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Post by gobber on Jun 22, 2019 4:55:38 GMT
Around 31:30 during the keynote talking about successful riotquest pitches... Hungerford: "I want to take Helga and give her like a biker outfit and a spiked bat and put her on a giant farrow motorcycle and call her Helga on wheels, or Highway to Helga, and give her warlock rules..."
From the minions facebook group: Hungerford: "She’s happening. She’s a warlock. You’ll see her before next L&L"
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Helga2
Jun 22, 2019 6:56:55 GMT
Post by Azahul on Jun 22, 2019 6:56:55 GMT
I need to remember to thank Hungerford tomorrow for giving us our first Pig Warlock in five years
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Helga2
Jun 23, 2019 0:41:22 GMT
Post by gobber on Jun 23, 2019 0:41:22 GMT
And we have art! Minus the farrowcycle though. Also relevant to minions:
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Helga2
Jun 23, 2019 6:17:13 GMT
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Post by vomath on Jun 23, 2019 6:17:13 GMT
Woah, who's the frog?
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Helga2
Jun 24, 2019 15:50:22 GMT
Post by Azahul on Jun 24, 2019 15:50:22 GMT
According to this source, Helga2's spell list will include (of course) Engine of Destruction
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Helga2
Jun 24, 2019 21:46:06 GMT
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Post by galiman on Jun 24, 2019 21:46:06 GMT
Hungerford said he designed her to be the speed demon of farrow and wants her army to look as mad max as possible with existing models. Specially he said she amps up meat threathers and road hogs. So I’m interested in what that entails
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Helga2
Jun 25, 2019 0:14:31 GMT
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Post by Azahul on Jun 25, 2019 0:14:31 GMT
Heh, she'll need to be pretty damn fast to compete with Arkadius I love the idea of a Mad Max double Thresher many Road Hog force though.
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Helga2
Jun 25, 2019 0:25:29 GMT
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Post by galiman on Jun 25, 2019 0:25:29 GMT
Well if she’s on a bike she might be cav and be spd 7-8 which with engine would bring her up to 9-10. Maybe she keeps cyclone? But I’m hard pressed to find existing spell that benefit meat threshers and road hogs. Temporal acceleration?
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Helga2
Jun 25, 2019 2:41:32 GMT
Post by gobber on Jun 25, 2019 2:41:32 GMT
Love the idea of her wanting doublethresher, but it's going to take a lot to outdo Sturm's buffs for it. Unchargeable+nearly unshootable+speed buffs is hard to beat; seems like replicating some of that and providing a boosting mechanic or additional attacks would be necessary to compete. As for boosting/attack volume, I could see them going a couple routes like: -reword Kraye's "Iron Horse" ability to buff roadies and threshers; impact attacks, boosted charges and reposition 5" would do it. Would love to see some way to grant crushing weight (multiple impact attacks, from warwagon/gun carriage) as well. -Butcher2 style feat allowing the threshers to buy and boost attacks -Stryker2 style feat giving extra move and attack -Mackay-style feat buffing constructs; boosted damage and run & gun would be pretty powerful on threshers Random other ability I'd like to see: Target model gains Ton of Bricks (model hit is slammed d3") on its melee weapons; allowing her to get a bit of her old feat on the table as a spell as we often see in multiple iteration casters.
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Helga2
Jun 25, 2019 3:18:34 GMT
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Post by custardboy on Jun 25, 2019 3:18:34 GMT
The noteworthy thing with road hogs and meat threshers are their guns, so I'd expect something to do with that. Like a spell that gives FF models gun and run, or something like that.
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Helga2
Jun 25, 2019 3:39:38 GMT
Post by Azahul on Jun 25, 2019 3:39:38 GMT
It could be a different thing for each model? I.e. an Elite Cadre for Meat Threshers and Guided Fire to turn up the Road Hogs.
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Post by gobber on Jun 25, 2019 4:18:29 GMT
Just collecting the spoilers for all the models that might be minions (it's hard to know, but a lot of RQ models with faction affiliation are instead mercs/minions with partisan): Ledfoot & Treadz/Pyg Tank: Confirmed Minion. 2 versions; a Character pyg officer (Ledfoot & Treadz), and FA2 closed-hatch tank. Ledfoot has vet leader (other tanks). Has some sort of knockdown ability; the gun has trash (boosted damage vs KD). Captain Crawtooth: Crocpirate with No sleeping on the job [Gator]. Hook mechanic in RQ. Steadytough maelok brick sounds solid. Flogwog: Croak solo of some sort; he's pictured earlier in the thread Nyss Sniper: Possibly a minion? Would love to see more nyss to run with Cylena. Similar to a deathstalker. Dark Sniffer: there's a gobber in that thing, which might mean it's a minion? Skornions: Disciples of Agony will be opened to all casters. Two skorne themes being combined; unknown if it's DoA or not. New character agonizer (terrorizer) with vet leader, 2 melee weapons, spray gun and slug gun, dual attack and rush animus. Skinwalker Hombre/Wolf with No Name: possibly a circle partisan minion. Orboronions: Wild Hunt and Secret Masters getting combined. Jaims: Meh combat solo from the looks of it Boomhowler,solo artist Gremlin Slingshotter: This looks a little less whimsical than most grymkin; could see it being a partisan? Turns into a gremlin swarm upon death.
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Helga2
Jun 25, 2019 22:40:22 GMT
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Post by Azahul on Jun 25, 2019 22:40:22 GMT
Yeah, as sad as I was to hear that there are no plans for a Pig CID in sight, we'll be getting more models in the next year from Oblivion and Riot Quest than we did from the Blindwater release. I mean, Oblivion alone gives us three Archons (hopefully the Primal got something to make it worth considering, but Void in WWFF and Dhunia in Thornfall seem playable), the Hermit, and the Thamarite Advocate. Then Helga, the strange Croak, the tanks, Boomhowler, the unblighted Nyss Deathstalker, and possibly a smattering of others.
The theme remix means I should probably give the Nyss Hunters and other character units another look too, since they don't cost free solo slots anymore.
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Helga2
Jun 26, 2019 1:10:53 GMT
Post by gobber on Jun 26, 2019 1:10:53 GMT
Yeah, as sad as I was to hear that there are no plans for a Pig CID in sight, we'll be getting more models in the next year from Oblivion and Riot Quest than we did from the Blindwater release. I mean, Oblivion alone gives us three Archons (hopefully the Primal got something to make it worth considering, but Void in WWFF and Dhunia in Thornfall seem playable), the Hermit, and the Thamarite Advocate. Then Helga, the strange Croak, the tanks, Boomhowler, the unblighted Nyss Deathstalker, and possibly a smattering of others. The theme remix means I should probably give the Nyss Hunters and other character units another look too, since they don't cost free solo slots anymore. Might not be a pig CID, but Thornfall will grant Rise to all Farrow warriors (per Hungie on FB).
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Helga2
Jun 26, 2019 1:12:40 GMT
Post by Azahul on Jun 26, 2019 1:12:40 GMT
Might not be a pig CID, but Thornfall will grant Rise to all Farrow warriors (per Hungie on FB). Also per me in the thread below this one on this forum EDIT: I mean, ultimately, that was also per Hungerford face-to-face. I can't take full credit for everything good pigs get Even if my local meta is now convinced I threw the Iron Gauntlet to avoid getting pigs nerfed.
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