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Offline swilhelm

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Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« on: July 24, 2002, 06:25:05 PM »
i have just gotten back into 40k and was extreamly dissapointed that the orks have lost some of their cooler toys.
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Re:Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2002, 10:21:14 PM »
I never played second edition before but i heard they had some neat little toys. But hey not all is lost for da boyz. Throw in a squigoth (scratched up from a Stegadon) a lemon russ battle tank, loads of grots and youll kick anything that even dares move on the battlefield. What kinda toys are ya talkin about??
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Re:Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2002, 04:53:40 AM »
I have't played in the 2 edition but I like the orks as they are now. and the old models looked like they where all happy.... that is not so orch ;)
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Re:Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2002, 02:12:48 PM »
I like how all the rules was made more "basic" from 2nd to 3rd. In particular what weapons/wargear is avalible, there was way to mcuh wargear that was unneccesary in the old edition, both becourse some thing did practically the same but had diffrent fluff. Theres fewer "choices" yea, but they all have a role.

The rotten thing is though, that when a new edition is made and all the kodex´s get re-written, the kodex that are first made is sort of the "basis" for writing the other kodex´s, and the teams that enter the fray last seem to break the "keep it simple" idea... loads of special rules compared to the earlier kodex´s in each edition...
Wich again causes all the kodex to be re-written again and AGAIN, untill a new editons out and it starts all over.
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Re:Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2002, 09:43:34 PM »
Mekboy it's 'CODEX' spelt with a 'C' not a 'K'

On another note, what are you joking the Orks have got even more. Take a good look through all the army lists avaliable, look through Codexes, Orks and Armagedon, also Imperial Armour 2, etc.
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Re:Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2002, 11:48:18 PM »
bring back stoppers and thin boyz!!!!!

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Re:Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2002, 12:49:28 AM »
i agree, ....
what happend to...
squigioths, stompas, battle wagons, the bloddaxe models ( seriously, they were awesome models) the nazi looking stormboys....
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Re:Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2002, 11:23:41 PM »
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i agree, ....
what happend to...
squigioths, stompas, battle wagons, the bloddaxe models ( seriously, they were awesome models) the nazi looking stormboys....

Nothing happened to them you can still get squiggoths in a Feral Ork army, and battlewagons in Ork and Speed Freak armies. Stompas what the hell are stompas and any Ork model that is from 2nd edition looked like S#*t, come have you seen what the Nazdreg model looks like next to Ghazgkull?
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Re:Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2002, 07:47:45 PM »
I miss especially the pile-on rule (where you can put as many orks on a wartruk as long as they dont fall of!! Of course some do and start taking wounds!LOL) AND I terribly miss the squig-launcha: where a squig is launched out of a gun, goes into a person and bores there way out of them!! Man those where the days :) . But I am happy that they added new rules for the feral armies and the others coming out. FERAL ORKS RULE!!!!!!!
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Re:Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« Reply #9 on: October 6, 2002, 08:47:03 PM »
Wasn't Pile-on FIRST edition?
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Re:Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« Reply #10 on: October 8, 2002, 12:41:16 AM »
No tobab816 it was 2nd edition. I remember. ;)
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Re:Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« Reply #11 on: October 8, 2002, 06:23:29 PM »
I like the 3rd edition Orks, I just wish there was more fluff supporting them. A good Ork novel would help a lot.

2nd Edition orks were fun, but really goofy. In 3rd Edition they've gotten back to their ferocious side.
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Re:Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« Reply #12 on: October 9, 2002, 02:55:03 PM »
AHHH i can see the ork novel now ''WAGHHHHGH'' by sparqman, ''boss nasbod smashed his fist onto th grots head in rage, his head a fountain of gore, ''those blardy oomies'' he ranted, then all the orks rushed into the imperial guard lines and smashed em''' da endin ;D but seriously i prefer the orks now, the rules and the models, except the pile on rule was very orly i must admit :)
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Re:Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2002, 10:48:47 PM »
2nd edition was really fun but the orks basic weapons weren't their own. the used bolt guns. I prefer the choppas and sluggas to boltguns. I love it  that 3rd edition has become more gruesome and less happy. LOST flavour? i don't think so. they are just not orientated to shooting N E more. With bs 2 they don't hit much now but it makes it an unexpected bonus when slugga boys take out a space marine or 2 before close combat.
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Re:Orks lost flavor in 3rd edition
« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2002, 01:41:41 PM »
All I have to say about all this flavour talk is:

It's in the mind, not in the rules! ;)
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