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 Bosskelot wrote:

An older player might shrug off the time between codexes, because at least every faction gets a codex in the edition now and they still come out (delays included) faster than they used to pre-8th. But a newer player has no frame of reference for any of this. All they see is some armies potentially rotting away with un-updated old rules for potentially years and it's not good enough for them.

(Please bear in mind I am not intending these to be completely blanket statements, I know plenty of older players, like myself, are dissatisfied with the release schedule)

Thats fair. As an older player I do notice that perception of time has changed quite a bit, and thats probably a universal thing. Anything that came out in 8E still seems fairly new to me, but if I had just gotten out of high school, 3-4 years would seem like an eternity.

The rules/codex turnover doesn't bother me too much except when most egregious.The Vigilus detachments became illegal very quickly, and the PA Death Guard rules even more quickly. I'll remember that the next time we seem to be getting to the tail end of a cycle.

For the big sets, yes there is a limit. If I feel like I'm getting a deal, I'm more inclined to buy. When I was building my Tau, their KT box was out which came with a set of trenches, and the battleforce was a nice deal, so I got those even though I didn't need some of the stuff for the army. If not (The patrol boxes, that big Eldar set a while back, likely the new KT set) then I will pass.

Regarding MtG, if you don't mind playing digitally and have some impulse control, the Arena game is pretty damn good. You get quite a lot of free cards initially and over the course of playing, and the chase cards are very easy to obtain. I only buy the Mastery Pass when a new set comes out ($20) and have at least one of almost every card in the new set, and plenty of wild cards to get anything else I might want on a whim. If you are the type that has to immediately have 4 of every card and/or are vulnerable to buying cosmetic stuff, or are addicted to drafting, it could get expensive very quickly.