New rumors for the Dark Eldar (View original topic)



Anglacon

Posted 28 April 2010 - 06:43 AM

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-Lots of poison weapons (close combat and ranged).
-Streamlined version of combat drugs.
-The army is very lethal on the turn of arrival.
-Expect lots of lance weapons.
-There is chatter of the game's first lance-melta weapons being in the list.
-Units will "power up" and gain abilities in some manner as they kill enemies.
-Warriors and Wytches are troops.
-Expect new units.
-Harlequins are in.


now to disseminate:

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Lots of poison weapons (close combat and ranged).

This seems to give creeddance to splinter weapons being poisoned. NASTY if true.

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There is chatter of the game's first lance-melta weapons being in the list


OUCH. If this is true, it MUST be at a lower strength than 8... OR, perhaps, it is if you are within 12" or 6", it is a MELTA, thereby forcing you to get close, and when you do- WHAM, almost an autopen!

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Harlequins are in

Hope the solitare makes it...

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Units will "power up" and gain abilities in some manner as they kill enemies

Not sure about "units", but I heard the Talos is this way (like the old black coach- the more it kills, the deadlier it gets), eg kill 5 troops- the talos gets fleet, 10 its 3+ becomes invul, etc...

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The army is very lethal on the turn of arrival


THIS one is the biggest rumor... it supports some of the "off the wall" rumors from before. What do they mean by "turn of arrival?" this would imply that yes indeed, the Dark Eldar arrive via the webway, and DO NOT DEPLOY as normal! Think along the lines of demons, but maybe not so random. And there also must be a special rule when they come on, maybe to represent the fear they cause by just "appearing" in the middle of the enemys battle lines (this could be the -1 ld rumor we heard about).


Things are definatly heating up in the rumor department....

Catwell57

Posted 29 April 2010 - 05:43 PM

View PostAnglacon, on 28 April 2010 - 07:43 AM, said:

now to disseminate:


This seems to give creeddance to splinter weapons being poisoned. NASTY if true.



OUCH. If this is true, it MUST be at a lower strength than 8... OR, perhaps, it is if you are within 12" or 6", it is a MELTA, thereby forcing you to get close, and when you do- WHAM, almost an autopen!


Hope the solitare makes it...


Not sure about "units", but I heard the Talos is this way (like the old black coach- the more it kills, the deadlier it gets), eg kill 5 troops- the talos gets fleet, 10 its 3+ becomes invul, etc...



THIS one is the biggest rumor... it supports some of the "off the wall" rumors from before. What do they mean by "turn of arrival?" this would imply that yes indeed, the Dark Eldar arrive via the webway, and DO NOT DEPLOY as normal! Think along the lines of demons, but maybe not so random. And there also must be a special rule when they come on, maybe to represent the fear they cause by just "appearing" in the middle of the enemys battle lines (this could be the -1 ld rumor we heard about).


Things are definatly heating up in the rumor department....

if even half of this stuff is true i will forever hate the creators of the codexs as of late, they're making all the new codices so crazy that it just keeps elevating the level of crazy so that by the time everyone gets a new codex older stuff like deepstriking landraiders and anything else absurd just seems normal. it starts with deep striking landraiders, it elevates to melta-lance weapons, who knows whats next.

TaintedSpam

Posted 11 June 2010 - 12:20 PM

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Its been a long quiet while on the Dark Eldar front, but here is a taste of rumored weapon stats that have been floating about out there:

Splinter Rifle: 12" S:2 AP:5 Rapid Fire, Poisoned (4+)
Splinter Pod: 18" S:3 AP:5 Assault 2, Poisoned (4+)
Splinter Cannon: 24" S:2 AP:5 Heavy 6, Poisoned (4+)

Still no solid word on schedule, but the smart money is now leaning toward a Dark Eldar unveiling at Games Day UK, with a full release in October on the heels of the Fantasy 8th boxed set.

Mitternacht

Posted 14 August 2010 - 09:57 AM

You might want to check out this link and watch the video all the way at the bottom.

http://www.40konline...?topic=194198.0