8th Starter Set is Skaven and HE!

maybe most of these, rumours are wrong, i cant see the percentages, really why add FoC in Beastmen book, also it will undo, It will cause so many problems overall. most lists will work different. as long as HE can get more rare and happy im not too fussed. and if its balanced well i guess it can work. But if they introduce it, they better take into account tournies and playtest it to the extreme. I wouldnt risk it tho, cus most poeple might leave the game.

It actually has me interested in pulling my fantasty armies out of closet and playing again.
The most 'confirmed' rumor is actually the percentages! (aside from rumours of a massive change in the magic system).

I've tried building a few sample list with both my greenskins and my dwarves and its pretty interesting.
Heroes to take quite a hit. My normal greenskin army runs max heroes at 2250, with a % system I end up taking way more core, and only 2 characters. My dwarves don't really change much at all, except perhaps to take less in the special section.
A couple of friends and myself are planning on trying out a few games with the rumoured % restrictions.

wat are the rumored %

I think its actually all speculation.
The one that I'm seeing the most of is: characters cap out at 25% core is 25% min, special may capp out at 40% and rare at 25%, but like I said... I'm pretty sure the numbers are all speculation.

well if heros is 25% no way will i be able my 2 combat heros and magic defense. also at 25% how on earth will anyone get their lords?

at 2250 In my greenskins I still get in a lord on a wyvern, and a savage orc on a chariot.

One of the bigger rules reguarding the magic phase seems to be aimed at removing the need for the manditory scroll caddy.
At the start fo the phase the player rolls 2d6. That is his/her magic dice, then modifiers kick in. The other player for disple dice gets the highest of the 2d6. So if the 2d6 scores a 4 and 6, the defending player gets 6 dispel dice - then whatever modifies they bought for there army.

At 2250 that 562 points to spend on heros/lords! at 2k that 500 points. I think that that is plenty. These means people have to go lighter on their heroes so things like the3 eng of the Gods/ Slann Lizard army just don't exist - and quite franlking I'm ok with that. That means the armies with 1 greater daemon and 3 heralds is also gone!

well All i can say is in UK HE dragon sales will go down if its 25% as you cant get a decent dragon lord.
Infact you get 30 points of equipment, as most tournies and funs are 2k. Means i cant even take magic items cus the mandatory lance, takes you out, My cheaperst dragon lord so far has been 604 points.

I think if they do % it will be like

Heros/lords 10% miin to 50% max, With lords only usable above 1999 points non inclusive
Core, 25% min, 10% min for HE
Special 40% max, 50 for HE
Rare 40% max 50% for HE

While This is ok, it does screw other general game. Some armies like Brets must have a hero more than normal so 25% is deffo to low. Especially when they want dragons to sell.

Hopefully tho it wont change, I mean the current rules just need some magic tweeks really, Tho magic should be powerful. its all thats keeping HEs winning :P

Dragon sales may fall, but wouldn't that mean they would sell more spearmen?

If its true though it would really hurt you'r build specificall, but it would force others/everyone to play differently and build list differently. And I think that's kind of the point. The game has stagnated. I'm tired to loosing to daemon players who can't win with any other army. I hope some of the rumoured limitation are true.

Also, if the starter set does contain HE/Skaven, perhaps that means that HE are getting a book sooner then most.

Spearmen sales wont go up, at all. The only real competative use of core slot is archers, or maybe seaguard. Spearmen need too big units to be affective and therefore 2 many points.

I don't see there being any percentages as it would have a serious impact on the game. For instance, VC needs it's heroes almost at max to operate and putting a percentage on that would hinder that. I just think it's a silly idea or the dreams of rouge trader tournament player and no one should really put much faith in it actually occuring.