Dark Apostle got nerfed.
Dark Zealotry, which was an automatic aura before, now only activates on a 3+. Sure, you can bump it up to a 2+ if you have a couple of Dark Disciples following your Dark Apostle around, but that's still pretty unreliable, when compared to the automatic Dark Zealotry before.
By the way, the Dark Disciple is holding that flaming skull thing that's definitely a picture from the Daemon Engine rumor engine a few weeks back. Yay? So new Dark Disciple and Dark Apostle models. And on the bright side, we get 6 other prayers, which includes Omen of Potency.
But...come on...no more auto-Dark Zealotry? That sucks. The Dark Apostle had best go down in cost, or else...yeah. That's quite the massive nerf. Ouch.
I'll be honest, the Daemonkin Stratagems and Specialist Detachments don't look very good to me, and you know I'm quite the optimist. Oh well. I'm more of a Daemon Engine guy anyway.
Yup, just no...this is not going to make Possessed good. Well, on the bright side, it's pretty fluffy and we have plenty of other cool Specialist Detachments, so it's natural that one or two will be a bust. The Cult of Destruction (I mean Devastation Battery) and Bringers of Despair are pretty cool, and the Raptors/Warp Talons Host Raptorial look decent (despite other people complaining about how terrible Warp Talons are), especially since you get to re-roll hit rolls for the whole turn! I'm not that bothered about "bad" Warp Talons, to be honest. I'll just wait and see and hope for the Daemon Engine one to be decent.
Oh, and I beat Natfka to this one this time. Heh. But he posted all the other news and rumors, so I can't win against him. Well, this isn't a rumor blog anyway.
What do you guys think? Are you upset at the Dark Apostles nerf? Do you think he will get cheaper? Will the Possessed fight like Chaos Space Marines possessed? Let me know in the comments below! Not that anyone will read or comment here (everyone will just go to Natfka's blog), so I don't know why I even bother...
I play from the third edition, always Word Bearers and, if it is true that the legion tract is rather weak, for me it will not be possible to tell if the Dark Apostle was nerfed until we see the prayers: if there was one that Do you double the movement within 6 "or donate an invulnerable 5+ throw (or +1 for those who have it)? It would be an improvement rather than a deterioration, covering areas where the loyal chaplain doesn't arrive ... Apart from that, it's like you say, It is a game from which to take pleasure in playing and we should remember it. I take advantage of the decision to write (I do as little as possible for my terrible English) to thank you for your blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting! Don't worry, your English is good.
DeleteYeah, I hope they get really good prayers, otherwise the "nerf" will seem pretty lackluster.