AAahg new wood elves preview list.

Hylirion · Post by **Hylirion** » Thu Oct 31, 2002 8:58 pm

i just downloaded the new wood elves preview list from the GW site. Waywatchers have bs 5 and there champion bs 6 and the WE dont have long range penalty and in short range they have armorpiercing attacks! Some more weird stuff included too :evil:

Nightbringer · Post by **Nightbringer** » Thu Oct 31, 2002 9:06 pm

Where is the list located? Can you post a link to it here for us to view as well?

Thanks

Binky · Post by **Binky** » Thu Oct 31, 2002 9:08 pm

Eh? That's been out for about 5 months!

Post by **Thanee** » Thu Oct 31, 2002 9:13 pm

Yep, the list is quite old already and gets a facelifting in the new Annual 2003.

But I absolutely think it's a fine and balanced army mostly. Yes Waywatchers are good, but they are supposed to be the best scouts out there!

The only thing in the list I really do not agree with, is the cost of the Archmage. Way too cheap!

Bye
Thanee

Burner · Post by **Burner** » Thu Oct 31, 2002 9:16 pm

Yeah the wood elves are turning out to be a good army to collect, they don't really have any faults and since my friend is a wood elf collecter awaiting the release of the revised book..... I can't wait to play against him with the new rules!!!!!

Burner

Post by **Langmann** » Thu Oct 31, 2002 9:36 pm

Thanee wrote:Yep, the list is quite old already and gets a facelifting in the new Annual 2003.

But I absolutely think it's a fine and balanced army mostly. Yes Waywatchers are good, but they are supposed to be the best scouts out there!

The only thing in the list I really do not agree with, is the cost of the Archmage. Way too cheap!

Bye
Thanee

WE should be good at missile combat, that I agree with. (I mean wood elves not we as in us of course)

Also agree that Archmage is v cheap.

Post by **Thanee** » Thu Oct 31, 2002 9:38 pm

Our main Wood Elf player thinks, that the new Beastman list has a lot of nice rules, that would be great for the Wood Elves... Oh well... so much for being the army with the best skirmishers out there...

Bye
Thanee

Ezeraal · Post by **Ezeraal** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 9:49 am

Our main Wood Elf player thinks, that the new Beastman list has a lot of nice rules, that would be great for the Wood Elves... Oh well... so much for being the army with the best skirmishers out there...

WHo ever said the WE get the best skirmishers? They still have arguably the best scouts, most accurate archers etc (what i thought they were best known for), and the two combat units they have that do skirmish are both loaded with very nice special rules. They will probably still be the best skirmishing ARMY, but IMO this is different from having the best skirmishing units.

IMO, the beast list is quite well balanced. The ambush rule only works if your general can also ambush (ie only in beast armies), and you can only have the equivalent of half the number of beastmen herds ambushing (hounds and characters don't count). The most annoying thing is it says half, but doesn't say if it rounds up or rounds down. BIG difference!

Post by **Thanee** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 9:55 am

Well, half of 1 is 1/2, since you cannot place 1/2 units, this is the same as 0, so it's round down, I suppose!

Bye
Thanee

Ezeraal · Post by **Ezeraal** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 10:18 am

True, i was just surprised they didn't state it explicitly, normally they do. Interesting to see if all beastman generals read it that way though

Sortelveren · Post by **Sortelveren** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 5:20 pm

i was wondering why the we horse master gets +1 A and our herald gets +1 bs. wouldnt it fit better the other way around?

Sureal · Post by **Sureal** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 5:24 pm

It'd be even better if we got to choose whether they get +1 BS or +1 A, make them more flexible as fast cavalry should be.

Gridion · Post by **Gridion** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 5:28 pm

At 14 points, neither +1A or +1BS is worth the cost...

Post by **Thanee** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 6:29 pm

Sortelveren wrote:i was wondering why the we horse master gets +1 A and our herald gets +1 bs. wouldnt it fit better the other way around?

Yep, that doesn't make much sense, that the Wood Elf has +1 A!

Maybe they thought (something they should have done more while creating our book

), that since he initially does not have a bow, the +1 BS would be useless!

Bye
Thanee

Legionz · Post by **Legionz** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 6:35 pm

Thanee wrote:
Sortelveren wrote:i was wondering why the we horse master gets +1 A and our herald gets +1 bs. wouldnt it fit better the other way around?

Yep, that doesn't make much sense, that the Wood Elf has +1 A!

Maybe they thought (something they should have done more while creating our book ), that since he initially does not have a bow, the +1 BS would be useless!

Bye
Thanee

but dark riders also don't have standerd x-bows :!:

Sortelveren · Post by **Sortelveren** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 6:35 pm

yes, but why not give him one, and why give ours x-bows? since we are the archer-army they should have the bows and we should rather have the +1 A

Post by **Thanee** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 6:43 pm

Legionz wrote:but dark riders also don't have standerd x-bows

You might want to reread my post again (especially the part in parantheses)...

Bye
Thanee

AAahg new wood elves preview list.

AAahg new wood elves preview list.

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