Post by hyv3mynd on Oct 30, 2015 14:51:34 GMT -5
So I snuck out to Millennium this afternoon and grabbed the new codex. Here's some impressions I gathered on my first pass:
1 - So the commander can now buy a coldstar suit upgrade making him a FMC, but no smash, fear, or vector strike. However he's t4 and can still be grounded, so one failed grounding test insta-kills him unless you purchased a shield generator or iridium suit.
2 - Riptides, Hammerheads, and Skyrays can now be in units of 1-3. Yay for highlander legal list with 3 riptides? New "Fire Team" special rule gives units of 3 ghostkeels or 3 riptides +1 BS.
3 - They added stormsurge, ghostkeel, breacher team, coldstar commander, and some extra drones/turrets, but from what I've seen, all the existing units retained the same statlines and points cost. Supporting fire remained the same. It's essentially the same army with a couple new units. You won't have to re-learn how to play with or against the army once you're familiar with the new units.
1 - So the commander can now buy a coldstar suit upgrade making him a FMC, but no smash, fear, or vector strike. However he's t4 and can still be grounded, so one failed grounding test insta-kills him unless you purchased a shield generator or iridium suit.
2 - Riptides, Hammerheads, and Skyrays can now be in units of 1-3. Yay for highlander legal list with 3 riptides? New "Fire Team" special rule gives units of 3 ghostkeels or 3 riptides +1 BS.
3 - They added stormsurge, ghostkeel, breacher team, coldstar commander, and some extra drones/turrets, but from what I've seen, all the existing units retained the same statlines and points cost. Supporting fire remained the same. It's essentially the same army with a couple new units. You won't have to re-learn how to play with or against the army once you're familiar with the new units.
