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Post by Ignatius on Sept 3, 2008 22:46:17 GMT -5
Hi all. Ive got this question that has been bugging me for a few years now. Is Lord Solar Marcharius worth it? I mean i like how you get to replace your standard command squad officer with him, but is 170 points-ish worth it?
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Post by ssgtdude (M.I.A) on Sept 4, 2008 15:40:18 GMT -5
wait for the new codex to make that decision.
Rumor has it he will be in the codex this time around.
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Post by Ignatius on Sept 4, 2008 15:53:57 GMT -5
Really!?! hope so.
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Post by sammy1979 on Sept 4, 2008 16:00:39 GMT -5
bit hard to put him back as he's long dead, however i'm a massive fan but not used him in 5th as you get 1st turn advantage, and with some good roles for his profile he's johnny hardballs,
but like i say i have to give him a run out in 5th
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Post by ssgtdude (M.I.A) on Sept 4, 2008 16:27:41 GMT -5
Read about him again. Lord Solar is a title not a person.
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Post by newcomer on Sept 4, 2008 18:20:40 GMT -5
macharius is awesome, his helm gives him an invulnerable power armour save, has more wounds that most SM hq choices (not including heroes) and if you roll correctly, he can get 7 attacks at WS 5 with a master-crafted power weapon. his LD is that a commie and his trademark item makes him almost IMPOSSIBLE to run! his only flaw is that he only has a master-crafted bolt pistol and power sword.
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Post by Ignatius on Sept 4, 2008 20:43:42 GMT -5
well yeah i know, i new that Lord Solar is a title, but i just didnt put his name in the title cause i cant spell it.
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Sept 5, 2008 8:08:15 GMT -5
Lord Solar Macharius- otherwise known as Alexander the Great, with tanks, lasers and ravening lunatics armed with pointy death-sticks.
The PDF profileof the man himself is nice. Good character- combination between the resilience of Commissar Yarrik and the strategic power of Uraskar Creed.
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Post by Ignatius on Sept 5, 2008 21:58:19 GMT -5
He is said to be the best IG commander ever right? I know that is an opinion but thats what the pdf says right?
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Post by SirAndrewD on Sept 5, 2008 22:30:19 GMT -5
He is said to be the best IG commander ever right? I know that is an opinion but thats what the pdf says right? I Yes, most assuredly. Only the Emperor conquered more territory than Macharius. The guy's fluff is pretty much literally lifted off Alexander the Great, all the way to his troops rebelling when he reached the end of the Galaxy and wanted to keep going. |
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Post by newcomer on Sept 6, 2008 0:37:40 GMT -5
i can understand, in 7 years, the guardsmen have seen more action than most do in a liftime of service, so 40-50 years-worth of combat in less than a decade is a lot
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Post by control on Sept 7, 2008 2:30:49 GMT -5
I still reacon Yarrick is more badass, though if they remake him and his model I'd probably use him.
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Post by newcomer on Sept 7, 2008 12:48:33 GMT -5
yarrick is good, but not as good as he was in our past codex, he had a WBB roll as well as the toughness of a marine
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Post by ssgtdude (M.I.A) on Sept 8, 2008 15:42:03 GMT -5
given that they have upgraded ol' Gazghull into a mega threat now and even in the last codex for Armageddon release Gazghull versus Yarrick fought it out 6 times before they got the results that they wanted. FYI: Gazghull won four out of the six times.
I forsee something major going to happen with him (her in my armies case).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2008 9:45:31 GMT -5
I gave the new SM codex a read the other day at my local store, and wow are there a lot of special characters, I so cant wait til the new IG codex comes out, I hope it will follow along the same line, with a wide variety of choices.
But the only bone i have to pick with GW is their crappy layout of the new dexes, eg chaos, new SM etc. Its sooo nuts, constantly having to flick back and forward to find information and points values.
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Post by GuardsmanPatch on Sept 17, 2008 1:13:10 GMT -5
Yeah, but each of the marine entries do have their relevant page number in the top right corner of their entry - which is a vast improvement.
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