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Wut. 6th isnt even two years old! emotion_0A0

I... well, to quote another sci-fi franchise that disappointed after too many expansions,
I have a bad feeling about this.

I was under the impression that 7th Edition was basically going to be incorporating
aspects of Escalation, Stronghold Assault, and Death from the Skies into the core
rules and re-balancing them, since they basically stretched and beat all the main
rules to death. After seeing how thoroughly the Imperial Knights took the rules out
behind the shed and did family-unfriendly things to them, it seemed like a foregone
conclusion. The focus of the games I've seen has changed to "kill the Super-Heavy",
and everything else was marginalized. The rules for these units had to be altered to
make them suitable for small-scale games.

Instead, it feels like GW basically gave up, admitted that 6e (and 5e... and 4e...) was
a mistake, and is pushing out a more free-form, chaotic product. If anything, just
from that one snippet in the article, it looks like they basically did the opposite of
what I expected and are basing the new edition on Apocalypse. The structure is
being ripped out of the game with the FoC being made optional and, presumably,
Apocalypse units being thrown into standard games... well, I don't know what to
think anymore. Other than I'm going to see eight Leman Russes and a Baneblade
coming to Purge the Alien, and the Relic being ignored as 14 Carnifexes eat
everything in front of them. Or that most of my Necrons will never see the light of
day again now that I'm going to be forced to field Imotekh, a squad of Warriors, and 8
Monoliths in a 2000-point game just to remain competitive against the
aforementioned tank-rush and carnifexes. This isn't the game that I want to play.

Something tells me that the negative feelings I'm having are the right ones.
Especially because 6e is over, and it's been on the shelves for less time than D&D
Next has been in playtesting. Which doesn't bode well for WH40K 7th Edition.

I hope I'm wrong. I really, really hope that I'm wrong. I've been through two edition
change-overs before, and I never felt this negative about it.

Definitely not going to spend any money on 40k until this gets sorted out, cause if that's the case and I have to start bringing ridiculous bullshit out to be able to win...Yeah...It's already bad enough I have a hard time beating Eldar as it is with the Wave Serpent spam...

Sadly, you're not wrong. However, you can always say that you do not want to play Unbound armies, or Escalation units. Despite these being "official" now, you can still tell your opponent that no, you do not want to play a game like that.

The idea of Escalation, while adorable, was ultimately a bad, bad idea. The Escalation book itself is a joke that assumes that players play a gentlemanly and friendly game without D-weapons. But seeing as those models sell like hotcakes.. Remember, this is a company that sells miniatures first. These rules and armies are nothing more than a nuisance to them, as they aim to sell to collectors first, gamers second. Which is a shame really, as the minis are great, they just need the rules to properly back them.

I've got a feeling we're well past that point, with a completely new phase and play style thrown in for good measure.

E-bay might be a better option if this edition turns to be that horrible. ninja

I think its a bit too early, right now its a lot the boy who cried wolf.

Do you think it's going to be one of those D&D things, where people just don't play the new edition and stick to the old rules in their own gaming groups?

Unbound is just like old apocalypse but with another name. gonk