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I'm pretty pleased with what was revealed today. The forced charge aspect is a little fiddly, but the way these vows are split makes me think we might get a strat, relic, or WT trait that lets us ignore the passion side for a unit, so you can play around in that space a little. It's prime design space for a 1 CP strat to ignore the down sides for a phase or turn.

 

Other than that, it's exciting to see Knights of Sigismund without the charge restriction, especially in a world of Necron and Ork T5. Between that, the mortal wounds output, and the restructuring of Divine Push, it feels like they're shoring up some of our 8th weaknesses while making us play less cheesy and more solidly. We needed reliable mortal wounds output, now we have some. We have targeted rerolls that let us operate away from characters. And it looks like some of the fat in our Litanies list was trimmed out for actual usable things. I'm already seeing some gold here. The highest points might have been trimmed down a bit, but it looks like our lowest are coming way up.

So they might include rules in the codex to mitigate crippling mechanics and removals introduced in the new codex.

 

Cool, I hope that is the actual case and that there is some gold to play with rather than the questionable new stuff that has been presented so far.

 

Even a we know you play the current playstyle is X but our goal is Y style of statement would be nice.

It doesnt mention if the invulnerable lasts for a turn like the Abhor the Witch movement buff, unless it gets amended fast that really does mean all kinds of Dreadnoughts will get a 5++ for the whole game. This and Accept Any Challenge are the best Vows, this is just pure gold.

Uphold is definitely strong. Arguably too strong. Then again I am just a bit less excited about rules like this that just slap durability buffs onto everything. One or two grinder armies in the game is fine, every army getting to be a grinder army is a slog.

 

The moment have come brothers, tomorrow will be the dawn of pre orders and reviews of the box. We are moments away from the rules being released into the wild. I am going to miss this thread as it had been a fun ride and hope that it will birth many crusades in the Emperor's name.

 

Here's to the teasers and rumours being fulfilled and to the future rumours of the next primaris wave that will eventually come to us.

Here's to trying to order while at work via my phone. Fingers crossed I don't end up on the "made to order" list.

 

ditto

Got my box! First time playing a loyalist faction. Ever. Strange times...

 

At least I won't be the only "Marshal (x)" person on the internet to not play Black Templars anymore. :P

 

 

That's my first time pre ordering stuff on games workshop and I still see nothing. Can someone tell me if it's region lock ? And the release is later for western europe ?

Yes, usually around 10am local time.

Okay ! Thanks ! I was starting to be a bit afraid that I miss it xD

I really like the vows, at least from a fluff perspective. Each really makes sense for the Black Templars, and so do the passions.

 

Accept any Challenge: We're a chapter of knights and swordsmen, closing with the enemy to kill them in close combat is basically our m.o. Plus, by keeping our extra attack throughout the combat it emphasises our sustained aggression. And as for the passion, if we fall back then we clearly haven't "accepted any challenge" since we'd be backing down.

 

Abhor the Witch: we hate them and want to kill them, getting closer at the start of the battle and making sure we hit in combat makes sense. And why would we focus on an action like collecting information or raising a flag when we have a filthy witch nearby that needs killing?

 

Suffer Not: we hate xenos and lots of them are incredibly tough, we want to make sure our blows count. And if we don't suffer them to live, it's also unsurprising if our zeal makes us attack the nearest foe in sight.

 

Uphold the Honour: Divine protection granted by the grace of Him on Earth, links nicely with our mortal wounds defence and since the Emperor is protecting us, why would we use cover?

 

Now they aren't necessarily all super competitive, but as far as fluffy rules go, I think they're pretty great.

Ordered mine from my local indy spot on 10am and going by what others have said he should have enough allocation by the sound of it.  I mean if US stores are fine I doubt UK ones will have issues.  Well as long as GW has enough HGV drivers anyway. 

Box ordered while at work on my phone, can i yell wether im the chosen pre order group or a made to order second class citizen?

How do you know? My pre order got :cussed up on the pc cause i still havent received the text message to confirm my card. 20 minutes ago lmao

Edited by Sete

Sorry to hear that Sete.

 

Reinhard, I had a look at the GW article for the pre-order promise and it says this "When you place your pre-order, it will be clear whether you’re buying existing stock or the Made to Order version, so you’ll know what to expect."

 

So I think it will say pre order for an existing box and something else for made to order? Maybe?

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