Core Rules and Balance Dataslate changes, Warhammer 40k

There's been a big update in the core rules and the balance dataslate, mainly looking at Bugs, Boyz and Robots. I've got all of those armies so I thought I'd make a video, breaking it all down.

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[nemdenemam]

Thanks for the video! Just adding timestamps for low attention span viewers like me
1:30 the boyz
4:13 tyranids
6:22 admech

[destructor]

"Auspex tactics is gonna have a field day with this one" 😅😅😅

[anophelesnow]

The return of the Robots is welcome. I don't play Ad Mech, but I do approve of rule of cool. Same as the Dunecrawlers, always a cool model. The good side of 40k silliness, a spider tank. Neat.

[aegisangel]

The Guard got nerfed hard with the "once per game" reinforcement change. We were barely holding the line as it was. The points drops are nice but our infantry core is going to suffer.

[mattiasgamin]

The changes per se are mostly good.
But it’s getting very difficult for my son (and myself!) to introduce new players to the game. The core rules aren’t as stated in the rule book anymore. And it’s not even enough to get the app as a one stop shop as factions are locked.

[mikew.]

Was not expecting to hear 'poggers' lmao. Very informative quick video thanks

[jameskurth]

The tank shock Change is a nerf to knights at least. No more 20 dice tank shocks from them.

[toaltec]

Every time I think I'm ready to start playing with my kids, the goalposts change and back to building terrain and painting more models I go LOL

[jaegerbomb]

I'm just waiting on the Blood Angels refresh. I'm not seeing any changes with them at present, so it might be a sign. Also, I'm getting more into Heresy Era gaming, too.

[tomthewanderer]

Started trying to read it, my head now hurts. Thanks for the summary :)

[Nobleshield]

A lot of the core rules changes seemed more like cleaning up the language than actual updates (I found myself being like "Wait... it didn't already work that way??"). Admech changes look good.

[B__C__]

11:28 T'au, AKA _'the Good Guys'_

[BloodBuffalo]

My dorn going down in points makes me happy

[Webf]

Great little video, so much better than the 4 hours of Auspex that I usually wade through

[zenosAnalytic]

Im a bit at a loss about the "once per battle" limitation to replace-a-destroyed-unit strats; that seems like a huge nerf to genestealer cults at a time when they're not terribly dominant(judging from the last win-loss stats I saw, at least)

[Vichyssoise]

Don't forget the hive tyrant giving a nice 15" bubble of lethals as well as assault.

[Paranormal-Stupidity]

They could probably stop nerfing the Codex with sub 40% win rates. That would be a great start to fixing the game.

[DeathInTheSnow]

Look, 10th wasn't ready. Even if we take the current update as the final core rules change, that means it still needed another year of work before release. That's a full year where CSM, Votann, Guard, and World Eaters could have enjoyed their codices.

But I think they needed to wait even longer. If the plan was to make the books compatible with the new character and weapon layouts, then why rush? We had such wildly swingy temporary rules at the start that the only way for GW to maintain any semblance of balance has been to nerf everything into the ground. The results of this has been a very dreary and bland game, and several armies receiving horrendous books so that the don't crush the armies that haven't had theirs.

My suggestion is to take the best of each edition. Keep the current core rules and profiles. They work really well! Same with the keyword system. But add in 8th and 9th's depth, minus the psychic phase. Keep their method of army building and some of their mechanics, such as auras. And then put back in the 3rd and 4th edition way for making codices! Make the points visible on the profile. It's easier than ever to tally an army, especially with listbuilding websites. Give characters armouries! Let them be personal to _you._ Every Space Marine chapter has become "Ultramarines" plus a character. Every Chaos army is Black Legion now because none of the others get special lists.

10th is even more sterile than OPR right now, and _that's saying something._ And that's not even considering that most GW shops don't let you stay and paint or even *_play_* in the stores any more. They want to make the game open to everybody, yet made it as difficult as possible to get people to play. And even when they do, there's no flavour to enjoy what's left.

[ericsmith]

Nice summary of the changes. Nice name drops for Auspex Tactics and Tabletop Tactics...lol

[knoxminis]

Heresy does need a lot of adjustments though.