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    33 KB Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)16:51 No.12386316  
    Hey, fa/tg/uys. Exactly what the pic says. I'd prefer to remain anonymous, since GW frowns on people leaking relevant information to the masses like this, so don't expect me to name names or anything, but I will answer some questions if you've got any. I'm aware of the pretty intense hate for GW despite our work, and, trust me, NOT my decision to do a lot of the stuff you guys complain about.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)16:52 No.12386325
    >>12386316
    >cont.

    However, I'll answer questions relevant to the fluff, and inner workings of GW.

    Before anyone asks: Yes, we hate Matt Ward as much as you. Except the higher-ups, apparently.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)16:53 No.12386327
    Ok, here is the first (and probably the most important) question: Why should we believe you?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)16:53 No.12386329
    Why do you hate Epic?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)16:54 No.12386336
    Dated, Timestamped, Photographic proof of who you are or fuck off.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)16:54 No.12386339
    What is the codex lineup? Do you know what is going to be released and when?

    Any talk of: 1. New =][= Codex? 2. Necron codex? 3. Salamanders codex?
    >> LaBambaMan 10/09/10(Sat)16:55 No.12386343
    Why do you insist on using a shitty and outdated idea like the phase system?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)16:55 No.12386346
    What can you tell us about Grey Knights?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)16:56 No.12386348
    plastic sisters y/n?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)16:57 No.12386360
    What happend to Squats?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:00 No.12386375
    What do you think about the smurf marines ?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:00 No.12386377
    What do the working-level staffers think of Jervis? (Personally, I think his thoughts on tournament play have come close to ruining 40k forever, but would love to hear how far the cancer's spread.)
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:01 No.12386383
    >>12386327
    >>12386336
    Well, for one, it's not like I can prove myself to you guys, so anything I do can easily be refuted, and thus I can be called out on it, even though it's the real deal. This IS 4chan. Besides, if I reveal my identity, I could LOSE MY FUCKING JOB.

    Anyways, with this in mind, I ask you, even if this IS a prank, it's not like it's going to hurt you guys, is it? Now, moving on.


    >>12386329
    The higher-ups hate Epic because it doesn't sell as well as the main game. Yes, they're the money-grubbing bastards you've been led to believe they are, but on the flipside, the company's had to do a few minor layoffs for some of it's lesser-known writers and employees lately. Even with the money of the 13-year-olds the staff here are constantly told to cater to, we're hemoragging money like no tomorrow. If the company goes belly-up in the next fiscal year, or otherwise needs to have some intellectual property sold, I won't be surprised.

    >>12386339
    Not associated with the codex lineup myself, but a coworker tells me the new Inquisition codex is slated for sometime after the Necron codex, which is set for release in 2011. So, y'know, fingers crossed.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:02 No.12386394
    Is it true GW is in a dire financial crisis and can't afford to test new 'dexs?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:03 No.12386400
    how exactly does the writing process work? How long (on average) does it take to complete one codex?
    Also, as a Necron player, any idea on when 5th edition will be completed? Started? Shelved?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:04 No.12386410
    >>12386360
    Squats 'canonically' got eaten by the 'nids.

    They don't like to talk about Squats around here.

    >>12386375
    All of my hate.

    >>12386348
    y

    >>12386346
    Gray Knights will be getting their own codex, from what my coworker tells me. No word on a release date, so that's all up in the air.

    >>12386343
    Well, considering I do fluff most of the time, I can safely say the continued use of the phase system is NOT my brainchild. A couple of employees who actually play 40k have complained about it around here.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:04 No.12386413
    What's the big money eater?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:05 No.12386414
    >>12386316
    Who the hell let C.S. Goto write for you?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:05 No.12386420
    Is there any plans to further the 40k fluff?

    Some of the recently codex's seems to be hinting the end time has finally come.

    Will we be seeing a big campaign again? Or at they officially dead due to no one wanting to advance fluff?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:06 No.12386428
    Will there be any new Races or armies coming out? An Alien Hunters Codex? A totally new race or something like that?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:06 No.12386429
    >>12386410
    >A couple of employees who actually play 40k have complained about it around here.

    A lot of your coworkers are also 40k or Fantasy players or just design stuff from imagination, ideas and things they think could work ?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:06 No.12386432
    What else can you tell us about Sisters?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:06 No.12386433
    Will we EVER see something like the Eye of Terror or Medusa 5 again??
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:06 No.12386434
    >>12386410
    Will there ever be expansion on the Adeptus Mechanicus and all their neat toys?

    Also, do you have any hand in what goes on with Rogue Trader/DH? Can you give us any word on what's next?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:07 No.12386438
    >>12386432
    just be happy
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:07 No.12386443
    >>12386410
    >They don't like to talk about Squats around here

    Explain please.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:08 No.12386447
    >>plastic sisters

    I might just actually start collecting 40k miniatures then instead of just hanging out here and learning the lores.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:08 No.12386449
    SoB their own codex? Or as Inquisition? 2011 release?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:08 No.12386451
    >>12386434
    >>12386434
    Could we get an AdMech Codex? I mean, there's supposed to be Skitaari and shit like that, so why not?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:09 No.12386457
    >>12386443
    >>12386410
    This. I've always wondered about the hatred GW seems to have for squats.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:10 No.12386465
    >>12386457

    personally I don't see how they CAN'T grimdark them up.

    I mean make them Gurren Laggeny with drills n shit, would be awesome.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:10 No.12386468
    When are squats coming back?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:12 No.12386477
    Which Primarches are considered alive, and what can you tell us of the two missing primarches?

    If not anything offical, at least some ideas floating around the office.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:13 No.12386484
    >>12386420
    Believe it or not, there ARE a few plans to further 40k fluff. We're finally getting the picture that some of the fans would like to see something of interest happen, and we don't want a clusterfuck like the Eye of Terror campaign.

    That's in the works; As much as I want to spoil it for you guys, I'll just say 'yes' and move on.

    >>12386377
    A lot of the bottom-level folks here aren't fans.

    That's putting it lightly.

    >>12386413
    It's not so much a big money-eater as it is a bunch of little ones, and not enough income to really cover everything that they're trying to do. It's not that there's some big costly project(except MAYBE the Ultramarines movie), so much as 'we don't have enough customers because they keep walking away from the hobby before even starting.'

    >>12386414
    Yeah, that was my boss's bad.

    He regrets it every day.

    >>12386434
    RT/DH is all done by FFG, so we actually don't have a big hand in that. Guys like me occasionally need to tell them 'hey, this needs a bit of tweak, here's what REALLY happens when THIS happens.' That kind of thing. They usually get it right.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:13 No.12386486
    Why do dark eldar only make small attacks? There should be trillions of them
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:15 No.12386493
    >>12386443
    CEO sat on too many squat minis on his chair courtesy of a merry employee.

    > "YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY? THAT'S IT, NO MORE SQUATS! NOW WE'LL SEE WHO LAUGHS!"
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:15 No.12386494
    >>12386468
    When are squats coming back?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:16 No.12386497
    >>12386484

    Why was the Eye of Terror a clusterfuck? Was The Fall of Medusa 5 less of a clusterfuck?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:17 No.12386500
    >>12386484
    What's the general opinion on Matt Ward, and who the hell do we have to petition to get him fired?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:17 No.12386504
    >>12386477
    Please say Vulkan, Khan and Russ...
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:17 No.12386505
    >>12386500 here
    Derp, missed your second post.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:18 No.12386510
    Any chance to see the legal department put on a leasg, so they don't alienate any more customers with idiotic shit like the Damnatus thing?

    On a related note, any chance to see prices dropping for a change? The high prices are the main reason for people walking away, shortly followed by the legal department's idiot pranks.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:18 No.12386512
    So you guys hate Jervis, Goto and Ward. Anyone you DO like? Gav?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:19 No.12386516
    Is Emprah actually a godlike being in the warp currently
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:19 No.12386521
    when will eldar jetbikes be redesigned?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:20 No.12386525
    >>12386443
    >>12386468
    Well, right around the time 40k stopped being 'tongue-in-cheek' and started getting GRIMDARK, they saw fit to remove the Squats. They wanted people to start taking the fluff a bit more seriously, and possibly a little in-depth. The removal of Squats is one thing I never really got, but it's office-policy to not discuss them.

    >>12386477
    The 'missing Primarchs' have been the subject of a lot of debate among the writers. A few want to flesh 'em out, others want to say 'let's leave it ambiguous for the fans to fill in the blanks and speculate. That's always fun for them'

    Personally, I'm in the 'let the fans fill in the blanks' camp. A few ideas were a Primarch who wanted to go out of his way to annihilate the Necron threat after discovering a Tomb World back during the Horus Heresy, but he could never get the word out to the Big E before Horus fucked everything up.

    >>12386428
    With the recent intent to advance 40k's 'plot', there has been some discussion of a new race or two, but nothing solid yet.

    >>12386449
    SoB and Inquisition are confirmed to be in the same Codex, but Sisters will be fieldable as a competitive army, capable of functioning on their own. Inquisition will be the same way; They're basically getting rules to allow them to function as allies, and be efficient at it. Both options will be totally viable.

    >>12386434
    >>12386451
    Oh, the AdMech will be getting A LOT of attention, sometime in the next couple of years. Again, I want to spoil it for you, but they'll come up more than once, and that's all I can say.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:21 No.12386529
    Please reconsider having Tau Ethereals on the frontlines. We don't send the pope or Obama to fight. Thank you.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:23 No.12386536
    >>12386525
    You are a true bro and I hope to see you around here in the future.

    Also, was there ever a time when Sigmar was thought to be a Primarch, and Warhammer Fantasy just a warp-storm'd world?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:23 No.12386539
    What would happen if you went to work and stood up at your cubical and yelled "ANDY CHAMBERS"
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:24 No.12386546
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    Will we see Chaos Legion codices?
    Will Chaos Marines get their proper Daemons back?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:24 No.12386547
    The squats were the only imperial ally to actually follow the teachings of the emperor, removing them removed any hope humanity had
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:24 No.12386548
    >>12386525

    Is the intention in codex design to keep the Imperial armies always slightly superior to Chaos and Xenos in the tabletop game?

    The lackluster Tyranid codex and "ally" rules popping up and allowing, say, Guard to cover its weaknesses (lack of psychic defence etc) seems to imply that much.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:24 No.12386550
    >>12386525
    SPAAAAAACE SKAAAAAAVEN
    >> His Divine Power 10/09/10(Sat)17:25 No.12386555
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    why do you neglect us so? Have we not served you faithfully since our creation?
    >> Reagh for the Skies 10/09/10(Sat)17:25 No.12386557
    So, when Sisters/Inquisition/Grey Knights/Assassins are coming back, Is there any sense of whether or not the option will remain, of drafting them into other imperial armies, or drafting other imperial armies into them? It seems like it'd be a big mistake to make them unplayable in conjunction with a Sm/IG force because it would make them less desirable for collectors
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:25 No.12386559
    >>12386512
    Gav is one of the ones that the staff really like. Dan's up there too, and I've actually spoken with him at length about a small series of Guard novels focusing on another regiment besides the Tanith. The reason we keep letting Ward and Goto write for us is because they're actually under contract to write a few more books for the line.

    They'll get booted or transferred, or whatever. Soon as that ends. Promise.

    >>12386504
    Russ is alive. Khan's in...a state.

    Vulkan's in the same state as Khan.

    Guilliman will be dying soon.

    >>12386516
    No, but when the Golden Throne finally shits out, things will 'improve' for the Imperium. Or at least the core worlds, closer to Terra.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:26 No.12386563
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    >>12386525
    Is there something about Demiurgs ?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:26 No.12386564
    >>12386525

    >new race

    Do these ideas have anything to do with already established but codex-less races like Fra'al, Xenarch, Cythor Fiends, Barghesi etc?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:26 No.12386566
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    >>12386555
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:26 No.12386569
    So I know you just do fluff, but it would be really cool if 40k/Fantasy switched to d10s and used the entire stat line.

    Also, I know that the company is public and needs to show results, etc to investors, but is there any chance of them actually listening to players regarding gameplay, fluff, etc?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:27 No.12386575
    What exactly is the state of the Emperor, according to contemporary fluff? The only thing that has gone even remotely in depth so far was the Starchild thing, with dubious modern canonicity.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:27 No.12386578
    >>12386486
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:28 No.12386582
    question

    Vostroyans... dead in the water or are they ever going to officially flesh them out more?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:28 No.12386583
    >>12386559

    >Guilliman will be dying soon

    RUN, /tg/, RUN AND SPREAD THE WORD AMONG THE REALMS.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:28 No.12386584
    >>12386559
    So, is the "Warp Portal behind the Throne" fluff still in effect?

    Will we get an Adept Custode army if the Emperor DOES die?

    Will we be seeing anything more about the Custode? God, I love the Custode....
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:29 No.12386590
    >guy feeding /tg/ all the information it wants to hear
    >no proof whatsoever behind who he is
    >people lap it up
    >maximum overtroll is successful

    Come on, guys, I thought you were better than that
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:30 No.12386600
    Will we ever see the gods take a more hands on approach?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:30 No.12386602
    >No, but when the Golden Throne finally shits out, things will 'improve' for the Imperium. Or at least the core worlds, closer to Terra.

    My own pet theory was that the Emperor's physical body would die and he would ascend to Warp Deity status, with the Segmentum Solar becoming analogous to the Eye of Terror (but with angelic daemons instead of abyssal ones). As the Emperor slowly dies, however, the Astronomicon weakens and the outer majority of the Imperium is lost.

    Someone once told me their idea that a Living Saint was basically a Daemon Prince, but was empowered by the Emperor and hence pleasing to the human soul.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:31 No.12386603
    Are Chaos Space Marines slotted to get some love at any point in the forseeable future?

    Or am I just going to have to deal with being a downgraded version of space marines for awhile?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:31 No.12386605
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    /tg/ - Let's pretend.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:31 No.12386606
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    >>12386582
    Seconding this.
    (Not to mention I'd suck donkey dicks for plastic vostroyans.)
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:31 No.12386609
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    >>12386525
    >>12386559
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:31 No.12386610
    What's the feeling in the company about the shift to more "serious" grimdark instead of "lol" grimdark.

    Did everyone think it was a good idea? Do they still? Or was it one of those "this is a good idea" things at the time, and now people regret it?

    Or did everyone think it was dumb from the start.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:31 No.12386611
    Hey OP, please namefag?

    Also, no offense, but you're being awfully pussyfoot about proving your status.

    There's a shitton you could do that wouldn't compromise your identity...like, paystub with your name blanked out, pic of not yet released material, an ID card (like to enter your building)....ANYTHING.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:31 No.12386613
    >>12386590
    Hi there, sagefag. Took you long enough to get here. Could you do us a favor and try to get your point across? I can't understand you with the million dicks down your throat.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:33 No.12386619
    >>12386611

    Also, company letterhead, you have any?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:33 No.12386620
    >>12386606
    There was a guy YEARS ago working on a project to make his own molds of 'scale appropriate napoleonic space russians.' I don't think it ever panned out...

    I'd do the whole donkey show for them.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:33 No.12386621
    >>12386559
    >Guilliman will be dying soon.
    fuckyesfuckyesfuckyesfuckyes
    >> DatFrigginGoomba !ikPvLvYZGU 10/09/10(Sat)17:34 No.12386631
    >>12386611
    That's right, he should do something that could compromise both himself and have the company start absurd crackdowns on leaks across the board.
    Nothing he has said really contadicts other things said on forums and shit, especially about Ward, Goto, Squats. The only real new thing that is not already known is about the Primarches.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:34 No.12386634
    Is there a timeline on releasing a new Ork codex? Are there any ideas being floated on how to make Orks stop sucking so much?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:35 No.12386640
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    >>12386559
    >>12386583
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:35 No.12386645
    >>12386584
    Warp Portal behind the throne NOT in effect, actually. Custodes will be getting no attention whatsoever, as playable units, I'm afraid.

    >>12386582
    The Vostroyan writers have no plans in motion. Sorry, Vostroyanfriend.

    >>12386575
    Dying, and going to die. Star Child theory is NOT in effect, here.

    We're gonna throw the fanbase a curve ball for that one.

    >>12386536
    That was something a lot of the writers around here wanted to do behind closed doors, but the higher-ups vetoed it for the purposes of avoiding the alienation of the Fantasy fanbase.

    A lot of writers on both sides liked the idea, but they had to be party-poopers.

    >>12386563
    There's actually going to be a bit about Demiurgs in the next Tau codex.

    You know how the Tau couldn't travel so fast through space because of their lack of Warp navigation?

    Yeah, guess what?

    >>12386569
    Probably not. They're working with what they've got. Personally, as a Guard player, I wish they hadn't released this latest edition and taken out the Doctrines.

    >>12386564
    Actually, no. Sorry, bro.

    >>12386548
    The Codex staff keeps fucking that up. The Imperials are consistently ending up superior, despite them claiming this isn't their intent.

    They just keep screwing up, not deliberately fucking you guys over.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:36 No.12386652
    >>12386610

    Personally, (this is anon and not OP talking), I think it was a move for the better. I've actually read old 40k fluff and holy hell is it ever awful.

    I mean, Grand Inquisitor Karamazov isn't great but it's a damned sight better than Inquisitor Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau.
    >> GL Pretentious Hipster !!NU1qDw5ZF2C 10/09/10(Sat)17:36 No.12386657
    I'm surprised this thread has gone on so long without anyone asking the most important question.

    WRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:36 No.12386658
    >>12386631
    >compromise himself

    You're shitting me, right?

    If you have HALF A BRAIN you can do any of these things I said without compromising your identity.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:38 No.12386670
    >>12386645
    >Emps dies

    Oh man oh man. And life gets better? So Emps becomes a god?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:38 No.12386671
    What was the fucking deal with Storm of Chaos? (and eye of terror)
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:38 No.12386673
    >>12386645

    Is Emperor's status as the saviour supreme a fraud, and the true hope for the Imperium is in a psychic awakening of humanity?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:39 No.12386677
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    >>12386634
    so... what's the word on this guy, officially?

    pic very related.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:39 No.12386682
    Any info on new Necron fluff? Will it be bad? With Ward writing it and all.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:40 No.12386688
    >>12386645
    Do they plan ahead at all? It seems to me that if they just planned ahead a few years, things would be a lot better off.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:40 No.12386691
    >>12386645
    >Emperor is going to die

    PLEASE tell me it's because Cypher succeeds.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:40 No.12386692
    >>12386670

    He said things would "improve". I would guess that the Emperor becomes the Chaos God of Tyranny, the Imperium becomes invincible, and even though it's cruel beyond human comprehension, everyone is happy because Emps fills them with the love of their own subjection and the subjection of others.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:40 No.12386696
    >>12386575
    >Dying, and going to die. Star Child theory is NOT in effect, here.

    Time of ending indeed...
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:40 No.12386697
    >>12386316
    >>12386316
    >>12386316
    >>12386316
    >>12386316

    Any new plastic superheavys comming our way?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:40 No.12386698
    >>12386559
    Sooooo, Khan isn't the Beast in Commoragh?

    I remember people fluff-digging around, telling how Khan ended up in Commoragh...
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:41 No.12386700
    Since orks a fungi do they have penises?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:41 No.12386704
    >>12386652

    It's not the fluff that I mean, really, it's the attitudes related to it.

    A lot of the recent stories are trying to take the thing seriously when it's an inherently silly idea. And it just feels dumb.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:41 No.12386705
    >>12386682
    >the matwart writing
    >Will it be bad?
    Answered that yourself, brozilla.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:42 No.12386714
    Any truth to rumours that the Tau are due out middle of next year?

    Or, if you can't mention that... New plastic kits? Kits that look like forgeworld suits..?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:42 No.12386717
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    >You know how the Tau couldn't travel so fast through space because of their lack of Warp navigation?
    >Yeah, guess what?

    Sir, if this is true, then you just made my day.
    Necro-Tau as reward.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:43 No.12386719
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    Everyone posting in this thread is a fucking retard. The OP obviously doesn't work for GW and the fact you dipshits are replying to him just shows how much of a bunch of shitheads you really are.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy 10/09/10(Sat)17:43 No.12386721
    >>12386657
    WRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

    >>12386610
    >Or was it one of those "this is a good idea" things at the time, and now people regret it?

    Some regret it, others don't. It was something that seemed like a good idea at the time, and very few of the guys in charge want to go back.

    Just remember, GW is not some monolithic HURHURHURMONEY entity.

    >>12386600

    The Chaos Gods will get a bit of attention, we've confirmed that. We're still bickering over WHAT to have them do.

    >>12386634
    Ork codex isn't for a good long while, anon. Sorry. But, we've got a few ideas, namely a return of the biggest Ork warboss ever.

    Yep. He's back in action, and Yarrick's coming after him.

    >>12386611
    >>12386631
    >>12386658
    Alright, alright. I can't exactly just take a picture or whatever right now since I have no webcam(they don't pay us enough for this shit), but, I'll see to it something is done to prove my sincerity.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:43 No.12386723
    >>12386719
    >nofun.jpg
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:43 No.12386724
    >>12386705

    The Deceiver is everyone's spiritual liege, they just aren't aware of it.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:44 No.12386726
    >>12386719
    0/10 indeed, good Sir.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:44 No.12386727
    Can we have a custodes vs ghazghkull fight? It'd be a great way to showcase both their powers without fucking anyone else over
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:44 No.12386728
    Can Psychic Hood affect psykers in transports? The entry says that it becomes usable after model passes a psychic test in hoods range but if the psyker is inside a metal box the model isn't on the table and therefore not in hoods range.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:44 No.12386732
    >>12386723
    >Notafuckingretard.jpg
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:44 No.12386733
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    Hey OP - have you read "The Dornian Heresy?"

    If so, what are your thoughts on it, and do you think aspects of it could be incorporated into the current 40k universe?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:44 No.12386738
    OP, i know you are an elaborate troll and i dont believe a god damn thing of what you are saying.

    Im still enjoying it because its everything i wanted to hear. So carry on.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:44 No.12386740
    Protip: This guy doesn't work in the Studio, and is probably a Black Shirt who thinks he knows what goes on there.
    >> DatFrigginGoomba !ikPvLvYZGU 10/09/10(Sat)17:45 No.12386742
    >>12386704
    British black humor that stupid people didn't, and still don't, understand.
    The setting is still hilarious, in a black humor fashion. If you don't get it, than you will think it's serious.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:45 No.12386747
    >>12386730
    Rerollin
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:46 No.12386752
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    >>12386657
    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

    WRY was a noise and it didn't sound like 'rye' it was more of a 'ree.'

    it does not mean why.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:46 No.12386756
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    >Ward's going to go
    >higher ups love him

    There's a disturbance in the Force.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:47 No.12386758
    OH, I ALWAYS wanted to know this. (It'll help with my current DH game.)

    What is it like in the Segmentum Tempestus? Especially for the Inquistion?

    I don't care about the amount of detail, but I need SOMETHING to rely on. The fluff for that place is so barren.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:48 No.12386768
    Can you slip some bleach into Matt Wards tea?
    Or arrange a horrible accident?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:48 No.12386771
    wait a minute.... rowboat girlyman dies, and the emperor dies?

    please for the love of all that is holy please, please tell me the two events are completely unrelated, and that matt ward will have nothing to do with it.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:49 No.12386778
    >>12386742

    You can say that about anything. The fact that I can find it amusing doesn't mean it's intended to be. And that's the problem.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:49 No.12386779
    >>12386742
    Americans.

    They have no feckin' sense of humour.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:49 No.12386783
    The thing with threads like this is.. yes it is most likely a troll, but on the off chance it isn't... well it would be nice to have answers to a few questions.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:50 No.12386787
    >>12386742

    The more grimdark and super-serious a setting gets, the more potential there is for ironic humor. I just think that comic relief should come from funny things that characters say and do, and not because one whole faction (looking at you, Greenskins) is one great big running joke. Trying to grimdarkify something that big in order to make it fit the setting just backfires, and the whole thing is debased into schizophrenic silliness where we can't decide whether to laugh at how fucking stupid they are, or be afraid because their ramshackle (and fucking stupid) technology works for no reason.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:50 No.12386793
    >>12386771
    The subtle implications are making my brain bleed... stop.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:50 No.12386794
    As someone who actually knows someone associated with GW, I can tell you this man is lying his ass off.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:50 No.12386800
    Are tau still a penis wart on the imperiums body or are they gonna have a bigger empire? Also when get new tau codex.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:51 No.12386810
    >>12386525
    >Well, right around the time 40k stopped being 'tongue-in-cheek' and started getting GRIMDARK, they saw fit to remove the Squats. They wanted people to start taking the fluff a bit more seriously, and possibly a little in-depth. The removal of Squats is one thing I never really got, but it's office-policy to not discuss them.

    So they wanted less tongue-in-cheek, yet left in orks which are basically the comedy relief of 40k?(not that I don't like orks, mind you)
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:52 No.12386813
    >>12386652
    >Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau
    But, he is so AWESOME !
    >> DatFrigginGoomba !ikPvLvYZGU 10/09/10(Sat)17:52 No.12386816
    >>12386778
    Black humor is ironic humor, usually about dark subjects.
    In fact, with the shift, it's even better from a black humor standpoint due to the clashing of the silliness from what it was with the serious standpoint they injected.
    I love the setting more as is than I did before.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:52 No.12386817
    >>12386810
    Orks are quite popular. Squats were not.

    Orks were seemed more plausiable in the universe. Not random "dorfs is spess"
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:52 No.12386818
    Any plans to write da imperial kult back into the fluff? Orks in commissar hats is too good to ignore
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy 10/09/10(Sat)17:53 No.12386822
    >>12386771
    The Emperor just dies because the Throne craps out on him. Guilliman dies because of a certain event that Matt wanted to avoid. Badly.

    He's not exactly happy with being over-ruled by our Council of Rowboat's Demise.

    >>12386768
    No.

    >>12386727
    Custodes vs. Da Big Boss?

    Answer unclear, ask again later.

    >>12386756
    The higher-ups like him, but not as a fluff-writer. I've spoken to one of the guys in charge, and he's admitted that transferring Ward from rules to fluff, and from Fantasy to 40k, was an XBAWKZHUEG mistake, and that Ward will be going back to Fantasy rules as soon as their little contract ends.

    Goto's just going to get the boot.

    >>12386733
    Doubtful. Horus was the one who fucked everything up, and that's one thing we all agree on.

    >>12386728
    YES THEY CAN FUCKING AFFECT PSYKERS IN TRANSPORTS
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:53 No.12386823
    >>12386813

    Someone actually statted him for tabletop. His retinue consists of Chirugeon Watson, Arbitrator Dreyfus and Inquisitor Anakin.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:53 No.12386825
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    >>12386721
    >But, we've got a few ideas, namely a return of the biggest Ork warboss ever.
    >Yep. He's back in action, and Yarrick's coming after him.
    >my face

    Is there eventually going to be a showdown between the necrons and the tyranids after they both devour the galaxy in their own ways?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:53 No.12386826
    >>12386771

    Rowboat wakes up and marches to Terra with the Ultramarines, the High Lords rejoice at the sight of a Primarch and give him his old Lord Commander of the Imperium post back, making him the de facto leader of Mankind.

    This is what he had planned since Heresy.

    Eventually, he decides to get rid of the last possible obstacle in his way, and marches with his Ultramarines into the Throne Room.

    After a massive battle between the Ultramarines and the Custodes, Roboute is the only one standing. He smashes the Gauntlets of Ultramar (picked up from Calgar's corpse) into the Emperor's carcass, but at the very moment the impact shatters the Throne, Emperor reaches out with the last bit of his strength, tearing Guilliman's soul out of his body and dragging it into oblivion with him.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:54 No.12386831
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    Anythoing interesting gonna happen with Cypher / the Fallen?
    What about The Cabal?
    What about Alpharius Omegon?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:54 No.12386833
    >>12386721

    Alright, in thew Blood Angels codex, it was said that all the Primarchs had been found.

    What about the Primarchs of the two lost legions? Where did they disappear to? Were they found? What happened to their legions?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:55 No.12386842
    Why doesn't GW concern themselves with finding a way to offer their hobby at more reasonable prices, or upping the quality of their miniatures to fit their prices?

    I mean, seriously, there's tons of far more beautiful minis out there at similar prices. A majority of GW models are about mid grade at best.
    >> DatFrigginGoomba !ikPvLvYZGU 10/09/10(Sat)17:56 No.12386845
    >>12386794
    >As someone who actually knows someone
    You have less credibility than OP.
    If you are gonna say this, produce one of your friend's paystubs, with name attached and uncovered.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:56 No.12386847
    >>12386833

    The First Heretic answers this.

    The primarchs vanished "somehow" and *dum dum* the legions were absorbed into the Ultramarines.

    THAT is the main reason why they're so numerous.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:58 No.12386854
    >>12386822
    >>12386728

    So wait, Psychic Hoods effect psykers in vehicles, but Shadow in the Warp doesn't? What's the office opinion on that?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)17:58 No.12386857
    >>12386826
    That sounds like retconning the strength of the custodes
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:00 No.12386861
    is there a pdf or a site where one can read the whole timeline and storyline of what happen in 40k so far?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:00 No.12386864
    >>12386857

    Not really.

    Read A Thousand Sons, and you get the impression of their battle prowess. Basically, a Primarch and a large host of his best followers would be able to break through.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:00 No.12386866
    One important question here.

    Is every Imperial world shit, like some grimnderp faggots shout, or is the Imperium big enough that most Imperial worlds never see war and just go about their boring business?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:00 No.12386867
    The Emprah will never die OP is a troll
    Neither will Papa Smurf, infact his wound is healing in his stasis chamber
    40K will never progress

    7/10 OP you shouldn't have said such nonsense or else I might have believed you
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:00 No.12386868
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    >>12386822
    >>12386822
    >>12386822
    >>12386822
    >>12386822
    >>12386822
    >>12386822
    >>12386822
    >>12386822
    >>12386822

    PLASTIC SUPERHEAVIES SOON FELLOW SPY?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:00 No.12386869
    Is there a way that a person (such as myself, a "peon") could provide their own input to the story? For example, a Space marine chapter, fluff contribution, etc.?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:00 No.12386871
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    >Guilliman will be dying soon.

    >Within this edifice is the great marble throne of Roboute Guilliman, and upon that throne sits a regal corpse. Though the best part of ten thousand years have passed since his death, the Primarch's body is perfectly preserved. Even his death wounds are visible upon his throat. His mortal remains are preserved from the ravages of time by means of a stasis field that isolates the Primarch from the time-stream. Everything encompassed by the field is trapped in time and can neither change nor decay.
    >Though the best part of ten thousand years have passed since his death, the Primarch's body is perfectly preserved. Even his death wounds are visible upon his throat.
    >his death
    >his death wounds
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:01 No.12386872
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    This, a thousand times this.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:02 No.12386885
    >>12386866
    Man, that's easy.
    Common sense -> not every world is fucked up grimdarkia land.
    Especially the pleasure planets.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:02 No.12386890
    >>12386867
    >Neither will Papa Smurf, infact his wound is healing in his stasis chamber

    The healing Papa Smurf is said by pilgrims.

    Ultramarines refute it.

    Who do you believe? The apothecaries, or some pilgrims?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:02 No.12386891
    OP's validity can be checked next year.

    5th edition Tau codex comes out in 2011, period. If OP's legit, there will be mention of the Demiurgs teaching Tau how into Warp.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:03 No.12386897
    if Emperor dies, would't that destroy the Imperium?, you can't have an empire without an emperor
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:03 No.12386899
    >Guilliman storming the Imperial Palace
    >Attacking the Emperor to take over humanity
    I fucking knew he was a goddamn traitor

    >Emperor rips his soul out of his body
    >takes it with him to oblivion
    Best death ever

    But... what will mankind do without the Emperor? FOR THE EMPEROR is the biggest catchphrase for WH40K besides WAAAAAGH!
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:03 No.12386901
    Is gorgutz going to get a mention in ork fluff?
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy 10/09/10(Sat)18:04 No.12386902
    >>12386825
    Oh, the Necrons and Tyranids are going to go at it more than once.

    But, they won't devour the galaxy. That's still in the formative stages, but we have an idea to keep the war going without avoiding the advancement of the plot.

    >>12386842
    Well, it's got to do with a combo of a serious profit-decline in recent years, and bad judgement calls on the part of the senior staff.

    In other words LOLIDUNNO, but it's got to do with those two things, guaranteed.

    >>12386833
    Well, I answered this earlier. The two lost primarchs are something we want to leave as a mostly-blank slate, to allow the fans to fill in the blanks.

    >>12386831
    Alpharius and Omegon are seriously fucking things up in the background for just about everybody.

    It's going to be part of why Guilliman dies, and the sudden surge in Tau expansion. Rest assured, Xanatos from Gargoyles would be proud.
    >> Alpharius 10/09/10(Sat)18:04 No.12386903
    >>12386822
    Alpharius here.

    Keep up the good work, Alpharius.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:04 No.12386906
    >>12386866

    Not every world can be completely terrible, but I imagine everyone is slaving their asses off to supply the Imperial war machine.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:04 No.12386909
    >>12386897

    Read the thread to see some of the ways the Emperor could possibly be "reborn" after death. Or just read some fluff sometime.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:04 No.12386910
    >There's actually going to be a bit about Demiurgs in the next Tau codex.

    >You know how the Tau couldn't travel so fast through space because of their lack of Warp navigation?

    >Yeah, guess what?

    Chaos begins corrupting Tau society through glorious demonic invasions on space ships?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:06 No.12386916
    There had better be a smurf civil war when they find out about the plans
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:06 No.12386921
    >>12386910
    Or maybe the Demiurg are a warp-capable race that join up for the Greater Good?

    ..Oh, but that would lead to what you're saying. Damn.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy 10/09/10(Sat)18:06 No.12386923
    Lol. Just kidding, guys. I'm a huge troll and I live with my grandmother. I apply to GW every month, but I've never even got a reply.

    Plus, I play leafblower.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:07 No.12386928
    will there be any love for the IRON HANDS in the future?
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy 10/09/10(Sat)18:08 No.12386932
    >>12386923

    I am the real GW spy.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:08 No.12386934
    >>12386902
    >sudden surge in Tau expansion

    So you are going to keep them around, huh? Anything planned to make them more bearable?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:08 No.12386936
    >>12386923
    Troll revealing himself? Troll impersonating a troll? Non-troll trolling by revealing himself to be a troll?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:09 No.12386938
    >Emperor dies
    >human worlds isolate and form miniature empires
    >Tau become major player
    >Dark Eldar begin rebuilding their empire
    >It is an even worse time to be human, because your soul is guaranteed to go to Chaos.
    >Better pick a patron god before your neighbor finishes his summoning circle.

    Well shit. I don't see a way out for the Imperium.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:09 No.12386940
    >>12386936
    I'm the real anonymous
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy 10/09/10(Sat)18:09 No.12386942
    >>12386923
    Well played, fa/tg/uy. Disregard this, he sucks cocks.

    >>12386921
    >>12386910
    Nah, no daemonic rebellions on Tau ships, but they'll start rampaging through the Eastern Fringe like never before.

    The Farsight Enclaves will have a few things to say about that. Ever want to see a Tau bandit? You're about to. Commander Farsight's successor(also named Commander Farsight) is about to throw a shitfit all over the Ethereals' faces.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:09 No.12386943
    Give us a timeline of the future of warhammer Please!?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:09 No.12386945
    >>12386910
    No numbnuts, the Demiurg GAVE the Tau their technology - including their gun tech.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:10 No.12386949
    >>12386938
    Mork
    >> Perturabo 10/09/10(Sat)18:10 No.12386951
    >>12386902
    Are Alpharius and Omegon loyal to the Emperor or not?

    And is Fulgrim still "alive"? And if so, is he still loyal to the Emperor?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:10 No.12386953
    >>12386910
    >>12386921
    Tau are psychically blank, i don't think they can be posessed?
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy 10/09/10(Sat)18:11 No.12386958
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    >>12386932
    >>12386923
    No : I am the true one.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:11 No.12386959
    >Alpharius and Omegon are seriously fucking things up in the background for just about everybody.

    >It's going to be part of why Guilliman dies, and the sudden surge in Tau expansion. Rest assured, Xanatos from Gargoyles would be proud.


    Awesome, speaking of A and O, any idea on when Chaos Space Marines are going to get a new codex?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:11 No.12386961
    >is there a pdf or a site where one can read the whole timeline and storyline of what happen in 40k so far?
    >is there a pdf or a site where one can read the whole timeline and storyline of what happen in 40k so far?
    /is there a pdf or a site where one can read the whole timeline and storyline of what happen in 40k so far?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:11 No.12386964
    >>12386817
    You can't say "random dorfs in spess" are any less plausible than random orcs in spess, or random elves in spess, or shit, even "random ogres in spess", which is what ogryns are.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:12 No.12386965
    What's your favorite color?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:12 No.12386967
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    Official model.

    :)
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:13 No.12386975
    >>12386902
    >Alpharius and Omegon are seriously fucking things up in the background for just about everybody.

    Oh, so Cypher is a baddie then? Damn, he was much more awesome as a good guy / antihero.

    >It's going to be part of why Guilliman dies

    Hang on.. "why"... not "how"?

    TL;DR - Is Cypher an actual baddie? This, I must know OP!
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:13 No.12386978
    >>12386942
    Why not? The Tau have gellar fields or something equivalent?

    I fucking hate it when Chaos vs. Tau blatantly gets ignored. For fucks sake, they're so close to a Warp rift. I just wanna see some chopped off blue fish faces hanging from the belt of a Chaos Champion!
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:13 No.12386979
    >>12386942
    Oh, I love Firesight.

    Speaking of Tau, are they connected to the Necron's, or is this just fan rumour?
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy 10/09/10(Sat)18:13 No.12386980
    >>12386951
    Loyal to the Emprah, confirming it now. It's part of why the Imperium of Man doesn't collapse under the sudden fucktons of Tau Fire Warriors striking deeper into the Imperium, and the sudden surge in Dark Eldar raids, and the Emperor dying. Fulgrim is 'dead.' Sorry to disappoint.

    >>12386928
    Iron Hands will be getting a whole lot of love. They need some attention after the clusterfuck Ward made of the Space Marine codex.

    >>12386901
    Yeah, he'll come up in the Ork Codex and will have a few special rules for him. We're still sorting that out.

    >>12386872
    Wrong.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy 10/09/10(Sat)18:13 No.12386981
    >>12386942

    Disregard this. I work for GW. I clean toilets, and I actually listen in on the awesome conversations from my hero's like C.S. Goto. He's my Go To man.

    >>12386868

    Plastic Leviathan coming to forgeworld. Wet enough for ya?

    >>12386928

    Iron Hands will be getting some attention in the next Chaos codex, kind of like the old guard codex.

    >>12386845

    I'll show you my nuts, uncovered and unnatatched.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:14 No.12386983
    >>12386942
    Farsight Enclaves Subcodex?

    ABOUT FUCKING TIME.

    Can we have suicide drones? Or at least Heavy Weapons drones that are upgrades for Fire Warriors?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:14 No.12386984
    >>12386872
    An anon can dream.

    An anon, can dream.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:15 No.12386994
    Tyranid codex p.19 mentions that the Imperium miscalculated Tau's power after seeing their difficulties in fighting Hive Fleet Gorgon.

    This leads to something called "the Iron Hammer campaign, which soon escalates into the greatest conflict yet seen between the Imperium and the Tau".

    This is after Damocles of course, so there's definitely something new coming with regards to Tau.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:16 No.12387004
    >>12386942
    >Commander Farsight's successor(also named Commander Farsight)

    So Farsight is the Tau version of Dread Pirate Roberts?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:16 No.12387006
    >>12386980
    >It's part of why the Imperium of Man doesn't collapse under the sudden fucktons of Tau Fire Warriors striking deeper into the Imperium

    You've got to be kindding.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:16 No.12387010
    Why does Matt Ward love the Ultramarines so much? What does he see in them that makes them so god-like to him?
    >> Sure is troll in here /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)18:16 No.12387015
    >>12386965
    Blue.

    >>12386979
    Fan rumor. Same as the Forces of Chaos corrupting Farsight, or the Eldar having a hand in engineering the Ethereals.

    Just no, guys.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:18 No.12387021
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    >>12386872

    Moar like this amirite.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:18 No.12387023
    I am Alpharius
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:18 No.12387027
    so whats the deal with the void dragon, the admech really worshipping a c'tan?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:19 No.12387032
    >>12386916
    I sort of hope so... because the Ultramarines with their successor chapters control an entire fucking sector. And the successors would then either fight alongside their blue lieges, or say "fuck this" and go do their own thing.

    Hopefully this means that the Codex Astartes will cease to be followed in general, in stead of by just a few chapters. I agree with Guilliman's intent to limit the political power of the legions, but the Ultramarines worked around that pretty soundly anyway, and the Imperium needs as many space marines as it can get.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:19 No.12387034
    >>12387023
    gb2bed Omegon, or I'll feed you to the SPESS DORFS
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:19 No.12387036
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    Why is the Emperor dying a good thing for the Imperium? I thought the Emperor was stopping demons from spilling into the warp and the real world?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:19 No.12387037
    >>12386980
    >(Gorgutz will) come up in the Ork Codex and will have a few special rules for him. We're still sorting that out.

    Gorgutz is going to be a SC? Fuck yeah!
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:19 No.12387039
    >>12387027
    Just read Mechanicum you dumb bint.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:19 No.12387040
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    >>12386994

    This is true.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:19 No.12387041
    >>12386902
    Alpharius Omegon is playing Thirty Xanatos Pileup with Eldrad Ulthran, Ahriman, Magnus the Red, and Tzeentch himself though.

    Visit http://tvtropes.org/ and search for Thirty Xanatos Pileup.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:20 No.12387042
    >>12387015
    Seriously dude, use a fucking trip code.

    type a # after your name, then type some sort of PW. Jesus Titty fucking christ.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:20 No.12387045
    >>12386980
    >Fulgrim is 'dead.' Sorry to disappoint.

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    FULGRIM!

    Thanks for the answer though.
    >> снайпер 10/09/10(Sat)18:20 No.12387046
    >>12387006
    haha, delicious tears are delicious
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:21 No.12387052
    >>12387032
    This is kinda what I was trying to get at in
    >>12386733
    ...As in, the Ultramarines from their own atheist empire within the Imperium. Man that would make them soo much more interesting.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)18:22 No.12387055
    >>12387010
    It's fucking Matt. I have no idea how his brain works.

    >>12387004
    He's going to be. That's something we've had in mind for Farsight and the Enclaves for a while.

    >>12386983
    There's going to be a lot of 'Ork-style' improvised gear for Enclave Fire Warriors. Expect to see Earth Caste Combat Engineers, and Heavy Weapon Teams ala the Imperial Guard for the Farsight Enclave Infantry.

    >>12386975
    Cypher will be a bad guy. NOT my idea. I don't like it. A and O will be personally responsible for killing Guilliman. The Tau surge will result in Ultramarines being called in from Ultramar to go deal with it.

    This is because A and O speak with Tau Ethereals behind closed doors, and convinced them to let the Demiurgs do their thing.

    This will be followed by the Alpha Legion heading RIGHT FOR FUCKING ULTRAMAR and taking Guilliman out.
    >> Commissar !nqFUKLAWj6 10/09/10(Sat)18:23 No.12387060
    >>12386981
    First of all, if you really do work for GW and are not trolling, thank you. It is very nice of you to answer questions for us.

    I am anxiously awaiting the new Necron codex so that I may join the robot apocalypse.

    That being said, are there plans for new metal or plastic Imperial Guard miniatures or models?

    I am hoping for Psyker Battle Squads and a Hydra. Though you cannot confirm specifics, will we see new IG miniatures and models in 2011? I should let you know, by the way, EVERY IMPERIAL GUARD PLAYER IN THE WORLD WANTS A HYDRA OR THREE. And a GOOD LOOKING ONE, not like a Manticore with Heavy Weapon Autocannons glued on.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:23 No.12387064
    For those of you saying this guy MUST be a troll because the stuff he's saying is so ridiculous and/or implausible, ask yourselves this:

    Is it ANY more ridiculous and/or implausible than the stuff which GW has ACTUALLY PUBLISHED up until this point? Think about how hard you would have 0/10'ed if, prior to it being canon, someone had shown up here dropping hints about the Blood Angels teaming up with the Necrons against the Tyranids. There wouldn't have been enough trollface in the world to respond to that, and yet.

    Not saying this guy IS telling the truth, mind you, just that "That can't be true because GW would never do that!" doesn't seem like a very compelling argument in light of their track record.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:24 No.12387067
    Hi this is a serious question


    What did you guys ever do with battle fleet gothic? I mean space combat was so freaking awesome and it just gets shut down so the supposidly more awesome games could be cont'd
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:24 No.12387069
    Could you give more detail about the death of the Emperor? I mean, that changes everything for the Imperial factions.

    No more faith for sisters, no more soul-binding for psykers, no more Emperor's Tarot, no more Astronomicon...

    Is there any hope for mankind?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:25 No.12387076
    >>12387057
    Just admit you are all leeching GW's money away to the Canary Islands, just so you guys can one day create a truescale Imperator Titan from resin.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:25 No.12387080
    >>12387055
    I call bullshit. WTF is Cypher's deal then?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:25 No.12387081
    >>12387055

    Could you please see and reply to:

    >>12386854
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:26 No.12387086
    >>12387069
    actually, yeah, can you put some more back story on this?

    Also, when will the next Ed. rule book be?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:27 No.12387089
    >>12387069
    This.
    IS THERE ANY HOPE?? DEAR GOD THERE MUST BE!
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:27 No.12387091
    Hey guys. I get that it is unlikely he is an GW employee, but if you see it the other way. There are GW employees. Why wouldn't some of them come to /tg/?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:27 No.12387094
    >>12387040

    Basically, the Iron Hammer campaign is going to end badly for the Imperium.

    You can ultimately blame only Castellan Crask and his Cadian pride (this guy isn't a tactical genius) for that however, not the Alpha Legion.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:29 No.12387103
    >>12387069

    It could change everything... or it could change nothing...

    Perhaps he becomes something like a warp deity, except without the horrible mutation...

    Hell his death could only be known by the custodes who guard his corpse, and the highest echelons of the Inquisition and maybe the High Lords...
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:30 No.12387105
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    >>12387055

    >This will be followed by the Alpha Legion heading RIGHT FOR FUCKING ULTRAMAR and taking Guilliman out.
    >> Anomalous !5tgCsIM2eo 10/09/10(Sat)18:30 No.12387109
    Can someone explain Alpha Legion? Why does all their shit have 8 pointed stars if they still love the Emperor?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:30 No.12387110
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    Alpharius and Omegon personally kill Rowboat?

    This had better be fleshed out very well. As in, we get a fucking book about it. Written by Abnett.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:30 No.12387112
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    I'm pretty sure you are tired of hearing players suggestions, but despite the squats being eaten by nids, shouldn't there be at least a few left? I'd really like to see them as special units or heavy support for the IG, drop those old colorful uniforms and just give them IG armor maybe with some runes or something. Turn them into refugees trying to get revenge on nids and repopulate maybe?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:32 No.12387118
    Are the Tau going to get mauled pretty bad for once?

    Sure, they got raped pretty bad by the Dark Eldar and Necrons... but still.

    Something big?

    Everyone gets some big disaster, even the Necrons.

    I just want that smug shit eating grin to disappear from Tau fanboy faces.

    >on another note, FUCK YES FINALLY THE DARK ELDAR YES MOTHERFUCKING YES!
    >actually, I might buy some Fire Warriors to give my Dark Eldar like 77 something severed Tau heads
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:32 No.12387119
    >>12387103
    Are you implying the Astronomican is just a hoax? otherwise the whole Imperium will notice they can't see anything while warp-traveling.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:32 No.12387123
    >>12387109

    They're the masters of secrecy, I don't think they care about what things they wear as long as they get the job done. They often wear Imperial looking equipment and don't go over board with Chaos shit like they do in TT/DoW
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:32 No.12387125
    >>12387109
    The Alpha Legion's specialty is infiltration and sabotage. It's an entire legion of TF2 Spies. Except they're not french.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)18:34 No.12387126
    Ducking out for a bit, boyos. Wife's got dinner on the table, and I hunger. Back in a bit.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:34 No.12387129
    >>12387119

    Astronomicon could just be running on all the souls sacrificed daily. Most of the goddamn Imperium is running on its own inertia, why not the big psychic lighthouse?
    >> Shas'ui Fap T'au 10/09/10(Sat)18:34 No.12387130
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    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:34 No.12387135
    GUILLIMAN IS ALREADY DEAD.

    >>12386871
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:35 No.12387138
    >>12386953
    They can get possessed.

    Demons just don't really care for psychic blanks.

    Besides, if you're travelling through the Warp, demons don't possess you. They simply claw a way through the hull of your ship and eat you.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:35 No.12387139
    Any chance to see more non-Cadian Imperial Guard as plastic? Personally jonesing for Mordian Iron Guard or Praetorians.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:35 No.12387140
    >>12387135
    SICARIUS FOR PRESIDENT
    >> Anomalous !5tgCsIM2eo 10/09/10(Sat)18:36 No.12387143
    >>12387138
    Heresy. Blanks have no soul, can't be posessed.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:36 No.12387147
    >>12387125
    They're SPACE FRENCH!
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:37 No.12387150
    >>12387126
    >Dinner
    >it's like 12 o'clock or whatever in Britfagcountry


    Nigga what?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:37 No.12387155
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    >>12387126

    >>mfw tau news is fucking awesome.

    Godspeed.

    As a Tau player, this news greatly pleases me.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:38 No.12387161
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    >>12387109
    >>12387123
    >>12387125
    There are Alpha Legionnaires who genuinely worship Chaos. Arkos the Faithless, Strikemaster Kernax Voldorius etc.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:38 No.12387163
    >>12387143
    Tau aren't blanks. They just have tiny souls.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:38 No.12387171
    >>12387150
    23:37 by my watch.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:38 No.12387172
    >>12387150
    Dinner can mean lunch?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:39 No.12387180
    >>12387159

    Surely you mean 11.37?

    GMT+2 here.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:39 No.12387182
    >>12387159
    11:38, actually.

    That and the Astronicom is the only thing TOO fishy about this thread.

    Either way, people have dinners late here.

    ALSO, question, what about the astronicom?

    For when he gets back, of course.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:39 No.12387184
    >>12387161
    >worship
    >faithless

    Does not compute.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:40 No.12387191
    OP CONFIRMED FOR FUCKING TROLL

    TIME ZONES BITCH

    CHECK EM
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:41 No.12387194
    There are quite a few places where "dinner" refers to our American "lunch" and "supper" is their "dinner".

    Really, no need to nitpick.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:41 No.12387198
    >>12387155
    Hey Tau fag. Bring me 777 Ethereals, or I'm going to abduct everyone on your planet.
    >> GetsBeatBySisters 10/09/10(Sat)18:41 No.12387202
    >>12387191
    Then just leave the thread if you think he is a troll. It isn't that hard to close a tab or a window.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:42 No.12387210
    What kind of Brit eats dinner in the middle of the fucking night?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:42 No.12387211
    GMT +8 here. Time is 3:42.
    either, he's East Coast America (6:42) or at London (10:42).
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:42 No.12387213
    it's nearly 12 o clock AT NIGHT

    so not breakfast or dinner or lunch
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:42 No.12387214
    >>12387126

    >>12387150

    Yup! I smell FAIL
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:44 No.12387232
    >>12387213
    >>12387213
    Unless maybe he and his wife are basement dwelling nerds who regularly stay up until midnight trolling 4chan.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:45 No.12387234
    loi /tg/ is so dumb
    >> GetsBeatBySisters 10/09/10(Sat)18:45 No.12387239
    >>12387210
    I eat dinner past 12 on a few occasions. It's not that weird. Midnight dinner is delicious! Especially if you slow cook something for a nice long 8+ hours :9
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:45 No.12387241
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    >>12387184
    >Whilst the other Dark Angels fought to escape the Alpha Legion’s sudden ambush, Azrael cut down the last of his enemies and plucked up the banner. As he did so, a massive armoured figure strode through the smoke, his ancient power armour decorated with blasphemous runes and the heretical eight-pointed star of Chaos Undivided. Arkos himself charged Azrael. As he did so an Assault Marine launched himself into Arkos’ path, only to be cut clean in two by the stroke of the Chaos champion’s warp-powered blade. The two mighty heroes clashed. In one hand Azrael held the Sacred Standard of Devastation, in the other the Sword of Secrets. The two rained smashing blows upon each other's armour, until blood seeped through the joints of Azrael’s suit of artificer armour. The weight of Arkos’ mighty blows had wounded the Supreme Grand Master. Both summoned up every ounce of strength, but Arkos had the combined power of the four Chaos gods with him this day. Chanting a litany to his gods, Arkos’ blows forced Azrael ever backwards, weakening his opponent until a shoulder charge and a fast, low sweeping cut sent Azrael sprawling to the ground, the Sword of Secrets skittering from his grasp. Prone amongst the rubble, the banner still clutched to him, Azrael saw death approaching. Arkos loomed over him. The Chaos champion laughed in triumph and raised his Darkblade for the killing blow.

    >Arkos’ main weapon is a Dark Blade, a gift from the gods for his long service.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:46 No.12387245
    He better be eating some midnight curry, or else he's confirmed as a dirty fucking rebel Yank troll.

    >there should be capital punishment for masquerading as a brit
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:47 No.12387263
    Imperium and Tau having a major war, "greatest yet seen between them" soon in the timeline is confirmed in the Tyranid codex.

    It is also implied that the Imperium is going to be in trouble, since it begins from a Castellan miscalculating the power of the Tau.
    >> GetsBeatBySisters 10/09/10(Sat)18:48 No.12387268
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    >>12387245
    What kind of curry, you are making me hungry now.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:48 No.12387269
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    >>12387198
    You can have these ones
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:48 No.12387271
    >implying people in the socialist scumbag Airstrip One get married

    Seriously, I already saw it when he said he had a wife.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:49 No.12387274
    >>12387268
    Curry would be fuck win right now. Goddamnit.
    >> Moap !fbIKgAOqsY 10/09/10(Sat)18:50 No.12387285
    What happened to Phil Kelly after he made the Wolves book? Seriously. That's the worst peice of shit you have ever put out, C.S.Goto could have wirrten a more balanced book.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:50 No.12387287
    Chaos Codex fucking when?!
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:50 No.12387293
    >>12387268
    The one that makes you burn your mouth, tongue, throat, intestines AND anus...
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:51 No.12387298
    >>12387241
    I was just pointing out that you can't be faithless when you're a follower of Chaos.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:51 No.12387302
    >>12387245
    What if he's Canadian?
    >> GetsBeatBySisters 10/09/10(Sat)18:52 No.12387310
    >>12387293
    Delicious. I will eat them on the toilet for it will be the most efficient way to eat it.
    >> Commissar !nqFUKLAWj6 10/09/10(Sat)18:53 No.12387314
    >>12387245
    Probably a troll. A Brit would have written "rumour" instead of rumor. Plus the time zone.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:53 No.12387317
    >>12387285
    He went on to write the Dark Eldar codex?

    >yourtearsaredelicious.jpg
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:53 No.12387319
    I could really go for a large doner right now with a large packet of those chips they do at kebab and chicken shops.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:54 No.12387327
    >>12387310

    You forgot "while piss drunk." It's not a proper midnight curry unless you've already had a few pints too many.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:54 No.12387330
    >>12387314
    Or he's a 'Merkin that moved overseas...
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:54 No.12387331
    >>12387310
    Damn, motherfucker. You're fucking gross.

    I don't even bring my joints to the toilet when I have to go. Doing things in the toilet is just gross.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:56 No.12387350
    >>12387331
    Bah, man up lass.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:56 No.12387351
    This was good until idiots showed up
    >> GetsBeatBySisters 10/09/10(Sat)18:57 No.12387354
    >>12387331
    Oh so NOW people take me seriously? Fuuuuuuuck.

    >>12387327
    Mehbeh. I think we sorta derailed this thread a bit.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)18:59 No.12387368
    How many skulls until the Throne of Khorne is complete?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:00 No.12387376
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    >Alpha Legion Primarchs loyal to the Emperor.

    >Alpha Legion Primarchs kill Rowboat Girlyman.

    >Cypher is a bad guy.

    Yeah, something's not right here...
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:00 No.12387379
    >>12387368
    4
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:00 No.12387380
    >>12387368
    This horse has died, stop beating.

    I belive OP was the real deal
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:02 No.12387390
    >>12387055

    >Cypher will be a bad guy. NOT my idea. I don't like it. A and O will be personally responsible for killing Guilliman. The Tau surge will result in Ultramarines being called in from Ultramar to go deal with it.

    >This is because A and O speak with Tau Ethereals behind closed doors, and convinced them to let the Demiurgs do their thing.

    I thought at least one of the Alpharius/Omegon pair was confirmed dead at the end of the heresy, by Guilliman's own hand.

    I know the Alpha Legion is good at having people pretend to be their primarch and stuff, but there's no way they successfully conned another primarch into thinking he'd killed his own brother when he hadn't.

    Unless Guilliman just lied, which would be even dumber.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)19:03 No.12387401
    Gonna level with you guys. I am a Yank living in the UK. And your extra 'U's' always throw me for a loop. Diggin' the billboards you got here, though. So, while I'm a Yank, I'm the good kind of Yank that moved here.

    And to make sure you guys are mad...

    MIDNIGHT TACOS, BITCH. Wife got home late, and I didn't exactly want to be a dick and eat without her, since we tend to eat together. Daughter's eaten and is already asleep.

    Now, then, moving on.

    >>12387285
    Phil's not proud of what he did, and the higher-ups aren't happy with the fan reaction.

    I expect he'll be canned for it eventually. No way he's living this down.

    >>12387287
    Chaos Codex, 2011, sometime in the third quarter.

    Oh, and for the record: The Tau will be getting the shit kicked out of them. The Imperium's learned it's lesson about the Tau and isn't about to let them drive forward with Demiurg-navigated ships. This is part of what's up with the AdMech. Expect Skitarii Tech-Guard and AdMech-specific vehicles to be part of the war on the Eastern Fringe. That's getting a lot of attention.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:03 No.12387402
    >>12387390
    Unless Roboute is Alpharius/Omegon?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:03 No.12387404
    GW staffer, if you're still around, a plea - for God's sake DON'T advance the fluff.

    Yes, there's a noisy wing of people who want "progress", but the thing about people is that people are idiots, and people are fickle. If you try to change the setting all you'll get is a storm of outrage as they throw it back in your face for not conforming to their vision of how the future 'should' be.

    The Dark Millenium as a setting and a background works well - works brilliantly, in fact. Don't spoil it with a misguided attempt to pander to the internet forums.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:03 No.12387405
    What does the blood god do with all that blood?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:04 No.12387407
    >>12387376
    Referring to the Horus Heresy book, Legion: The Alpha Legion sided with Horus because they learned that if Horus lost, humanity would be doomed to a slow death. However, if Horus one, humanity would still die but chaos would go down with it. However, since THAT plan didn't work, I can see them trying something else.

    Also, the BL writers have been throwing out a crapton of hints about the later HS books. Specifically that "things might not turn out like you expect."
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:04 No.12387414
    >>12387351
    You obviously missed the memo that OP was a dirty faggot masquerading as a brit?

    No filthy American could ever be allowed to work on GW materials.

    Canadians are pushing it. I'm looking at you Relic.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:05 No.12387421
    You wouldn't happen to know too much about the fluff and all that for the 40k mmo, do you?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:06 No.12387425
    What are the plans for Ahriman specificly and Thousand Sons in general?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:06 No.12387430
    >>12387407
    I've read the whole schtick about the "self fulfilling prophecy" and how telling the Alpha Legion actually helped the BAD ending happen instead of the good...

    But goddamn, Cypher should be a fucking good guy. Bros with Russ and Co., even!
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:07 No.12387433
    GW writter, what happens to the astronicom once the Emp goes down?

    Do we find out we don't NEED him to power it?

    What will happen to the outer worlds once the Emp dies?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:07 No.12387438
    >>12387404

    This, this, a thousand times this. A few dozen who post regularly on Warseer and /tg/ do not make an entire gaming population. Don't let the tail wag the dog.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:08 No.12387439
    Will Marneus Calgar be allowed to continue as the super sue Ward made him, or will he be toned down/brought low in the future? I remember seeing an idea that had him seceding the Ultramarine pseudo-empire from the Imperium as a whole. I'd kind of like to see that.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:08 No.12387441
    >Gonna level with you guys. I am a Yank living in the UK. And your extra 'U's' always throw me for a loop. Diggin' the billboards you got here, though. So, while I'm a Yank, I'm the good kind of Yank that moved here.


    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    Where's my redcoat! THERE MUST BE BLOOD! FOR THE QUEEN!
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)19:08 No.12387445
    >>12387421
    No.

    >>12387425
    Ahriman will take another shot at the Black Library. Thousand Sons are still kicking, but they won't get tons of attention.

    >>12387404
    Oh, don't worry. We're advancing it, but not a whole lot. 41k isn't what we're going for, here.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:10 No.12387456
    So many pissed anons in this thread.

    Seriously, it's like every Brit online now is drunk as fuck.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:11 No.12387464
    >>12387430

    Wasn't cypher being painted as a bad guy in those Dark Angel books in the heresy series?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:11 No.12387467
    Are the Dark Angels secretly heretics?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:11 No.12387468
    >>12387456
    inb4 some fucktard thinks you're talking about people who are "pissed" instead of 'pissed'.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:11 No.12387469
    >>12387433
    >>12387182
    Here's my theory:
    1) Astronomicon goes out.
    2) Calamity for humans!
    3) Due to no more light from the immense psychic beacon, humans undergo a rather unpleasant transformation; their whole psyche becomes much more attuned to "the dark"...
    4) Humans become Squats
    5) Squats kill Chaos
    6) Squats breed with Eldar to recreate human race again.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:11 No.12387472
    >>12387445
    >>12387445
    >41k isn't what we're going for, here.
    You don't have much time to work with, then.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:12 No.12387474
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    Are you Aaron Dembsky Bowden?

    Is it true that Anon has fingered your girlfriend?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:12 No.12387475
    >>12387445

    I suppose that shot won't be successful? I remember reading somewhere that it was possible for him to aspire to chaso god status if he possessed secrets of Library.

    Also additional question, is Ahriman considering himself loyal to Chaos/Tzeentch or just going on his screwing both Imperium and Chaos?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:12 No.12387482
    >>12387456
    aren't they always?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:12 No.12387483
    >>12387456
    YOU SHADDAP YOU

    OR I'LL KRUSH YER MUM
    COMEANDAVAGOIFUTHINKURARDENUFF
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)19:13 No.12387487
    >>12387439
    We're still discussing what to do with Calgar. We're thinking of having him be offed right along with Rowboat, and making the Ultramarines some kind of desperate, dirty-fighting Space Marine chapter. Ward is NOT happy with this, but the Ultramarines will end up either irrelevant, or a bit better for it all as far as fan-reactions go.

    >>12387433
    Well, for one, the outer worlds of the Imperium will fracture into smaller kingdoms, with the worlds closer to Cadia, Terra, and the like all remaining under Imperial control. The Astronomicon is something we're still discussing, but we have a few ideas for how it could remain active.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:13 No.12387489
    >>12387475
    *on his own
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:13 No.12387490
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    >>12387036

    Still yet to awnser this OP
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:13 No.12387492
    >>12387456
    Well, a good number of those pissed off Brits are likely Scots, who are usually drunk to begin with. And some Irish too.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:14 No.12387500
    ITT: Dumb fucks get trolled hard.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:14 No.12387508
    >>12387472
    >41k - 40k = 1k
    >1k=1000
    >1000 years: not a long time
    what?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:15 No.12387510
    >>12387401
    >Expect Skitarii Tech-Guard and AdMech-specific vehicles to be part of the war on the Eastern Fringe. That's getting a lot of attention.

    hey um.. I'm in the process of writing a fandex for Admech. Not like those shitty ones that are already out there. I mean a damn near legit one. Full fluff, artwork, rules and units that make sense and mesh with the existing fluff and the like.

    Is there anything you can tell me about the AdMech that isn't in titanicus/mechanicum and DH?

    If its hugely successful how likely is it my ass is going to get sued by GW?

    .. how likely is it that it (or parts/the spirit of it) will be adopted whenever this new AdMech stuff comes out?

    (also what's the timeline on the AdMech stuff?)
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:15 No.12387515
    >>12387404

    This right here is why you SHOULD do it. Anything that makes the hardcore 40K fanboys spaz out is worth doing. Shit, I even think the whole Blood Angels/Necrons = bros 4 eva thing is hilarious. So much nerdrage, justasplanned, etc.

    GW spy, a question...you've stated that things like Matt Ward's fluff and Phil Kelly's spessyiff's codex have attracted some negative attention from up the ladder and that they may get the boot as soon as possible. So how the fuck does stuff like that even get published in the first place if it's going to get that sort of reaction? Does nobody at GW read over that shit before it goes to press? Inb4 laughinggirls.jpg
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:15 No.12387519
    Grey Knights. When? How? who are the other fodder soldiers?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:15 No.12387522
    >>12387487
    >making the Ultramarines some kind of desperate, dirty-fighting Space Marine chapter.

    Hey, I don't really like Ultrasmurfs much more than anyone else here, but wouldn't it be REALLY hard to do this without making it look like an asspull?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:15 No.12387523
    >>12387487
    The outer world splitting into smaller Kingdom? Damn, my DH Inquisitor is gonna have his work cut out for him.

    Can you provide any specifics for the Tempetus as of late? I know that's a Segentum you tend to ignore a lot.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:16 No.12387528
    >>12387508
    The timeline has already advanced to near the end of 40999 and a bit into 41000.
    >> Dan Abnett 10/09/10(Sat)19:17 No.12387537
    >>12387456
    It's past midnight. I'm pissed on vodka and irn bru.

    And bored. This thread is dull.

    By the way, it's very easy to get a GW letterhead and pass.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:17 No.12387538
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    >Ultramarines becoming irrelevant.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:17 No.12387539
    >>12387487
    Speaking as an Ultramarine fan, I'd say changing them into a grimmer, more Roman Legion-esque version over the high-minded snooty marines of the current fluff would be a good one.

    More Cassius, less Ventris.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:18 No.12387546
    >>12387508
    They're almost at the end of the millennium already, though.

    >>12387487
    You could let Calgar live, but let him get maimed and have him do something heinous that alienates half of everybody. Then he'd lead part of the ultramarine civil war. I dunno what he'd do, though.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:18 No.12387559
    Whats going to be new with the Craftworld Eldar?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:19 No.12387562
    >>12387546
    So basically you suggest turning the Ultramarines into the Dark Angels?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:19 No.12387563
    >>12387522
    Yep.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:19 No.12387568
    >>12387464
    In the very first Codex I ever owned, "Angels of Death", the only awesomeness that I took with me was Cypher and the Fallen Angels. Deathwing were cool, but Cypher was cooler as I always pictured him as a "good guy secretly being a bad guy", never drawing his sword, appearing randomly but always connected with some grander scheme - and on his way to motherfucking Terra with a sword he never took out the scabbard.

    He works MUCH better as a character that's Pro-Imperium than Anti-Imperium. There's too much Chaos and GRIMDARK in 40k.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:19 No.12387570
    >>12387528
    ah... then disregard that. I'm mostly here to keep up to date on /tg/ fannon, don't know shit about the warhamms
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:19 No.12387572
    >>12387487

    Eeeeeeeeeeeessshhh... I'm gonna have to those two guys who didn't want the fluff changed. The ideas that are being batted about in the thread sound awful. For one thing, I'm no ultrafag but I really don't like the idea of the chapter being smacked about just because of a overcompensating reaction to the "spiritual liege" stuff. It just seems so petty and clumsy.

    Look, the Imperium's been around for ten thousand years - that's a lot of history. Can't we take a look back at that instead of doing iffy and divisive things with the modern Imperium? Confessor Dolan bringing the Nova Terra Interregnum back into the wider Imperium on the Day of Affirmation? A more in-depth look at the Age of Apostasy? Heaps of crises and calamities can be fit into .M31-.M40.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:20 No.12387575
    >>12387487
    >Well, for one, the outer worlds of the Imperium will fracture into smaller kingdoms

    This sounds really cool to be honest. Could I guess that the Rogue Traders will be the kings? Who will be their "god"? The everlasting soul of the Emprah?

    Holy shit, actually, what will become of DH/RT/DW when the Emperor dies?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:20 No.12387580
    >making the Ultramarines some kind of desperate, dirty-fighting Space Marine chapter.
    I liked them when they were a bunch of proud bureaucrats, though.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:20 No.12387584
    >>12387112
    can I have your opinion on this, please, oh great GW spy.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)19:20 No.12387585
    >>12387036
    That's what they WANT you to think.

    Seriously, the Emperor isn't really the reason why the Warp Gods haven't spilled over into reality yet. There's a few reasons, but the Emperor isn't on the list.

    He's nothing more than a psychic lighthouse on life support, and that life support's breaking down.

    >>12387519
    Grey Knights will not be changing a whole lot. Fodder soldiers will include units from the Ordo Hereticus who can be added as allies, so for the most part, they'll be a small army of 'Holy Shit What Just Happened' all over your enemy's face.

    >>12387515
    No.

    Most of the time, it doesn't get read first.

    They've learned their lesson. Expect improvements overall in what actually gets sent out. Up till now, we haven't had a problem like this that's gotten so bad.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:22 No.12387605
    >>12387585
    see
    >>12387510

    I want to know if/when all my hard work will be rendered completely irrelevant :(
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:22 No.12387606
    >>12387575

    Sounds like a really shitty idea to be honest. The Imperium just becomes this piece of shit that gets raped by Xenos, its just replaying what happened before the Age of Strife. OP said the Imperium gets better, how does getting smaller help it?
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    >implying that Guilliman is still alive
    >implying that Fulgrim is dead
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:26 No.12387640
    >>12387606
    more psykers might help holding the line now that emps isn't gobbling them up like popcorn any more

    less terra-centric bureaucracy and more neo-feudalism could help with military operations...
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:26 No.12387641
    >>12387585

    Do you know if there's a specific reason the new Dark Eldar are seemingly tailor made for slaughtering Tyranids?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:27 No.12387653
    >>12387585

    All right, stop right there.

    The Emperor dying? Okay.

    Rowboat Girlyman getting killed and the Ultrasues getting their shit slapped? Sure, I'll buy that.

    The Tau and the Demiurg teaming up? All right.

    But GW instituting quality control? This right here is what breaks my suspension of disbelief right in half. Good game, sir, you nearly had me up until that one. A 9/10 at the very least.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:27 No.12387656
    >>12387575
    >>12387606

    Seconded, it's a bad idea. The thing about the Imperium is that it's already really decentralised - each planet is its own independent culture and so on - and we've already done this separate-kingdom stuff before with the Macharian Heresy. Moreover, it comes off like a ripoff of the early Foundation books.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:28 No.12387666
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    >Matt Ward being adamant about getting to write Ultra fluff despite opposition

    His "Ultras are the best AND WE MADE NO BUTS ABOUT THAT" in the end always sounded like a jab at someone. I figured it was the fanbase but who knows...
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)19:33 No.12387703
    >>12387606
    Hey, I said the Emperor dies.

    I didn't say what happens next. We've been kicking a few ideas around. The Imperium will make a comeback later, and re-absorb all those lost worlds. We MIGHT fall back on the Star Child theory after all, but for right now, we've written that off. We've confirmed the Emperor will die, and something will happen to keep the core worlds of the Imperium together.

    Either way, the Imperium will make a comeback. We're still discussing how. In fact, give me some ideas, I'll pitch them to the others.

    >>12387641
    I have absolutely no idea. I'm not so heavily involved with the crunch. I do fluff.

    >>12387510
    Ehh. Let's just say we've got our ideas, and you have your's. Sorry, fa/tg/uy. We have it under control.

    As for ideas, um....Not really. Most of the stuff you see in Titanicus and other relevant materials is what's out there. We're coming up with a few new things. Mostly revamped Spess Mehreen and IG vehicles for use by Tech-Guard.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:35 No.12387722
    I'm really interested in necrons. Love their fluff about ancient betrayal and what not. Will there by massive changes in fluff? I remember somewhere reading about Necrons using warp to move and that C'tan are gone. PLEASE tell me that is false.

    Also what new models might they get and when released?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:37 No.12387738
    >>12387703

    How about the emperor stands up and rips off his rubber mask revealing that he was horus all along.

    Then he rips open the still unfinished webway gate and demons start swarming into earth.

    Then he beats calgar to death with his dick.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)19:37 No.12387744
    >>12387722
    Couple of new models. There's that Tomb Stalker, but that's a Forge World model. We're going back to the Necrons' original inspiration for some model ideas, breaking out Ancient Egypt for inspiration. There won't be huge numbers of new models, but there's going to be a few.

    As for the Warp, and the C'tan getting retconned. Short answer, no. Long answer, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
    >> DatFrigginGoomba !ikPvLvYZGU 10/09/10(Sat)19:38 No.12387746
    >>12387546
    >let him get maimed
    The guy already has no arms, legs, and is missing part of his brain.
    He's damn near more robot than most Techpriests.
    And while I do think that the Smurfs need to be brought down a peg (I'm a smurf player for some years), I don't think that just because Ward got silly, that they should be wholesale eliminated as a face. Hell, I thought the only reason that the Ultras held so much Imperial space is because they were the sole Imperial presence so far out on the Eastern Fringe, and needed to be self sufficient to hold their ground?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:38 No.12387752
    >>12387703

    Well if I had suggest the Emperor becomes a type of Chaos God to associated with things like order and honour, kind of a typical bible feel to him. If the Imperium has to shrink then at least just have it shrink West rather than the whole Imperium fading into this bitch ass tiny little Empire like the Tau or something. The way I see it the writers just want to turn the Imperium into a Rome.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:39 No.12387755
    You want some ideas for the outer worlds to come back to the Imperium?

    How about the subtle influence of the Inquisition? They infiltrate the self-styled kingdoms and together (all the outer sectors) they try slowly merged the kingdoms together, and then back into the Imperium.

    It might take years upon years, but the Inquisitor is big, and Inquisitors are known to live longer than most other men, no?

    But to be fair, that's a shitty idea, but it's late for me.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:39 No.12387757
    OP can you PLEASE provide some proof that you work for GW. Even a photo of the building you work at, or a photo of something you are working on. Something that won't compromise your identity in any way.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:40 No.12387762
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    >>12387744
    That is good. So will C'tan be forgeworld or playable. Also will it be like this?

    Because this is damned awful.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:40 No.12387769
    >>12387703
    If Emps doesnt come back somehow, I can see a pretty pissed fanbase. The Emperor is a HUGE part of 40K and having him just die, POOF gone, is pretty shitty on GW's part.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:41 No.12387776
    >>12387585

    I have read about TWO different fodder troops. The stormtrooper and others...

    And what about the mecha and the jetbikes?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:41 No.12387778
    I don't know anything about the warhams except what I've managed to pick up from various /tg/ threads. Basically I want to play the game, but I refuse to put together and paint the little mans because I have fat sausage fingers attached to hands that have done real work. Having said that, I have a few questions:

    for the alleged insider: is there any chance of gw making a game to woo someone like me, who wants to play but doesn't want to fuck with all the bullshit model construction?

    for probably any random warham fan: I've always wondered two things. So even with my casual knowledge of warhammer, it seems pretty obvious that blizzard just rips off ever single thing from gw. Has gw ever made any kind of official statement about this?

    Also, what is life like for, say, the average non-warring human? Or in the grim dark future of grimdark, is there only war?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:41 No.12387779
    night lords. anything regarding them?

    also, the throne of lies audio-book was awesome. you planning on keeping future audio-books of equal quality?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:42 No.12387793
    >>12387752

    >>The way I see it the writers just want to turn the Imperium into a Rome.

    I don't like the sound of this. Can't the Imperium just be... the Imperium? Its own thing with its own problems and own opportunities? Does everything have to be an x = y historical allegory?
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)19:43 No.12387803
    >>12387757
    Covered that earlier. I don't have a webcam, so I can't exactly just take a picture of my paystub. I'll figure out a way to prove my sincerity.

    Just need to buy a damned webcam.

    >>12387752
    Imperium = Rome is actually something we've been shooting for. For a good long time.

    You're forgetting, it's been fighting a constant, ongoing war on multiple fronts for 10,000 years, with a dying ruler/figurehead.

    It had this coming.

    >>12387746
    Oh, they'll still be the 'face' of the setting. But damned if they won't suffer a change in playstyle. Yes, we intend to release a PROPER Space Marines codex, with the Ultramarines getting their own later with some special rules that show 'hey, we just got our asses kicked. Here's what we can do NOW.'
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:44 No.12387809
    >>12387585
    Psychic lighthouse, nothing more, yeah? Way to rape your own fluff. I'm pretty sure the lighthouse would run on without Big E, just by burning a few thousand psyker souls a day.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:45 No.12387816
    Who will come first Tau or Necrons?

    In terms of codex and model release.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:45 No.12387818
    >>12387703
    Will GW ever plan to make pre-built models (plastic, most likely) for people who wouldn't mind forking over an extra $40 so long as they didn't have to dick around with OH GOD DAMMIT MY BASE FELL OFF AGAIN TOURNAMENT OVER?

    Also, ideas for the Imperium making a comeback:
    One of the "kingdoms" of the Imperium ending up locating a large collection of STC designs. Uses them to gain control over the other factions, and begins steamrolling back to the top.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:47 No.12387827
    The Emperor dying would actually be fucking awesome.

    The emprawankers amongst the fanbase have had this coming for a long time. For many editions "omniscient" narrative and "in the know" narrative (inquisition) has stated that humanity's hope is to evolve into a psychic race.

    SPACE JESUS IN HIS THRONE WAS NEVER GOING TO GET UP.

    I'm not averse to a Thorian plot creating a new "emperor"-analogue though.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:47 No.12387831
    >>12387809

    I thought that's exactly how the lighthouse was *powered* (by burning fuckloads of psykers), but the emprah was the thing that focused the energy into a beacon that can actually be seen.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:48 No.12387838
    >making the Ultramarines some kind of desperate, dirty-fighting Space Marine chapter.

    This could work if it was less guerilla warfare and more "We've been fighting you idiots for, what, the last 2 millennia? We know EXACTLY how to kick you where it hurts, and we're going to do it over and over until you idiots get the message!"
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:49 No.12387841
    >>12387703
    Imperium coming back after Big E's death? Sounds like the AdMech found a complete or near complete STC to me.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)19:50 No.12387844
    >>12387816
    Necrons first, both models and codex. Tau will follow. After the Chaos Codex, we'll send out the Farsight Enclaves minicodex.

    >>12387779
    Night Lords. Huge fan, they'll get a bit of attention. Nothing seriously big, since we have other ideas.

    >>12387778
    Doubtful.

    >>12387818
    Possible. That's not my department.

    >>12387776
    Mechas and Jetbikes will be getting some aesthetic revamps. Not my department, again, but expect the Eldar designs to change ever so slightly.

    >>12387762
    No, not that bad.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:50 No.12387845
    >>12387838
    I think a "Catachan" Marines thing would be in order. That'd be the coolest.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:51 No.12387851
    >>12387803

    So the Emperor dies, who becomes leader? Why would people stick to the Imperium if the Emperor is dead? It doesn't explain a lot of things to me, honestly. Per example Imperial warriors have the ability to bless their weapons that can effect deamons, and the Imperial Aquila can burn them much like a Christian cross (Eisenhorn series and Horus Heresy series), I think the Emperor must have some sort of God like powers otherwise you're going to create a lot of damn holes in your progression.

    The current 40k is stuck with no progression, this leaves writers to make current history as rich as possible and it kind of looks like you'd throw a lot of that away and disregard it by just going "lol Emp dead" despite the amount of lore that explains or talks about what might/will happen if the Emperor did indeed die.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:51 No.12387853
    So necrons are first. But who is directly next after Dark Eldar. Is it Inquisition? <random colour space marine> or is It necron? Then who?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:52 No.12387859
    >>Oh, they'll still be the 'face' of the setting. But damned if they won't suffer a change in playstyle. Yes, we intend to release a PROPER Space Marines codex, with the Ultramarines getting their own later with some special rules that show 'hey, we just got our asses kicked. Here's what we can do NOW.'

    No sir, I don't like it. I'm quite happy with my Space Centurions.

    I hate to pour cold water on new ideas, GW guy, but this is the problem. You're opening Pandora's box here and all the bad stuff is going to flood out over the fanbase. Don't be George Lucas, resist the urge to tinker with working formulas.
    >> Toloran 10/09/10(Sat)19:53 No.12387863
    Question:

    Any idea where the Adeptus Sororitas fluff is heading? Any major or semi-major changes on the horizon?

    Also: Is there going to be any more Sisters of Silence fluff?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:53 No.12387867
    >>12387844
    Well, here's to hoping that they /actually/ do something like that- I'd get into 40k if I could buy pre-built models for my armies.

    In addition, a question for your spy-ness: Do you, perchance, play any tabletop versions of 40k, like Dark Heresy or Rogue Trader? I know working for GW must be a busy job, etc, etc, but I'd love to run/play such a game with someone who works at GW (Since they'd probably be able to give me a shitton of fluffy tips for my campaign to use).
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:54 No.12387869
    >making the Ultramarines some kind of desperate, dirty-fighting Space Marine chapter.

    Only thing that quirks about that with me is that Ultras are all about textbook warfare (literally), being good chaps and whatnot, and they have a great deal of pride from what I can tell. I can see them doing small, elite unit type stuff to represent that they had their shit ruined and so only the hardest of them are left, but not so much turning into power armored savlar chem dogs.

    Or am I missing this entirely?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:54 No.12387870
    >>12387863
    That confused me. New fluff says only a few K left. But Kaurava ending says that MILLIONS of sisters visit. WTF.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:54 No.12387871
    >>12387851

    How would the average citizen even know he's dead.

    Most people don't even know he's a zombie.

    Even if the astronomicon died, the average citizen would only know what whoever is still in charge wants them to know. That includes most guard divisions.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:54 No.12387874
    >>12387851

    Emperor's death does not cause leadership issues. The High Lords have ruled Terra since the Heresy.

    The faith powers don't necessarily come from the Emperor. Remember that untouchables treat them in the same way as they treat warp powers. It's just "latent" like it is for the Orks.

    No Sister, you are the witches.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:55 No.12387883
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    So grey knights in power armor might be available again... when? (plastic perhaps?)

    I've been hearing plenty of rumor about changing about the daemonhunters/witchhunters. Maybe even making them into either one big inquisition faction (with ordo xenos too). Any truth to that?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:55 No.12387886
    >>12387859
    More Space Romans.

    Make them able to take Storm Shields on Relic Blade-wielding Vets ala Legionnaires.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:56 No.12387898
    When the emprah dies is he gone for good? Or are there plans for him to return in some way?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:56 No.12387906
    >>12387844
    >Possible. That's not my department.
    there's different fluff department?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:58 No.12387921
    >>12387871

    Oh humans will know when he's dead, like how warp travel will be fucked, word can easily get out about that, seeing they preach about how much he a "beacon" for humanity.

    >>12387874

    Of course, but once the Emperor is gone, you think they're really going to follow a bunch of corrupted dicks? The Imperium runs in the Emperor, without the Emperor I bet they'd start realizing how shitty their lives are.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)19:59 No.12387926
    >>12387838
    >Ultramarines
    >fighting
    >laughingwhores.jpg
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:00 No.12387934
    I propose a new thread. Autosage hit a while ago.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:02 No.12387955
    >>12387921
    Nnngn. Again I say, 40K without Emps isn't nearly as good. The conflict over faiths is a staple, and the Emps worship is really interesting to read about.

    I like the idea of dead emps, but in the sense of dead emps becomes something else, not dead emps goes away.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:02 No.12387956
    >>12387921

    There will be a way for safe warp travel in the central Imperial worlds. The population has followed the current leadership for ten millennia, the Astronomican flickering is not going to stop that.

    And worlds in the galactic rim such as Ultima Macharia have been already cut off due to weakening Astronomican. The "end of the universe, have fun!" is just going to increase religious fervor.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:03 No.12387963
    >>12387844
    I was asking about the rumoured GK mecha and the rumoured GK jetbike ;) so... anything to say?

    What is your field, what do you have info about?

    Cheers GW spy
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:05 No.12387981
    >>12387955

    And you think him dying would somehow stop the worship?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:07 No.12387994
    >>12387981
    Astronomicon being gone would kind of shatter the idea God-Emps for most imperium dwellers, I think.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:08 No.12388004
    >>12387921

    How many people actually travel using the warp?

    How many people can say "Hey, did you hear that the emperor is dead?" without being BLAM'd for heresy?

    It's not even like the average citizen has solid proof that the emperor exists at all. They're just told he does and have been raised that way. Some guy going "Hey he's dead" isn't going to change that.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)20:08 No.12388006
    >>12387906
    I was talking about the bases thing. The fluff department, as we call it, IS my department.

    So yeah, awesome ideas all around for how the Imperium could reunify. Thanks for that, I'll run it by the rest of the writing staff.

    >>12387869
    We're trying to make it a fall-from-grace. They end up needing to break all the rules their leader made so that the chapter can survive.

    >>12387898
    Like I said, we're bouncing around plans to somehow allow the Imperium to reunify and keep the Astronomicon running and everything. Not too sure on the Emperor himself.

    >>12387883
    The Inquisition will be covered in three seperate codices.

    >>12387853
    Dark Eldar, Necrons, and then so on from there.

    >>12387863
    Sisters of Silence are a hot-button topic around here. We're not completely sure where to go with them. Sisters of Battle won't be getting a lot in the way of changes.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:09 No.12388013
    >>12387863
    How badly did Games Workshop screw up when they realized they put 10,000 Adepta Sororitas in the entire Imperium with their terrible recent fluff? Then stated in the same paragraph, that they were at every battle. Assuming all 10,000 are Militant Sisters (which they are not), this accounts for maybe one Sister per planet. Yet, it is apparently sufficient? Does this mean one Battle Sister is worth one hundred Space Marines, in proportion?
    tl;dr What is Games Workshop doing about their abysmal sense of Galactic scaling?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:09 No.12388014
    >>12387994

    You seem to be under the assumption that the average citizen is actually in the know about anything, rather than clueless sheep.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:10 No.12388026
    >>12388013

    Maybe they travel a lot
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:11 No.12388031
    What is going the grey knight fluff?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:11 No.12388032
    I am hoping beyond hope that everything this guy is saying is false. The Emperor dying? Three different Inquisition codexes? The Imperium falling away? 40k and Fantasy not being connected? It's like everything I love about the setting is being destroyed.

    I literally feel sick
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:11 No.12388035
    >>12388013

    To continue from this, was it Matt Ward that wrote it?

    I know for certain that Kelly, Cruddace and Ward all had their hands on the 5th edition rulebook, but who was it?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:12 No.12388037
    >>12388032
    I agree, kinda. Emps going away forever, if this guy is right, is it for me. I'll be done with 40K.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:12 No.12388038
    >>12388032
    >40k and Fantasy not being connected

    It's been that way for a long time now, idiot.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:13 No.12388052
    >>12388026
    That must be it. A single Battle Sister must just be so skilled and so lethal that she appears to be an entire company of them. It's an easy mistake to make. On Armageddon, the Order of Our Martyred Lady actually only had two Sisters, instead of the normal one per world. When one actually died, it was a huge blow.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:13 No.12388058
    >The Emperor is Dead

    >Nietzsche: God is Dead

    Oh my god yes.

    Don't get me wrong, I love the oppressive, dystopia of a religion/state that the Imperium is. And their god dying?

    Glorious.

    Kinda sucks that the Star Child idea would get thrown out though- the whole "resurrection" theme would be awesome.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:14 No.12388061
    I support having Emperor die. The setting as is has no need of him, actually he could have been dead since the Heresy, Astronomican being only supported by psychic choirs and the Golden Throne's machinery, and no one would notice.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:14 No.12388065
    >>12388037

    What a stupid and trivial thing to quit over. For the entirety of the game's tenure he's been a useless corpse on a throne, important only for what he brings to background fluff. Does them finally pulling the plug on him actually do much?

    And besides, you should havee quit a long time ago, since they've been dropping hints at his imminent death for a good while now.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:17 No.12388082
    >>12388065

    The annoying thing is that we've been told throughout lore that the Emperor is the one thing keeping humanity alive, him dying would mean humanity and the Imperium would be destoryed. The whole "lol it was a conspiracy set up by the high lords" is just cliche and dull, why can't it ACTUALLY be a reality that if the Emperor does - humanity is fucked? It be better if the Emperor became a mini God that way and showed signs of hope for the Imperium.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:17 No.12388084
    >>12388037

    THAT is why you're leaving?!

    Hell, I just decided that I'm sick of the people in the local store, and I don't want to go in any more.

    Don't quit because of the fluff.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:18 No.12388089
    Thinking of starting necrons. Should I wait?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:18 No.12388092
    >>12388061

    What if he was already dead, and the Custodians keep the doors closed to keep it a secret.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:18 No.12388093
    >>12388052
    I approve of this fluff.
    >>12388065
    Well, notably, a lot of things depend on the Emperor's existence, even if it is failing. Such as Sanctioned Psykers? Soul Binding? Removing the Emperor will massively disrupt the setting in a million ways. I don't see this working unless 6th edition comes in a wave of all new fluff and codices for everyone.>>12388052
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:18 No.12388097
    >>12388032
    >>12388037

    The death of the Emperor and the subsequent nerdrage this causes will spawn the creation of the fifth Chaos god, Lolololal, the God of trolling.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:18 No.12388098
    >>12388037
    Hurp Derp. Matt Ward butchers fluff of Space Marines and you did not quit then?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:19 No.12388104
    >>12388082

    Not really.

    We've been told that certain people within the imperium *believe* that the emperor is keeping them all alive, not that he actually is.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:19 No.12388106
    >>12388084
    Thing is, I dont play- I'm into the fluff. Emps being gone forevas is boring to me, and I have no obligation to keep up with something I find boring.

    ...Unless a shitfuckton of AdMech stuff is injected into the fluff.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:20 No.12388112
    This thread is being monitored.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:20 No.12388113
    Well cool, I guess the ordo xenos will get some love then. Was figuring on some inquisition line getting made since they're apparently featuring in dawn of war 2.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:21 No.12388121
    >>12388106

    But him just lying there on a chair is just oh so exciting, right?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:22 No.12388125
    >>12388093

    Only the Soulbound psykers had to go into the throne room, and even then the process is not specified such as that the Emperor is utterly necessary. That would require very minor changes, if any.

    The rest of the psykers can be semi-lobotomized as usual, or allowed to run free like just about every psychic Inquisitor.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:23 No.12388134
    >>12388112

    Sup.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:23 No.12388140
    >>12388121

    He talks to people and gives people objectives outside his throne room, he still guides humanity, just not physically, he even has the power to freeze time.

    http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Emperor
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:25 No.12388150
    >>12388140

    Wow, how boring. I think I'm going to quit 40k forever due to this one minor fluff detail.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:26 No.12388154
    >>12388121
    See
    >>12388140

    Emps is still conscious. THAT is interesting.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:26 No.12388156
    >>12388140

    Lexicanum is fanmade wiki and contains interpretations that are not necessarily those of GW.

    Emperor talking to people and "freezing time" (it could have been him talking in Draco's head and messing with his perceptions you know) is fuckold, squat era 2e fluff. Half-eldar Ultramarines are just as valid canon as that.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)20:26 No.12388160
    >>12388113
    >Dawn of War II

    Speaking of which...

    Eliphas.

    Guess who's taking Failbaddon's place?

    What, you think that's stupid? We've had this planned for a while. There's a reason he's called Eliphas the INHERITOR. Between this, the spectacular failure of the thirteen Black Crusades, and Failbaddon's track record, the Chaos Gods are taking a bit of an offense to their champion having no arms.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:27 No.12388169
    >>12388106

    The art would look great though- I imagine a drawing of the Church of the Risen Emperor, with a stained glass window of the Emperor rising up from the throne.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:28 No.12388171
    >captcha: manerte says
    I support the emps dying but then being resurrected at some point or at least keep resurrection open for a possible finale in case GW starts going under

    i agree with manerte
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:28 No.12388175
    >>12388160

    Troll or not, Abaddon getting replaced is worth a thousand Emperors dying and Sisters raped.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:29 No.12388183
    >>12388160
    Hmm. Abaddon. Age old character with tons of fluff about him, imprinted within the minds of all chaos fans.

    Replaced by some random guy from a video game.

    Me thinks you are lying and are dirty filthy troll.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:29 No.12388191
    >>12388160
    What, are they getting pissed of his too big an ego to take their powers?
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)20:30 No.12388193
    >>12388183
    How would you feel if I said he had control of the one weapon that could kill C'tan?

    Remember? Blackstone Fortresses? There's still one left.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:30 No.12388201
    >>12388183

    Dark Crusade has more fans than Abaddon.

    I've never, ever met any player IRL who likes Abaddon fluffwise. In the internets the hatred is even more intense.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:31 No.12388202
    >>12388160

    How does Abbaddon die?

    Please... give him a glorious end. Something amazing. He kinda deserves it.

    It'd be cool if he snapped and started just killing everything near him. Rips the spine out of the Black Legion in his death throes
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:31 No.12388204
    >>12388193
    That makes sense. Plausible. Sure.

    But it is massively shooting yourself in the foot.

    Imagine the face of Ultramarine fans when Calgar is suddenly replaced by that wrinkled dude from the movie.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:32 No.12388215
    >>12388193
    WAIT, is Eliphas and Abaddons relationship going to be become a parallel to Eberrus and Horus?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:33 No.12388224
    >>12388202

    Please god make his death involve him having his arms ripped off before he dies.

    That would be awesome.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:33 No.12388231
    The Word Bearer and Night Lord books both have Chaos people, including Erebus, talking that there is growing resentment towards Abaddon, but no one wants to act openly against him.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)20:34 No.12388234
    >>12388215
    We've actually considered this. Nice little cycle we've got going. Everything old is new again and whatnot.

    >>12388202
    We're still deciding how he dies.

    Probably epic backstab from Eliphas himself. Makes sense, Chaos is practically built on that kind of Klingon-promotion mechanic.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:35 No.12388248
    >>12388160

    But... Didn't Eliphas fail in both Dark Crusade and DoW2? Not exactly the best start for anyone wanting to represent all 4 gods (though it's a good start if he's going to be the next Failbaddon).
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:35 No.12388250
    >>12388234
    You probably missed the question earlier: Do you play DH/RT, spyguy? I'm kind of curious if GW frowns/smiles upon such a thing, or if you even have enough time /for/ online roleplayan gaems.
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 10/09/10(Sat)20:35 No.12388253
    >>12388201
    I like Abaddon. Sure, the topknot is stupid, but the Black Crusades were never meant to actually conquer anything, just be an everpresent wound in the side of the Imperium and an effective terror weapon.

    Plus, his Battlefleet Gothic rules were hilarious.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:36 No.12388259
    >>12388234
    Before this 404s, do you know about Warhammer 50K? What do you think of The Ship?
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)20:37 No.12388268
    >>12388250
    I play a weekly game with some bros from the office.

    Between this, my workload, and hanging out with the daughter and wife, I am afraid my free time is limited.

    Kind of cutting into my sleep schedule to keep posting here.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:38 No.12388273
    That's it. When this Eliphas fluff comes into light I'm buying a CSM army. Grats on getting GW a new customer.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:38 No.12388277
    Christ on a fucking bike. If half of this stuff goes ahead, 40K will be dead within a year.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)20:38 No.12388278
    >>12388259
    I have no knowledge of this 50k or 'The Ship.'

    Sorry, anon.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:39 No.12388289
    >>12388278
    Hmm. Gorgutz in ork codex. Eliphas the new main chaos guy. Not a bad move I would actually say. Anything about Blood Ravens being an offical chapter with rules and models?
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)20:40 No.12388296
    >>12388289
    Yeah, they'll be getting some stuff. They won't be center-stage, though, like in the DoW games.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:41 No.12388310
    >>12388296
    Anything about The Outsider and The Void Dragon?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:41 No.12388315
    >>12388234

    My suggestion would be to put Abaddon in a Dreadnought, that's the ultimate insult to injury.

    That way he can still be a special character in the Chaos codex too.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:42 No.12388323
    What happens to the Emperors soul when he dies. The Emperor has a pretty bright fucking tastey soul.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)20:42 No.12388326
    >>12388310
    Outsider is Outside.

    The Void Dragon? Yeeeeah, remember when I mentioned the AdMech, and them getting into the game with their own army-lists?

    ....Yeah, see, the Void Dragon's going to start kicking, but he won't exactly be on his feet yet.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:43 No.12388335
    OP, either you are a true bro to us, or the best troll I've ever seen.

    Either way, I thank you.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:43 No.12388338
    >>12388315

    And put in a device that locks his legs together and makes it so he can't move.

    Also a muting button.

    Oh god, that would suck so hard for him.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:45 No.12388358
    >>12388326
    Any new races added to the tau? Dark Eldar got new races.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)20:47 No.12388376
    >>12388358
    The Demiurg really come into their own in terms of fluff, but in terms of actual tabletop gameplay, no dice bro. Sorry.

    The Farsight Enclaves will make up for this, with them making a lot of new innovations with older tech, and having advanced down another technological development path from the Tau in the mainstream Empire. This will be shown through the Earth Caste Combat Engineers and Fire Warrior Heavy Weapon Teams I mentioned.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:48 No.12388391
    >>12388376
    Are Tau Gonna have a huge aesthetic change? Will battlesuits become more or less Japanese?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:49 No.12388403
    >>12388376
    So are mainstream Tau gonna have heavy weapon teams? Also will etherals be useful for once?
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)20:50 No.12388409
    >>12388391
    Mainstream Tau will maintain their usual aesthetic. The Farsight Enclaves will be noticeably more 'piratical' and their aesthetic will appear a bit more brutal, and possibly even Orkish compared to the main Empire's Tau. That red paintjob with bone-white stripes will appear a little sinister on certain models.

    Also, expect Farsight Shas'la to start packing IG-style bayonets.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:51 No.12388416
    Since Tau are getting Farsight Enclave book, any chance Orks or Chaos Marines might get their Clans and Chapter armies returned to them? Being reduced to mere color schemes was pretty lame..
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:51 No.12388417
    >>12388409
    ...Right, once they come out, I'm starting up that Tau army I always wanted to.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:52 No.12388425
    >>12388278

    Basically, the idea was that, at some point, the High Lords thought it would be a good idea to pack up the Imperium's shit and get the hell out of Dodge. So they built a ship of fuck-huge proportions (and I mean fuck-huge: it's big enough that the ship is piloted by Holy Terra, that moves around the bridge on rails; and the ship is powered by multiple Dyson Spheres) and are basically drifting the universe to.... I forget why they're drifting through space, but basically to get away from Chaos. Of course, Orks and 'Nids managed to sneak along for the ride (via spores and Genestealers), but the presence of Chaos is vastly diminished, though a section of the ship could fall to Chaos and it be years before anyone even notices. However, faith powers not unlike those the SoB use start cropping up more often, due to the entire Imperial cult being on one ship and in close(ish) proximity to the Emperor.

    I'm pretty sure I left out some details (I think there was something about a couple of Webway gates accidentally being used in part of the construction) so feel free to correct me if I missed anything important.

    Oh, and The Ship is all. The Ship moves.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:52 No.12388429
    >>12388323
    >>12388323
    >>12388323

    Possible awnser for this OP? Surely if you are going to kill him, you'd would of thought about this? I'm going to guess someone eats his soul.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)20:53 No.12388444
    >>12388416
    We intend to bring that back. That's bugged the crap out of a lot of us lately, and we want to try and bring it back to the tabletop.

    >>12388403
    Ethereals, sadly, will still be useless. On the side, only the Farsight armies will be getting heavy weapon teams. That's strictly a Farsight Enclaves innovation. Burst Cannons and some Fusion Blasters wielded by Fire Warriors will be something the Enclaves will be packing frequently.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:54 No.12388449
    >>12388429
    I would hope Slaanesh does. Then Slaanesh is as powerful as the others.

    This is followed by a flux in the eye of terror. Which accomodates eliphases new crusade. Maybe Cadia FINALLY falls.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:55 No.12388465
    >>12388444
    Will farsight enclaves use kroot n shit?
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)20:56 No.12388468
    >>12388323
    This kind of ties in with the 'what are we doing if the Emperor dies' discussions floating around the office lately. We'll come up with something in this vein.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)20:57 No.12388482
    >>12388465
    No. The Farsight Enclaves will be fielding other Castes in place of alien auxiliaries. They're strictly Tau, and the fluff will explain their 'racism.' But, basically, constantly fighting Orks and some other alien races out in that region kind of desensitized them to playing nice with the other races in their vicinity.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:58 No.12388497
    >>12388444
    >We intend to bring that back. That's bugged the crap out of a lot of us lately, and we want to try and bring it back to the tabletop.

    dear god please not be a troll. If not you've given me hope sir, and I thank you for that
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:59 No.12388501
    >>12388468
    You know the Eldar has stones that capture there souls when they die?

    Do you think it's possible for the Emperor to have put one in his own throne?

    Maybe he say if he, or Magnus died, the essence could be captured to keep the astronicom going.

    Just a suggestion.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)20:59 No.12388502
    >>12388482
    Hmm. I play Tau at the moment. But, are the normal tau gonna have changes? Sounds like farsight thing is huge. But what about normies.
    >> Toasting in a throll phread Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)21:00 No.12388510
    >hurr Failbaddon
    Looks like the fluff department can't read their own fluff. Also, Eliphas is a terribad leader.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)21:00 No.12388516
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    >>12388468

    If you guys want to make a cliche Roman story, might as well do it properly. Why not make the Imperium come divided? I.e the Imperium gets divided into the East and the West, and then its slowly destroyed further from invasions from Xenos or inside, that would make some interesting fluff. However lets say the Eastern Imperium just remains while the West is destroyed into smaller Kingdoms or Humans/Xenos
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)21:02 No.12388525
    >>12388502
    Like I said, not much in the way of change for mainstream, normal Tau. A few new gadgets, and some mild improvements on the alien auxiliaries. Nothing fancy.

    >>12388501
    Ehh, I'll run it by the staff. Awesome idea, anon, but not sure if we'll roll with it.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)21:04 No.12388539
    >>12388525
    Question on crons again. Any info on force organisational charts? Will Flayed ones be troops? Whats this about everyone deep striking ive heard?
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)21:05 No.12388553
    >>12388539
    Not 100-percent certain about the deep-striking, but Flayed Ones WILL be Troops.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)21:06 No.12388558
    >>12388510

    >hurr I think abaddon is not written as the most cliched, cartoony villain in 40k

    It seems that it's you who can't read the fluff. Abaddon's the guy who declares crusades to gain a fucking sword, drops cyclonic warheads on his own troops and has rules for wasting half his ships firepower for shooting friendlies.

    And literally said "leave Creed to me" in Apocalypse rulebook. Fuck him, and kudos for ADB and other BL writers for preparing the ground for his removal.
    >> /tg/'s own GW Spy - This shit right here is the real deal 10/09/10(Sat)21:08 No.12388573
    Anyways, anons, it's getting late. I'm out. Been fun, later.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)21:08 No.12388579
    >>12388553
    Hmm OP as you may have noticed a lot of questions have been asked about Necrons and Tau. I asked a lot of them. This is because I want to start the hobby as either a necron or Tau player. Necrons I like because of their whole indiscriminate kill everyone thing and their ancient betrayal plus hating warp is great. I like tau because of their optimism and greater good. Plus high-tech and actually fighting to take worlds is better than fighting to defend. Any tips to help sway me?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)21:11 No.12388605
    Archive this thread. Do it now.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)21:11 No.12388609
    >>12387963
    >>12388031
    Any light on this?
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    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)21:12 No.12388620
    >>12388611
    Nobody likes you, Zoidburg.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)21:14 No.12388630
    >>12388558
    >Since that day, there have been eleven separate Black Crusades, ranging from small raids to sector-spanning conflicts that have cost the lives of millions of Imperial soldiers. On the world of El’Phanor, the Despoiler exterminated the kin of the Kromarch and on Mackan, Abaddon earned the eternal hatred of the Blood Angels when he slew their warriors and violated their flesh. Beneath the Tower of Silence on Uralan, Abaddon was led to the daemon sword Drach’nyen by a golden-skinned stranger and with this cursed item, carved himself a realm of diabolical evil within the Eye of Terror before plunging the Gothic sector into war. Once more the Imperium was victorious, but the cost of victory was high and two of the Blackstone Fortresses, powerful weapons created in ancient times by long-forgotten hands, were lost to the Despoiler. Numerous other incursions, too scattered and random to be called Black Crusades have plagued the Cadian Sector and there can be no respite while this most evil of heretics still lives.

    http://www.blacklibrary.com/Free-Extras/A-conversation-with-Dan-and-Aaron-pt-1.html
    >He’s always been my favourite lore character, and if I had to put it down to one story I wanted to tell, it would be that one.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)21:16 No.12388648
    >>12388579
    New necron codex is coming out first(and if OP is to be believed, still a ways off), but if you want to start an army straight away the current Tau codex is alot better off than the current Necron codex
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)21:22 No.12388692
    >>12388630

    You see how he says that "the guy is crying for some depth" and that the story idea is just his rise to be the saturday morning eeevil warhamster we all hate to see?

    He's the least threatening, most unoriginal bad guy in 40k, and his 13th Crusade of fail ended in a failed attack against Creed.

    "Leave Creed to me". This is all there is to Abaddon.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)21:30 No.12388755
    How to archive threads?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)21:45 No.12388881
    >>12388692
    >least threatening
    Abaddon poses a greater threat than any other mortal servant of Chaos. No other lord of the Traitor Legions can garner the support he can. If all his Black Crusades are failures simply for not destroying the Imperium (which is only a long-term goal and not the immediate objective of every single attack), then all the various other factions that wish to control the galaxy (other Chaos Lords, Necrons/C'tan, Dark Eldar now as well apparently, etc.) are failures too.

    And just for the sake of correctness, the actual quote is: "The Cadian known as Creed... his death is mine and mine alone to inflict. Is this understood?"

    (According to that same battle report, Yarrick managed to take time off from hunting Ghazghkull to act as bait for Abaddon along with Creed and Stern and get himself killed by a Plaguereaper.)
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)21:57 No.12388993
    >>12387401
    Vote this shit up in the archiveeeees
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)22:00 No.12389012
    >>12388881

    Abaddon posing more of a threat than any other mortal servant of Chaos speaks of Chaos' weakness as a threat to the Imperium. Daemonic infestation is a threat unrelated to him, and the Black Crusades have had an effect on extremely small areas. They have all been, as far as their effect goes, hit and run attacks with most of the losses regainable by Imperium. Not nearly of the same magnitude as invasions like that of Hive Fleets, of which every single one rendered innumerable worlds useless to the Imperium.

    It is fallacious to place "toppling the Imperium" and "total irrelevance" as the only possible options for the enemy factions. Abaddon is, however, in the low end of the scale. He is also written as the most cliched villain imaginable, reminiscent of the likes of G1 Transformers Galvatron.

    As for the Apocalypse rulebook Abaddon does have a "leave Creed to me" moment attributed to him, but Yarrick storywise has little to do with this book.

    As it is, Abaddon is a cliched "dark lord" villain, his campaigns are unimpressive and his continued existence and de facto leadership of the CSM faction speaks against the capriciousness of his patrons. The setting is better off without him, and if GW could off Eldrad they can do the same to Abaddon.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)23:04 No.12389637
    >>12389012
    >Daemonic infestation is a threat unrelated to him, and the Black Crusades have had an effect on extremely small areas. They have all been, as far as their effect goes, hit and run attacks with most of the losses regainable by Imperium. Not nearly of the same magnitude as invasions like that of Hive Fleets, of which every single one rendered innumerable worlds useless to the Imperium.
    The Black Crusades haven't been about territorial gain/denial though, save for the 13th - and though it may be a comparatively small area, if Cadia falls, the hordes trapped within the Eye will be able to flood out in potentially limitless numbers and strike at the Imperium as they please. Not to mention the Necron codex describing the Gothic War as "ravaging an entire sector of hundreds of worlds and eliminating entire star systems in a fashion unseen since the War in Heaven", or Eldrad speaking of the 13th Black Crusade as a conflict the likes of which has not been seen since the Horus Heresy.

    >It is fallacious to place "toppling the Imperium" and "total irrelevance" as the only possible options for the enemy factions.
    Never said those were the only options. But the examples given are factions who, like Abaddon, wish to see the Imperium gone, yet have not succeeded as yet. By the same logic applied when accusing Abaddon of failure, they too should be considered failures.
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)23:26 No.12389850
    >>12389637

    The hordes trapped in the Eye have always been threatening to spill out, and if Cadia's capable of holding them they might not be that impressive after all. I also always found it rather silly how the old fluff writers tried to give Abaddon credibility in the form of a frightening superweapon, the Planet Killer, a ship famous because it is capable of essentially just performing an Exterminatus, an iconic Imperial internal security procedure.

    The Necron codex's description is not the first time when the fluff is guilty of hyperbole. We've seen the aftereffects of Gothic War in practice, and the Imperium - not even Segmentum Obscuras - was shaken. The damage was restricted to Gothic Sector, Abaddon was pushed back and what he got for his trouble were the surviving Blacktone Fortresses.

    Eldrad was also proven wrong in his predictions, even Cadia was not taken by the 13th crusade. It however established Creed's status as Abaddon's archnemesis, and that a warlord who has somehow survived ten millennia serving as the chosen of supposedly unpredictable and unforgiving gods would specifically demand to personally slay the cigar-smoking baseline human in a pompous old-school villain style.

    The degree of Abaddon's success in comparison to any of the Hive Fleets or other threats of grave magnitude, and the peculiar nature of his character and faction, indeed justify calling him "General Failure" and the most cliched villain in the setting. His death, or fall from the Warmaster status, would not remove anything of worth from the setting, and potentially could only add to it.

    Abaddon is something
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)23:36 No.12389923
    If Eliphas is coming back, what the hell happened to Sindri?
    >> Anonymous 10/09/10(Sat)23:38 No.12389938
    >>12389923

    Soul sacrificed to free the daemon in the Maledictum.
    >> Anonymous 10/10/10(Sun)00:22 No.12390327
    bump

    shame none of this stuff will be confirmed for over a year



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