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 The Cyclop Owl wrote:
Hi all,

So after a little more than 10 years away from the tables, I'm seriously considering playing again!

I'm in the same situation. I will definitely wait for the 8th and for the codex releases I'm interested in before investing loads of money in my armies.

While I don't care about nerfing, I care about playstyle, game mechanics and aesthetics. It's quite likely that 8th will see a huge rules revision. I wanna see what this revision is going to be because if it'll end up with AoS mechanics I'm not going to like it. I never played AoS but I watched several batreps and it doesn't stick with me. What's more I will wait to see if they change the playstyle of an army, trash/change/add units in that army and release new models sculpts.

Given how expensive this hobby is I don't want to waste money if I can avoid it.

I have pretty much kept all of my 7th edition games to strictly goofy narrative games, Kill Team games, and special event games, all with particular players that I know what kind of game they are looking for.

The prevalence of Formations and Detachments killed my excitement for larger games. Having a life outside of miniature wargaming does not give me enough time to study up and memorize each Codex like I uesd to do. There is just so much content that I can't keep up.

Back in 5th edition, and up to the Eldar Codex update for 6th edition, I had every Codex memorized. Not necessarily for points costs, but for basic equipment options and what certain units could do, I had it memorized and knew everything going on. (A couple experiences against cheaters drove me to it.) This was back when I was finishing college and did not have a job or major familial commitments. But since life happened and I changed priorities, I can't keep up with it, let alone experiment with rules and formations, etc.

Anyways, regarding the original post:

Right now, I would wait for 8th edition before getting into the rules. If you want to read the fluff, go for it! I also think that it will be safe to collect and paint models that you think look good. Will they be better, worse, or the same in the next edition? We will find out when the edition drops. But it's never a bad thing to have a cool, painted army on your shelf ready for battle!