At the initial launch of the Old World, it looked like only a select few armies would get any attention. But with the success in sales and popularity of Seraphon in AoS, a revisit of the Lizardmen army is mostly inevitable - beyond the Legends anyway. Since Developers are sometimes known to frequent forums to find out public perception, I think it would be a good idea to collect all the wishlists of this forum in one place. I'll start. I'd like to see some of the Rank and File Skinks returning. Especially the Red Crested skinks of Warhammer Total War. A low toughness great weapon frenzied infantry is interesting. Though they would have to have a rule that makes them not strike last on the turn they charge to be viable at all. Are there other additions or changes you'd like to see?
I read exact the opposite at, since Seraphon are selling well in AoS, they will not be updated for Oldworld. However your is a good idea. Except for a generally balancing of mostly of units that lack a lot of special rules compared to all other in Oldworld and reducing of the costs for many other units (salamanders, saurus warrios and the slann especially)and a revisitation of cold blooded rule it would be even nice to have an own arcane journal with some more magic items (we have really few ones, and even fewer really useful and not situationals) I would NOT like to see skinks and kroxigor in ranks (sorry i don't agree with you) I would like to see the Slann back in the temple guard. I don't mind if the models doesn't fit, I play my old slann and GW can even reprint the old one. It's much more oldworld since the slann has always been INSIDE temple guards unit I would also like to see the Slann as really good caster. Right now he is just a expensive lv 4 that can be ethereal. NOTHING more....A drake or a gryphon cost the same points and make much more. Our signature lore isn't the best either.. Everyone got a dragon and we suffer a lot to don't have one, why don't create a Coatl? This means a flying mount for a saurus for example.
I'm in the middle of first draft of a fan made arcane journal and this was the first unit i put in. A move 6 GW weilding, maybe frenzy maybe fuious charge infantry could be really fun on the table. Im fine with this but bringing back Skink cohorts and a kroxigors and razordons as detachments could be interesting and fun. Also this. I love Template guard and i want them to be really good and bring utility. So things i want to see for lizards: A way to run the army without skinks, or Saurus or Slanns. A Red Host of Tehenhuain like army or a new saurus lead army, even if infantry arent good. Better magical items. Our ones are a little rough. That one restriction on oldbloods and skink priest restriction. Please make it go away Better flyers Wild suggestion, let Saurus steal a cold one chariot from dark elves, i just find the idea hilarous and want to see some temple guard on a chariot with halberds. Alteratively old blood on stegadon, Same thing but more lizardmeny
I think there is zero chance of lizardmen getting anything old world related in terms of models. Perhaps we might get a slight errata for the army book, in which case - "firing platform" for the Slann (better yet, go back to monstrous infantry) - "stand & shoot" and "quick shot" to be added to salamanders and razordons, and their price comes with 3 skinks - "stand & shoot" and "quick shot" (or at least one) being added to blowpipes - removing the restriction for old blood OR priest per 1000 - rippers can take a standard and a magical standard - troglodon should have "swiftstride" and "quick shot" - +1 leadership for skinks, scar vets, old bloods and slann. +2 leadership for skink heros and priests. This alone would make a fantastic addition to casual games. Only the change from Slann to Monstrous Infantry and s&s and qs for blowpipes would make a difference competitively, and even then we aren't winning tournaments. Of the 50+ old world armies in Australia's biggest tournament, zero were lizardmen which shows you what the competitive community think of our list. If we are lucky enough to get an arcane journal, well, that's another story...