CudaHP said:
Their stated intention is to support all the older figures and units by furnishing "free" downloadable stats to allow their full use in the newer revised system.
The "Streamlining" you mentioned is supposed to primarily fix rules that were regarded as creating problems or confusion in the current rule set.
They are in fact going to be adding additional things to the rules such as "Suppression Fire".
If the pre-painted figs match the production photos shown thus far they should be very nice (Ihope, I hope).
All of the currently available figures are supposed to continue to be available for a long time.
There are production photos?! Where?! As far as the streamlining goes, if what you say is true why bother to support the old game? It sounds like evo will include all that is loved about the game plus more to get your teeth/talons/spiky bits (delete as appropriate) into. If what you're telling me is that Mongoose will continue to support the game just to keep the diehards happy then I applaud their business ethic and would recommend that a certain other wargame company sit up and take notes :wink:
The real question is this, how different are the new prepainted MI/Bugs/Skinnies from the old minis? (ooh I'm a poet etc etc) Are they going to look as ridiculous as, for example, a Rogue Trader Space Marine next to a current one? Also, what about the current armybooks, of which I have two-MI/Bugs, will they be obsolete? I only just bought them at £15 a book! I was going to buy the hardback copy of the rulebook but now this seems somewhat foolish.
Mongoose, if any of you read this post please do pop on to answer these questions and try to allay at least some of these concerns. Let me be clear, I love what I've seen of this game and this company but I've just walked in on the ground floor to find that the building is far from complete.
And one other thing, this post is not just about die hards giving one another pep talks! I've yet to play a game (though I've read the rules thoroughly), I've only got one squad of MI built+16 warrior bugs and I've only had the game for a couple of weeks, hardly a frothing ape! This post, at least to me, is about players old and new discussing concerns about a great game that's going through some changes and where they stand. Some might feel that it's time to hang up the Marauder suit for a couple of years until the game becomes more established, some will vote to ride it out and some will decide that computer games are more fun anyway
Mongoose, some clarity please? *much grovelling*
Phil