More new images. Khaine's Gate shatters!

Harlequins probably lose nothing because they exist in this weird pseudo-faction limbo where no one buys or plays them. Look at Death Masque, they were practically giving them away for that price. GW is probably going to use this as an excuse to undo the horrendous unit requirements currently needed to include them in an army.

I sure hope so.

TeenageAngst wrote:

Painjunky wrote:

Our codex says that khaine's gate opening would be extremely bad for the webway and of course Commorragh. Like spewing out an endless torrent of deamons bad.

Thats why they went to so much trouble to seal it up in the first place. And why Vect has stationed 500 incubi to guard it and several of his arcane super weapons in the chamber.

GW does not read their own fluff anyway so i'm not expecting a coherent story here.

Anything they want can happen when Khaine's Gate opens because it's not real.

You dont say.

If Khaine's gate is fully opened Commorragh would suffer the same fate as Shaa-dom.
Tho it might take a week and a half.

TeenageAngst wrote:

If they want to draw the CWE players into playing Ynnadi (and thus buying all forthcoming Aeldari models/books) they have to make them at least on par with the CWE in terms of effectiveness. Simply opening up the DE and Harlequin codexes isn't enough, CWE more or less already have that AND fabulous formations to boot. Even ignoring Forge World, they need something on par with 30 Warp Spiders, or the Wraith Host, or the Seer Council. Giving wraith units something disgusting like the old pain token rules might just be enough to do it though.

Why do you assume all Craftworld Eldar players are power gamers only?

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Why do you assume all Craftworld Eldar players are power gamers only?

The Eldar start collecting box has 3 Windriders and a Jetseer. That isn't a coincidence.

I play Eldar and I'm not a powergamer in the slightest.

Correlation does not imply causation, or allow broad assumptions about populations.

Far more likely is that most powergamers these days have gravitated towards Eldar. That does not imply that all eldar players are poewrgamers, only that most powergamers play eldar (if that's even the case).

Painjunky wrote:

TeenageAngst wrote:

Painjunky wrote:

Our codex says that khaine's gate opening would be extremely bad for the webway and of course Commorragh. Like spewing out an endless torrent of deamons bad.

Thats why they went to so much trouble to seal it up in the first place. And why Vect has stationed 500 incubi to guard it and several of his arcane super weapons in the chamber.

GW does not read their own fluff anyway so i'm not expecting a coherent story here.

Anything they want can happen when Khaine's Gate opens because it's not real.

You dont say.

If Khaine's gate is fully opened Commorragh would suffer the same fate as Shaa-dom.
Tho it might take a week and a half.

Eh, Vect likely has failsafes in place to deal with stuff. Or can just lock off the area with super shields of some sort.

TeenageAngst wrote:

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Why do you assume all Craftworld Eldar players are power gamers only?

The Eldar start collecting box has 3 Windriders and a Jetseer. That isn't a coincidence.

Thats about as piss poor as excuses get.

I speak from my own experience, and my experience is that every Eldar player is a power gamer, because every one I have met has power gamed even in casual games. I'm sure fluffy Eldar players theoretically exist but not in the NOVA area. They are an enigma to me.

That is obtuse.

As Ynnead has said "Correlation does not imply causation, or allow broad assumptions about populations."

Your experience does not statistically speak for every Eldar player. Your experience is simply your experience and perspective. Nothing more, nothing less.

Can we all now get off the topic of attacking our Eldar Brethren and talk about Khaine's Gate?

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If Khaine's gate is fully opened Commorragh would suffer the same fate as Shaa-dom.
Tho it might take a week and a half.

Speaking of Shaa-dom I would love if they expand upon that portion of the webway and El'uriaq's lore as what I've read about him I really like (Except for the Daemon part    )

stevethedestroyeofworlds wrote:

Painjunky wrote:

TeenageAngst wrote:

Painjunky wrote:

Our codex says that khaine's gate opening would be extremely bad for the webway and of course Commorragh. Like spewing out an endless torrent of deamons bad.

Thats why they went to so much trouble to seal it up in the first place. And why Vect has stationed 500 incubi to guard it and several of his arcane super weapons in the chamber.

GW does not read their own fluff anyway so i'm not expecting a coherent story here.

Anything they want can happen when Khaine's Gate opens because it's not real.

You dont say.

If Khaine's gate is fully opened Commorragh would suffer the same fate as Shaa-dom.
Tho it might take a week and a half.

Eh, Vect likely has failsafes in place to deal with stuff. Or can just lock off the area with super shields of some sort.

That just seems too easy and lazy.
Why expend an exorbitant amount of resources keeping it guarded if its no big deal?

For the record i don't think commorragh will be totally destroyed i just hope GW puts some thought into it and comes up with a coherent story. Their fluff writing hasn't been great lately.

Painjunky wrote:

stevethedestroyeofworlds wrote:

Painjunky wrote:

TeenageAngst wrote:

Painjunky wrote:

Our codex says that khaine's gate opening would be extremely bad for the webway and of course Commorragh. Like spewing out an endless torrent of deamons bad.

Thats why they went to so much trouble to seal it up in the first place. And why Vect has stationed 500 incubi to guard it and several of his arcane super weapons in the chamber.

GW does not read their own fluff anyway so i'm not expecting a coherent story here.

Anything they want can happen when Khaine's Gate opens because it's not real.

You dont say.

If Khaine's gate is fully opened Commorragh would suffer the same fate as Shaa-dom.
Tho it might take a week and a half.

Eh, Vect likely has failsafes in place to deal with stuff. Or can just lock off the area with super shields of some sort.

That just seems too easy and lazy.
Why expend an exorbitant amount of resources keeping it guarded if its no big deal?

For the record i don't think commorragh will be totally destroyed i just hope GW puts some thought into it and comes up with a coherent story. Their fluff writing hasn't been great lately.

Considering he's only stationed a few hundred incubi in terms of personell, it seems like he's just planning on using it to remove his rivals. And its not like GW hasn't done lazy writing before

I dislike the term "power gamer" when applied to people who play tabletop wargames. It has negative connotations. Tabletop wargames are, at their core, about using the most effective strategy available to defeat one's opponent. Chess was one of the earlier such games.

You will never hear someone who replays napoleonic battles via a tabletop wargame refer to another player as a power gamer. It's a unique occurrence to fantasy tabletop wargaming because the fantasy element draws in people who'd otherwise, perhaps, not be drawn to the wargame element of the entire thing(such as roleplayers from other types of tabletop games). But let's not forget that a wargame is precisely what it is. Don't fault people for playing it.

I don't fault people for power gaming per se, but my point holds that if people want to run effective lists, which *is* a big appeal of the CWE currently, they have to make the Ynnadi on par with what currently exists. Not all CWE players are WAACs, but they certainly draw that crowd, so much so the boxed kit for them includes the building blocks for their most powerful list.

As for Khaine's Gate, it's going to open, Daemons will pop out, something will blow up, and some event will transpire that will force the Commorrites to play nice with the Craftworlders to a greater extent than they otherwise would.

Would it be possible to just "cut off" that portion of the city like a tumor and call it a day? Maybe move it into a sun somewhere?

The hate for CWE players makes me sad. As I've mentioned before, I have a friend who plays CWE. He feels unable to participate in 40k forums due to the bile directed against players of certain armies. It's really unpleasant.

Barrywise wrote:

Would it be possible to just "cut off" that portion of the city like a tumor and call it a day? Maybe move it  into a sun somewhere?

That is what's happened before, but I think with Khaine's Gate the issue is that it's pretty much directly underneath Vect's crib (which is presumably in the heart of Commorragh).

Still, I don't think they'll irreparably wreck the place so much that it forces the DEldar into realspace.

Even if it does, I've come to the epiphany that it's much better to embrace change in the fluff and incorporate it into the background for your army than worry about it or rail against it. For instance, my Archon's having a ball chopping up daemons with an actual element of risk to dying. Most alive he's felt in centuries. Plus, as a relatively lowly Archon in the power stakes, it's an opportunity to mix things up in the higher echelons too.

As for my Craftworld, I've decided that despite them being Ynnead worshippers prior to the apotheosis, their seers are revolted somewhat by the form that Ynnead has taken. They've decided to extend a warm welcome to this new faction, but keep them at arms length.

See weave it into the story if Commorragh does get overrun, then surely your Kabal has an escape plan

The new White Dwarf says "...Yvraine cut her way free from the daemonic infestation that rocked Commorragh soon after her ascension". I might be reading more into this than I should but 'rocked' doesn't sound like Commorragh is going to be obliterated.

Agreed

It was just that even if Commorragh is obliterated, doesn't mean the Dark Eldar are in any way done for...

Oh Vect is sure to have a plan B.
Unless GW forgets their own fluff again...

Haemonculus coven supplement wrote:

999.M41 THE GATEWAY AJAR Beneath Commorragh, the occult phenomena haunting Khaine’s Gate intensify to a daunting degree. As the thunderous pounding on the other side of the portal increases in frequency and volume, the elders of the Dark City prepare for a Dysjunction of dimension-shattering magnitude. Each Coven looks to the future in its own way, enacting ancient failsafes and putting long-honed plans into action. Rumours of Neocommorragh, an exclusive sub-realm that Vect has created as a shelter against the coming cataclysm, are whispered in boudoirs and bordellos across the Dark City. The future looks uncertain indeed.

Vect is really a wonderful character. I really hope that GW will keep him around.

At most it sounds like the city took a glancing hit and not a pen. I'd expect Vect to implement a giant soul trap over the exposed gate or something and take advantage of what he's got.

Warhammer 40k's FB page just dropped this....