Hi guys, sorry for not replying sooner, but real life(tm) is kicking my ass right now with the work load!

I’m also a grumpy old dude and so I’ve never been in any doubt as to why it is GW is in business. That’s fine, we live in a capitalist world and this is the way of things.  I also don’t particularly object to the pricing structure – usually, if I feel something isn’t worth the asking price (even emotionally speaking – I would, and have, probably pay more for some old Epic models than they’re really worth), I simply don’t buy it.

That’s really not the issue I’m having – what I mostly object to, and this is something I’m quite sure is objectionable and actionable both in Portugal and abroad, is false advertising, and causing people to buy based on such advertising, and then stealthily changing of said false advertising. False advertising by mistake is not really fine, but it is forgivable; but the stealth change shows a deplorable behaviour, and this is really what had me raging.

Of course, the concept of repackaging stuff with less content for a substantial mark-up in price is also annoying, but it wouldn’t be so much of an issue if it were properly advertised.

@limbutger I still love the IP and do own an Elegoo Mars 3d printer, and there’s a veritable wealth of files out there that can rival anything GW does, but I tend to use it for outliers, OOP stuff, such as epic, etc. I buy the models and terrain I do from GW because I like them and like the concepts and the way it easily fits in with other parts of the range, and don’t see it that they’re pricing themselves out – to be fair, @phaidknott, I remember reading that since at least the early 2000’s, and what we’ve seen with this CEO is profit rising and rising. GW stock went up by over 1000% since he took over, and that trend isn’t showing signs of slowing down.

Sure, 3d printers are getting more and more affordable but aren’t all that user friendly for the ordinary hobbyists ang gamers, that prefer to not have the hassle of getting settings right, dealing with resin and residue, cleaning up supports, etc. I don’t doubt eventually we’ll get there, but we’re not there yet.

@sundancer I understand why they don’t have comments activated on the YT channel and only to subscribers on the twitch channel – the warhammer fans, for some reason (even if only a small minority) are absolutely toxic and I remember the first warhammer preview last year being filled with nonsense, offensive and downright moronic posts as the comments flew by. They had deactivated them to non-subscribers by the second preview, IIRC

Finally, while I understand there are alternatives to GW games, and I do play them, there are some of their games I do enjoy.

I can’t bring myself to enjoy Warhammer 40k since they went to 3rd edition (I know, a long time ago), and I have tried every single edition to see if that changes. I do love the setting and the models, though, so I keep trying out other stuff. I do like the Kill Team rules very much, which are superior to 40k in that they’re more interative and stepped away from the IGOUGO, and have used other sets with 40k models, including the OnePageRules. In my case I think they lost quite a bit when they tried assuming it as a mass battle game, for which the scale isn’t suited to, and I think looks ridiculously bad in a table when I have vehicle car parks or titans at 28mm, within spitting distance of each other, but that is grumpy old me speaking, and hence I usually play Epic Armageddon 🙂