Warhammer Fantasy an Ogres view of 8th edition.

Just a hello Shawn down at BTP, and a look at the new 8th edition to WFB from an Ogres point of view.

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• Ogres
• warhammer
• fantasy
• battle
• 8th
• edition
• rules
• thoughts.

[Skragg101]

@paladinlez yes sir. but i really dont follow it much

[CurseoftheGarrett]

Great explanation lol

So in your opinion, high elves always striking first, would that be a bit overpowering being that 8th edition is much more geared towards and infantry and when you have always strike first and equal to or higher initiative you get to re-roll to hits!!! which basically means the high elves now have eternal hatred towards everyone and always strike first. Do you think that is OP?

[Skragg101]

@CurseoftheGarrett OP? ehh its all relative. IMO High Elves are pricey, and while they do get to swing first and have reroll to hit, they are going to be in smaller units.

What is really nasty is their Elite Army rule in the FAQ... High Elves dont have a restriction on the amount of duplicate choices for specials and rares. that could mean some crazy combos of RBT and Sea Guard. Imagine getting ripped to shreds by tons of arrows only to reach a line of guys with 50 attacks! Nasty but costly.

[paladinlez]

Are you on the stronghold?

Regards

[TheMrKnify]

I play ogres, i've not had much problems, with previous rules, i'm not much of a fan on them not expanding the gnoblers in the newest edition, but i do like the hoardes at 2.5 pts each its going to be interesting seeing who flees from 500 pts of gnoblers..... ( thats 200 gnoblers.)

and a suggestion, to make your videos more watchable, write a script about what your going to say, so you don't stray from topic, you'll say it faster, and people will be able to understand it better.

ty.

[ilania95]

I play Skavens, but Ogres are nice to me: I think they have potential to become a funny and very played army , so I can't understand why they were so badly supported since their introduction. Will you upload another video about the incoming updating? I have high expectations about it, as I want every army to be competitive: that makes the fun double :-)

[rafgloz]

Nice man you made me want to go back to Ogres ^^

[MikeS91300]

@Skragg101 Actually, I think that dryads have I 5 so, yes, I suppose they would be viable

[Skragg101]

@MikeS91300 yeah thats a good point, like i said before i havent been playing for awhile so i wasnt sure about the new beastmen, but wood elves are all about skirmishers.

Some things that woodys cant complain about tho is the high number of attacks that there very fast initiative can pump out. Dryads i believe are I4 and have 2A ea, so the added rank of attacks will be a bonus, this is true also for wardancers.

Treekin are viable in ranks now and are hard hitting with stomp, as well as treemen

[MikeS91300]

@Skragg101 I would say that the army you are describing is wood elves. It is very hard to build an army now because, although shooting skirmishers got a slight boost, skirmishers without ranged attacks are just plain worse, and wood elves used to fight purely with swarms of skirmishers. The new effectiveness of warmachines has made monsters weaker, so basically the whole army has been nerfed. I wouldnt be surprised if they got a new book before other older armies at this point.

[MikeS91300]

@ClutchModeEngaged Yes, they are viable. For one, the new beastmen book doesnt have nearly as many skirmishers as they once did. Also, ambush is slightly improved due to new march blocking rules. Gors and Ungors are different rank and file units, and it is viable to take large units of spear ungors.