Fixxer Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Seriously! So incredibly excited to read a new rule book over a few cups of coffee, talk new strategies, re learn how to play my armies. Ive been playing this game for a very long time and I really do feel like a change is necessary at this point. Thats not to take away from what 8th edition is/was, the greatest edition of the game by far! I dont think that sentiment will change with 9th. For some of us it may take time, some dont like change, but if its anything like 7th to 8th, it will clean up some of the sloppiness of the system and hopefully add new elements that will challenge all of us to come up with new ideas and strategies. Warseer has Lizardmen posted on round bases, meaning, Lizardmen arent gone like many of us were afraid of, but round bases have been introduced to WHFB. THe speculation is that it doesnt matter what base you are on, but in my opinion i think they are trying to squash the trend of unit fillers, or very large unit fillers IN UNITS. As much as I love the artistic expression and dynamic of modeling to that extent, buildings walking around with soldiers surrounding it does look silly when the table is supposed to have the terrain features acting as game elements. Again, not to say I dont like unit fillers, I can just see them wanting to get away from that sort of mentality, as they can sell more models. Anyone else looking forward to this? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mekhet Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Super looking forward to 9th edition. I'm nervous as to the form it is going to take, but I'm remaining cautiously optimistic that the general spirit of the game as we play it now will remain somehow. I think GW is just realizing that they need some kind of natural launchpad for fantasy, as expecting people to shell $500-900 before their army is playable is a bit much.A skirmish component would also make it really easy for people to start up new armies. You buy a demon skirmish force, with the idea of adding it to your warriors force as allies for bigger battles. Then before you know it you have as many demons as you do warriors. Makes it much easier for people to justify purchasing new plastic crack for themselves. That said, I don't see unit fillers going away. I suspect we'll see an end to specific model placement making a difference, meaning that your badass characters can go on big scenic display bases rather than tiny little 20mm bases inside of units. Easy enough to just carve that into a unit filler in the middle of a unit.Necromancer standing ontop of a mausoleum, tendrils of magic coaxing hordes of freshly dead out of their graves....right in the middle of a 100-man zombie brick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixxer Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Dont get me wrong, unit fillers are cool, i just find it more difficult to use them effectively on round bases. Usually the unit fillers are on bigger bases than the unit is mounted on and take up more space, i just cant see a bunch of small round bases with a larger base representing a larger group of soldiers, just doesnt seem feasible. Do people use unit fillers in 40k? Perhaps I havent seen many good examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Do people use unit fillers in 40k? Perhaps I havent seen many good examples. That doesn't sound WYSIWYG, and in my experience, in 40k, that is pretty damn enforced. Bringing a tree and calling it a Bloodcrusher isn't going to fly. Homey don't play that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don't Panic Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 ill just stay away from ranting, but i just hope GW supports the GAME a bit more regardless of what they make it. ill definitely be playing unless they drop my armies and make me change all my bases. i highly doubt that will happen..... regardless of how people feel about 9th rumors i think everyone is a bit inpatient right now and ready for it. stagnancy isnt good for my ADD :D im most interested to see how they do the circle/square base. i started star wars armada and it uses both and its awesome so im curious how GW will do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torg Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 I am interested in seeing what comes out. I have tried to play WHFB multiple times - each time I have dropped it without finishing building an army. I want to try again… but waiting to see what 9th will be... -d 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 ill definitely be playing unless they drop my armies and make me change all my bases. i highly doubt that will happen..... Just remember that, as a Beastmen player, you're required to change your bases each book. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don't Panic Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Just remember that, as a Beastmen player, you're required to change your bases each book. thanks for the reminder.... but still if i have to replace the 70 gf9 magnetic bases i just finished, ill add one more layer of lacto-bacto yeast nutrient and send it to GW. hope they enjoy opening that my only gripe is please no infantry 20mm or 25mm changes. the rest im ok with........... actually im all for changing razorgor bases! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threejacks Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Ive been really kinda bummed about the whole Ending of the WHF world,being left hanging and all that.I mean is it written in stone that there IS going to be another edition of the game?..or could it actually be that 8th was,in fact "The End" So far as I can tell its just been a series of rumors with reliabilitie ranging from LOLno..to "this guy is right most all the time" but has GW confirmed to the public that there WILL be a continuation of WHF? Ive been hanging out in 40k for a while and enjoying my gaming there,but I do like to alternate and get some WHF in as well but lately ive had a hard time picking up any of the books just because im not sure if its going to be around for much longer. Alternative game systems like KoW are nice and all but I would still very much like to keep a couple army builds for WHFB in the mix so im really hoping they do something soon before peoples move on permanently from the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indytims Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 As long as I am not -forced- to change the bases on 300+ figs, I'll be ok and I'll definitely give it a go. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicFlava Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 I just wish they would release it already. I think it will be fun to relearn some aspects of the game that hopefully get improved 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewgeddon Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 I'm also excited for the release of 9th edition; good or bad, I'm curious to see what it will bring! Truthfully, I'm more excited to see if the rumors of a Mordheim / Mordheim-esq release are true though ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkieft Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Beating my brother to the punch... W4rh4mm3r 1s rU1neD!!1!1!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion of Flanders Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I'm certainly about wait and see....but suffice it to say I'm going to be really disappointed if my 17 years worth of army building and painting needs to be on round bases in order to play the game...... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkieft Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 lol...best pre-apocolyptic post ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don't Panic Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 BUBBLE PARTY 2015!!!!!!!! lets get crazy!!!(fixxer im jk, i know my sense of humor is a little... bad) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy'sLawyer Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I am very interested in the Mordheim like aspect of the secondary game type if the rumors are right. Still waiting to see about everything else. I am in a serious "wait and see" mode. But in the mean time I am playing a fantastic new game (Armada!) until 9th comes out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy'sLawyer Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I'm certainly about wait and see....but suffice it to say I'm going to be really disappointed if my 17 years worth of army building and painting needs to be on round bases in order to play the game......It's players like you with Fantastic Beautiful armies that I say "Screw It", rules or not play them as they are. You spent years creating pieces of art, do not change them at all. No one will question you for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Do people use unit fillers in 40k? Perhaps I havent seen many good examples. Not quite the same concept in 40k. You could still get it to work, but it becomes closer to a proxy or counts as addition to a unit, rather than a unit filler. As a 40k player, I very much welcome anything that allows giant units to be moved faster on the table... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion of Flanders Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 It's players like you with Fantastic Beautiful armies that I say "Screw It", rules or not play them as they are. You spent years creating pieces of art, do not change them at all. No one will question you for it. ...which is why I wrote "disappointed" and not "annoyed" or "pissed" or some such. Because if it were the case (round bases mandatory).... I certainly wouldn't do it. I have long been squarely in the "put a lot of heart and soul into your figures...and then call them finished and that's it....they are finished...no more nothin". The only post finished work that I have done on figures is to upgrade some really old bases that were finished with just flock (that's how it was done in the old days ) to match current armies done with more attention to bases. Anyway....wait and see, I suppose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mach_5 Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 So wait, what if, and bear with me cause I haven't really followed end times or anything else in a while.... Fantasy world has been destroyed and pockets of it still exist where battle continues. But the Fantasy world has long been rumoured to exist within the 40k universe? Perhaps within the eye of terror or some such? Fantasy is moving to round bases. Finkle IS Einhorn. Einhorn IS Finkle. Fantasy is moving to the 40k universe for reals. Perhaps GW is taking a drink of the warma-hordes coolaid and rewriting both games to work together, become a single game system. *mindblown* 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Wait, einhorn is finkle? I am mind blown. 9th can't get here fast enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 It's players like you with Fantastic Beautiful armies that I say "Screw It", rules or not play them as they are. To be fair, in 40k square bases are legal if they are the base the model came with. I'm legally allowed to field my Dreadnoughts on the 40mm squares they came with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Finkle IS Einhorn. Einhorn IS Finkle. Best post EVER! Lion, if your bases are mag'd, then you could always just mag a round base and boom...done. 9th (or whatever nonsense they release) will be the first Fantasy system I don't buy from GW since 4th. When GW returns to the awesomeness of regiment boxes, then I might give them a look again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicFlava Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Bro G: So your deciding before its released whether its going to be good or not? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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