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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Sept 6, 2019 16:54:30 GMT -5
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Post by cmcd on Sept 6, 2019 18:04:48 GMT -5
First update is monday
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Post by trantos01 on Sept 6, 2019 19:24:07 GMT -5
From the fluff I can see how this will effect the Humans, Eldar and even the T'au *they're psychic blunts with very little presence in the Warp so something might happen). The other races are a little more up in the air for me.
Orks don't have traditional psykers and instead universally use the WAAAGH! field. Though for all I know the event coud super-charge the field resulting in Ghazghkull getting turned into a dreadnought-sized Prime-Ork due to the Orks belief in him. Of course said belief might also change Yarrick's model to have a 72' anti-tank beam attack (like Mortarion's gun) and a 3+ feel no pain (unless he's fighting Ghazghkull).
Tyranids and Genestealer Cults I can see tweaking themselves due to the higher levels of Warp energy but considering the sheer power of the Hive Mind I can't see too many differences.
Necrons on the other hand, don't have souls to use or be affected by the waves of 'raw empyric energy'. Only thing I can see them getting in relation to this is anti-psyker measures that don't require taking Spyders or a Tomb Stalker/Sentinel....which I am perfectly fine with.
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Oct 6, 2019 16:20:34 GMT -5
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Post by LizardTau on Oct 6, 2019 16:55:59 GMT -5
Sounds like these books will be good updates for factions
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Post by Khalai on Oct 6, 2019 19:42:52 GMT -5
Goddamn, I'm trying to move and downsize. |
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Post by hobbyadd on Oct 7, 2019 16:32:50 GMT -5
Anyone what to go halves on the Phoenix box? I just want the drukhari part
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Post by trantos01 on Oct 8, 2019 17:54:04 GMT -5
Ran across a bunch of interesting notes (fluff and otherwise) that somebody pulled from the the Psychic Awakening Preview Stream ( www.twitch.tv/videos/490095703 )
-They have been working on it for 2 years.
-The idea of the psychic awakening has been in the background for ages. Humanity as a whole is evolving into a psyker species.
-The Emperor foresaw this and knew that if left uncontrolled humanity will suffer the same fate as the Aeldari. The only difference is that the Aeldari weren't that populace and were concentrated in one part of the galaxy. Their Fall created the Eye of Terror. Humanity is more numerous than the Pre-Fall Aeldari and they are spread across the galaxy. Their Fall will be far greater in scale and magnitude.
-The Great Rift caused an increased rate of psyker births
-The goal of the project in the coming months is to give all the selected factions rule updates, lore content, and/or models in a condensed manner. It won't be like the other events where two or three factions are involved and the others get nothing.
-The whole event is meant to show the effect of the Great Rift birth and the rampant psychic awakening on the various factions. Basically, what were they up to during the Great Rift formation and the Indomintus crusade. Jeeezz, it's not lore progression, it's goddamn filler!
-The rule ideas that they didn't think of when writing the earlier codexes, will be featured in this event. It's their chance to inject some pizzazz into these factions.
-You won't be able to guess what each faction will get. The studio guys will do different approaches. Be more creative with things.
-The majority of the Drukhari and the Asuryani don't want anything to do with the Ynnari. The Ynnari are causing more divisiveness in Aeldari culture rather than more unity.
-The Pheonix Lords have cautiously allied with the Ynnari.
-The Aeldari, humanity, and the T'au represent three stages of 40K galactic nation evolution. The Aeldari are the future (The Fall), humanity is the present (the journey), and the T'au are in the same spot humanity was before the DAoT (the start). Humanity is walking in the footsteps of the Aeldari while the T'au, in turn, are walking in the footsteps of mankind. The Aeldari know well where this path leads, where humanity and the T'au are heading, so they can try to guide the future.
-The Asuryani are not the good guys. They are manipulative and are just out for themselves. But they are civil in the way they do their things.
-The events of the Psychic Awakening are all happening at the same time.
-The Psychic Awakening will be a big and long-running event that will be the focus of many books and content for a long while
-Humanity's psychic evolution began before the birth of the Great Rift. It hastened with the Great Rift. And will continue on until either somebody figures out a way to stop humanity from evolving into psykers, or all humans become psykers and blow up the galaxy.
-The Indomintus Crusade (The 100 years that it was active) will be explored and detailed for a long time. The Horus Hersey and its 7 years was a subject for a lot of content. The 100 years of the Indomintus Crusade will keep GW and the playerbase busy for way longer. REJOICE! The Psychic Awakening is just the start of the exploration of that era.
-The way GW handles AoS and 40K storytelling differently. AoS is an episodic setting that has its lore expanded and progressed with each release. AoS follows a linear storyline. 40K storytelling revolves around creating a big backdrop and then sprinkling it with stories and also give the fans the option of using the backdrop to tell their own stories. What they did in 8th ED is just repainting the backdrop. Though there are ongoing narrative arcs, GW is not interested in telling a linear ongoing story in 40K.
-Another goal of this event is to show how large the galaxy is.
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