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I think the key to any good survey is to ensure that questions are also not too leading. It can be easy to end up with a survey with a very specific agenda and theme by asking too many leading questions that present one argument, but perhaps don't show the whole viewpoint. You want something that shows a balance of opinions and inputs and ideas that can be presented in a way that gives GW something to work with. Telling them what doesn't work is great, also telling them what does work is essential. Otherwise any fix might fix what doesn't work by breaking something that does work. It also helps them understand what viewpoint is being presented when some "problems" or issues might be things they consider features or concepts they don't want to drop etc.. Any critical review needs to include the good and the bad and the ugly bits.

No problem In general basic STL/3MF are the best to provide as they are basically just the models with no supports or anything, they can thus be used with any slicer software or for any printer. Chitibox Project saves and Lychee files are specific to those software options - though those two types at least keep supports and model separate (the user can open them up, remove supports and save as an stl to then edit in another slicer).

It's utterly fantastic that you're willing to give away your dragon files - however you've uploaded the cbt files. Which makes them near useless for anyone using a different resin/printer to yourself. Pre-sliced files just don't work for others using different systems - eg you've got your exposure time set to 10seconds per layer which suggests you're using an RGB screen, so anyone on a monoscreen using 2-3 second exposures is going to be very overexposed. Much easier to upload the files as either STL or 3MF (lychee now supports 3mf and 3mf offers smaller file sizes by far and better data storage in terms of curved shapes over STL, though STL is still the current standard). Then people can adjust the printer and exposure settings as required. I'd also recommend uploading either the basic parts or if you want to provide pre-supports then upload as a lychee save or a chitubox project save. That way the supports and model are separate entities - which means people can adjust the supports as required. Since sometimes different resins and printers can require slight adjustments to help things print well. Eg anyone using Zmud resin will likely need to add more light supports to help it print; meanwhile some printers exert more pull force on parts than others so sometimes require slightly thicker tips in key anchoring positions to increase the hold.

Actually over the last few years we've had pre-release information that typically covered around 3 months from GW. Sometimes that would mean that it would be all one major game or the other, but typically it contained stuff for both. Actual long term roadmaps are a new thing GW is sort of trying out - they experimented with them in Necromunda and the only hiccup that I could see is that corona started and messed up the release time line. Otherwise GW tends to like to play it close, 3 months or so is typically the window they let us see.

That killteam set has plastic Deathcorps of Krieg. It's going to sell out in seconds no matter how much stock GW produces. The only thing that would slow its sales is if GW confirms and gives a release date for plastic infantry boxed sets and that might only dull the frustrations of those who don't get a set.

It's been a pattern with all the current edition codex for 40K and its something I hope a lot of people complain about. I really loved seeing the Tyranid codex grow over the years from a few pages of lore in the 3rd edition to 100 pages ni the current but losing the unit description pages is a big blow. They set the scene for the army; they give units a sense of identity and character beyond their functionality .

And now you know why GW keeps comments off on youtube videos. It's mostly just in reaction to GW enforcing its IP on content creators making videos they get paid/donated too. It's a blip and once warhammer + lands and once its been a week or two it should all blow over

From what I've seen GW is more likely to pull codex/battletomes from sale entirely whilst old model stock is normally just left to dwindle out until the very last moment. Which makes sense, old clan rats (or whatever) still work even if new ones are released; its really only the battletome/codex/rules that becomes totally invalid.

Even as a fan of skaven I'd say if Cities and Skaven came alongside I'd 100% want Cities to get more attention. Whilst Skaven DO need attention its mostly in terms of updating models to plastic. Skaven have a really diverse and varied force right now. They've a sweet spot for choice. Cities just needs more attention, even if it might come with model loss I'd hope it would come with a big solid update to the human side. It would also be neat to see them clean the elf and dwarf sides up more. Elf wise we've got mostly the whole dark elf army nad a few dregs of the others; meanwhile dwarves are bitty, but still fairly well there.

GW likely knows from past experience that 1) Internet "uprisings" often last a few days at most. They CAN be damaging if people start targeting actual staff/people with hate mail, but if its mostly grumbling in vidoes and on forums and such it will burn itself out even if nothing changes. 2) Actual sales are different to "online veto sales". GW sees the actual sales data not just one or two people not buying for a month. So they can measure the impact (if any) on sales directly. 3) Much of this will fizzle on its own once Warhammer + lands. Assuming Warhammer+ is priced, marketed, managed well etc... 4) There's a segment of the news online that focuses on the negative and lives ot whip up a "storm" online. Sometimes the most powerful way to fight that is to not play the game. Ignore them and keep doing what you're doing. All the rumour and theory and possible "evil" things that those sites talk about all become nothing if they never actually happen.

In fairness we go mad on such things about 5 mins after GW does a preview anyway

For some reason admins feel safe giving me big red buttons of ultimate doom and destruction!

I don't think they can get around it like that. Patreon isn't a sneaky way to get free money. If it was fan creations would have been taking "donations" for years. That said also don't forget GW might also be looking to licence their IP for videos. So instead of just hiring people to make videos for them, they might also want to have the option for animation studios to approach them for a licence to make a film/animation. Just like they do for video games. In that light they can't have fan creations doing it for free. Honestly GW have been good over the last few years in allowing fan creations to profit at all; the vast majority of IP owners don't make videos and would never dream too ,but wouldn't have allowed fan videos to profit anyway in the way that they have with the GW IP. It does become complex and fan payment systems have changed the field of play significantly.

To date they've not sent any takedown requests. They've only made an offer to work for them or take monetizing down on any fan works. Which honestly is a very fair move. They are not removing fan content in the least, simply reinforcing that they own copyright over the IP material and that fan works must be just that - fan works without any earning attached to them. But if the creator wants to they can choose to earn from the video by working for GW and then their video will appear on Warhammer + - and lets face it Warhammer + is likely to get a huge viewership from GW fans alone. In fact GW was very lenient allowing fan works to profit for as long as they have done and its only the rise of youtube paid ads and services like patreon which have even changed the fanworks region to something that can casually be made to turn and income and even profit. Normally most fan videos are like fanfiction - its fun hobby stuff that never earns a penny

I've always held that you get a FW model because you love it first and want to use it second. But yeah it is a pain to buy a model and see it removed from gameplay - atl east the greater demon models you can use as regular greater demons.

Only FW and GW know and honestly FW has shifted so much over the last few years they might not even know. All we do know is that FW has generally gutted the AoS line of models several times over the last few years. Right now is NOT a good place with regard to them. Heck even the GW social media team forget about them (I recall an article on exalted greater demons which didn't even mention the FW models once). Whilst the 40K side is pretty solid, the AoS side is very shaky. The rules and points are done by Gw, but the most recent Generals Handbook has no entries for any of the FW stuff.

I don't expect an army to get a release until GW says they are getting a release. I've been following GW for long enough to know that you cannot predict. Perhaps Ossiarchs get a second wave; or they get drip fed models; or they never get anything for the next 10 years - anything is possible. You can only take it on face value as what you get. Trying to guess what might get a release and the nature of that release is impossible. No one guessed Ossiarchs would even happen until they happened; everyone expected Luminieth and Malarion to be around much sooner than they have. Its impossible if you're on the outside of GW's system to predict. So just go with what you get when you get it

Or a good one - I'm happy with the Slaanesh second wave I think the only issue I have is the two special character models they released a few weeks later through Broken Realms and then the point shift in 3.0 all VERY fast after the new battletome. But a new Tome with a halfdozen to a dozen more models is a good upgrade in my view even after a year. Big chunky updates are fine in my book, its small drip-fed ones RIGHT after release that I dislike a bit. Plus at a functional level GW can only release so many models in one go for an army before players hit a practical limit of buying and building/painting in one go. If they released 30 new models in one big go yes its a huge release, but most of them won't sell all that well because people have finite buying power. But if they split them into several smaller big releases they can get much higher sales because now you're not burning out in one big go.

MODERATOR NOTICE We are going no where productive nor constructive arguing about which army should get what. I think its time to let that debate rest and get back to news/rumours and such. If you really want to continue talking about GW's release plans you can start a separate thread on the subject.

I do? I mean I do! And I charge a tiny fee for providing help! Yeah that will help pay for slaanesh and stls!

Finally no high-backed-armchairs 😜 Awesome model and honestly GW are really doing something grand in having them not just mounted but also in a flight pose - something that's even rather rare in 3D printing (there's a lot of standing/grounded dragons, far fewer in flight). I really hope we see other big models like that and other dragons outside of Stormcast because whoever they have sculpting them now is really doing a grand job!

Well we did just get a brand new Khorne model shown off today for Bloodbowl

Alright people lets take a pause and chill for a second. We all have things we'd like GW to focus on and to do for our armies or armies we want etc... There is no sense in getting into a fight because fans predict that certain things might or might not happen and the order in which they might happen. It's all just fan theories and guesswork and dreams.

40K is not just Warhammer in space - its much more sophisticated!

The elves for AoS are getting as much attention as Chaos (4 separate gods armies). The key is that each elf army is very different functionally and visually. Marines all share the very same core design styles and even the same core models. They then adapt with a few unique options per chapter and some unique heroes. Daughters of Khaine are visually, functionally and model range wise totally different to Lumineth and both are totally separate to Idoneth etc.....