40K in the era of 7th edition

Sorry for taking forever to update my blog, real life and trying to get a game in using the new rules have caused this enormous delay in me updating.   So after reading numerous blogs,listening to a lot of podcasts, you would think that the release of 7th edition was the death knell of 40K.  Before i start with "guys its only been out for several weeks now" I want to remind everybody that the calls of the end of 40K has happened with the last 3 editions but some how after several months of playing everybody starts to calm down and just plays the game with the knowledge that GW didnt blow it.  Now dont get wrong, i think a huge opportunity was missed here with GW missing the boat on several items that really need to be in all honesty, nerfed.  2 plus re-rollables, no cover save rules, etc. A lot could have been done to make this the best edition out there.

Some positives that I have seen so far, several of the universal rules have been tightened up or improved on, charging through terrain only reducing your move by 2 inches, malestorm objectives if done right sound like a lot of fun.  The new psychic phase sounds like a blast however I can see where this might become cumbersome if you are playing a psycher heavy army.  To the naysayers that this new phase is terrible I say give it a shot.  In my opinion, it is a heck of a lot harder to get psychic powers off, its no longer the near automatic action that its been for the past 2 editions.  Now players need to choose what powers they really need to get off and throw enough dice to make sure it goes off.  Will psycher heavy armies dominate this phase?  Of course they will and they should as they are a psychic army.  Before anybody starts complaining weigh the actual numbers.  In order to get a power off such as the current red headed step child, Summoning, you need to harness 3 warp charges.  Now you can try to just roll 3 dice but chances are that the power will not go off.  Yes you might have hot dice sometimes but chances are the power will not go off.  So far this might be my favorite edition yet.  I will be playing my first game of 7th in the next couple of days as my league starts, I will let you guys know how it goes...

On the painting table at the moment is 2 tact squads, 1 storm raven, and 1 drop pod.  Pics will be coming soon.