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6/13/2025, 4:47:47 AM
>>95859980
Mostly money reasons (more below) plus these
>>95860103
>people wanted to so thoroughly win that anything that meant they couldn't would be taken out
>>95860205
>The playerbase got an influx of competitive cardgame and ASSFAGGOTS players, which ruined it
Basically, no one would buy a vehicle since there was a 1/6 chance it wouldn't be worth putting on the table. So naturally they got buffed and removed from starter sets. Now you need to buy them separate.
Weapon options are removed or changed just in case the unit stayed physically the same size, you can't use old or secondhand models because "illegal weapon loadout".
When new thing isn't broken it's on a new base size and or primaris re-sized, because you can't use secondhand or existing models for new thing, you have to buy new.
(Newest) thing is always broken, to make sure that tournament players are buying new thing instead of buying them secondhand online. Their buyout hype drives fomo "sold out" bullshit which means casuals jump on it too.
Reminder that the votann army was so broken that it was banned from a tournament BEFORE the codex was released, based on leaks. As a result, the new overpowered army with no existing secondhand market, instead of a giant tournament presence that printed money, was ignored. It was dead on arrival. GW tried to "rebalance" the codex (always the plan in preparation for whatever the new thing would be after, I think it was jetbike spam) and GW nerfed a bunch of votan shit to try and get them unbanned, but by then the tournament players had moved on. No one cared. So the faction is now dead and abandoned with barely a full release.
Catering to balance means very little variance or unpredictability. No random tables, no lucky shots, no pile of ones ruining your streak (reroll those). Balance means a statistically average dice game where you need a new army every six months because new thing better, the way you need to buy a new magic deck every expansion.
Mostly money reasons (more below) plus these
>>95860103
>people wanted to so thoroughly win that anything that meant they couldn't would be taken out
>>95860205
>The playerbase got an influx of competitive cardgame and ASSFAGGOTS players, which ruined it
Basically, no one would buy a vehicle since there was a 1/6 chance it wouldn't be worth putting on the table. So naturally they got buffed and removed from starter sets. Now you need to buy them separate.
Weapon options are removed or changed just in case the unit stayed physically the same size, you can't use old or secondhand models because "illegal weapon loadout".
When new thing isn't broken it's on a new base size and or primaris re-sized, because you can't use secondhand or existing models for new thing, you have to buy new.
(Newest) thing is always broken, to make sure that tournament players are buying new thing instead of buying them secondhand online. Their buyout hype drives fomo "sold out" bullshit which means casuals jump on it too.
Reminder that the votann army was so broken that it was banned from a tournament BEFORE the codex was released, based on leaks. As a result, the new overpowered army with no existing secondhand market, instead of a giant tournament presence that printed money, was ignored. It was dead on arrival. GW tried to "rebalance" the codex (always the plan in preparation for whatever the new thing would be after, I think it was jetbike spam) and GW nerfed a bunch of votan shit to try and get them unbanned, but by then the tournament players had moved on. No one cared. So the faction is now dead and abandoned with barely a full release.
Catering to balance means very little variance or unpredictability. No random tables, no lucky shots, no pile of ones ruining your streak (reroll those). Balance means a statistically average dice game where you need a new army every six months because new thing better, the way you need to buy a new magic deck every expansion.
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