Dorian4690
05-25-2014, 12:34 PM
It is a difficult question indeed. And since I cant decide I ask for an advice. 7th edition came sooner than expected and I wonder if it is a good spin on the franchise or another step to turn Games Workshop into Toys Workshop. To understand why am I writing this or why I am in such a dilema, we have to ho back in time.
When did it all started? It was 2005 and I was a fresh member of local D&D group. We played at our DM's place and he had his little Blood Angels force on display. Later after the session we stayed there and talked for hours, browsing 4th edition rulebook and talking about the hobby. I took a few days to collect my thoughts and ideas and in the end i chose the Orks to be the army I want to collect.
In the next months and years I have saved every penny from either pocket money or holliday job to purchase 3rd edition book and some miniatures. (I still have that book by the way.)As the time passed I went deeper on both lore and rule aspect of the game. The game turned into 5th edition which pretty much helped me as Close Combat army. Even the new codex brought some nice and fresh (but not always good changes). I played most of my games under that ruleset, however... ...it all changed when 6th edition came. It basicly broke my game and turned it upside down. I never liked that orks are usualy the last to attack, but now you had to get there, chagre, survive overwatch, survive counterattack and then with that little remaining kill two models and get horribly slaughtered next round. And the fact that orks never had any usefull anti-tank equipment (my tankbustas charged landrider three times. And those 10 guys with "big bombs" were able to score only one glancing hit. If that is suposed to be "tank hunter" specialist unit, what else should I take to kill those things?). So I decide to put them on ice and try something else.
I have to say that it was not the only reason why I left. Another important part was the fanbase around it. 40k had too many powergamers back in the day. And I really hated non-sensical builds like razorspam which is rule-wise completely legal, but lore-wise absolute nonsence. Things like moving tanks by its side and then pivoting it around to gain extra inches is another nice example of powergaming.
I got to play Warmachine and Dystopian Wars in the mean time. It was a good time, but then I got hit by the news. The 6th edition that made me leave is gone, but.. ..it looks nothing really changed. For my force at least.
I still have the miniatures at home, but I wonder if it is worth the time, work and money to try to get back or just simply pack them up and sell them to someone else.
Is the next edition worth it or is it just waste of money, work and time? I will be glad for your opinion.
When did it all started? It was 2005 and I was a fresh member of local D&D group. We played at our DM's place and he had his little Blood Angels force on display. Later after the session we stayed there and talked for hours, browsing 4th edition rulebook and talking about the hobby. I took a few days to collect my thoughts and ideas and in the end i chose the Orks to be the army I want to collect.
In the next months and years I have saved every penny from either pocket money or holliday job to purchase 3rd edition book and some miniatures. (I still have that book by the way.)As the time passed I went deeper on both lore and rule aspect of the game. The game turned into 5th edition which pretty much helped me as Close Combat army. Even the new codex brought some nice and fresh (but not always good changes). I played most of my games under that ruleset, however... ...it all changed when 6th edition came. It basicly broke my game and turned it upside down. I never liked that orks are usualy the last to attack, but now you had to get there, chagre, survive overwatch, survive counterattack and then with that little remaining kill two models and get horribly slaughtered next round. And the fact that orks never had any usefull anti-tank equipment (my tankbustas charged landrider three times. And those 10 guys with "big bombs" were able to score only one glancing hit. If that is suposed to be "tank hunter" specialist unit, what else should I take to kill those things?). So I decide to put them on ice and try something else.
I have to say that it was not the only reason why I left. Another important part was the fanbase around it. 40k had too many powergamers back in the day. And I really hated non-sensical builds like razorspam which is rule-wise completely legal, but lore-wise absolute nonsence. Things like moving tanks by its side and then pivoting it around to gain extra inches is another nice example of powergaming.
I got to play Warmachine and Dystopian Wars in the mean time. It was a good time, but then I got hit by the news. The 6th edition that made me leave is gone, but.. ..it looks nothing really changed. For my force at least.
I still have the miniatures at home, but I wonder if it is worth the time, work and money to try to get back or just simply pack them up and sell them to someone else.
Is the next edition worth it or is it just waste of money, work and time? I will be glad for your opinion.