So now is effectively poll time. Although I've always enjoyed the Warmachine mechanics, miniatures, and fluff, none of the faction ever direclty prompted me as the Faction I had to play. They each had something interesting, but nothing unifying as a "FACTION". Well this has all changed now that Hordes has come out. I get the same base mechanic (replacing fury with focus) and 4 new factions.
But the question at hand is how does the Disorderlies Group plan to handle Hordes and Warmachine. Are there players that will not want to face the Might of the Circle Warpwolves with their Khador jacks? Individuals who would prefer not to have to see their Cygnaran Sword knights getting decimated by a unit of Skorne Preatorians? Perhaps nobody wants to watch their wonderful Basilisk Drake shot to shreds by a line of Cygnaran long gunners. Or do you believe all is good in love and war and we now have 8 factions to be played.
Each side has a respectable point to be had. My warmachine opponent may not have taken time to read primal and understand that my Beasts don't have a cortex, and I never use Focus. Thus when he loads up to bear against a 'jack army, he gets pummeled by by all around beat force. I know this is mitigated in tournament play with the alternate army lists, but what about good ole fashioned Gaming Mecca fun….
Take your pick which one are you?
Warmachine Elititst
Hordes Zealot
Or Hold on sec I’m busy having my Skorne Titan double hand throw a Cygnaran Warjack into that unit over there.
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I'm not afraid of co-mingling the two games. I figure I can beat pretty much anyone day any day of the week with my forces.
hard words, Aaron. Let us angrily denounce each other as we throw down!
I think it would be a good courtesy to your respective opponent to warn them you are using Hordes.
I am not sure, today, it makes a lot of difference - a Hordes commander has ENOUGH issues running his army to not be that great of a threat to his enemy as himself. But down the road, yes, Warmachine armies need to be built to face Warjacks and Warbeasts equally.
Actually, I think really only Menoth and Cygnar have issues - Khador and Cryx (with the exception of the Machine Wraiths) don't have much of an issue adapting to the different force.
I'm with the Napoleon Tyrant above. I'm fine facing any Hordes army, but I'd like to know ahead of time what side of the fence I'm facing. Other than that, i don't see any issue.
I think in general letting people know what you will be playing will be a fair and common way of doing things.
We normally do that anyways.
I don't think the mechanics is so different that we cannot mix them without advance notice but a few units (monster hunter from hordes, machine wraiths from warmachine) would be a waste of points. So, plan your core and be ready to swap a few points.
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