(OLD) Warhammer 40,000:The App

- Every “update” I would have to deal with my lists disappearing with no way to recover them - This update, scrolling through a datasheet (Primaris Captain so far) crashes the app - cannot rename an army list - notes field on army list not visible after create - I can see other chapter data (stratagems, warlord traits, relics, etc.) when filling out army options even though I’ve already locked in on a specific chapter (Ultramarines in my case) thus the ability to create invalid lists but the app doesn’t validate it - has some performance issues with loading images (takes forever to load) even though I already own/activated the codexes

I downloaded this app only for it to continue to always push for the subscription. I’ve also unlocked a 40K codex for use in this app, for it to always display the data in that codex as locked. I contacted the support team about my codex not being available and going through all the steps they suggested for it still be locked. In comparison The Age of Sigmar app shows my AoS codex perfectly fine.

One of the main reasons I recently started playing 40k is because of its physical presence. Hand painted models, rulers, dice, terrain, etc. all are best done being real objects. Why do the rules need to be so separate from everything else? Im confused why Games Workshop feels the need to make the rules digital... It's probably cheaper but I would prefer to pay more for a physical copy. If I wanted a digital game, I would play video games, not board games. There definitely could be a world were there are physical and digital rules. We live in the world with a stinky mobile app unfortunately.

It would be nice if we could see datasheets for our whole army with the selected wargear like we can on BattleScribe, but it’s great having access to the core rules and all of our owned codexes Would also be nice if it had Boarding Patrol for army building and Killteam

Every aspect of the app requires a subscription including the data sheets if you’re interested in using an app for aiding in gameplay I suggest just playing AOS instead as the app is better and all the base rules are free, no subscription whatsoever even mentioned

Not sure about all the bad reviews, app is simple but works well.

Every time you try to change weapons on Ork Deff Dreads the app just crashes. You make the last maximum weapon choice on the unit and then the app crashes and won’t even allow you to access that unit profile load out section without crashing. This bug was in the app before, about two years ago, and it still persists. Exactly what are the patches and updates even for when the basic function of the app is hobbled by bad programming?

What more can I say. Been subscribed for a hot minute now. Pretty much since the app launched. It got better slowly but going from PDFs to a more natural setting wasn’t much of an upgrade. Arks of omens drops, calls for specific boarding patrol detachment, two months later there is still no support for boarding Patrol detachments in Battle Forge. It’s disappointing to say the least, and makes it incredibly difficult to recommend to anyone. Especially considering the vast majority of the content is locked behind paywalls. I really feel sad about this. I want better for this franchise I love

awful ipad interface. it is the iphone interface. it takes up the entire screen but only utilizes about a third of a screen with what looks like the iphone version. It is missing large chunks of the game, data sheet rules are generally out of date, armies of renown are missing with no way to add them even if you own the white dwarf. No dice rolling functionality. It is incredibly slow. you have to click through multiple screens to find the information you need. You can’t even split screen the app to run a dice roller or have something else open while using the app.

It’s been how long now? Surely you think minor things like missing units or special characters not being available to successor chapters would be fixed by now, but nope. Here we are and still can’t get a functioning army builder. Why do we have to pay for this again?