GW price rise

[Maelstorm]

Don't look now - the greedy SOB's at GW have quietly raised the price of the Tyranid Battleforce box from $115 to $125 in preparation for the new release.

*******s...

[Psychosplodge]

That's practically unheard of. Have they halved the contents yet?

[knas ser]

That's practically unheard of. Have they halved the contents yet?

They're not going to do that anymore, they have a new strategy. ;)

The original Tyranid battleforce will now be split into two smaller sets to "increase user modelling options" and "reduce the impact on your wallet". You'll be able to buy either a Battleforce A set or a Battleforce B set.

Set 'A' will contain two tyranid warriors, five genestealers and nine termagants. Set 'B' will contain one tyranid warrior, four genestealers and nine hormagaunts.

In the new codex, minimum unit size for both hormagaunts and termagants will be ten, increasable in blocks of five. Tyranid warriors will come in units of four, always. Genestealers require a unit size of 8.

The Games Workshop online store now comes with a helpful tool for solving polynomial equations so you can work out how many sets you need of each in order to actually use all the models you have purchased without having some left over requiring you to buy more and not waste some of them.

(Bonus points to the first poster in this thread who works it out, btw, or offers a proof that it is not possible. ;) ).

[Chaoschrist]

They're not going to do that anymore, they have a new strategy. ;)

The original Tyranid battleforce will now be split into two smaller sets to "increase user modelling options" and "reduce the impact on your wallet". You'll be able to buy either a Battleforce A set or a Battleforce B set.

Set 'A' will contain two tyranid warriors, five genestealers and nine termagants. Set 'B' will contain one tyranid warrior, four genestealers and nine hormagaunts.

In the new codex, minimum unit size for both hormagaunts and termagants will be ten, increasable in blocks of five. Tyranid warriors will come in units of four, always. Genestealers require a unit size of 8.

The Games Workshop online store now comes with a helpful tool for solving polynomial equations so you can work out how many sets you need of each in order to actually use all the models you have purchased without having some left over requiring you to buy more and not waste some of them.

(Bonus points to the first poster in this thread who works it out, btw, or offers a proof that it is not possible. ;) ).

Wouldn't you be able to buy 40 of Set "a".

You'd be stuck with 200 stealers (good for 25 units of 8), 360 gaunts (good for 36 units of 10) and 80 warriors (good for 20 units of 4).

Set "b" on the other hand

could be had by buying 20 sets. You'd be stuck with 80 stealers (good for 10 units of 8), 20 warriors (good for 5 units of 4) and 180 gants (good for 18 sets of 10).

That, combined with pushing Apocalypse more, would make this viable purchases.. in the eyes of GW.

I'm not gonna figure out how to make set A + B work out though, lol.

[Jonathan Loyd]

80 of each Battle Box.

80 x 3 Warriors = 240 total = 60 units
80 x 9 Genestealers = 720 total = 90 units
80 x 9 Termagants = 720 total = 72 units
80 x 9 Hormagaunts = 720 total = 72 units

Assuming a $125 price point for each Box A and Box B, that would be $20,000 to buy the right amount models.

Yay, math.

[Wolfshade]

GW rises prices as fuel prices increase even faster :eek:

It is almost as if their cost base has increased...

[Psychosplodge]

This is no place for logic. I want to pay what I was paying when I entered the hobby.

[Mr Mystery]

Caution. Attempting to care.

Attempt to care failed.

Abort, Retry, Fail?

Sorry guys, but whether or not you can afford your plastic crack really doesn't affect me, and I just don't get the outrage about the prices. If they're too high for you, they're too high for you. And that's about it.

[Psychosplodge]

No I think the complaints were valid when it was "No price rises" but in reality they'd reduced the contents. But as distasteful as it is an annual price rise is a thing...

[SaveModifier]

GW disgust me, why can't they just keep their prices exactly the same like ever other company in the world? I still pay 23p for a pint of milk, GW are just greedy.

[Wolfshade]

GW disgust me, why can't they just keep their prices exactly the same like ever other company in the world? I still pay 23p for a pint of milk, GW are just greedy.

Are you sure you are not a politician? ;)

[Psychosplodge]

Are you sure you are not a politician? ;)

That's not very nice.

[Deadlift]

This is no place for logic. I want to pay what I was paying when I entered the hobby.

Do you want the same model range too :p

Me, I couldn't give 2 hoots as it makes Forge World stuff look more attractive, and any excuse to buy FW is good by me. Anyway if we spend more money on our crack, then we will love them more. It's win win really :D

But ALL PRICES haven't gone up have they ? I know Dire avengers earlier in the year effectively doubled in cost and the new marine tactical set is £25 now. But I don't recall there being an over all price increase now or earlier in the year.

[Psychosplodge]

I was mostly happy with them...
Converting really meant something not just a plastic arm swap :p

[Deadlift]

I was mostly happy with them...
Converting really meant something not just a plastic arm swap :p

Sorry mate, I'm much happier with the new replacement models, Wraith Guard being an example.

[Mr Mystery]

Some do go up (Dire Avengers).

But then, some stop being £8 a model (Wraithguard)

But shhh. Don't tell the internets.

[Psychosplodge]

Well Space marines did have the biggest range :D

[Wolfshade]

This must be the cost of living crisis that Milliballs keeps banging on about

[Psychosplodge]

No that was the housing bubble Brown encouraged as it looked prosperous.

[knas ser]

Well bonus point awarded to Johnathon Lloyd for the right and intended answer, special bonus point to ChaosChrist for realizing you could cheat the question by buying multiples of a single box (I knew that I should have split the torsos and legs of the tyranid warriors between the boxes).

Back on topic, if anyone has access to historical prices for the same figures over time, I'll compute it compared to the inflation rates and Consumer Price Index. Then we can see if GW really are greedy *******s or if we're all just turning into "In my day, you could go to the disotheque, buy four pints of ale in the pub before and still have enough for your bus fare home, all for 50p".

EDIT: Huh. It censored "*******". Bless! :)

[Deadlift]

50p how bloody old are you, I remember 5p packets of space raiders, but 4 pints ? For 50p. You must be ancient :p

[Wolfshade]

What he isn't telling you is that the ale in question is either Brew XI or Banks Best...

[Mr Mystery]

I can remember when a £2 coin was a legitimate Beer Token.

I can remember when 20 Sovereign ciggies set you back a trifling £2.50.

I can remember when The Beano was around 20p an issue.

And as much as people focus on units going up in price, many miss the units that come down in price due to being produed in plastic. But I guess it's easier to just feign outrage, buying all the while than actually look into things rationally.

[Wolfshade]

Last year I did find a pint of Beer in Birmingham City Centre for a triffling £1.40, which is down in the region of where they were when i started.

The pub I frequent is a specialist real ale pub serving about 20 different cask ales on any night, and pints are usually tipping the £3 mark, though most of these are sourced from small independent breweries so the price per unit will be more expensive than the economy of scales of places like the Burton breweries.

[Deadlift]

And that's how you derail a thread, take a bow boys ;)

[Wolfshade]

And that's how you derail a thread, take a bow boys ;)

I shall choose the Dragonbone bow, enhanced with Shock damage, huzzah!
http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120814140319/elderscrolls/images/b/b8/Dragonbow.png

[Psychosplodge]

And that's how you derail a thread, take a bow boys ;)

I'm using Azuriel's bow for it's 3x undead damage bonus. Combined with stacking for sneak attacks it makes short work of those dungeons.

[Mr Mystery]

I......I think I may have read the communique incorrectly.


http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4808668007694930&w=199&h=148&c=7&rs=1&url=http%3a%2f%2fbabytiffanys.com%2fcategory_10%2f Posh-Hair-Bows.htm&pid=1.7

[Wolfshade]

Sneak + Bow stack is obvious. But surely the triple undead damage is a bit situational. Great against undead, but not so good agains forsworn and bandits. (Forsworn have just showed up).

The more I think of Skyrim the more I am convinced it is a allegory of the colonisation of the americas.

You have the Imperials, which are any European power, France, Spain, Prussia (somewhat), Portugues, Dutch. The "Nords" are those colonials in-situe and the Forsworn are the Natives.
The imperials need skyrim for its resources to fight a war at home, ala Napolionic.

[Wolfshade]

I......I think I may have read the communique incorrectly.


http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4808668007694930&w=199&h=148&c=7&rs=1&url=http%3a%2f%2fbabytiffanys.com%2fcategory_10%2f Posh-Hair-Bows.htm&pid=1.7

Two things, firstly why use Bing? secondly, you big Jessie!

[Psychosplodge]

Sneak + Bow stack is obvious. But surely the triple undead damage is a bit situational. Great against undead, but not so good agains forsworn and bandits. (Forsworn have just showed up).

Yeah but its already legendary, and ebony arrows (daedra hearts are too rare to use making arrows) make it good against bandits and stuff etc anyway.

[Deadlift]

Yeah but its already legendary, and ebony arrows (daedra hearts are too rare to use making arrows) make it good against bandits and stuff etc anyway.

Bows are nice. But there's something appealing about carrying two swords, being covered in armour and just wading in chopping folks to pieces.

[Wolfshade]

Got no Daedra yet. Only just got Forsworn.

[Psychosplodge]

I was running round with an axe and sword, but my companions kept jumping under them ¬_¬
Once I've maxed the bow and single hand fighting i'll go back to dual wielding for a bit.
Think I've only seen a few, most of the hearts I've got have been laying around in dungeons near alchemists gear.

[Wolfshade]

I don't like melee, I find it hard to track an attacker as they circle :(

[knas ser]

I......I think I may have read the communique incorrectly.


http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4808668007694930&w=199&h=148&c=7&rs=1&url=http%3a%2f%2fbabytiffanys.com%2fcategory_10%2f Posh-Hair-Bows.htm&pid=1.7

Don't worry - bowties are cool. ;)

@wolfshade What's with the search engine snobbery? I use Bing. I like it.

[Psychosplodge]

Have you ever heard anyone say I'll bing it? there you go :D

http://forums.crackberry.com/attachments/rehab-off-topic-lounge-f36/167346d1370100513t-funny-letter-bing-search-engine-image.jpg

[Maelstorm]

And that's how you derail a thread, take a bow boys ;)

@Deadlift - I'm digging your new seasonal avatar!

[Wolfshade]

Have you ever heard anyone say I'll bing it? there you go :D

some pic

I'll ask Jeeves :D

[Psychosplodge]

I think they sacked him

[Wolfshade]

Cost of living crisis.

[Psychosplodge]

*snort*

I'm having one of those, deciding whether to get a V70 T5 next... :D

[Wolfshade]

Surely that is a "do I have cateracts" question, really, ugly car (if I am allowed to judge it based on how it looks)

[Psychosplodge]

I'm looking at it being comfortable, and more than twice the BHP as my current one :D

[knas ser]

Have you ever heard anyone say I'll bing it? there you go :D

http://forums.crackberry.com/attachments/rehab-off-topic-lounge-f36/167346d1370100513t-funny-letter-bing-search-engine-image.jpg

Well no, but I've often heard someone say they'll hoover something up and then use a vacuum cleaner other than one made by Hoover. You care a lot about this, I can tell. ;)

[Psychosplodge]

Well no, but I've often heard someone say they'll hoover something up and then use a vacuum cleaner other than one made by Hoover. You care a lot about this, I can tell. ;)

Yep, enough to spend three seconds picking the earliest suitable silly image :D

[Deadlift]

*snort*

I'm having one of those, deciding whether to get a V70 T5 next... :D

For gods sake man don't buy a Volvo, next your be wearing string back gloves and playing golf. Do the right thing get a BMW :D. Rear wheel drive is more fun.

[Psychosplodge]

I don't like BMWs (sorry DL).
I'm far too bad at golf to do that though. I was going to get an 4WD x-type till I realised how much a set of tyres would cost me.
Though I might get an mr2 mk1 as well :D

[Deadlift]

I don't like BMWs (sorry DL).
I'm far too bad at golf to do that though. I was going to get an 4WD x-type till I realised how much a set of tyres would cost me.

Not a Volvo mate, seriously not a Volvo :(

[Psychosplodge]

lol
but they're comfortable and fast (I've seen those police things :D)
and roomy...

[Mr Mystery]

I'm getting a broombroom this year!

Around June.

No idea what make or model! Whatever is cheap and second hand! BEEP BEEP!

[Deadlift]

Psycho
Don't forget your matching slippers, and loss of any street cred you may or may or may not have had. When your 60, that's Volvo territory. Psstt don't tell anyone but my other cars a Citreon C4 Grand Picasso. If anything says boring family it's this car ;)

Mystery mate, I can see you in a new style funky mini. You seem the type.

[Psychosplodge]

If I didn't need more room, I wouldn't mind a new mini tbh. (I wouldn't mind an old mini either but it'd probably wander off on its own round here)

[Mr Mystery]

Not at 6'2" I don't!

Plus, I need something capable of carting me and my LARP equipment about!

Used to have an ancient Ford Onion. Might go for one of those again.

[Psychosplodge]

You'd fit in the new mini at your height ystery, I've drove a mates but its the lack of room for owt else that makes it impractical for me, probably same for you with larp gear...

[Bigred]

He's dead Jim...

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