Hi ya´ll...
It is about noon here in Finland and i got my codex at 10 o´clock, when the store opened.
I´ve spent about an hour skimming it through and i´m excited and disappointed ATM...
Let´s go through the disappointing parts first, they are mostly not about the rules, but the codex itself.
1.) It seems, like half of the codex is a painting guide, which is fine for hardcore purists, who create awesome armies and want the color scheme to be precise. How ever, i´m not that kind of an Eldar -player, i have my own color scheme, so it seems, like i paid 20€ extra, for the stuff i don´t need. And the fluff again, is copy-pasted...
2.) Altough Formations are "the thing" ATM, for my, it seems most of them are beyond my reach with the models i currently have (unemployed, so no more models says the wife ). But few are achievable, and they seem awesome!
3.) Warlord traits...*sigh*...WHY.CAN´T.WE.GET.DECENT.ONE´S? For me, only the WL re-rolls saving throws of 1 seems good...
4.) Relics...Very situational, maybe the Shard if baby sitting some Dark Eldar Reavers and the new pistol, but mostly crap IMHO
5.) Holo-Fields now 5+ Invl. save UNLESS immobilized = no need to use these anymore...
6.) New Monofilament, me no like it
THE GOOD STUFF! I´m going to tell my it in my basic FOC perspective
1.) Rangers got their Shrouded back! YEAH!!!!
2.) Avatar boost for 12" increased, Furious charge and Rage too!
3.) Wraithknight...LOW...hmm...no insta gibbing, which helps me tremendously against GK...
4.) Vypers are CHEEEEEAAAAAP
5.) All the new Exarch stuff + 2W = freekin awesome!
6.) Swooping Hawks can do one attack on a flier/FMC = should have been on the last codex already...
7.) Phoenix Lords got BUFFED! Dear lord! Hard to choose HQ´s now I like the problem thou...
8.) Banshees got their BUFFFFFF...
9.) Jetbikes, of course
10.) Farseer´s can re-roll once in a Psychic phase DTW or PT...awe-so-me...plus Ghosthelm is the same...
I´m still happy, i don´t see anything OP here (unless you are a SPAM-SPIGGITY-SPAM-MAN/WOMAN), than the already complained things (WK=GC, Bikes etc...), but this could have been done with a 30€ codex too. There should be an option for a just the rules codex or this "lookey the pictures here boy!" -codex...
Now, let´s hope Army Builder updates within few months, don´t like the Excel armysheets
- Lost Vyper