AoS General's Handbook finally announced !!

I tend to say it is just fluff. Making them named would make those bataillons very bad. I am pretty sure with named characters they mean those with names on their warscrolls.

As for the Carnosaur: yeah it makes it slightly weaker. But not that much I think, those riders do quite some damage themselves. I wouldn't call it a nerf.

Edit: ...except when buffing knights maybe. But those also became cheaper, so... meh. Could be worse.

 

Ok guys I think I may have found something important:

I just looked up the part about mounts in my GHB2017, I have the German version.
And interestingly, that paragraph mentions artefacts and command traits (German: Generalseigenschaften), and NOT command abilities (German: Befehlsfähigkeiten). Which also makes more sense to be honest since those pages are about allegiance and traits.
Command abilities don't have to do much with that.

So please can anyone post this on Facebook asking for a clarification? Because this might either be a translation error in the German version, or an error in the original English version that was already fixed for the German one (translations often already contain some fixes).

Fingers crossed for command traits being meant and not command abilities.

 

Nope I don't use Facebook. So unless they have other channels of communication I am unfortunately left out there.

As for the book:
Normally I would also go for the English version, but I share it with my friends and not everyone can read english that well.
Besides: The translations are - with very few exceptions - very well done in GW products as far as I can tell.

Since the chance for this being a typo in the English version is high (command trait vs. command ability) while being very low in German (Generalseigenschaften vs. Befehlsfähigkeiten) and every other paragraph on that page is solely about artefacts and command traits I am actually quite sure that they meant to write command trait and this is an error in the English version.

Otherwise that would mean that Command Traits can be used for mount weapons, while Command Abilities wouldn't. That's absurd IMO.

 

I know, originally I didn't even read that paragraph in my German book, because I had read it here on Lustria.
I wanted to show it to a friend because it would seriously nerf Orruks (Gore-Gruntas, Maw-Krusha, and all other cavalry units like Savage Boarboyz would not really profit much from the Waagh anymore! Also a serious nerf for many other armies) and that's when I noticed the difference. I looked back at the English version and then back to German and thought: OK, I am SURE the english one is wrong, that can't be true and it doesn't fit the rest of the page.

 

Also fun fact: The Scar-Veteran on Cold One's warscroll is gone from the app?? LOL. They seem to have a few problems with that.

 

Nope, it's still there and it costs 100 pts.

 

That's not the point. I am...halfway... fine with the artefacts and command TRAITS not affecting mounts' weapons. I am just pretty sure that the wording of that paragraph is wrong since it doesn't mention command TRAITS but says command ABILITIES.