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Ynnari, Harlequins and if they're added Exodites should be one book and Eldar and Dark Eldar should be two books.

Nope. Not interested in those goody two shoes snivelling whelps.

They do scream prettily when flayed however....

More codices means more room for variation and new units, much more room for fluff, more room for nice art and pretty pictures, more room to show off different colour schemes, more room for hobby guides and things of that nature, smaller books that are easier to carry and less expensive to buy and more stuff for GW to sell. Everyone wins.
I don't understand why some people are so obsessed with merging codices. There is absolutely nothing to gain from it, only things to lose. It doesn't seem like a smart idea at all.
In fact, GW should give more subfactions their own codex. Even if does not bring any new units, it could still bring lots of room for additional fluff.

If only we could have a 500 page book with all of the Eldar stuff in it. I'd pay a bit more for an Omnibus, but that doesn't mean they have to get rid of the ~150 page codices. As the taco commercial so eloquently puts it, why not both? Have a $100 Big Book of space elves, and have Codices for Dark Eldar and Eldar. Yannari and Harlequins can be digital until they are fleshed out some more.

The Dark Eldar and Craftworld Eldar have too many units and content to share the same Codex.
However, Harlequins + Ynnari combined is barely enough to a single Codex.

I'd like to see all 4 factions condensed into 2 books at most, but this is very unlikely.
It is more likely that we will have 3 books: CWE, DE and Harlies. Ynnari will likely be adding into the Harlie book, or even all 3 somehow.

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Galef wrote:The Dark Eldar and Craftworld Eldar have too many units and content to share the same Codex.
However, Harlequins + Ynnari combined is barely enough to a single Codex.

I'd like to see all 4 factions condensed into 2 books at most, but this is very unlikely.
It is more likely that we will have 3 books: CWE, DE and Harlies. Ynnari will likely be adding into the Harlie book, or even all 3 somehow.

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Wouldn't surprise me. From what I understand, before Quins were expanded enough to get their own codex, weren't they in both the Eldar and Dark Eldar codices?

Iron_Captain wrote:More codices means more room for variation and new units, much more room for fluff, more room for nice art and pretty pictures, more room to show off different colour schemes, more room for hobby guides and things of that nature, smaller books that are easier to carry and less expensive to buy and more stuff for GW to sell. Everyone wins.
I don't understand why some people are so obsessed with merging codices. There is absolutely nothing to gain from it, only things to lose. It doesn't seem like a smart idea at all.
In fact, GW should give more subfactions their own codex. Even if does not bring any new units, it could still bring lots of room for additional fluff.

"There is absolutely nothing to gain from it, only things to lose" is pretty much 1000% trying to push an opinion off as objective fact.

There's plenty to be gained if like me, and at least a few other people in this thread, you see having access to all four factions in a single volume, lower price, less filler, and not having to carry around as many as 4 books if you're running a mixed army as gains, and I could just as easily point out that I don't really see a ton of fluff and pretty pictures as much of a "loss", because I already own several computers and have an internet connections, I can see thousands of pictures of nice models (often painted by painters who are even better than the 'Eavy Metal crew over at GW), and easily look on Lexicanum or the 40k Wikia for 8 editions and dozens of novels worth of fluff. Maybe CynosureEldar has the right of it, and it shouldn't be one or the other, but for a lot of players I think a single, concise volume that provides them the rules to run all 4 Aeldari factions in conjunction is going to be a gain.

And again, I don't know why people keep trying to push the "less expensive to buy" thing. Maybe a single Aeldari codex would be less expensive to buy (probably by not much more than $10, though, as I pointed out in a previous post). Four Aeldari codices would not be.

drbored wrote:
Let's stuff Aeldari, Drukhari, and Harlequins into one, and while we're at it, let's stuff Space Wolves, Dark Angels, Blood Angels, and Space Marines into one as well. Then we can also cram Death Guard, Thousand Sons, and Chaos Marines all into one Codex too! They're already stuffing Tempestus into Militarum, so that's taken care of. Oh, and let's get Ministorum, Inquisitors, and other Imperial Agents crammed in with Grey Knights. Add Deathwatch to that too, just get all the Ordos in one Dex. Then we can stick Genestealer Cults in with Tyranids.

And voila, you've halved the number of Codexes that need to be released, giving almost every faction double the options in their respective armies, reducing Ally shenanigans, and encouraging people to buy a greater variety of products because their Codexes give them the opportunity to do that.

Oh wait, but that makes sense...

and That is pretty much how it was done in 2nd edition and thereabouts for most of your suggestions. GW done there been that....but this is the future and More is More.

I miss the past when Less is More.

sigh




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and from the fluff there are probably more exodite eldar than all the others combined, but we don't see rules for those.

Craftworlders and Ynari all share the same sphere.. ie: floating world ships.

Harlequins, Exodites and Dark Eldar all share the same means of travel...the webway. (Black Library, Maiden Worlds and the dark city are rarely involved in actual game play) These forces use the webway to strike their enemy.

2 codexes would work fine structured that way

I’d prefer one codex for all aeldari at this point. It’s hard to field DE or even Harlies alone in a competitive environment.

Given the current fluff it would seem to make sense to go ahead and roll them together with yvraine at the top of the food chain.

*GW merges books into one huge book*

...next week on Dakka...

WHY IS GW FORCING ME TO BUY THINGS I DON'T WANT?!

clively wrote:
I’d prefer one codex for all aeldari at this point. It’s hard to field DE or even Harlies alone in a competitive environment.

Given the current fluff it would seem to make sense to go ahead and roll them together with yvraine at the top of the food chain.

DE are the fourth ranked army, just below the big boys. Not sure where you're getting this.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/730601.page

 JimOnMars wrote:

clively wrote:
I’d prefer one codex for all aeldari at this point. It’s hard to field DE or even Harlies alone in a competitive environment.

Given the current fluff it would seem to make sense to go ahead and roll them together with yvraine at the top of the food chain.

DE are the fourth ranked army, just below the big boys. Not sure where you're getting this.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/730601.page

Keep in mind, this is not a "competitive environment" - it's a mash of random games that people self-report.