New : The Empire Codex

[Jean1951]

Empire should be interesting, hopefully they balance the war machines a bit since those lists have gotten really stupid really fast. I still don't understand why empire would be next when some armies cough wood elves cough are so bad, oh well.

Hello,

I have gone to the GW website and seen the new models and stats. I do play Empire and it does not motivate me in buying the army. On another note I play warmaster and they have made a Wood Elves army. Their is a note that is attached to WE. They are small by comparison to the other groups. Thus putting forth an army really does not reflect their military might.

It's probably because of the way certain parts of 8th ed affected the empire list, warmachines and engineers being a big part, but I also think the steam tank has a big effect on their decision to make a new book. That thing pretty much got an overhaul in 8th ed

I have a feeling that the reason that empire was remade was a finacial one. I think they would have been able to fix the problem with a FAQ. Then they would have been able to do other books that really require an update.

Best regards,

Jean

[Zamfir]

or books that don't, which is more likely what will happen
we'll probably see a new high elf or demon or skaven codex before a dwarf, bretonnian or wood elf one

[Titivillus]

Warriors of Chaos at the end of the year, I believe.

[Rosscoe]

Liking the new units I will get to play with

I'm hoping to see what they tweak on the steam tank really as I plan to toss that into my current Empire army eventually, right now its rather lacking heavy cannon support

Empire should be interesting, hopefully they balance the war machines a bit since those lists have gotten really stupid really fast. I still don't understand why empire would be next when some armies cough wood elves cough are so bad, oh well.

I do agree I dont own that army book myself to see but so far its been a popularity contest

[G-Ram]

So any idea if they're going to be doing anything to fix how broken empire gun lines are?

[tatz_101]

So any idea if they're going to be doing anything to fix how broken empire gun lines are?

From what I've seen from rumours and leaked info, mortars are going to keep the large blast temps, but get reduced to str2(6) and both mortars and cannons are increasing in points. The hellstorm rocket is going to be 3 small str3 templates that always fire indirect instead of the large str5 blast.

Bearing in mind those are rumours, but if they are true it'd take a lot of the edge from an all gunline empire list but probably still keep them viable

[tatz_101]

Empire should be interesting, hopefully they balance the war machines a bit since those lists have gotten really stupid really fast. I still don't understand why empire would be next when some armies cough wood elves cough are so bad, oh well.

Hello,

I have gone to the GW website and seen the new models and stats. I do play Empire and it does not motivate me in buying the army. On another note I play warmaster and they have made a Wood Elves army. Their is a note that is attached to WE. They are small by comparison to the other groups. Thus putting forth an army really does not reflect their military might.

It's probably because of the way certain parts of 8th ed affected the empire list, warmachines and engineers being a big part, but I also think the steam tank has a big effect on their decision to make a new book. That thing pretty much got an overhaul in 8th ed

I have a feeling that the reason that empire was remade was a finacial one. I think they would have been able to fix the problem with a FAQ. Then they would have been able to do other books that really require an update.

Best regards,

Jean

From what I've seen Jean, GW is moving to make books to help armies that needed big FAQ's with the release of 8th edition. It's not a popularity contest, if it was I'd still be waiting for my tomb kings book which is not a popular army by any stretch of the word.

If it was as simple as "which army is going to sell the most" We'd already be seeing WoC or Daemons getting redone again.

[G-Ram]

So any idea if they're going to be doing anything to fix how broken empire gun lines are?

From what I've seen from rumours and leaked info, mortars are going to keep the large blast temps, but get reduced to str2(6) and both mortars and cannons are increasing in points. The hellstorm rocket is going to be 3 small str3 templates that always fire indirect instead of the large str5 blast.

Bearing in mind those are rumours, but if they are true it'd take a lot of the edge from an all gunline empire list but probably still keep them viable

I hope these are true lol

[An00bis]

Every time I see this thread my brain is wishing it says "New: Tau Empire Codex". Anyways... carry on

[G-Ram]

Every time I see this thread my brain is wishing it says "New: Tau Empire Codex". Anyways... carry on

Nerf Tau

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