Just posting a general speculation thread for the khanate. It seems like we are hitting a point where every faction has or nearly has their full list of sectorals available. CB said there might be 3rd new one this year and at this point theres very few possibilities as to what it could be. PanO and Yu jing are getting new ones, ariadna has all 4, nomads have all 3 and black hand was confirmed not a sectoral. Aleph has their 2 and there hasent been much spoken about a third. Tohaa seems scrapped for now, and mercs usually dont count the same way when mentioned with exceptions being jsa and spiral. So this leaves Combined Army maybe getting a 4th but theres not much evidence of what race it would be since trihedron has not been mentioned much, and caskuda are still dead. O-12 seems very likely, but it feels very soon and there would need to be more new units added and they arent that big or fleshed out yet. Besides those 2 haqq is the only one left with 1 more sectoral, plus QK got discontinued so theres really only 2 sectorals worth of sku considering most qk stuff that remained overlaps with mercs. So in the end, theres a very real chance we could get it this year. Even bostria off handed mentioned a gabqar unit in a video earlier this year or late last year, so it is being developed. What do yall think?
definitely nothing in N3. Perhaps when they re-balance in CodeOne and N4 they'll introduce new sectorals but won't hold my breath. I think they are avoiding the K word. The name was originally brought up before RTF existed. I think RTF is the rebranded Idea of Gabqar Khanate. Also QK an GK are a little too close to each other and may get people confused. Lets be honest no on uses the full name of QK.
Could be i don't follow the lore too closely. But still doubt there will be anything new until N4. My guess is they'll tweek all the existing sectoral enough to encourage people to get some new models with N4, then about 6-9 months later they'll introduce new sectorals, probably as they phase in factions into CodeOne.
I think you are mistaken as RTF is far from GK to be a rebranded one. Also QK and GK are hardly close to each other even a little and let's be honest, people unable to distinguish two letters are just illiterate.
I won't even have to. Gabqar Khanate should happen - one day. Somewhere in the future. Perhaps somewhere in the N4. But first, we need to see the N4 rules, and what they do to current armies. Also, the new design ideas form CB, aimed at cutting SKUs and the unit bloat in vanilla. Haqqislam isn't burdened by the PanO problem of having 3 basic line troops (Fusiliers, Acontaciemento Regulars and Order Sergeants), but this doesn't mean we're not going to see some units disband / cease to exist. It merely means we do not know what to expect. And I believe the decisions have been long made, if Code 1 (with its simplified rules, that are to allow for an easy upgrade to N4 game) is to be released this month. I assume N4 is pretty much ready, too - maybe a few last tweaks, and off to the printers, to be ready for general release at GenCon. Think about it, o brothers. GenCon starts July 30th. That's less than 5 months away. And then, or soon after that, we shall know.
I mean, the rumored 3rd sectoral release this year is post N4 drop, and there is good evidence for us. Also Gabqar Khanate is the government name, not sectoral. How RTF is caliphate, QK is sultanate, HB is Shahnate. Most likely id guess we see a new unit or 2 including a gabqar unit added in N4 like how a new unit or 2 was added in n3 and hsn3.
Personally I hope they never make another sectorial again. Maybe they'll pull a USARF and add all the design philosophy from the retired sectorial in to the new sectorial.
I would be quite interested in the Khanate...I suppose it might have a quite appealing playstyle...but on the other hand, I dont want HB to be shelfed, which might happen when adding a new Sectorial. But I also think, that it wont happen in 2020. O12 is the new Lovechild of CB, so they will get it.
I feel like the designers want us to play sectorials. But I want to play kum bikers. So... my reasoning here is really simple.
I'm not certain Gabqar Khanate might become a sectorial at all. N4 is confirmed to move up the timeline. If anything, I'd expect a reworked Qapu Khalqi to give a new unique identity compared to the one it lost with the advent of the NA2 sectorials. Let's take a look what currently available Haqqislam units might show up in GK: Ghulams (they have been in every other Haqqislam sectorial so far!) Leila (shown up in every other sectorial so far) Najjarun (by default) Halqas (Out of production, doesn't really mention it in fluff as far as I could tell, but does seem to fit with the high mobile identity that GK seems to be having) Hunzakuts (mentioned in fluff) Kum Riders (mentioned in fluff) Kasym (mentioned in fluff) Zamira (mentioned in fluff) Zuleyka (mentioned in fluff) Remotes (by default) Warcor (by default) Are these enough to create a new sectorial? The sectorials would require a lot of new units to be functional. On top of that, Haqqislam also has Saladin, which hasn't shown up in any sectorial so far, probably to entice people to play vanilla. (Same with CA and the Avatar). It could be possible these units get rolled up in existing sectorials, or just stay vanilla forever. Time will tell!
I hope so to, it may also explain why they kept the Djanbzan sculpts in production when the rest of the QK sculpts were retired.
They are the our only option with long range msvl2, otherwise you shoot really really poorly over 24"
Or RTF. Or so many sectorials in this game. *shrug* I'm not sure what you're onto here. One of CB higher-ups mentioned a few unit ideas by name, although it was a long time ago (shortly before RTF release) and, well, it was just that, random ideas that could be discussed some time ago or not. That said, I wouldn't rule out the possibility of miniature company to create an incentive for people to buy massive sculpts quite expensive in RL money (and possibly with dismounted doubles on top of that) that generally cost very few points on the table. So, potentially up to a ton of them for a list. So GK looks like a solid plan.
