Well it appears that the name changes of 40K aren't quite done yet. The Eldar are about to receive an "official" name change to the Aeldari, likely because the word Eldar was used by Tolkien first and thus GW can't copyright it for themselves.
I'm ambivalent about this. Their was a huge kick off about the Guard being renamed as the Astra Militarum and it wasn't that noticeable, the official codes changed names and they sometimes got called the Militarum in BL books in addition to their other names (Hammer of the Emperor, etc) and I see no reason to think that the Aeldari will be any different, they'll still be the Eldar 99% of the time and Aeldari will just be like Adeptus Astartes, the official name of the faction but not the one commonly used in-universe.
Ridiculous, perhaps, but also necessary. IP law has been going bonkers the last few decades, and it's only going to get worse as more and more lawyers see the money and get involved.
Like so many things from GW - neckbeard will loose their shit and trip out the "I'm never buying anything by GW again", followed by a bulk purchase on forgeworld and an apocolypse game at their local store.
Millitarum didnt change the imperial guard; it just created more memes.
Astartes didnt change anything; it just generated codex sales.
Aeldari wont change anything except make twitter complaint posts 2 characters longer.
I think I don't like aeldari because it sounds like a description.
"Have you seen that new grav-tank?"
"Yes, it's very aeldari"
I'm not against changing the name, I just think they should have thought of something different completely if they were going to do it rather than adding prosthetic vowels
Drukhari sounds better than aeldari
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I'm not against changing the name, I just think they should have thought of something different completely if they were going to do it rather than adding prosthetic vowels
We can add a third eldar race in there now according to Warhammer tv on twitch yesterday. The Ynnarri, an amalgam of DE witches and incubi that follow the new characters, and Biel Tan craft world eldar.
They've been doing it for a while, it's nothing new really. Just easier IP to protect.
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