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In all honesty, I love 40k. Despite all of the games flaws/GW's failings, for me it is still awesome. The miniatures are great and the game is enjoyable, especially if you play with the right people; and the fluff is top notch.

GW definitely deserves some flak, they have the business sense of a dead badger, and 40k has it's imbalances/holes, but many people get carried away and fail to look at the positive sides as well as the negative.

For me no other games or miniatures company comes even close in terms of awesome factor.

Hi SoggyKittenz.
If your personal opinion is that 40k is the game for you despite all of the 'issues.'
Then you have made an informed choice about your hobby,which is great.

But some people seem to want to ignore the factual problems and issues when discussing 'how bad 40k really is' .
And that is doing a disservice to people who are genuinely unaware of other options.

Its still is a game of 40k if you use other rule sets and or other minatures but keep the inspiring background!(Despite what GW tell you.)

I'm not sure I follow, do you mean to say that i'm ignoring the problems and issues, or are you saying something else..

Either way, I know the problems are there, and found that it really does depend on the people you play with. I would recommend trying other games out if you wanted to really be competitive, as 40k does fail to handle this aspect well; Mono-build lists everywhere and loopholes that make you want to hit things, so try malifaux or bolt action. For more casual gaming, 40k works just fine, and is very entertaining (although this is a little subjective).