I have a few issues (with the acceptance that we are a 'top tier' army, so this is to do with internal balance). 1) Fleetmaster (obviously) - he was clearly bumped from a Hero to a Lord at the last minute and needed changes weren't made. 2) Beastmaster is lacking the 'thing' that makes him worth tak...

I find it curious that you're having a tough time casting with a level 4 Dark. Not sure if this is aimed at me or not, but it's not about having a tough time casting a spell a with a level 4, it's about a lack of reliability when it's needed. Even assuming that the winds of magic are favourably ave...

thank you my good men, i have put my feelers out for a combination of parts... I think you're confused. We are neither good, nor men. Of course he's confused - he's clearly a follower of Slaanesh... think i'll have to file between her legs i have put my feelers out for a combination of parts... i'l...

@Phierlihy - This all ties in with my feelings, too, good to know it's not just me ( I guess...). @Mikael.k - I know what you mean about building around the Sorc, but I find that even with that, it's unreliable. I need to keep the Sorc alive (including vs miscasts) and need to balance that against d...

I realise this might sound like heresy, but I'm finding myself less and less in thrall of magic whilst using Dark Elves. To put it bluntly; I don't think we're a top tier magic army. And because of that I don't think it's sensible to spend too many dedicated points on it. Our magical benefits are ou...

Thanks guys. Will give it a go, high areas have been layered grey (not sure if it's coming out on the pictures) but will still see if i can improve. You can see it when you click on the pic, but it's very subtle in the photo (might well be better in real life). I cheat a bit with my horses - I high...

Oh they stack do they? Ward saves do not stack, you take the best one. Magic resistance does not stack, you take the best one in the unit. But the best ward save stacks with the best ward save. CoT = 3++ against wounds caused by magic & shooting. Obsidian trinket = MS(1) The combination makes: ...

This was posted by Daedalus81 on the WHF (he didn't list a source): WFB 9th Box & Armies The results of the End Times will be directly reflected in the armies included in 9th Edition Boxed Set: Will include good guys (the Forces of Light) versus Chaos – in a loose fashion. The Boxed Set is set i...

And Earlybird chimes in: from the horse mouth factions : 1) Chaos : Demons + Beasts + Mortals 2) Elves 3) Empire 4) Undead 5) Orcs and Goblins 6) Skavens Lizards are gone in space. Dwarves survivors join the empire with the ogres. 1) Chaos core : Warriors of chaos/chariot/Hounds Demons figs will be...

While the fluff idea could be quite fun (Tolkien-esque either), they would need to regulate it quite heavily for the game to be balanced. Sadly, it looks like they are going more and more down the "just field whatever you have" route, 40k apocalypse style, which will end up with very unba...

An amount of this seems to make great sense from a GW maximising profit to effort viewpoint. I have my Dark Elves, you have your Chaos and Billy has Wood Elves. GW release Big Elf Monster and me and Billy can both buy it (with the rules in the box). GW release Big Bad Guys Monster and me and you can...

I want game balance first and don't mind making sacrifices for that to happen, you want your models to always be viable Nope, you're making an assumption that I agree that updated base sizing is done for balancing purposes. As already indicated, I don't think this is why it is done. GW likes bigger...

n the one hand we complain about a lack of game balance and on the other we rail against small changes we might be asked to make for the benefit of the balance. No evidence for any link between changing base sizes and balance to be fair. In fact, I can't think of a single instance where a rebasing ...

Many years ago, there were some tables telling which size was appropriate for each unit. It was provided at least in the French GW site. There was a single base size for each model, reflecting the most recently sold. That was the closest to the rule you seem to have in mind. Then GW unified their w...

They really should do away with that rule, though 100% disagree. While I do voluntarily rebase most of my models over time, I do so as a courtesy to my opponents and would be pretty cheesed off to be compelled to do so. A model purchased should be legal forever in the format it is purchased in, not...

The base that a model comes with is always still its legal base size, even if a new edition of the model replaces it later. So don't worry about re-basing it. They really should do away with that rule, though. You have to assume that any playtesting is done using the new Base Size and nothing else,...

Great, thanks - found it.

There's quite a few of these unofficial books, then. Is there any way to get a consensus on whether a particular book is considered balanced enough for general use (reviews sites with votes or something)?

I played against a Bret army with a Priestess of Shyllia (might not have got the spelling right, there), who was bunkered in a big unit of Men-at-Arms. She had the Prayer Icon (giving them all a Ward) and then buffed them up with cheap Prayers, making them quite nasty (Regen, +Toughness, etc). I thi...

A fast DE list can be brutal for CD. But an infantry based list wont give the CD player a game. So it is a hit and miss type of situation. We have a Chaos Dwarf player in our current campaign. I honestly don't know exactly what I'll bring when I face him (we can make some changes between games), bu...

We're in the top block, but I don't think you can really rank armies 1st, 2nd, etc - that's just too specific. Also worth noting that that top block keeps growing as new army books are released, and some of the books have very good ways of dealing with low toughness armies.

Not particularly worse restrictions than I'd expect at that points level in a campaign. He'll have to take two heroes (BSB + General) and a unit of KoR, and he's likely to take (at least) a min unit of Pegasus Knights, too and a Treb. So that's around 525 minimum (although more likely to be closer t...

No-one (who can say) really knows what 9th will bring - just a couple of months ago people expected just a general update, now there's rumour of round bases and skirmishing only. I'd be surprised by the latter, but I'm just a guy on the street. My collection is large and messy (20 years worth of Dar...

And finding out that Kevin Spacey is Keyser Soze.

(Druchii.net *THE* internet source for spoilers).

You could easily make a case for her being a victim / plaything of a God, and yet still being able to show unwaveringly loyal to those she loved.

That aint it, he actually quite enjoyed it (even the magic). But I dont rly feel like putting all the time and effort into building a WE Detachment of about 1000 points for my Eternity army if the Legion rules arent used in 9th (or supported in any of the tournements) It's like the Cult of Slaanesh...