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I like the fact the that they changed it for this edition. That means free summoning could be over in 2,5 years for 3.0. (or when a new GHB drops) it is a nice way to change the meta.

tneva82 wrote:

 minisnatcher wrote:
I like the fact the that they changed it for this edition. That means free summoning could be over in 2,5 years for 3.0. (or when a new GHB drops) it is a nice way to change the meta.

Uuuhh...Hopefully you don't think they could then on 4.0 switch free summoning back on? Because that, while would be typical for GW of changing things just to deliberately shift stuff that sells rather than aim for balance, would be HORRIBLE for balance.

You dont' do something to "change the meta". That's what you do when you are looking for just making money rather than balanced game. You change things because they are bad for game balance. Will remain to be seen will GW ever do that

The days that I looked for balance in a gw game have long since passed.it is impossible to balance via pts. Imagine that in a chess game you could choose your setup by spending pts. How many would play the classical setup: 0
and no way the game would be fair. you would see after setup who will most likely win (if the players are evenly skilled) unless you have a mirror list.

Summoning paid almost killed some armies. and it feels very wrong for undead armies. The new summoning mechanics need tweaking but I do not see it as a bad thing.they may go in 3.0 but I do not see a problem with gw introducing a new mechanic in 4.0, or even in the next GHB.

And changing rules to change the meta. that is what happens in community thriving card games these days. like mtg, yu gi oh etc via banlists , formats, etc. to me it seems gw is going down that road. were list building is the same as deck building. there only problem at the moment to do this is that you cannot pick up an army and start the next day (it needs to be painted and assembled) so they need to go slower. then a game like magic. this would not be more expensive then playing one of those card games. A standard mtg deck easily costs 300 euros. and can be played for +-3 months so imagine keeping up for 3 years. It is good for bussiness. but also for the community as it gets new players on new releases some stop some come back after a while but we can clearly see those communities thriving world wide. People seem to think you should be able to buy an army and have a good army for the rest of your life. For that to happen the wall should have tumbled to the other side.