xFallenx wrote:Trax, mate, please stop with all the doom & gloom. Your credibility slips with almost every post. None of us barring a very select few have had the chance to get a game in. At the end of the day, I trust the opinions of the Druchii.net vets & Ben Curry's time developing the new book over drippy eyed pessimism every time.
Aside the fact that my... "credibilty" in an online board doesn't mean anything to me (or anybody, I guess), you misread my posts as 100% pessimism, as it seems, which is just not true. There are many really nice things (mostly concerning troops and new special rules, magic items are alright etc., albeit there are some duds, too, fleetmaster for instance).
The credibility-ruining (*chuckle*) doom and gloom mostly comes from my stand on the lore of Black Magic I guess and yeah, it will be alright, somehow. But what's not to get with the points I've made? The old Black Magic used to be better in most regards (and wasn't an auto-pick, far from it), the attribute is really... special (and it's best used vs. monsters and war machines, which is terrible counter-intuitive and unfluffy, don't you think? Shouldn't Black Magic shred lowlifes and not the strongest?), there are some total duds (Chillwind, low (and only that) version of Word of Pain), most of them got nerfed and/or are actually worse than rulebook spells. Purple sun vs. our Horror? How does this work out?
Anyways, all I'm saying is this in the end: I'm sad that I'm most excited about being able to use Lore of Life now instead of getting a great own Lore. If my "credibility" slips with this stance, so be it.