Goatboy here and today’s hot mess is talking about the ignored Imperial Agents and their lack of updates – here’ how GW could fix em up.
Goatboy here and today’s hot mess is talking about the Imperial Agents and lack of updates. It is such a weird army. It is cool we have gotten a pile of units to add to Imperial Armies but it doesn’t really work as a single army choice. the whole codex feels like a dumping ground, and just doesn’t do enough. My thought today is how do we fix it?
Imperial Agents – Add More “Borrowed” Datasheets
Let’s start with the first bit of thought to this army. The idea that we “expand” things out a bit and really create a “mish mash” of Imperial odds and ends in one army. This would be a curated bit of options through out the books and while it means reworking a ton of single Datasheets it would give the book a heck of a lot more options. It doesn’t need to have all the options but what if you picked a few things from all of the Imperial books and just lets you create a really unique mash up that reminds you of some of the older armies from back in the day.
Imperial Agents – Add More Named Characters
To continue that line of thought we could also go even crazier by creating a ton of unique “Named Character” units that represent a specific Imperial Army choice but it might be a named or unique option. You could really go hog wild and create a new Imperial Knight option that is like a cool knight and his armiger Squire. You could do special units from the Animations things like the Female Custodian character and her Null Maiden friend. You could even create some unique things that kind spoof on other fun things like a true Judge Dredd or other unique options.
Imperial Agents – Add “Mission Themed” Detachments
Finally and I think an interesting method would be to create a few Detachments that really emphasizes the winning of the game style of option. What if you had an upgrade that let you drawn an extra card or replace a card back into your deck? Or if you could “reshuffle” options. What if there was something where a unit could count as controlling two objectives when he grabs one? Would things like that be powerful? This army is supposed to be full of the weird oddball stuff in the Imperium so why not bring that into their missions as well?
Imperial Agents – Go Crazy With “Oddball” Datasheets
Speaking of bringing it back in we should really have more unique units in the book? I thought this book should be using some of the other IP stuff to create options in this book. Like where are the old weird Jokaero? Where are the odd Astra Militarum stuff? How about some crazy Servitor options or some crazy tanks that we normally wouldn’t see? Where is a dang Land Raider? How about a Mentor Legion Testing Squads?
It is such a weird army that could really push the idea of being weird. I think a lot of the odd stuff could show up here and “testing” grounds for new stuff. You could make a lot of this digital and thus create some unique options that could show up somewhere. Or heck just give us a ton more funky Assassins from the Ordo.
Come on GW – don’t be afraid to bring the weirdness -that’s what the entire faction is about!
Thomas Reidy, aka Goatboy, the ever-evil member of BoLS. I do arts, play 40k, and even paint a lot of stuff. I have been playing Warhammer 40K since the 1990s, and have won multiple national events including Adepticon and GW GTs. I’ve been writing for BoLS for 15 years. Look at my Instagram to see what I am working on – or working on for someone. I am always doing something hobby related.