First, I want to personnaly give a heartfelt thank you to Maksim for all the fine work he has done on the Nid Army. He is not only going to be a hard act to follow, but it also isn't going to be easy to fill his shoes.
I know, for some, that my selection as his successor may not have been their first choice, my hope is those that do feal this way don't abandon the ship because of this (I am actually more open to others opinions then my posts would lead some to believe
).Everybody has their own way of approaching problems, and it is a sure bet that my approach is going to be different from Maksim's. In this case I will be falling back on the same philosophy I used designing the Squat List (Work hard on one section, get it working, then move on to the next).
This is going to result in some howling when I post the next list in about two weeks. Much of the present work that has been going on over the past couple of weeks is going to be absent from that list. Do Not Panic these ideas are not dead, lost, or forgotten, but they will be on the back burner for now because I want to flesh out the Special Rules Section first.
Some may call this a step backwards, I prefer to think of it as a return to clarity. The focus of all the Epic-A lists are the special rules, or lack of same, as it defines the character of the army. Get those right, and only then IMHO can real work of the army list, and unit data, be accomplished effectively.
I have no intention of moving the Nid list off of Epicomms, and wish to keep it in this fine open forum, but I will be enlisting the help of a select group to bounce ideas off of. (My friends here locally will make up this crew and their real job is to make sure I don't post a really bone head ideas.
)For the present I am the Nid champion until I get fired, or I am forced out by a revolt of the posters
I am looking forward to working with all of you.
Jaldon
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