WFB: Orcs & Goblins Latest Rumors
Looks what right around the corner for the first army book to break since Warhammer Fantasy 8th Edition shipped… New Orcs & goblins rumors.
Animosity is going to get a bit more complex. Units are supposed to infight and/or shoot/attack others. But the potential benefits are bigger as well.
In general, the point costs are supposed to be lower.
The Arachnork spider is going to be huge (just think of a beast being able to spit on the WHF buildings – from above!). The profile is based around the number 7… its biggest problem seems to be the goblin crew.
Choppas give a strenght-bonus in the first round of a combat (wether charge or not). Every Ork weapon is a choppa now – spears, magical weapons… a BO would attack with +3S in the first round of combat, as an example.
The number of magic items is going to be drastically reduced.
Feral Orks on boars… think S5… potentially 4A… dangerous on the charge…
Black Orks might get another attack on top of what hey have, and seem to be more dangerous than before.
Most interesting: there are a few new units without models. When those will be released… no idea.Arachnorak:
Bigger as the Screaming Bell
Can be a mount for a shaman
Can be a mount for a bolt thrower or a net launcher (this one reduces stats).
Rare ChoiceGoblin Slittaz:
Upgrade for normal Goblin units, but they are not hiding.
WS 4
A 3, Armourpiercing, ASF
Looking like NinjasWurzzag on foot is coming definitely.
Savage Orcs Boars 5 in one box
Savage Orcs 10 in one box, but so much parts, that you can say you have 11.General Orc boys could get a point more expensive, with a possible improvement in stats.
Goblins could get a little cheaper.
Choppa’s indeed apply to any weapon.
Trolls move from rare to special, while rivertrolls and stonetrolsl remain rare.
Savage Orcs get a very fun option I will reveal when the pics of the miniatures are shown, though they speak for themselves… =)
Oh, and there apperantly IS a kind of Squig fanatic. I still don’t buy this one.1. The Araknarok can carry a rock lobber, a shaman or an icon that makes all orcs within 12 inches Stubborn
2. It’s the biggest FB monster kit they’ve ever made. It’s bigger than the Stegadon or the Screaming Bell
3. There’s an option with the Savage Orcs to carry a stone axe so big that it takes two models to do so: that’s why someone mentioned there are 11 Savage Orcs in the box…sort of. It’s another figure that’s specifically to help with the big axe.
4. The battalion box wasn’t mentioned in the meeting he went to: he said he thinks it might come in a sort of “third wave” of releases, a couple of months after the others.
5. The rulebook’s definately hardback. I can’t remember if he said 112 pages or 120
6. Boys box sets are going down to 15 models, for roughly the same price.
7. Savage orc boar boys will be the same (money) price as the regular ones.
8. He didn’t know how much savage orcs would cost (still talking about money, not points) but he said they’d be priced to sell in large numbers. The example he gave was Greatswords: you don’t have to field any in an Empire army, and if you do you tend to field 10 or 20. So GW don’t sell many of them, so they’re relatively expensive to make because they need to recoup the cost of the mould. Empire State Troops sell by the bucketload, so they cost less for 10. He reckons savage orcs will be the same price as State Troops.
9. By being careful (i.e. using one as a shaman mount), it’s possible to field 3 aranarok spiders in one army (??? weird. I guess they must be a lot of points?)
10. The pre-orders will be up next week.
~Have at it folks, and remember standard caveats apply. with pre-orders showing up next week, we won’t have long to wait. Also, hardcover!!!
