Games Workshop talks Kill Teams future!

The latest Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team metawatch has just been released and offers some deep insights into how Games Workshop are having to change the way they balance the game as it matures, as well discussing the future of the game!
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[@jacobmiller4670]

Man i really hope we get a catachan kill team

[@GrimdarkGamers]

That would be incredible! I remember when the current models came out and boy is it time they were replaced.

[@voxcasttonowhereofficial]

Gods, that'd be beautiful

[@brother_bear_hobbies]

Hoping to see another ork kill team Hoping for a terminator kill team and genestealer kill team Want to go back to open boards

[@GrimdarkGamers]

Yeah I’m really really curious as to what could be next. I don’t know if it’s rumors or just the Internet hive mind’s wishful thinking but jungle terrain featuring Tyranids and catachan would be amazing.

[@uwesca6263]

​@@GrimdarkGamersi might be wring but didnt they teaser'd a exodite eldar kill team? Would be great against Tyras. And yeah catachan would be great (as well as 3 more catachan releases to make an army work) For Terminators... I am not sure. Sure lorewise it would be ok. But i am not sure about the balance. These would be custodes with better weapon options and i am not sure if it is fun to play against and enemy that you can not fight (as a guardsman team for example) and you have to run around playing solely for points. It would also begs the question if everyone else gets their terminator equivalent (like blightlords) or their elite options like incuby or orks in mega armor. My opinion is that the game works best with ~10 model units and a normal TP number. A small number of tanks is definetly fun but i guess an different game would be better for it.

[@GrimdarkGamers]

Exodite Eldar would totally be on brand for Kill Team, I could see it happening. I don’t think Terminators are massively likely but we do have Custodes so it’s not an impossibility I suppose.

[@uwesca6263]

@@GrimdarkGamers the custodes are most likely there because it is a faction and they wanted to make sure that every faction have a kill team. (On this point i think we will see a world eaters kill team in the next season)

[@DoomStarRequiem]

Mee too, a nob or meganob team ... probably a mix of nobs , flash gitz, a mega armored nob. Would be nice

[@BaronElBardo]

I really like how carefully they balance the game. I was talking with Ace, Lazarast and Java (they say they are known in the competitive scene) last day and they talk about the diferences between spanish killzones and Anglo-Saxon killzones. Having some game design tricks to make killzones will help the community and the balance team.

[@kalosprismatic]

I would love to see Tyranids get a bespoke KT box this time around. They've gone too long without one, and the end of last season would've been a perfect chance for them to do something with them.

[@GrimdarkGamers]

Agreed totally. The fact they didn’t get a team in the “space hulk” season hurts. They need their time to shine and I feel it will be soon.

[@sjhhej]

More figures for use with One PageRules: Grimdark Future Firefight. Nice.

[@Axiom125]

Looking forward to the next season! Hope to get a chance to get those cards...

[@slackeratlarge575]

Good recap 👍

[@brother_bear_hobbies]

You know what would be amazing... more Ork Kill teams which replace exisiting fail-cast models. (Like they did Kommandos) a cool Tank busta kill team (I know it's not failcast but these are Older models) a Ork Stormboy kill team

[@douglassearle5666]

It's GW so I wouldn’t be surprised if they pulled a Necromunda and made an much larger map needing vehicles. I'd be up for a Gorkamorka type game if I didn't think they would flog extortionate special vehicles!

[@CrimsonTemplar2]

Excellent summary!

[@rambunctiousmedia3350]

What's on your wishlist for new Kill Teams?

[@GrimdarkGamers]

It’s kind of already been fulfilled with both Arbites and the Inquisition although I do feel a bit cheated the later doesn’t actually have an Inquisitor operative. Honestly I’d like to see them finish going through the compendium and replace each of the teams in it with their bespoke counter parts. Oh, and an infiltration focused Tyranid team of course !

[@viewtifuljoe4412]

I definitely agree with getting bespoke teams :) and all I can say is hopefully more different terrain. @@GrimdarkGamers

[@GrimdarkGamers]

@viewtifuljoe4412 I remember jungle boards being a lot more prevalent during the time of second edition 40K. I’d love to see a return of that!

[@rambunctiousmedia3350]

@@GrimdarkGamers I think we should get resculpted Catachans (since we've got homeless but awesomely resculpted Cadians); the Arbites nerf that limits them to full size squads in regular 40K should be rolled back, so that the superfans can add five- or six-man squads of 'em once more.

[@uwesca6263]

On the one hand i would like to see a kill team szenario based on a war for a makropol planet so we can introduce necromunda gangs. Besides that i think the mechanicum have the capability for interesting teams with Tech thralls, secutary and cybernetica units. And as a last: I would love to see more Xenos Races. Like Hrud, vespids. Make them a one team kill team and give them auxila rules for Tau 40k.

[@onceuponakillteam-sean]

yeah baby!!!! :D

[@christofferthorsson607]

wait, what have my lil green boyz been doing to deserve this?

[@GrimdarkGamers]

Apparently their forward deployment ploy has been used to great effect in tournaments.

[@christofferthorsson607]

@@GrimdarkGamers shame. that ones really funny

[@GarredHATES]

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