40K 2nd Vs 40K 3rd

[IBBoard]

This is just a question, not a debate, so one post each please.
Which is better, 40K 2nd edition or 40K 3rd Edition?<p>I think 3rd Edition is better, as it relies more on troops, and it is a faster game to play, being much simpler.

[Tech Priest Squeak]

i'm split on this, 2nd edition had a lot more detail and good rules in it but it was slow and took ages to play a game, 3rd edition is fast and easy to play but leaves out a lot of the good rules from the 2nd edition.

[IBBoard]

Quote: from The Emperor on 10:41 pm on June 19, 2001
i'm split on this, 2nd edition had a lot more detail and good rules in it but it was slow and took ages to play a game, 3rd edition is fast and easy to play but leaves out a lot of the good rules from the 2nd edition.

<p>Yeah, especially rules like Ork Jump Packs, the different grenades and all of the entertaining Misfire tables

[SaMeDi]

well i like them both, 3rd ed is better in the way that it is a lot quicker to play but i liked 2nd eds complexity and i know loadsa tables what i cant use anymore filling even more of my precious memory <sniff>

[Tech Priest Squeak]

Quote: from Tech Priest Squeak on 1:11 pm on June 20, 2001

Quote: from The Emperor on 10:41 pm on June 19, 2001
i'm split on this, 2nd edition had a lot more detail and good rules in it but it was slow and took ages to play a game, 3rd edition is fast and easy to play but leaves out a lot of the good rules from the 2nd edition.

<p>Yeah, especially rules like Ork Jump Packs, the different grenades and all of the entertaining Misfire tables

<p>i liked the misfire tables, there was one Eldar gun that if it misfired would warp itslef into a super compacted ball

[IBBoard]

I always liked the Ork Storm boyz.  They could eiother not take off, explode or go flying accross the table and be lost
As for the Eldar weapon, it sounds like it could be the Prism Cannon or the D-Cannon (I don't know much about the Eldar)

[Tech Priest Squeak]

Quote: from Tech Priest Squeak on 12:56 pm on July 3, 2001
I always liked the Ork Storm boyz. They could eiother not take off, explode or go flying accross the table and be lost
As for the Eldar weapon, it sounds like it could be the Prism Cannon or the D-Cannon (I don't know much about the Eldar)

<p>i lost an entire ork stormboyz squad to that rule, over 3 turns all of them either blew up or whent flying off!
as for the Eldar weapon it was either the D cannon or the graviton gun

[IBBoard]

Quote: from The Emperor on 7:07 pm on July 3, 2001

Quote: from Tech Priest Squeak on 12:56 pm on July 3, 2001
I always liked the Ork Storm boyz. They could eiother not take off, explode or go flying accross the table and be lost
As for the Eldar weapon, it sounds like it could be the Prism Cannon or the D-Cannon (I don't know much about the Eldar)

<p>i lost an entire ork stormboyz squad to that rule, over 3 turns all of them either blew up or whent flying off!
as for the Eldar weapon it was either the D cannon or the graviton gun

<p>But loosing them to freak accidents was half the fun of the Orks.  It wasn't "Will they kill them" it was "They WILL kill them IF they get into combat"
Now they are too predictably, and always get into combat.
It's quicker, but it does mean the Orks aren't quite as characterful

[Tech Priest Squeak]

freak accidents were the fun of Orks and the 3rd edition does take this away BTW is this becoming a debate? should we move this thread?

[IBBoard]

Quote: from Tech Priest Squeak on 3:20 pm on July 7, 2001
freak accidents were the fun of Orks and the 3rd edition does take this away BTW is this becoming a debate? should we move this thread?

<p>It is kinda, best move it then.  CVan't have bad examples of threads being allowed when they shouldn't.

[IBBoard]

#Moderation Mode<p>Better do things the right way.  It has become a debate<p><a href="http://www.hiveworldterra.f2s.com/cgi-bin/topic.cgi?forum=6&topic=5" target="_self">Moved here[/url]

[Tech Priest Squeak]

do you type in "#moderation mode" or does it appear on its own? and does the link appear on its own too? or do you have to go to the troubel of putting it in?

[Warmaster Horus]

orks aren't losing character, they are just changing from comedy to single minded killers

[Tech Priest Squeak]

single minded killers is what they always have been but the malfunctions rule repersents hat they are not very good at building things, at least some Orks aren't, everything turned out by the Meks could work very well but they is a chance that it could not, especially if it has been made by an aprentice

[IBBoard]

Yeah, Orks are getting nastier, but they are still getting better at technology.  Their malfunctions are getting a lot nicer.  They used to be a lot worse (funnier and often more dangerous)