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Post by doubleback on Jun 15, 2015 7:55:25 GMT -6
Ok I'm currently strongly considering playing one, as I already own it and I have no intention of fielding an annihilation nexus. With a fairly pimped out CCB I can field an army of about 850pts with what I own. Can you give me a rough idea of what army sizes people generally play, so I can assemble a list of appropriate size to get a few practice games in?
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Post by Nick P on Jun 15, 2015 9:23:28 GMT -6
The game is written/balanced for 1500-1850 points, so that's what most people will play at typically. Every once in a while we'll play larger games (2000, 2500 or more) just to have fun and throw all of our models on the table to see what happens, and about as often we'll play 1000 point small games in order to play quick narrative games (like for the campaign we're running right now).
I'm sure that people would be more than happy to play 850 point games with you to help you learn the rules/the army, but the goal should be to just about double that number of points.
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Post by doubleback on Jun 15, 2015 9:54:09 GMT -6
Ok so at the least I need to lock in another 150 points, good to know! Next goal is the Conaptic Harvest
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Post by doubleback on Jun 18, 2015 9:47:32 GMT -6
For the sake of fairness I am only running 1 harvest, what are your thoughts on other auxiliaries? While I am learning I am sticking with the legion structure.
How are people feeling about lords of war in a 2k point game? I don't want to field one if this group isn't really down with them, but I am preparing a buy list to slowly increase my points
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Post by Nick P on Jun 18, 2015 9:59:49 GMT -6
Honestly it depends on the lord of war - there are plenty of people who bring Barbed Heirodules, Imperial Knights, Wraithknights, etc. to even 1500 or 1850 point games, so its not really unusual. And since the only Lord of War the 'crons have is just a special character, he's more than welcome to join the party!
Honestly the other auxiliaries are all great, my personal favorites are the Canoptek Harvest, the Judicator Battalion, and the Destroyer Cult. I am building all 3 of them, 2 of the Canoptek Harvest (for tournaments), and honestly will likely add in an Annihilation Nexus as well just to add variety.
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Post by doubleback on Jun 19, 2015 9:55:25 GMT -6
Ok I thought the C'tans and Obelisks were lords of war too, that is very good to know! I am happy that you want to try a judicator battalion, as I've been eying one for some time from a solely ascthetic standpoint and I love that BS bonus.
Side question, on that Conaptic Harvest, is the max number of wraiths 6, or 3?
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Post by Nick P on Jun 19, 2015 10:08:46 GMT -6
Transcendent C'tan actually might be, and the Obelisk probably is as well, good call. I always just remember the Stormlord since he's actually feasible in a game - and actually worth his points, unlike the obelisk and transcendent c'tan.
For the canoptek harvest, you can take 1 spyder, but then 1 UNIT of wraiths an 1 UNIT of scarabs - so you can take 6 wraiths if you like. There is some speculation that GW meant to say a unit of spyders as well, but it hasn't been FAQd yet, so for now its still just 1.
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Post by doubleback on Jun 19, 2015 12:23:45 GMT -6
So, for the sake of argument, if I DID want to use an obelisk and paint it like Mum-ra's temple from Thunder Cats, I would be able to field it?
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Post by Nick P on Jun 19, 2015 12:33:58 GMT -6
Sure as long as you took either A) a combined arms detachment (which allows for the inclusion of up to 1 Lord of War) or B) took a formation in your decurion that allowed for the inclusion of an Obelisk.
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Post by doubleback on Jun 25, 2015 10:22:04 GMT -6
So the consensus is that, in a decurian legion, you can only have individual spiders equal to the number of CH detatchments you field (one spider per CH), not a unit per CH, correct?
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Post by Nick P on Jun 25, 2015 10:28:57 GMT -6
Correct, since that's the wording in the codex; it says "one canoptek spyder" vs "one unit of canoptek spyders". The reason the community feels this is likely a typo is because, in the limited edition codex, there is a poster that shows a full stylized decurion - and it shows 3 spyders belonging to 1 canoptek harvest formation:
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Post by doubleback on Jun 26, 2015 10:28:19 GMT -6
It also makes it weirdly difficult to field a fairly cheap unit in any kind if numbers, which is something you don't really see in any other place in the legion
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Post by doubleback on Jun 27, 2015 16:57:23 GMT -6
Does one of you, by chance, own the obelisk instructions?
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Post by Nick P on Jun 27, 2015 19:44:07 GMT -6
I dont, but I'm sure you could find them online via google - I've gotten a couple sprue-only kits off ebay in the past and found the instructions online.
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Post by doubleback on Jul 1, 2015 19:54:24 GMT -6
Ooooooh somebody dun sold their necrons....which are now my necrons by way of the bin
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