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Is it just me, or does it seem like Games Workshop has been dumbing down 40k lately? Codexes are increasingly "streamlined" to the point where you've got only cosmetic choice in the army selection, and that's really where it's striking me the most, but there are other things too.
I think I started to notice it when they released Codex: Eldar. Beautiful book, don't get me wrong. Great new models, too. But rather than focus on the options that they had previously presented, they've made a hybrid army list which supposedly leaves all the previous army lists valid, only they kind of make you completely reorganize everything so that it's not truly the same army anymore? Dark Angels are the same way. Removing the armoury kills a lot of conversions people have done, and in particular, the list is so rigid that you pretty much have to play it one or two different ways.
Having heard a great deal about the Chaos Space Marine codex, which is perhaps what I'm most concerned about since Chaos has been my love for many years now, it looks like we're walking further down the path of simplification for the sake of keeping things simple and ignoring the old models people have made, the fluff that exists to justify certain armies, etc.
Also, there is the somewhat recent GW move, albeit a rather quiet one, to make Warhammer 40,000 more "Warhammer junior," if you will, and Warhammer Fantasy the more "adult" game. Every time I talk to a distributor, they mention how GW wants to market 40k to a younger audience, and they're adjusting the rules accordingly. Go to a convention, and watch the red shirts. See what they show different people. It's sad, really, that GW would walk that route. I don't want to see the game I've loved for 8 years head the way of Pokemon.
Has anyone else noticed any of this?
I don't mean for this to have been...I'm not sure what the right word is. Hostile, for lack of a better... or violating any of the forums' rules. If it does, please feel free to delete it.
I think I started to notice it when they released Codex: Eldar. Beautiful book, don't get me wrong. Great new models, too. But rather than focus on the options that they had previously presented, they've made a hybrid army list which supposedly leaves all the previous army lists valid, only they kind of make you completely reorganize everything so that it's not truly the same army anymore? Dark Angels are the same way. Removing the armoury kills a lot of conversions people have done, and in particular, the list is so rigid that you pretty much have to play it one or two different ways.
Having heard a great deal about the Chaos Space Marine codex, which is perhaps what I'm most concerned about since Chaos has been my love for many years now, it looks like we're walking further down the path of simplification for the sake of keeping things simple and ignoring the old models people have made, the fluff that exists to justify certain armies, etc.
Also, there is the somewhat recent GW move, albeit a rather quiet one, to make Warhammer 40,000 more "Warhammer junior," if you will, and Warhammer Fantasy the more "adult" game. Every time I talk to a distributor, they mention how GW wants to market 40k to a younger audience, and they're adjusting the rules accordingly. Go to a convention, and watch the red shirts. See what they show different people. It's sad, really, that GW would walk that route. I don't want to see the game I've loved for 8 years head the way of Pokemon.
Has anyone else noticed any of this?
I don't mean for this to have been...I'm not sure what the right word is. Hostile, for lack of a better... or violating any of the forums' rules. If it does, please feel free to delete it.