take crushing claws and brainleach. The claws from your hive guard box fit (and look badass). Paying for a buff that only works on warriors is painful though, and drastically hampers the unit's flexibility.
Spine fists are simply garbage. If they also functioned as a CC weapon granting an extra attack, then they would have a niche.

I would definitely want plastic pyrovores/biovores, but for a new unit I would like to see a sub carnifex scale fast quadruped. Medium rending claws and one ranged limb set on a T6 6W chassis with a 10" or 12" move. Able to come in units of up to 3. Similar to lictors not full synapse, but not instinctive either. I will accept that the range is actually in a pretty good place; and is let down by the rules rather than the models. We could do with a more mobile heavy gun platform, but that is probably better dealt with by giving the tyrannofex more mobile rules, and differentiating it from the exocrine. The models are in place for that.

[hivemind03]

Our range isn't at all bloated when you compare it to Space Marines. Don't they have more Captain variants than we have HQs?
Seriously though we have plenty of room to grow. I'd like to see a necron treatment for all the xenos armies. A redone gaunt/gant kit would get so much of my money.

[Synaptic Scourge]

We need someone who gives a (please do not swear) about Nids on the rules team. They are not professional. They write what they like. Not a coincidence Eldar fall from their perch when Phil Kelly steps back from rules writing.

Best case we muddle through 9th with rules that make no sense for a galactic predator which seems almost unstoppable without enormous loss (sounds to me like slow, unskilled, low attack monsters to make Marines seem heroic right?)

Then in 10th a big Necron style revamp/expansion with ideally a champion on the writing team however unlikely.

[yoritomo]

Jul 13, 2020 16:35:32 GMT gigasnail said:

Yes. Not 10 years ago, unless I'm missing more time from the end of 2015 than I realized.

Well, it has been a long 2020...

[jdot]

just a quick reminder that it takes 400 hormagaunt attacks to kill 12 intercessors on average, but dont worry the game is balanced. - GW.

[gigasnail]

hormagants have not ever been about killing anything meaningful. they are extended range harassing units.

[hiveman75]

I would love to see a proper norn queen. I think that would look sick