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[LordBaal]

Emperor of the Fading Suns... ahh if a game ever needed a remake it was this. A 40k mod would be easy to acomplish. A few images, baners and renaming and there you go.

[sprinkled chariot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRrxSCIT-xc

Actually this manowar corsair thing is still not dead.

[LordBaal]

Bah, they should have included naval battles in Total Warhammer instead.

[Tack]

Oh yeah, shadow war: Armageddon came out, all the terrain is modular, and it's one of the best things to happen to me.

[Grim Portent]

Bah, they should have included naval battles in Total Warhammer instead.

Flying units would screw naval battles way too hard.

Imagine trying to do some simple ship to ship combat as the Empire only for the entire enemy army to turn out to be vargheists, bats, terrorgheists and a vampire lord on a dragon.

[Tack]

Pillbox AA! Go empire!

Continuing on how awesome Necromunda II is, I've just begun playing with my group of friends. We so far have a Nid warriors player, an Orcs player, and I'm the only stand n' shooty with guard.

Have to say though, Heavy Flamers being Guard-only, D3 wounds and AP -3 is very, very messed up and also delicious.
Managed to get a huge area of denial on the objective and melted the face of a particularly impatient nid as it charged me.
Delicious fried Nid.

[Criptfeind]

Bah, they should have included naval battles in Total Warhammer instead.

Flying units would screw naval battles way too hard.

Imagine trying to do some simple ship to ship combat as the Empire only for the entire enemy army to turn out to be vargheists, bats, terrorgheists and a vampire lord on a dragon.

Idk, that doesn't sound like more impossible to deal with then say, the same with siege battles. Imagine setting up for a simple walled city siege as the Empire only for the entire enemy army to turn out to be vargheists, bats, terrorgheists and a vampire lord on a dragon.

[Grim Portent]

Bah, they should have included naval battles in Total Warhammer instead.

Flying units would screw naval battles way too hard.

Imagine trying to do some simple ship to ship combat as the Empire only for the entire enemy army to turn out to be vargheists, bats, terrorgheists and a vampire lord on a dragon.

Idk, that doesn't sound like more impossible to deal with then say, the same with siege battles. Imagine setting up for a simple walled city siege as the Empire only for the entire enemy army to turn out to be vargheists, bats, terrorgheists and a vampire lord on a dragon.

I've been there, it makes actual ranged units less useful in a siege than good melee units and usually results in a stomp in favour of the Vampires. Boats would probably be even worse because you don't have towers involved the way sieges do, and may even have multiple boats with your army divided up between them, while the fliers just swoop in and pick them all off.

If they went the other direction and just made naval battles be purely ship vs ship they'd miss out on the fact that tons of units the various factions have would be taking part directly in such a fight.

If the VCs have a dragon mount, or a pack of vargheists in the hold, they aren't going to sit still and let the ships duke it out with cannons, they're going to fly out and destroy some ships.

[nenjin]

Reading Dante by Guy Haley right now.

It's nice because a) he's a way better writer than James Swallow and b) he's finally done a legit Blood Angels origin story. Been waiting for one for years. Everyone talks about the tribes of Baal and the nuclear wars of the past and the death race to reach the place of choosing and yadda yadda but no one had every really written a story around it.

It's not like, ultimate tier writing or anything. But I'm guess I'm just relieved someone else is writing Blood Angels besides James Swallow.

[LordBaal]

Bah, they should have included naval battles in Total Warhammer instead.

Flying units would screw naval battles way too hard.

Imagine trying to do some simple ship to ship combat as the Empire only for the entire enemy army to turn out to be vargheists, bats, terrorgheists and a vampire lord on a dragon.

Idk, that doesn't sound like more impossible to deal with then say, the same with siege battles. Imagine setting up for a simple walled city siege as the Empire only for the entire enemy army to turn out to be vargheists, bats, terrorgheists and a vampire lord on a dragon.

I've been there, it makes actual ranged units less useful in a siege than good melee units and usually results in a stomp in favour of the Vampires. Boats would probably be even worse because you don't have towers involved the way sieges do, and may even have multiple boats with your army divided up between them, while the fliers just swoop in and pick them all off.

If they went the other direction and just made naval battles be purely ship vs ship they'd miss out on the fact that tons of units the various factions have would be taking part directly in such a fight.

If the VCs have a dragon mount, or a pack of vargheists in the hold, they aren't going to sit still and let the ships duke it out with cannons, they're going to fly out and destroy some ships.

Then so be it. For one fighting in daylight could prove useful  (if WH vampires and vargheists and whatnot are vulnerable to it). On the other hand we already have a giant standing and picking up troops one by one instead if just walking and steeping them by the dozens. So is not like they can stretch the rules a bit an balance flying units for naval combat.

[Kot]

Magics. Harpoons. Actually accurate siege weaponry. There could be so many creative ways to somewhat balance it out...

[sprinkled chariot]

Did any of you read the rise of primarch yet?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

 GUILLEMAN FIGHTING MAGNUS WITH EMPERORS SWORD ON THE MOON

[Hanslanda]

Reading Dante by Guy Haley right now.

It's nice because a) he's a way better writer than James Swallow and b) he's finally done a legit Blood Angels origin story. Been waiting for one for years. Everyone talks about the tribes of Baal and the nuclear wars of the past and the death race to reach the place of choosing and yadda yadda but no one had every really written a story around it.

It's not like, ultimate tier writing or anything. But I'm guess I'm just relieved someone else is writing Blood Angels besides James Swallow.

 

I just started reading Death of Integrity by Guy Haley and it's good. Got some Blood Drinkers in it and they feel bad-vampire-y.

[nenjin]

Reading Dante by Guy Haley right now.

It's nice because a) he's a way better writer than James Swallow and b) he's finally done a legit Blood Angels origin story. Been waiting for one for years. Everyone talks about the tribes of Baal and the nuclear wars of the past and the death race to reach the place of choosing and yadda yadda but no one had every really written a story around it.

It's not like, ultimate tier writing or anything. But I'm guess I'm just relieved someone else is writing Blood Angels besides James Swallow.

 

I just started reading Death of Integrity by Guy Haley and it's good. Got some Blood Drinkers in it and they feel bad-vampire-y.

Death of Integrity is pretty good. I'm not sure I like quite how he wrote the Blood Drinkers and them dealing with the Thirst/Rage, but it wasn't bad and seems better in Dante.

Really the best part of Death of Integrity to me is the space hulk. I found the idea of Terminators stalking through a space hulk literally full of radioactive fog to be metal as hell.

[Tack]

Warhammer 8th ed FAQ

I mean, I still have yet to unclench everything after my initial instinctual reaction- but people seem hopeful for the future.