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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Jun 24, 2022 18:27:50 GMT -5
General's handbook has been once a year since AOS started. I'm not sure it's going to every six months.
Everything I've seen seems quite positive.
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Post by dave on Jun 24, 2022 20:23:21 GMT -5
The new 6 month timeline speculation comes from the fact that the new GHB has 2022-23 season 1 in the title. Makes it sound like there will be a 2022-23 season 2. Plus 40k just went from a 1 year to a 6 month cycle, so I'm not sure it's completely unprecedented.
Definitely looking forward to picking up this book though.
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Post by Hi I'm Derek on Jun 24, 2022 21:59:12 GMT -5
I didn't watch the stream but supposedly it was stated point blank seasons were to be 6 months long, which lined up with the titling.
It certainly would be weird to have a season 1 for every year so it seems like a pretty safe bet there's going to be at least two a year.
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Jun 25, 2022 7:17:30 GMT -5
much like 40k I'm not going to worry too much about it... if what they offer isn't something I want I don't buy it.
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Post by kurdz on Jun 25, 2022 9:28:52 GMT -5
My hope is that the second "season" is kept at the Kronspine level. They can introduce a new tech piece, move the narrative forward as they get ready move around the realm. Some new battleplans and meh. Players who are super jazzed or meta chasing may pick it up.
I really don't see how they plan on "forcing" the community to buy into this second season. And if they largely get ignored by tournaments and sales are low enough, hopefully they reconsider in a year or two.
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Post by Hi I'm Derek on Jun 25, 2022 15:56:17 GMT -5
That would make it more digestible for sure. So far the two main battlepacks have been pretty mechanically intense so getting like a mid-year mixup would help them keep the living meta fresh without the burden of having to learn a whole new set of missions and rules before you even have time to finish building an army.
Also I forgot about Thondia- did anyone here buy that? It felt like it came and went and besides the elemental thing nobody noticed.
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Post by artonas on Jun 25, 2022 21:22:06 GMT -5
It’s weird to package a miniature like that solely in a terrain boxset that I’m pretty sure didn’t come with the rules which had to be bought separately. The mini was cool but it was a weird paywall.
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Post by dave on Jun 25, 2022 21:36:49 GMT -5
Definitely a weird choice. It practically screamed "3D print this model!". I thought the terrain was cool enough, but it was mostly just scatter, and I definitely didn't need it. Don't even get me started on those fold-out cardboard battlemats they keep trying to make relevant. And you're right, the box didn't come with the rules to actually use the incarnate. Big paywall made up of stuff a good chunk of people wouldn't actually make use of.
I guess they hoped the big fancy not-endless spell usable by all armies would be enough to push sales. Honestly though, I think it just pushed people to get creative with proxies. I wasn't actually interested in adding it to my army, so I didn't really look into making my own.
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