Eldar Codex review (no, really, it is)

You might not remember this post.  As it was some time ago.  I rambled at some length about what I'd like for the new Eldar codex.

Just an opinion, but I like the new wraithguard models.  Very nice.  Ta muchly, Mr Goodwin.

Things that I wanted have made it into the new codex:

Pop up attacks from all of our skimmers.  No, but Battle Focus basically gives us pop infantry unless we're tactically inept.  In which case it's my fault that we Eldar get wiped out.  Happy with that

High flying.  No, but with the new flyer rules this is sort of out of the window; I suppose that effectively being able to deep strike Falcons and Serpents is a tiny bit fromage-ical.  Not unhappy, as my Prism can shoot your back passage from my deployment zone and, being Prism, can also interrogate all of your emails. 

Web portal.  No, but we can have DE allies and quite frankly, its the witches and incubi that I want to web portal into your face anyway.  Happy with that

Storm Guardians   Goddem.  Happy with that

Augment as a Warlock power  Nope.  And my precious Runes have been nerf'd as well.  But, there is a new Farseer whirling dervish power - Farseers in HTH, using this power, will duff you up, be prepared.  And a lot of the warlock powers can be applied in either in a positive or negative way, which is nice; using the same both ways in one encounter (ie with two warlocks) could really influence the outcome.  And the system is not too difficult to use.  Happy with that.   Expect super Seer Councils in Apoc. 

Camelioline Scorpions  Not exactly, but stealth, Infiltrate and move through cover will do, cheers.  Happy with that. 

Wraithguard split into Assasin (CC) and Executioner (warp cannon)  Goddem.  Happy with that.  New names, too, although I cannot see what was wrong with the old ones. 

Waithseer (ie a Wraithlord with Farseer powers - obviously not affected by wraithsight)  He arrived in IA ten.  Happy with that. 


So.  My Seer Council has to be happy with all of that.  The background didn't change, altering history and writing out whole chunks, so that's OK, even if we didn't get much new.

We did get this:



The Wraith Knight is vvvery popular on t'interwebs, far more so than the Riptide.  Do I like it ?  Nah, the head looks too small.  Also, the Eldar are and ancient race and dropping in something that seems this winningish, it seems a little puzzling that it's never been seen before.  
The Wraith Knight is vvvery popular on t'interwebs, far more so than the Riptide.  Do I like it ?  Nah, the head looks too small.  Also, the Eldar are and ancient race and dropping in something that seems this winningish, it seems a little puzzling that it's never been seen before.  



And a wraith flyer (OK, I can see that, fluffily) and an interceptor (hurrah !).  The Hemlock looks a bit odd, but at least these things look like the person designing them had heard the word 'aerodynamic' at some point. 



Mordian 7th is knockin' up an Alatoic army very fast, get over to his blog and see it before it disappears into the webway to harass someone.  So, yeah, some mini-porn out there.  And it's been like Andrews Powders to Fritz, so WOSH is back on, coming to a Siam Hainn Army near you soon. 



Still not impressed with the hardback codex though.