Hopes for army rules and orders?

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

So what does everyone want to see from the army rules?

Do you want to see all the same orders that we have now? Hoping for new orders?

personally I want a set of 6-8 orders that are kinda specialized for infantry and 4-6 for armored vehicles, so 2-3 that can be issued general infantry, 2-3 that can be issued to FOBs and HWS, 2-3 that can be issued specifically to elite infantry.

1-2 for indirect fire vehicles. 1-2 for AA vehicles, 1-2 for tanks, AFVs, and APCs

[MrKoolPants]

It’s tough to say without getting a look at the direction the new model range and datasheets are going. Generally, the fewer orders you (and your opponent) have to juggle, the better. That way there are fewer interactions with stratagems, abilities, auras, psychic powers, etc, slowing the game down.

In the spirit of balancing simplicity with character/fluffiness, I’d hope for something like this:

There are three “standard” orders that infantry officers can give to infantry, and vehicle officers can give to vehicles: 

1) re-roll 1s to hit

2) move and advance again instead of shooting

3) models that remained stationary may shoot twice

Additional orders are attached to the Doctrine traits as described in the warcom article. So, for example, if you take the “Catachan-style” trait, you can issue/receive the “Catachan-style” order.

Both the standard and doctrine orders would be mediated by Keywords.