Nuriel

Straight to Legends, huh? Well, just another argument for normalizing Legends warscrolls in competitive, matched play.

It's no use. I think that the only way to "save" BoC is to normalize playing Legends and homebrew Legacy battletomes.

No faction is safe. If GW will be making money of selling new stormcats then they will se that culling part of their range every five or six years is profitable. If they can sell you miniatures, don't let you use them in competitive scene and you or other people will be still buying your product ....then why not repeat the process? Releasing new Lumineth temple? Discontinue one of the old ones. Releasing new Duardins? Make Fyreslayers a legacy army. Making Vampire Counts new core TOW faction? Abandon using those minis in AoS. If they make a profit from doing so, they will totally do it.

Exactly. This is the way. Legends like battletomes and codices for a, well "legacy" ie no longer on sale faction. Updated once in a edition. With warlord traits, artefacts, special rules, subfactions, battle formations and whatever will be relevant in the current edition.

Spire of Dawn booklet

From Games Workshop's point of view releases such as Kruleboyz, Cities in AoS and Dark Eldar, Sisters of Battle etc in 40k ARE the new armies. They are mostly miniatures selling company.

From the point of view of someone that have bought Horus Heresy starter box for 40k "because GW would never squat Space Marines, don't be ridiculous" it isn't exactly true, you know.

I'm absolutely done with GW if they go with it. If GW could they would probably squat Chaos Daemons too and make four separate lines for 40k, AoS, TOW and HH 🤬

Heh, I'm still bitter and grudging about "squatting" Greenskiz from AoS. Maybe I do should start that Duradin army after all...

You should read Brightspear City Guide from Soulbound RPG. This is a good picture of what everyday life looks like in Great Perch in Aqshy.

Exactly. I don't trust GW after what they did with Spire of Dawn, Start Collecting Greenskinz and Legion of the First Prince. What's the point of buying "old" duradins if they dissapear in the few months?

I have Stormcast Eternals models from first, second and third edition army boxes. And a lonely Luminark of Hysh / Celestial Hurricanum. Can I build at least a semi competitive list from that motley collection? If the answer is yes: which role each unite perform? If the answer is no: well, what is the budget way to expand from this point?

Well, it's historical moment, no doubt. The first "full" Old World faction that make into Age of Sigmar proper will be getting new full release of miniatures. (I'm not counting Soulblight Gravelords here because they were rolled into Legions of Nagash at first). EDIT: Of course, I forgot about SLaves to Darkness. Well, it's the first non Chaos release at least.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/01/26/beasts-of-chaos-flatten-foes-with-full-forces-of-cygors-ghorgons-and-primeval-spawn/ Not sure if this was posted but... Isn't it the new color scheme for Beasts of Chaos?

Hate is such a strong word. I'm mostly disappointed. Legends armies doesn't have that level of support (i.e. faction and subfaction abilities) and rules for them were written in former edition(s).