Well the title says all really.

inb4 matt ward hate train or prices

Raise prices yet again while 7th ed increases the points level so that every game resembles apocalypse.

Take away everything from their site that brought people into the game and helped them decide what army, how to paint, and just get interested in minis in general.
oh wait...

xSPYXEx wrote:
inb4 matt ward hate train or prices

One down one to go!

 Macok wrote:

xSPYXEx wrote:
inb4 matt ward hate train or prices

One down one to go!

I give it five minutes...
This wasn't meant to be a hate thread lol.

 ShatteredBlade wrote:
Raise prices yet again while 7th ed increases the points level so that every game resembles apocalypse.

Ya I would say another price increase but a big one.

Even if Matt Ward wrote all the knew fluff, people COULD just ignore it. You cant ignore paying more for minis

 Desert_thunder_heart wrote:

 Macok wrote:

xSPYXEx wrote:
inb4 matt ward hate train or prices

One down one to go!

I give it five minutes...
This wasn't meant to be a hate thread lol.

You seriously posted this and didn't expect the mat ward hate parade?

 ShatteredBlade wrote:

 Desert_thunder_heart wrote:

 Macok wrote:

xSPYXEx wrote:
inb4 matt ward hate train or prices

One down one to go!

I give it five minutes...
This wasn't meant to be a hate thread lol.

You seriously posted this and didn't expect the mat ward hate parade?

Call me naieve...

The worst thing GW could do (to themselves) is, in my opinion, cut out all the independent discount retailers they currently sell to (Wayland, WarStore, etc.).

The worst thing they could do for the gamers... well there's so many options here really, and most of them are already being done passively (codex creep, price hikes, rules that leave too much room for argument because they aren't concise enough) so I'm not entirely sure how to answer this question. Roll Templars into the vanillar Marines book (I really hope this doesn't happen)? Retcon an army (don't see this happening)? Take your pick.

 Desert_thunder_heart wrote:
I give it five minutes...
This wasn't meant to be a hate thread lol.

We get that from the OP, but apart from some fluff abomination (like Emperor being half Squat half Eldar half Krootox) people may have a hard time coming up with something funny and worst thing at the same time.

Well they got rid of squats. That was stupid.

Nah not naieve, but I suggest we both abandon this subject before everyone starts up and get back on topic!

I would say another terrible idea for G.W would be for them to release a new faction. At this current junction in time we need updated codices, NOT new factions.

A big E model.

Keep price hiking, its getting seriously stupid now. Ive been able to justify spending so much on warhammer before but when boxes of men start going up 4-5 pounds with nothing new added and sometimes taken away (Im looking at you Tyranid battleforce) Also their irregular pricing. I mean its very unfair that the vampire counts battalion is a higher price than other battalions just because its Vampire counts. All battleforce/battalions if containing around the same amount should be the same price.

Also the worst thing is if they keep making models look stupid:



The piggyback flayed one.

+1 For that second point...

 AtomicEngineer wrote:
Keep price hiking, its getting seriously stupid now. Ive been able to justify spending so much on warhammer before but when boxes of men start going up 4-5 pounds with nothing new added and sometimes taken away (Im looking at you Tyranid battleforce) Also their irregular pricing. I mean its very unfair that the vampire counts battalion is a higher price than other battalions just because its Vampire counts. All battleforce/battalions if containing around the same amount should be the same price.

Also the worst thing is if they keep making models look stupid:



The piggyback flayed one.

Did that Necron just lay an egg?

Make my army or models obsolete when the next edition/army book comes out. That would really annoy me.

And leave poor Matt Ward alone, its no different to long spam kelly or vendetta spam crudance. If you want good fluff, you have the black library. Take all the matt ward codexs together and they are all relatively balanced. Get him to write every codex and we would probably have a very balanced game, although the fluff might stink.

Introduce a race of furry cat people.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Introduce a race of furry cat people.

Or panda's

Prices aside for a moment. IMO making another race, especially another one for the Imperium would be awful.

 tuiman wrote:

And leave poor Matt Ward alone, its no different to long spam kelly or vendetta spam crudance. If you want good fluff, you have the black library. Take all the matt ward codexs together and they are all relatively balanced. Get him to write every codex and we would probably have a very balanced game, although the fluff might stink.

Not had to use that meme in a while...

Anyways; GW has pretty much done all of the worst things they can possibly do, so much so I'm really not surprised by any of their antics anymore. It speaks volumes when a large chunk of the community is actually scared about any given codex release to see how exactly GW have taken their fave race and bent them over the table and used some sand for lube.

 Desert_thunder_heart wrote:
Well they got rid of squats. That was stupid.

That can be argued against actually lol

 AtomicEngineer wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Introduce a race of furry cat people.

Or panda's

I personally think a race of anthropomorphic ponies that was marketed towards little girls yet was loved by twenty-something men would be the stupidest thing that someone could do.

Oh wait....

And, yes, it has been done as a miniature line and is significantly NSFW.

Um Really? A miniature line?

and Matt ward just loves space marines way too much, well I mean Ultramarines. Because all space marines wish upon a star to be just as good as an ultramarine

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Um Really? A miniature line?

EDIT: seems to take you to a random site unless you hyperlink it. I apologise in advance. They are very NSFW, be warned!

Any of the three writing another OP book in their style.

Or, continuing to write books like the new chaos codex, worthless innovation and points changes.

entry game at 3000 points with the same slow game play and general table size rised to 5x5,

 Grimtuff wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Um Really? A miniature line?

Spoiler:

http://www.slapminis.com/

EDIT: seems to take you to a random site unless you hyperlink it. I apologise in advance. They are very NSFW, be warned!

Followed the link before I read your edit. I may have nightmares tonight.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Introduce a race of furry cat people.

Too late. There's mention of an abhuman race called the Felinids in the sixth edition rulebook.

 Luke_Prowler wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Introduce a race of furry cat people.

Too late. There's mention of an abhuman race called the Felinids in the sixth edition rulebook.

You're joking right? please say you are



NOOOOOOOO

They could roll BT into that god damn SM codex.

Roll Templars into the vanillar Marines book (I really hope this doesn't happen)?

People keep griping and panicking about this. Seriously. It's so far down the list of things GW do do to negatively affect the game that it's not even worth mentioning.

Hell, changing a Chapter's Codex color scheme would make a bigger impact.

Honestly the worse thing GW could do is shutdown the whole 40k line. It's very unlikely to happen, but it would be terrible to all of us who love the game.

They could make C.S. Goto in charge of all fluff.

Who's ready for MOAR MULTILASERS!

 AtomicEngineer wrote:

 Luke_Prowler wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Introduce a race of furry cat people.

Too late. There's mention of an abhuman race called the Felinids in the sixth edition rulebook.

You're joking right? please say you are



NOOOOOOOO

Nope:



Also Fishmen.

Cut off all ties with Forgeworld.

 AegisGrimm wrote:

Roll Templars into the vanillar Marines book (I really hope this doesn't happen)?

People keep griping and panicking about this. Seriously. It's so far down the list of things GW do do to negatively affect the game that it's not even worth mentioning.

Hell, changing a Chapter's Codex color scheme would make a bigger impact.

All that wasted time on making your models with a 2 special weapons in 5 man squads would make my models illegal, then having to change them. That's a pretty big impact to me. Plus I'd lose what I'd started BT for, badass fluff, and cool models to be shoved into a paragraph on a special character page in the SM codex.

 Grimtuff wrote:

 AtomicEngineer wrote:

 Luke_Prowler wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Introduce a race of furry cat people.

Too late. There's mention of an abhuman race called the Felinids in the sixth edition rulebook.

You're joking right? please say you are



NOOOOOOOO

Nope:



Also Fishmen.

Yeah those used to be apart of beastmen in 40k and fantasy, nothing really new. Like reintroducing squats again.

 Tyranid Horde wrote:

All that wasted time on making your models with a 2 special weapons in 5 man squads would make my models illegal, then having to change them. That's a pretty big impact to me. Plus I'd lose what I'd started BT for, badass fluff, and cool models to be shoved into a paragraph on a special character page in the SM codex.

Honestly, you might want to get ready for that to change anyway. They could be Sternguard/veterans, but I don't see any of the other chapters with 2 special weapons/5 marines, so I'm guessing BT's will lose that either way.

Anyway, BT players will lose nothing except something to complain about if they get rolled in. You'll have an updated codex, you'll always have an updated codex, and taking Grimaldus or whoever could grant whatever army wide rule y'all think is SOOOOO important that you just can't be Black Templars without it.

On topic, making their website effectively useless would be my answer if they hadn't already done that...Giving Tau or SoB the Squat treatment would be terrible not only to the Tau and Sisters players left out here, but it would send such a clear message that all of our collections are in jeopardy of being garbage at any time (and no, BT guys, getting rolled into C:SM would not do that to your army at all. Be serious).

Making Orks a serious pants race.

 Billagio wrote:
Making Orks a serious pants race.

So..Third edition?

Let's see...continue its current course, i.e. shoddy rules, lousy customer support and over-priced models?

 Necroshea wrote:
They could make C.S. Goto in charge of all fluff.

Who's ready for MOAR MULTILASERS!

I am.

Multilasers kick ass.

Replace all plastic kits with expensive failcast. Kind of like they did to nearly all the Eldar aspect warriors, except they were metal.

Mistaking a niche product for a luxury one... Wait, they're already doing that

1. Raise prices even further. I understand that costs are increasing, but it is starting to get to the point where it is restricting new entrants to the hobby, and without fresh blood the hobby will die.
2. Create another faction. This is largely because of the current release schedule causes some armies to be left alone or far too long. If they manage to find a better way of organizing releases, however, they may be able to squeeze more codices in as long as they occupy an unique mechanical design space.
3. Fold Forge World into the main operations of GW. While I would like to see more Forge World integration into 40k (ie, outright stating in 7th edition that Forge World are as much a part of 40k as any codex), the nice thing about them being seperate is that they are able to operate outside of GW's main release schedule, and thus aren't constrained by other games (Fantasy, LorT/Hobbit) and other factors (ie, Cruddace admitting that the reason so few codices were released this year was because GW wanted a steady 40k release schedule rather than a boom year followed by a bust year). Recognize FW, but keep it separate.

Forgeworld does some Fantasy stuff.

LOL!

An Ork warboss is sitting in a trench with his horde of boyz behind him, when he hears an Astartes shout from the other side of no-man's land "One Space Marine is worth ten Orks!" Recognizing a challenge when he hears one, the Warboss immediately sends ten eager boyz up and over to make the space marine eat his words. A moment later, the sounds of battle echo across the field, and ends just as quickly without a single Ork returning.
Then the same voice calls out "One Space Marine is worth fifty Orks!" Now a bit miffed, The Boss sends fifty lads to stomp in the challenger's face. Once again, the sounds of combat are heard, the Orkish warcries filling the air, but after a few minutes it dies down and the greenskin attack is completely silenced.
"One Space Marine is worth a HUNDRED Orks!" cries the champion. Utterly furious, the Warboss summons a hundred of his best warriors, taking a while and enlisting a few Grots to help count that high with their fingers, and the warhost charges the Imperial position with a deafening WAAAGH. An epic battle is heard for ten minutes, but much to the boss's frustration, even that peters out until the field is silent once again.
However, this time a single nob crawls back into the Ork trench, and tells him "They cheated, boss! Dere was TWO of 'em!"

 AtomicEngineer wrote:
and Matt ward just loves space marines way too much, well I mean Ultramarines. Because all space marines wish upon a star to be just as good as an ultramarine

Do be fair, Award was just aping Rick Priestlys 2nd edition fluff. He didn't start it.

Honestly, I think they have just about reached the point where I'm going to sell my army and move on. The rules are still wildly inconsistent and army prices are sky high. I just looked at the GW site and my jaw dropped at how much they want for some of that crap. I am getting the feeling that I would rather just sell everything and be done with it. With that said.

1 or 2 more price hikes and I'm done.

Well, they embargoed my continent for independent stores and pantsed my two armies in a row after giving a giant middle finger to faction balance, something I care about.

Yeah, not much they can -realistically- do. GW can be relied to be greedy and lazy, but they are not going to make it so that one player can force the other to only use d4s on all rolls (Next Ward-dex pending) or outright supervillain stuff like that.

Honestly, the wrost thing they could do now is to do stuff that messes with club formation and getting new players. Sky-high hobby entrance cost, shifting unit power all around to make more armies invalid and the like.

"In the 41st millennium there are only 7 roommates all living together in a condo. How will they get along? Real world 40K"

"Summer of Squats"

"We're getting rid of orks. We need to make room for a ramshackle space marine army with green skin. They also have weird Australian accents."

"To make things more realistic we've changed the d6 to a d20. Hope you're good at quadratic equations."

"We've managed to incorporate the F.A.T.A.L. System into rouge trader/dark heresy."

"We've decided to hire on some more writers. We found them posting proposed rules on Dakka. We hope they'll really change the power curve."

Honestly, the worst thing Games Workshop could do was cause a string of nuclear explosions that sends the world into a nuclear apocalypse that destroys all life as we know it.

You guys are thinking too small scale

xSPYXEx wrote:
Honestly, the worst thing Games Workshop could do was cause a string of nuclear explosions that sends the world into a nuclear apocalypse that destroys all life as we know it.

You guys are thinking too small scale

While Mat Ward emerges from the ashes, destined to rewrite the forgotten history in his own words...

 Galdos wrote:

 ShatteredBlade wrote:
Raise prices yet again while 7th ed increases the points level so that every game resembles apocalypse.

Ya I would say another price increase but a big one.

Even if Matt Ward wrote all the knew fluff, people COULD just ignore it. You cant ignore paying more for minis

I've always mostly ignored the fluff anyway, so bring on the Ward Codices.

 Valkyrie wrote:

xSPYXEx wrote:
Honestly, the worst thing Games Workshop could do was cause a string of nuclear explosions that sends the world into a nuclear apocalypse that destroys all life as we know it.

You guys are thinking too small scale

While Mat Ward emerges from the ashes, destined to rewrite the forgotten history in his own words...

Be quiet now. You are traumatizing people.

how to make GW worse? sell it to wizards of the coast...

A complete and total meltdown where the IP is released to the highest bidder and grabbed by EA or another massive corporate entity. The models are banished and lore is streamlined into a good vs. evil plot that is put into a rushed video game like CoD that puts normal human's on par with Ork Warbosses. Nothing remains of the game we once knew, the hobby is now a cult following where the rules are fought over bitterly because there are nothing but house rules. After a single generation the Imperium of Man collapses entirely as the 40k universe is replaced by industry giants like next Gen Halos and GoW, ect.

Stay on their current course. I can't think of many things they've done well lately.

Summon Cthulhu.

g0atsticks wrote:
how to make GW worse? sell it to wizards of the coast...

Really? Obviously, they failed miserably in their last attempt at a miniatures war game, but they have changed and learned a lot since then. 4th edition D&D was a huge upgrade over 3 and 3.5 and Magic pretty clearly the best hobby-type game on Earth.

Most importantly, WotC are super open and communicative with their fans. Want to know why Magic designers made a particular card? What the D&D guys are doing with the newest setting? Want your game's competitive, casual and everything in-between communities to get more than a head-nod, so they feel important and empowered? How about just having a guy who knows the rules and can actually answer questions about them?

I am being 100% serious when I say that, although I strongly doubt Hasbro would allow WotC to dip into the minis market again (since Dreamblade nearly bankrupt them), GW being acquired by WotC would be the best thing that could happen to WHFB, WH40K and the Hobbit or whatever it's called now.

 Grimtuff wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Um Really? A miniature line?

Spoiler:

http://www.slapminis.com/

EDIT: seems to take you to a random site unless you hyperlink it. I apologise in advance. They are very NSFW, be warned!

Oh feth... it really is the end of the world...

 JbR of the Endless Spire wrote:

 Grimtuff wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Um Really? A miniature line?

Spoiler:

http://www.slapminis.com/

EDIT: seems to take you to a random site unless you hyperlink it. I apologise in advance. They are very NSFW, be warned!

Oh feth... it really is the end of the world...

IT BURNS

 tomjoad wrote:

g0atsticks wrote:
how to make GW worse? sell it to wizards of the coast...

Really? Obviously, they failed miserably in their last attempt at a miniatures war game, but they have changed and learned a lot since then. 4th edition D&D was a huge upgrade over 3 and 3.5 and Magic pretty clearly the best hobby-type game on Earth.

Most importantly, WotC are super open and communicative with their fans. Want to know why Magic designers made a particular card? What the D&D guys are doing with the newest setting? Want your game's competitive, casual and everything in-between communities to get more than a head-nod, so they feel important and empowered? How about just having a guy who knows the rules and can actually answer questions about them?

I am being 100% serious when I say that, although I strongly doubt Hasbro would allow WotC to dip into the minis market again (since Dreamblade nearly bankrupt them), GW being acquired by WotC would be the best thing that could happen to WHFB, WH40K and the Hobbit or whatever it's called now.

yeah but wotc is just as money hungry. like space marines? to bad they randomize them in a pack, have to buy 50 packs just to get the tac squad you need. what they didn't give you interchangable weapons? better buy another 50 to get that rare melta gun figure. its a mystic rare now to, so if you try to buy the single it'll cost you your soul.

Mat Ward making another codex.

g0atsticks wrote:
yeah but wotc is just as money hungry. like space marines? to bad they randomize them in a pack, have to buy 50 packs just to get the tac squad you need. what they didn't give you interchangable weapons? better buy another 50 to get that rare melta gun figure. its a mystic rare now to, so if you try to buy the single it'll cost you your soul.

Ignoring you poor analogy, the secondary market for buying singles is very well supported. If for some reason they ever did that, I would bet it would still be cheaper than GW. Besides, GW does worse by completely invalidating previous models with rule changes OR forcing complete remodeling.

Continue making books for each of the Space Marine Chapters.

Honestly, consolidating all the chapters into one or two books would better everyone. Every. Single. Hobbyist.

GW's sales would also be more balanced, although they probably would take a small profits cut. However, fewer books means more updates around the board. That means more sales of all products, and more balanced game play.

The entire hobby would be better off if GW stopped making books for each chapter of SM that we all know play almost exactly like each and every other chapter.

Achieve grand success with their Hobbit miniatures game, sell a ganillion minis in 2 months, and give 40k and fantasy the Blood Bowl treatment.

 Grimtuff wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Um Really? A miniature line?

Spoiler:

http://www.slapminis.com/

EDIT: seems to take you to a random site unless you hyperlink it. I apologise in advance. They are very NSFW, be warned!

GAH! THE FORKS! THE FORKS!

Stop makeing mini's.

I'm with the guy that said turn everything Fincast. eesh

Lord Castellan wrote:

 Grimtuff wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Um Really? A miniature line?

Spoiler:

http://www.slapminis.com/

EDIT: seems to take you to a random site unless you hyperlink it. I apologise in advance. They are very NSFW, be warned!

GAH! THE FORKS! THE FORKS!

*Oggthrok gets home finally, and peaks at this thread* Dear lord, I've got to see this...

Huh...



Well, okay, I get the responses, but my imagination for horror seems to have outgrown reality's ability to produce it. Those are just naked female humans with horse heads thrown on top. The sculptor has more talent than I do, though my criticism is primarily that the horse heads look like horses... the modern MLP design doesn't really look like that, as the eyes should be much larger and the muzzles much smaller. Plus, you know, they're not naked human females.

Still, consider that actual GW official miniatures include nearly bare naked savage orcs and pants-less minotaurs. These are basically female beastmen blanks, painted to tease at a popular IP that they don't really very closely resemble...

My advice to any sculptors out there wanting to get brony money: sculpt little ponies that *look* like My Little Ponies. That means unsexualized, walking-on-all-fours, suitable for MLP fans to paint up as who ever they want it to be, sculpting on what ever hair they want. Then, release a hashed together ruleset that lets them fight Necromunda style with flank-mounted miniguns and holding laspistols in their mouths. It'd be a hoot.

Wait, what were we talking about?

Oh, what GW could do wrong? How about advertising a book in White Dwarf, emailing me about it, and promoting it heavily in the banner of the website every day for a month, only to see it sell out early in the pre-order phase, and give my local store none to sell? Not enough? Okay, how about a sprue with a plastic dance floor on it? They could call it a "goblin town", and charge $60.00 for it.

Right then, back on topic.

 Necroshea wrote:
They could make C.S. Goto in charge of all fluff.

Who's ready for MOAR MULTILASERS!

No worse than Dan Abnett's much revered Eisenhorn novels where every man and his dog is toting an Autocannon and driving a hover speeder.

 Sigvatr wrote:
Mat Ward making another codex.

Let me correct that for you.

People falling over Ward's writing powahs.

Also, note that he made the Main Rulebook for 6th ed and WHFB 8th ed.

Selling factory painted figs would be awful...

 Desert_thunder_heart wrote:
Selling factory painted figs would be awful...

I'm surprised they haven't already done that, actually.

With all the blatant money-grabs, this one would seem to be a no-brainer.

Basically continue what they are doing now. This recent branching into digital/online media (codices, little apps, etc) has me hopeful that they finally get their heads out of their asses, and realize that their close-minded and isolationist approach to their business is not the best way to go about things.


I hope they get pounded by the jury in the chapter house hearing, just to drive the point home.

Sigvatr wrote:Mat Ward making another codex.

I like Mat Ward codices and wish all of them were written by him. Seriously. It would bring both balance and extreme diversity to the game. Just... get him a story editor. That's all that is required.



The worst thing GW can do to its customers is win their lawsuit against Chapterhouse Studios.

Cutting all communication channels from the customers to GW. Oh wait...

Make the battleforce boxes contain units that are completly redunent for your army or make another unblanced starter set...
Oh wait....

License the IP for a video game to Bioware.

 wuestenfux wrote:
Cutting all communication channels from the customers to GW. Oh wait...

A few try now and then, and are run off. One was chased away in the news and rumors forum a small while ago.

It's not like they have any reason to, seeing as all they will get is vitriol in return.

License the IP for a video game to Bioware.

Now why would that be bad? Bioware puts out good things.

Get rid of the rules for customizing armies and make it so you have to take fething special characters and gak to customize your army.

They already did that.


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 Desert_thunder_heart wrote:

 ShatteredBlade wrote:

 Desert_thunder_heart wrote:

 Macok wrote:

xSPYXEx wrote:
inb4 matt ward hate train or prices

One down one to go!

I give it five minutes...
This wasn't meant to be a hate thread lol.

You seriously posted this and didn't expect the mat ward hate parade?

Call me naieve...

At least it doesn't mention Matt Ward. Though, it does seem obvious where this is going to go.

Suing everyone who posts in the Dakka fiction section for copyright violation...

 Desert_thunder_heart wrote:
Suing everyone who posts in the Dakka fiction section for copyright violation...

LOL

Exalted

 Grimtuff wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Um Really? A miniature line?

Spoiler:

http://www.slapminis.com/

EDIT: seems to take you to a random site unless you hyperlink it. I apologise in advance. They are very NSFW, be warned!

I can't unsee that....

The worst thing Games Workshop can do is... NOT EXIST!

I love their stuff. Honestly I don't think I'd be as enthused as I am in the hobby if it weren't for them. They weren't the first company whose stuff I tried when I got into miniature wargaming but they kept the fires burning...usually...

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:

 wuestenfux wrote:
Cutting all communication channels from the customers to GW. Oh wait...

A few try now and then, and are run off. One was chased away in the news and rumors forum a small while ago.

It's not like they have any reason to, seeing as all they will get is vitriol in return.

A corporate shill spouting lies and propaganda is not communication.

 Omegus wrote:

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:

 wuestenfux wrote:
Cutting all communication channels from the customers to GW. Oh wait...

A few try now and then, and are run off. One was chased away in the news and rumors forum a small while ago.

It's not like they have any reason to, seeing as all they will get is vitriol in return.

A corporate shill spouting lies and propaganda is not communication.

Considering there was a mix of store owners at the time saying he was right at the time, compared to a few who was saying he was wrong, "Lies" is a bit strong.

Not to mention it was a step up from "Complete non-existence from the community"

 azazel the cat wrote:

I like Mat Ward codices and wish all of them were written by him. Seriously. It would bring both balance and extreme diversity to the game. Just... get him a story editor. That's all that is required.

To be fair, the fluff in the Necrons codex is by no means bad (if you ignore all of the people crying about the retcon), in fact I found it to be quiet enjoyable, its only his SM fluff that is over the top. Then again, that might be a strategic choice, as all of the SM fluff is actually just propaganda pieces.

RegalPhantom wrote:

 azazel the cat wrote:

I like Mat Ward codices and wish all of them were written by him. Seriously. It would bring both balance and extreme diversity to the game. Just... get him a story editor. That's all that is required.

To be fair, the fluff in the Necrons codex is by no means bad (if you ignore all of the people crying about the retcon), in fact I found it to be quiet enjoyable, its only his SM fluff that is over the top. Then again, that might be a strategic choice, as all of the SM fluff is actually just propaganda pieces.

They probably make the SM fluff so OTT just to sell it to the young beginners. Hell thats why I got interested in 40k.

RegalPhantom wrote:

 azazel the cat wrote:

I like Mat Ward codices and wish all of them were written by him. Seriously. It would bring both balance and extreme diversity to the game. Just... get him a story editor. That's all that is required.

To be fair, the fluff in the Necrons codex is by no means bad (if you ignore all of the people crying about the retcon), in fact I found it to be quiet enjoyable, its only his SM fluff that is over the top.

Because the Necrons having a room that allows them to blow up entire stars without a second thought is not over the top?

 Bobthehero wrote:
Cut off all ties with Forgeworld.

One million times this.

Announce that they are going to release their own anime and manga lines...

Almightyliham wrote:
Announce that they are going to release their own anime and manga lines...

Why is this a bad thing?
I would want to see a 40k anime ( if they do it right of course ).

 Fafnir wrote:

RegalPhantom wrote:

 azazel the cat wrote:

I like Mat Ward codices and wish all of them were written by him. Seriously. It would bring both balance and extreme diversity to the game. Just... get him a story editor. That's all that is required.

To be fair, the fluff in the Necrons codex is by no means bad (if you ignore all of the people crying about the retcon), in fact I found it to be quiet enjoyable, its only his SM fluff that is over the top.

Because the Necrons having a room that allows them to blow up entire stars without a second thought is not over the top?

Considering that before at full power in the old codex C'tan could devour stars like it was nothing? It was just swapped from "Eternal Star Eater" to "Technological Necron Prowess"

C'tan were pretty over the top, but they were also as close to gods as you could get in realspace. It fit(barely) because that's just the kind of creature that the C'tan were(the old Necron fluff sucks too, the new fluff just happens to be garbage as well). Newcrons take all the power but put it in a context that serves as nothing more than silly one-upsmanship.

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Sigvatr wrote:
Mat Ward making another codex.

Let me correct that for you.

People falling over Ward's writing powahs.

Also, note that he made the Main Rulebook for 6th ed and WHFB 8th ed.

Which is mediocore at best.

 Brother Captain Alexander wrote:

Almightyliham wrote:
Announce that they are going to release their own anime and manga lines...

Why is this a bad thing?
I would want to see a 40k anime ( if they do it right of course ).

I retract the anime statement. Thinking about it, you are right they would be very good. However i think they would be better if they were done to a life like standard, such as the Final Fantasy series.

Making a sequel to the ultramarines movie...

Make Codices cost the same amount of money as a starter set (rules and models) from their biggest competition.

Talk to the customers?

Worst thing GW could do is listen to half the stuff that's written about them on the net.

Taking away JJ's monthly column in WD?

Taking away JJ's monthly column in WD?

I really wish they WOULD do this. That column is such a waste of space. Space that could be used to do more detailed battle reports or for hobby related items.