Explain it to me then, oh brilliant one. How does folding every Marine Codex into one big tome increase diversity? If anything, making every single person who plays Space Marines play the same Codex would
reduce diversity, as everyone would be playing with the exact same stuff as everyone else. Why not make the existing variant Codices different instead? If the issue is that all Marine variants are the same (which I disagree with, obviously), wouldn't the solution be to make them vary more, rather than to simply lump them together into one book, release a doctrine system and call it a day?
Palindrome wrote:
TL
R Marines sell so
GW focuses on them to the detriment of its own games development.
There is no games development without Space Marines; they outsell the entire Warhammer Fantasy range combined. They're the most played faction in
40k.
Warning: made-up statistics incoming. Also, thanks to whoever posted this comparison first.
Let's assume that 60% of the player base play Space Marines. Let's also assume that 10% play Eldar. What would create the most diversity; releasing another Space Marine Codex that 20% of the player base jumps to or releasing a variant Eldar Codex that 5% of the player base jumps to?
And yes, Space Marines have an "unfair advantage" because they're the poster boys and get the most support yadda yadda. None of us know if they get the most support because they sell the best or if they sell the best because they get the best support.
