so whats everyone think of new empire

whats everyone's thoughts and feelings on new empire book? is it strong weak for tournaments? is it an army just to play for fun?
what type of list do people prefer with them and are they combat heavy? gunline? or what?

Well just like before they can do everything but don't really excel in any one area. They probably are a little stronger in the artillery area than anywhere else. The thing I always found with empire is that everything needs to work cohesively in order for the army to be successful. It's combat is good but not great... Demi grpyh knights, great swords, and knights of the white wolf is the combat they have. But their problem is that yeah they may have good save but the all have low toughness so in turn they need to tear up the enemy with artillery and offensive magic. I feel empire needs life magic in the magic department but the new bound spells are awesome. I think in order for the army to be competitive it needs to have its elite combat unit, decent magic witha level 4 and warrior priests, artillery and try and go from there. But if one part of the army fails your chance of being effective drop... At least that's my opinion lol

so why not try light magic bc if they cant hit you then your low toughness doesnt matter. speed of light and bironas time ward+ phas equal win! or run 2 lvl 4s one light one life. and buff %$@@ outa your guys. just an idea. if you want combat heavy. you only want life for regroth n toughness. but every spell in light is viable against most armys in the meta.

Do any of the hurricanum thingies help you get extra dice/bonuses to casting? Double level 4's might work then.