Heya all
and welcome back! Well I have not been playing 40k for a time now, but that is
because I am waiting for this edition. This edition is perhaps one of the most
hyped editions of 40k so far (but that's due to the internet) and the rumours
are just crazy. But then there are those that already have the book early
thanks to their pre-order things. The linkie here is from one of several people
who have gotten the book early (there are a few others as well) and from my understanding of all those who
have gotten the book early, I have a few initial thoughts about how it cold affect my
Dark Eldar and other 40k stuff;
1) I
need to take this out of my system first: The bad juju part is the 'Ally' rule.
Despite its fun nature, the rule in a competitive scene can be bad as that rule
can be broken like hell and back. But that saying that does not prevent me from
having a farseer with fun upgrades to boost my Dark Eldar in terms of support
fire and also psychic defense and some scoring jetbikes troops (at least until
thir new codex comes into play)
3) A lot
of the issues that I have talked about in my previous blogpost, 'Warhammer 40k Episode VI - The New Rules~'
have been answered to a degree if not help mitigate the problems of 5th. This
is quite interesting for me as my transition from 4th to 5th is not like this
at all.
4)
Flyers would have some interesting role in the game now, especially when the
Necrons could spam an entire army of flyers (as compared to the other races
three flyers). I sense that the build will be quite formidable in combination
with some Necron trickery.
Oh and
did I mention that a dead flyer could bring down a few bastards down with it?
Nice indeed.
5) In
general I would also have to say that the game is also turning more mobile than
before. How this would affect the threat assessments of some units (2D6
charging, etc) could take some work to figure out.
Xenos
armies with skimmers are going to be hitting fast and hard. They do not have to
suffer the 'snap fire' rule (shooting at BS 1 when it comes to certain
situations) especially when the 'Aerial Assault' rule could become a
generalized rule for most Xenos.
6) For
the Dark Eldar, I think that there are some significant boosts that could
propel a Dark Eldar army even further
than before, such as the Warlord trait. But of course there are some nerfs that
we would have to take but it is done to prevent situations such as a Stormraven
rush. My wyches will be affected most by this, but nonetheless my army in
general works best in the movement and shooting phase.
With that, I am now very interested in getting my grubby hands on the book. It will be a very interesting edition.
With that, I am now very interested in getting my grubby hands on the book. It will be a very interesting edition.
