Maesltrom wrote:Cannons are few and far between and I've never been a believer of not taking things just because of 'cannons'
Really? Around here, more than 1/3 of the armies at the latest big tournament were either DoC, OK, Dwarves, Skaven or Empire and they all bring at least one cannon. Expect this to be even more frequent when the new Dwarf book is released in a few months.
DoC will ALWAYS have cannons in tournaments now (no wonder, they are insanely good for half the points they are worth).
A master or lord will have to have a good ward save and hide quite well if he doesn't get the 2+ look out sir. As Setomidor says, a lot of people uses cannons and you are bound to meet that in at least one and usually two of the matches you have in tournaments.
Personal quote: "It's better to do little damage and lose nothing than to do lots of damage and lose everything." Final tournament score for 7th DE book in 8th edition - W/D/L: 25/5/10
Honestly? I hope not. Too much shenanegins with 40k army lists. I love the percentage based build of fantasy. Forces balanced armies. Besides GW went the percentage direction so they could sell more models. If it goes back to "hero-hammer" they won't sell anything. That's half the reason I'm so surprised our models are so point expensive.
"With hate, all things are possible." - Malus Darkblade
With this eddition it's prettyeasy to have both on the beg lord.
Mount+heavy armor+sea dragon cloak=2+ armor save for mundane. Give him a halberd, dragon helm, and Twilight cloak and he should be fine (seriously need to test this out for myself )
You can't avoid taking certain units just because the opponents take cannons. That's allowing your opponent to dictate play. Instead, learn and adapt and take them out. Cannons are also not as accurate as most people think. They have a higher fear factor than kill factor. Avoid em for two turns, take em out, win.
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