Tyranid Codex Sneak Peek

[Commissar Elvis]

A fellow on another forum I frequent got ahold of a \"copy\" of the new Tyranid codex, and here\'s a sort of Q&A with regards to it:

1 - Can tyranid warriors be upgraded to not be so vulnerable to small arms fire or have they come down in cost?

Not realy, and i dont know how much they were before.

2 - Can you customize gaunts like before or is it now like most squads and you can just upgrade weapons?

Think in between the two, less customization than before, but still more than anything outside the \'nids.

3 - Are biovores and zoanthropes still there?

Indeelady doodaly.

4 - Have the psyic powers improved?

I\'m not sure exactly how they were before, but from what i remember these look more or less the same.

5 - Are ripper swarms still there (I love the little buggers)

Yep.

6 - Are lictors improved now so as not to be twatted if they are discovered?

To be fair, my boyz have been raped in the eye socket on more than one ocasion by lictors, but anyhoo, they dont hide anymore, they deepstrike.

7 - Any chance of a sneak peak of any of the pics from it?

No, i dont have a scanner.

8- Tell me some data about mutations...

Hmm, bit vague.I take it your refering to biomorphs, well there are all of the old ones(i think) plus a couple of new ones that make sure they outnumber the enemy in combat.

9- How Whats the most interesting tid of fluff?

I only have the rules half of the codex(no photos of models of fluff section)

11- any new characters?

Special charecers, either they\'ve both been dropped, or they\'re just not in the bit i have. HQ type charecters, Broodlord. Hes like a big boss genestealer.

10- How do the new Tyrant Guard work?- I\'ve heard they don\'t have lashwhips and spine shields anymore.

Nope, no wepons at all(but i think thats a misprint, as it refers to them as having sything talons later). They come as a retinue fore the tyrant and stop him being shot at directly.

Think +1 to all genestealer stats, sything talons and power wepons.

12- Can you give us a breakdown of how \'Without Number\' works? Will it be similar to \'Reinforcements\' but all the time? Does that apply to all Gaunt broods? Does it apply if you include larger bugs in your list or only if its an all-gaunt army?

If a unit dies, it comes back on from your table edge, and its only for gaunts(not hormagaunts)

13- What has changed about the way Nid Bioweaponry works- specifically, can they re-roll the wound (living ammunition)? If so, is this all ranged weapons or just selected guns...Yep, thats how living ammo works, and its only a couple of guns get it.

14-Any changes in the Lictor?

Yes, yes there are.

15- does the HT or carnifex get an invulnerable save? does any tyranid?

No, no and no.

16-Model wise what is new? What do they look like (IE the new stealers). Are these new models from a new hive fleet.

No idea, as i said befre, i only have the rules.

17- do genestealers have fleet of claw?

They do indeed.

18- is flying ht 0-1?

All signs point to yes.

 

[douglasgreen]

This\'ll ave em dribblinlolNice one for posting,always good to know ahead of timecheers

 

[Shadzar]

Originally posted by Commissar Elvis
A fellow on another forum I frequent got ahold of a \"copy\" of the new Tyranid codex, and here\'s a sort of Q&A with regards to it:

1 - Can tyranid warriors be upgraded to not be so vulnerable to small arms fire or have they come down in cost?

Not realy, and i dont know how much they were before.

2 - Can you customize gaunts like before or is it now like most squads and you can just upgrade weapons?

Think in between the two, less customization than before, but still more than anything outside the \'nids.

4 - Have the psyic powers improved?

I\'m not sure exactly how they were before, but from what i remember these look more or less the same.

6 - Are lictors improved now so as not to be twatted if they are discovered?

To be fair, my boyz have been raped in the eye socket on more than one ocasion by lictors, but anyhoo, they dont hide anymore, they deepstrike.

10- How do the new Tyrant Guard work?- I\'ve heard they don\'t have lashwhips and spine shields anymore.

Nope, no wepons at all(but i think thats a misprint, as it refers to them as having sything talons later). They come as a retinue fore the tyrant and stop him being shot at directly.

15- does the HT or carnifex get an invulnerable save? does any tyranid?

No, no and no.

total BS!

they ruined the nids.
create your own hive fleet was the purpose. and having lictors deepstrike just amkes then less usefull. cause not all missions allow deepstrike unlike the \"secret deployment\" they have now.

i hope they are planning on selling many tyranids, cause it looks once the REAL codex gets on the net...and if the above are true......tyranids are dead.

 

[Trevor]

I had a Nid army in 2nd ed, sold it when I moved here, but I kept hold of my biovores and a couple of unpainted lictors (old versions, coz I like them better) and have been planning on doing a new nid army, this could well be the time to do it.

I\'m not so bothered about the army list seeing as I hardly ever play and now just do cool/weird themed armies.

 

[Shadzar]

Originally posted by Trevor
I had a Nid army in 2nd ed, sold it when I moved here, but I kept hold of my biovores and a couple of unpainted lictors (old versions, coz I like them better) and have been planning on doing a new nid army, this could well be the time to do it.

I\'m not so bothered about the army list seeing as I hardly ever play and now just do cool/weird themed armies.

only thing i DONT like form 2nd is the lictors. my army is mostly comprised of 2nd. 70 termi/hunter slayers. lol

 

[MIC]

This is Crap.. He posted nothing. You should try a career in politics.

For real Tyranid Info from people who play tyranids, try my Yahoo Group..

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Tyranid-Players/

 

[TAB Studio]

So welcome MIC and how hard is it to join this group if you want a learning and not a playing perspective?

 

[MIC]

Not hard.. I set it so that non-members can read the post.. but members can only post.

you just sign up.. its really easy. there are over 1000 hard core tyranid players on the group.. most will help you out with everything you need to know. From painting to collection, to army list and everything in between.

in the files section is a couple scans of old tyranid books, that shows how they came about to what thay have become today. There is lots of info there..

Thanks for the welcome.. sorry if I was a bit brash, it is just the NID in me showing his teeth.. ignore the extra set of arms I seem to have.. and the blue-ish skin tone is just sun tan lotion I swear..