Are they actually shipping him from Aiur, or what? Jesus.

Oh yeah - and also a teal Lego biker helmet.

No idea how this ended up with one of the guys. He had no idea either. But I have it now.

I also picked this guy up. He is printed in pitch black resin so it was very hard to capture him on camera. I can assure you though, the detail on this man, is immaculate! I have no idea who he is 🎵🎶 or where, or how or why he is 🎶🎵, but I do know he is going to be a lot of fun to paint.

Suggestions as to what clan I should paint this chap as, are more than welcome!

Funnily enough, multiple people brought Orks along. And I could get enough stuff to build a whole Ork! A complete one! I love him, he is gonna be so cool!
He even has a little backpack Gretchin. A pocket friend!
Man, I love Orks.

Now, for something more exciting.
I picked up a whole load of Eldar bits. I've been in an Exodite mood lately. We'll see what comes out of this.

Also an absolute truckload of female heads. The previous user didn't want them, so I could have them for free.
His loss.

Some more Marine bits. Again, nothing overly exciting, such is the deal with Marines, but once again, very useful stuff. I wanna get some Fallen together, the knightly parts will come in handy, and extra bolters and chainswords are always useful.

I picked up some Ultramarine shoulder pads, from the old Upgrade Kit. It's not crazy exciting, but it's gonna come very useful with a project I have at hand.

Alright, I organized everything, let's go through everything one by one

My prediction is that the meta will quickly become this (in one hero formats at least) :
>Pick a hero, that starts with an advanced class skill
>Get the better advanced class, for a total of 6 skills
>Get Scouting and Logistics for a total of 8 (if they aren't part of the package already)

So far, I'm thoroughly whelmed. It's fine. It's okay. The bar wasn't set high by 7, but Olden Era definitely made it.
Nothing so far blew me away, but it's definitely a fine addition to the series.

Would I still pick 3, Chronicles, 5 or even 4 over this?
Yes. But it's fine. It's okay. It can stay.

I understand, it's a very early build, but that's also why it's important to point these things out.

I'll be posting more of my thoughts throughout the weekend. I only played one game so far, don't wanna draw deep conclusions, these are just the things that immediately jumped out to me, and felt like might become problematic later down the line.

As far as I know, none of the heroes start with a subclass relevant skill- which doesn't really give you much wiggle room. It's very easy to be locked out of these secondary classes.
I know the intention was to open up hero building, and encourage niche builds- it didn't work. Quite the opposite.

On the topic of skills:
The secondary classes feel much more restrictive than the ultimates in 5, or the advanced classes of 4.
In 5 you needed 3 specific skills, and subskills which weren't hard to get for your class, and you might have already started with.
Here, you need 5. 5 out of the 8 total

Also, Necromancy is PATHETIC in this version. My prediction rings true.
I played a Necro Specialist, and leaned into buffing her ability with laws, and skill choices. Still, the skill was basically irrelevant by late game.
At least, they are kinda tempo now. That sure is new.