5th ed player returns

[hiveelysium]

It is good to see this board is still up and running! So like the title says i played back in 5th edition.... i am so lost trying to get back in haha. I am currently watching the beginners intro series by Mini War Games on youtube .

I have a few questions....(some may be better suited to different parts of the board)

1) what are my must read threads?

2) do they not have baby rulebooks anymore?

3)I played a full reserve genestealer/trygon/Swarmlord army in 4th then a half reserve genestealer trygon and flying tyrant army in 5th. Any suggestions for viable genestealer armies /tactics

4) not a question but man i miss eating canned food.. aka marines

[yoritomo]

There is a mini rulebook, it is the tournament pack. There’s no fluff and I don’t think it has the basic missions, but it has a ton of other missions, so you should be okay.

Stealer heavy armies have done pretty well in 8th edition. I don’t see 9th edition changing that. That said, stealer heavy lists do tend to struggle in the current meta. Then again, all Tyranid lists tend to struggle in the current meta. What can I say other than tyranids are a tough army to play, so play what you enjoy.

[hiveelysium]

Back in the day, which was a wednesday,  every edition or FAQ could be summed up like this...."F U NIDS"  oh the days before overwatch.... oh the days when i could full reserve... hey you can have allies and battle brothers as long as you are any army except the nids....   oh the days...

[tallthor]

Sept 2, 2020 3:48:31 GMT yoritomo said:

There is a mini rulebook, it is the tournament pack. There’s no fluff and I don’t think it has the basic missions, but it has a ton of other missions, so you should be okay.

Stealer heavy armies have done pretty well in 8th edition. I don’t see 9th edition changing that. That said, stealer heavy lists do tend to struggle in the current meta. Then again, all Tyranid lists tend to struggle in the current meta. What can I say other than tyranids are a tough army to play, so play what you enjoy.

Strongly disagree with the stealers being strong as of right now, you get 3 Termas for the same points as 1 Gene, but we can leave that to different hive fleets, different strategies. 

Good to have a returning Tyranid ally! It is a very different edition.

[beetlejuice]

Sept 2, 2020 4:37:19 GMT tallthor said:

Sept 2, 2020 3:48:31 GMT yoritomo said:

There is a mini rulebook, it is the tournament pack. There’s no fluff and I don’t think it has the basic missions, but it has a ton of other missions, so you should be okay.

Stealer heavy armies have done pretty well in 8th edition. I don’t see 9th edition changing that. That said, stealer heavy lists do tend to struggle in the current meta. Then again, all Tyranid lists tend to struggle in the current meta. What can I say other than tyranids are a tough army to play, so play what you enjoy.

Strongly disagree with the stealers being strong as of right now, you get 3 Termas for the same points as 1 Gene, but we can leave that to different hive fleets, different strategies. 

Good to have a returning Tyranid ally! It is a very different edition.

Biggest problem isnt the points, it’s the engagement range limitation with being within half an inch of a model within half an inch and having more limbs than attacks sticking out so you can barely fight in two ranks.

[niiai]

I played a few games in 4th (and 2nd) but 5th was the most. Good news you do not hit last just because you do not have frag grenades.

Bad news coversave 50% is no longer 4++.

I do not know about any must read thread, except of you find one that talks about missions. 9th is all about missions. Most 8th edition threads have not been updated to 9th. The units stayed the same, but the pointvincreases hit very randomly across all codexes. And nobody has figured out 9th yet. So there is little ibfor to update, and that info is currently nebulous at best.