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More reboots than windows me.

Probably in the shape of sisters. then rebooting to 8th or 9th by then

they dont need to worry so much as long as there rules are gak so they can keep "balancing" them.

As I am primarily a player , rather than just a collector.
I would like lots more focus on clearly defined rules that deliver straightforward but tactically complex game play.
(Eg like the other game companies currently deliver.)

The cool models would be more appealing to players if they had more incentive to put them on a games table. rather than just collecting dust on a shelf.IMO.

gealgain wrote:
Terrain sets that are not imperial

Yes I agree! Why oh why don't they make more terrain? If they claim to be a model company there is the chance! I would love some more varied locations that are not your devastate Gothic city ruin.

Also with all the people looking for sister plastics, what on earth could be holding them back? Instead of the next gak release of offshoot supplement models, release 4 boxes of multibuild sisters stuff and watch your profits soar... I don't think I understand their business plan.

I'm pretty much done buying Models, but a new Chaos Flyer would take my money.

I still buy Codexes though, so any new Chaos Supplement would definitely be pre-ordered no hesitation.

At this point, I don't think there's anything that GW could produce that would get me to fork over large sums of money. I have zero faith, absolutely none, that their game will ever approach a state that could be called "balanced". It simply not in their design philosophy for the way most people play games.

They just got me with the Harlequins. Plastic Heresy minis would be troublesome.

Cheaper prices for codexes and plastic miniatures, i like the imperial knights but for that money i can get a high grade full posable multi colored plastic kit in Japan.

Reduce MSRP on all products by 50%. As someone who just got into this hobby ~2 years ago, I have to say the bar is set incredibly high for new players. I will not pay $35 for a single HQ model. I will be perfectly happy to spend that same $35 on second-hand minis on ebay, and get a lot more for my money. As for what models I would actually buy if they magically appeared: updated Mad Doc Grotsnik, Wierdboy, Deffkoptas, and Ork Buggies.

Adeptus Mechanicus Codex (HH doesn't count).
New Daemon lord of war rules so I can actually use them in non-Apoc games.
Bloodthirster updated so it doesn't take 3+ turns to get to combat.
The Warpflame rule to be FAQ'd out, burned, and buried forever.

New Dark Angels codex / campaign!

 The Internet is for Khorn wrote:
Adeptus Mechanicus Codex (HH doesn't count).
.

that's apparently coming... my poor poor wallet

BrianDavion wrote:

 The Internet is for Khorn wrote:
Adeptus Mechanicus Codex (HH doesn't count).
.

that's apparently coming... my poor poor wallet

as early as next week if some are to be believed

http://www.spikeybitsblog.com/2015/03/omnissiah-ad-mech-releasing-next-week.html



*The binary translates as "All Hail Mars"

 Januine wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:

 The Internet is for Khorn wrote:
Adeptus Mechanicus Codex (HH doesn't count).
.

that's apparently coming... my poor poor wallet

as early as next week if some are to be believed

http://www.spikeybitsblog.com/2015/03/omnissiah-ad-mech-releasing-next-week.html



*The binary translates as "All Hail Mars"

my local GW's holding a store birthday party on saturday so I was planning on swinging by saturday anyway so I'm eager to use the excuse to snag a white dwarf

1. Jervis et al to realise the majority of people don't play the way they do, and join the 21st Century instead of being stuck in 80's D&D rulesets

2. Release a 40k skirmish ruleset with tightly written rules. Engage with the player base on it.

3. Keep the current 40k for those that like it, and re-name it something else. Maybe "Apocalypse" ?

Release a new game?

An apology.

A new IG regiment would probably get me. Something that didn't look borderline absurd (Cadians are alright... Catachans are just outdated) or what I would really like to see would be a renegades box set.

I would say a Chaos Gunship, but I just dropped the $180 USD to order a Fire Raptor from FW...

For a long while I thought I'd buy plastic sisters if they ever came out. Now I could care less.
The rules would be frustratingly bad.
I'd be supporting a company that I don't believe deserves my support.

So, to answer the OP: nothing.

I'm going to second the "skirmish" 40k idea :-)

Specifically: I would like one with large amounts of cool character ideas/options and a focus on options throughout your turns.

Barring that: give us ways to deck out our existing HQ characters and add more "player designed" characters (wargear, ect) and you totally have all my monies!

Forge World sold stateside for American currency. Buying online with no possibility of hands on the product beforehand, getting inflated shipping costs and/or time, it's not an easy hurdle. Some heads end up costing as much as a box of Sanguinary Guard. I'm sorry, I'd rather have the Sanguinary Guard.

And if they brought back the old OOP product line, buying old stock or reprinted runs of classic models, I'd buy up a bunch of those in a heartbeat. They used to have a section of the online store for that. Priced very well too.

These guys being introduced to the setting as a new Xenos race! (Technically they are already here but, you know what I mean. I'd also just love a new Xenos race in general.) By that I mean, based on that art. Not Skaven in space...

Alternatively, if they shifted the spotlight from the UM to a newer chapter?

*See's the Blood Tithe rules for Chaos*

Start doing more of that! It's like they finally realize Chaos Marines aren't blander Space Marines.

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:
*See's the Blood Tithe rules for Chaos*

Start doing more of that! It's like they finally realize Chaos Marines aren't blander Space Marines.

crikey - last thing I'd ever associate with Chaos is blandness!! Some of the loyalist chapters.........sure!

 Januine wrote:

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:
*See's the Blood Tithe rules for Chaos*

Start doing more of that! It's like they finally realize Chaos Marines aren't blander Space Marines.

crikey - last thing I'd ever associate with Chaos is blandness!! Some of the loyalist chapters.........sure!

4th/6th edition Chaos Marines says otherwise, the units are blander then SM with Chapter tactics!

I was meaning more fluff/'verse wise. I only paint, model and read. Never really been much into the playing

 Januine wrote:
I was meaning more fluff/'verse wise. I only paint, model and read. Never really been much into the playing

That certainly does explain that view.

If they come with a Tzeentch book that lets me field Tzeentch CSM and Daemons with better rules (Tzeentch Daemons are ok, CSM not).

I think I would die of happyness.

A reboot of Necromunda or Battlefleet Gothic.

The tie-in between Battlefleet Gothic and 40K is so painfully obvious it almost goes without saying. Anyone who wants to run a large-scale campaign probably aspires to have some kind of starfleet action as part of the game.

As far as Necromunda goes, it's a skirmish sized game requiring a limited number of models. The opportunities for new factions (gangs) are practically endless, and the amount of detail and model/unit development and customization you can get to at that scale appeals to me as a modeler/painter as well as a gamer.

For that matter I'd like to see a reboot of the kill team rules.

I'd pay cash money to field plastic AdMech and Sisters too.

My two teef.

The things that would make me go bonkers and buy multiple boxes of would be:

- New freaking Eldar models -- That would be a good way of getting me to blow a quick thousand bucks. Some of the models are so dated that it's not funny.

- Plastic Sisters!!
- Plastic Inquisition!!!
- More Imperial Knights -- convert some FW stuff to plastic kits, please.
- More Tau stuff
- Any Space Marine chapter release



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 Phyrekzhogos wrote:

3. I'd need to see prices drop across the board. People say business can't be run this way. I can easily point out companies who have, such as Sony when they dropped the PS3 prices below that of their actual production costs. It took some years, but with a really intelligent business model, they not only succeeded in covering their costs, they walked away years later with hard profit and a fanbase firmly in love with them. While I am personally not the man to come up with or set in motion how this would be done, I have complete faith that "someone" could. There are plenty of people smarter than me.

@Phyrekzhogos - I agree with a lot of things you say as things that would improve GW as a company, but I think Sony would be a terrible company for GW to model their business practices after. Sony has lost money on many recent fiscal quarters, is overpriced relative to competitors, and has few true standout products. The PS3 is also not a good comparison, as all of the profit is made on online services and the games afterwards (which are a huge markup). It would be like selling rules cheaply knowing that people will need to buy more models every month or two (or more frequently).

 Talys wrote:

@Phyrekzhogos - I agree with a lot of things you say as things that would improve GW as a company, but I think Sony would be a terrible company for GW to model their business practices after. Sony has lost money on many recent fiscal quarters, is overpriced relative to competitors, and has few true standout products. The PS3 is also not a good comparison, as all of the profit is made on online services and the games afterwards (which are a huge markup). It would be like selling rules cheaply knowing that people will need to buy more models every month or two (or more frequently).

I don't disagree with you at all. I only used them there as the first company I could think of off the top of my head in illustrating that many companies leverage sales of their products using imaginative and often far reaching business practices that serve as a balancing act to bring in their profits. Offsetting their costs for the consoles by using game sales and peripherals is exactly what Sony did, and while they did go through a period where the idea looked crazy back when they originally sold the PS3, they eventually made it up and steamrolled forward with a pretty staunch customer base. Not only that, they very specifically backed Blu-ray as the product more people had access to using their consoles, and helped defeat the HD player. I actually consider this very prudent on their part as their Blu-ray division stood to make plenty of money moving forward. Where they stand currently is definitely a little different at this point however.

While the two companies are very different mediums, and whether Sony is a reasonable comparison or not though, I basically feel like there has to be some method of thinking outside of the box that GW could utilize to profit and move forward. I'd love to see what a business guru, someone like Mark Cuban could do with their company, and what sorts of plans they could lay to reinvigorate their market. I am definitely not the guy to come up with anything, but I have to believe "someone" out there could. It's really interesting stuff for me to watch