However, now you can’t set your models closer than 9 inches to the enemy. Reserves with no scatter dice are definitely the wrong way (just like in shooting). It’s really sad to see Kairos and Magnus being more effective in close combat than in casting spells. On the other, it almost destroyed the key features of magic armies. On the one hand, it shortened the psyhic phase, hated by many. Flyer targeting system definitely needs improvement. The others don’t have time to deal serious damage.
To deliver the squad to enemy lines and die. In fact, only transport modifications can be of use. Yet versatile rosters always lose to the single-target ones.Īnother prediction came true is useless flyers. It’s nice, but the choices are too straightforward. So, it’s «rock-paper-scissors» classical scheme. Also, you can refuse of using expensive units and spam unlimited hordes of cheap meat which will swallow any roster, targeted against heavy armor. Multiple targets will create a challenge for the opponent and he will struggle to destroy all of them at once.
But using a lot of predators, for example, is real. You won’t take a lot of imperial knights due to the high price. The only alternative to heavy weapons is using a lot of vehicles. That’s great for orks, since now they have much more chances to get into close combat. It can take the whole army’s turn to destroy one ork wagon. However, vehicles in general now are more solid. Due to the new «weakening» system, big vehicles become almost useless when lost half of the wounds. Moreover, he doesn’t need to completely destroy the unit. And it’s not a big problem if he has a couple if lascannon squads. It’s quite obvious that if you have something like Imperial Knight or Baneblade in your army, your opponent will try to eliminate it first. This leads to one expected problem – big guys don’t live long. It’s almost universal way to solve any problem if your army lacks interesting and powerful units. Now lascannons, missile launchers and any other guns like them rule this galaxy. The role of heavy weapons has risen greatly. So, now it’s not obvious what units to use. Some armies have lost their only power but didn’t get anything in exchange. And it isn’t equally right to everything. A lot of stuff that used to play great is now almost useless (obliterators, scatter bikes, etc.) Gamedesigners tried to equalize all units by weakening the powerful ones until they meet the average level. As we told you before, the promise to make everything play is broken. Speaking about the balance… It’s not that simple. However, for example, spacemarines don’t have such upgrades and possibilities. Daemons can summon unlimited hordes in this mode (it’s the only way to play them now since in matched play they are totally helpless with new magic and summoning). So, Tau can use different systems for all the battle suits, which really improve them. The only problem is that some armies have special upgrades, and some – don’t. But there are fewer models since you spend more points on wargear. In general, 100 ppts is 1800 – 2000 usual points, the game scale we all are used to. It’s also much quicker to build a roster and you can take models as they are before you haven’t adjusted them to the new rules. The game definitely becomes more diverse. Powerpoint game allows you to use all the abilities of the units, taking all the upgrades and weapons.
WARHAMMER 40K 8TH EDITION RULES STRATAGENS FREE
We didn’t try free play since Unbound was never popular. Narrative play is definitely the best gaming mode. Our first impression of the new rules was rather negative…So, let’s see if it has changed. Tested old rosters and created some new ones. We’ve tried almost all races (except for small codexes like Harlequins and Deathwatch) Tried matched play and narrative play.
We spent last two weeks playing new edition of Warhammer 40 000.
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