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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #105 on: February 24, 2014, 12:55:46 PM »
Please note, the following statement is intended as a joke, and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Brad Powers, Brad Club (TM, Patent Pending), or Bradcorp.  Sensitive viewers, get over it.

What will the IG do?  Bring one, or shoot it until it dies.
What will the Tyranids do?  Munch on it until it dies.
What will the Tau do?  F*** the Tau, they have copious cheesy bulls***.
What will the Eldar do?  F*** the Eldar, the have copious cheesy bulls***.
What will the Dark Eldar do?  Lance the s*** out of it.  Like they always do.
What will the Necrons do?  Gauss the s*** out of it.  Like they always do.
What will the Orks do?  WAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH.

What will the players do?  Piss and moan until the next cheese is dropped.  Like they always do.

Please note, the following statement is not intended as a joke, and represents the official opinion (which is subject to change AT A WHIM) of Brad Powers, but not Brad Club (TM, Patent Pending) or Bradclub.  Sensitive viewers, get over it (this may become the new prefix for everything I post.....).

Frankly, at some point the community needs to decide whether to unleash the silly or not.  Right now, we're teetering on the edge of insanity.  Do we allow Escalation Lords of War?  Do we allow Whatever the fortification one is?  Do we allow supplements that are printed?  Do we allow supplements that are digital?  Do we allow Forge World?  Do we allow Warhammer 30k? 

I feel that if we allow knight titans, it is only logical that we allow other Lords of War, as it will allow some books to compete on the superheavy front that otherwise would not.  If we allow knight titans, I feel it is only logical to allow Forge World, as it allows some books to compete on the superheavy front that otherwise could not, but more importantly because it allows players to use interesting fun stuff. 

You can either look at this as a massive clusterf***, or as an opportunity to try out new models and tactics, and enjoy your opponents doing the same thing.  I prefer, at least in the short term, to do the latter.  I agree that the community needs to sit down and decide, in the long term, whether we want some or all of these new, weird things...
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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #106 on: February 24, 2014, 01:26:32 PM »
I agree with Brad

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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #107 on: February 24, 2014, 01:56:10 PM »
GW has updated there site. The knight is only 6" tall
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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #108 on: February 24, 2014, 01:58:30 PM »
Well, that $140 price tag seems a little less reasonable.
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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #109 on: February 24, 2014, 02:08:49 PM »
GW has updated there site. The knight is only 6" tall

I hope someone was holding a paper upside down when they did the original web posting.

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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #110 on: February 24, 2014, 04:18:10 PM »
I guess they don't "playtest" their blog posts either.

I can envision how this went down... guy in suit says to intern, "Oh hey... I know I told you to say they were 8 inches tall, that's about right but maybe we should go measure one?  I think there's some law about saying something is bigger than it is in an ad..."
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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #111 on: February 24, 2014, 04:34:10 PM »
Soo....

Talked to the GW rep just now.

Knight Codex only has the Knights in it.

A Knight detachment IS NOT an allied detachment.  A legal army can have a primary, allied, and knight detachment.

Orks, Tyranids, Deamons, and Necrons can't take them.

He thinks they're only scoring if they're in the primary detachment.

Long talk about how the community is responding to the games direction and the Knights.
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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #112 on: February 24, 2014, 04:39:21 PM »
GW has updated there site. The knight is only 6" tall

I hope someone was holding a paper upside down when they did the original web posting.

I lol'd.
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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #113 on: February 24, 2014, 05:18:34 PM »
A legal army can have a primary, allied, and knight detachment.

and Inquisition, and a Tau firebase, and cypher, and an AV 15 building with a D weapon. 

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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #114 on: February 24, 2014, 05:19:26 PM »
In a certain light, that's sort of awesome.
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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #115 on: February 24, 2014, 05:27:23 PM »
Well, it obviously depends upon what sort of game you want to play.  Problem is, I think there's a large set of casual gamers who think they want "all the crazy", but when they face some insane combo, or just a whole bunch of scoring super-walkers backed up by some riptides, are not going to have a good time. 

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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #116 on: February 24, 2014, 05:32:42 PM »
A legal army can have a primary, allied, and knight detachment.

and Inquisition, and a Tau firebase, and cypher, and an AV 15 building with a D weapon.

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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #117 on: February 24, 2014, 06:01:53 PM »
 
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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #118 on: February 24, 2014, 06:04:27 PM »
Soo....

Talked to the GW rep just now.

Long talk about how the community is responding to the games direction and the Knights.

Hints? Clues? Details?

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Re: GW's March 1st stuff (Knight Titan)
« Reply #119 on: February 24, 2014, 06:11:13 PM »
I want a copy of the codex but you said its only available online?