Hey guys, today I finished listening to the latest episode of the 11th company and made the mistake of heading out to everyones`s favorite color commentary and 40k expert Stelek and oh my gosh I got the feeling that they think that the Meta is in peril due to 2 books that were released this year - Tau and Eldar. Stelek of course chose the little kid route and took his toys and went home and judging by his last posts over the last 3 months decided that 40k as it stands is unplayable. I applaud TO's who have taken the steps of leveling out the playing field by adding more terrain or more line of sight blocking terrain pieces so that armies with the ability to ignore cover wont auto win if they get the first turn. In fact, per the rules of the game, the game is designed to have some line of sight blocking terrain so games are not just shooting galleries. I will give Stelek credit with his USG game rules for competitive 40K rules, rules to streamline the game for tournament play, I have read some of it and wish him luck with it but to be honest, dont see it going anywhere. The 11th company in their latest podcast cast what I say a dark shadow on what they call a meta where only if you take eldar or tau will you have a shot at winning any tournament. I might agree with this to a point but come on.. How do you explain Ben Molie getting to the final tables with a necron/Ork list? Or the guy from the FTN podcast who took a blood angel list and did very well with it? Is it harder for players not using Tau or Eldar? Sure but I still believe that its the player not the list that makes the winner. Am I blind in my assumptions? Are we in the era of the Grey Knight, eh Tau/Eldar. Is that all we we see in every tournament top table or final 5? Where are daemons in the middle of this? To many of the 40k experts, this codex is part of the problem as well with its unkillable screamer star build. No matter what, top tournament players are going to take what they perceive as a good or powerful army as they want to win and find that using lists like this will help them achieve that. If the internet says that Tau are over powered, or Eldar wave serpent spam is the only way to win tournaments, guess what, that is all you are going to see.
I heard a very interesting rumor/gossip on another podcast in regards to the speed that GW is doing releases. The host stated that during his conversation with this insider person, one of the reasons that releases were coming out so quick was that GW wanted people to stick to their armies, buy some allies and units to update their armies and to create all comers armies with their armies. The speed of the releases would make it that the meta would be constantly changing and so people wouldn't be able to keep up with the changes. This sounds all fine and dandy but in the end, GW knows that the faster it can release product, the more money it can generate. These top tournament players will and have been buying and playing what is perceived to be the top armies. What my hope is that with new releases, new codexs become the top dog. So what could be done in the meantime? Bring back comp? Nah, but when even Goatboy from bols is sad and angry about the current state of the game and proposing that comp gets implemented into major Tournaments is the current state of the game that horrible? Will maybe its the fact that 40k isnt a tourney friendly game? GW has always maintained that 40k is more a beer and pretzels game which in the end could be the issue after all...
With the new Horus Hersey book out now, I have been in full Nightlord mode and have been working on adding more models to my biker squads, rhinos, and some basic CSMs. Pics are of my converted dark vengeance DA bikers to Nightlord bikers. Let me know what you think.
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