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This is exactly my point.

If you wish to ignore the distinction being made, thats fine. We dont need to continue as I already know what the "World Eater" release was, what the EC was, and which one is a better reflection of the Legion's those books want to claim to represent.

Right, and totally fine. Again, Khorne Daemonkin were right there. The issue I have is these books are billed as "World Eaters" or what have you, but they miss the whole Legion aspect near completely. Which is extremely galling when GW knows how to do it, has done it, and COULD do it, and has now FAILED dramatically to do it, for 2 editions, when the have the prior experience OF DOING IT. Its essentially spiteful at this point.

And this is where the disconnect is. People who are dissatisfied with these releases look at such units, and the Cultists, and 8 Bound, and say "I didnt want that, I wanted World Eaters or Thousand Sons" the actual Legionnaires. 8 Bound, if not bloated and you know, having Helmets, and in the same scale as the rest of the Marines, would likely be fine, but Cultists/Tzaangors? Those are not Legionnaires.

Cultists - Dont care. Angron - Meh. If you are into Primarchs, great, if you think that the Hero Hammer Special Character focus of modern 40K is a Bug, not a Feature? 2 Lords? Its one, some flying Jugger new Special Character (see above) is not something on my Bingo list. Berzerkers - Noted. 8 Bound, again, nobody wanted mutated beefy boys. We could have used specific Possessed. Its miles away from what EC got, because EC got actual EC units. Or are Tzaangors now Thousand Sons as well?

Was it 7th? I just know it was right at the tail end and then 'thanks for the cash lol' gone. As to the EC. Its at least Marines. They at least hit the right notes (get it) on what the focus should be, and in comparison to the WE? Its about 200% better.

Thing is, we have HAD those combined Mortal/Daemon lists. Khorne Daeamonkin. I played it. The issue is *deep breath* that Loyalists are, have been, and always will be, spoiled to death, while CSM are given scraps, and the bare minimum. Its always been this way, and I get it, but after finally giving us supposedly a WE release, our own book, THIS is what we get? OK...that sucked in 9th...so lets wait till 10th...and what? 2 Units of Cultists. Access to Daemons. Mutated Beefy Boys. What? No, thats just not it, its not remotely it, and GW knows what people want. 3.5 6th Edition "Right before the Edition Dies" Legion Rules. Heresy Lists. I mean they know it, its all right there, and instead we are given scraps at best. Its insulting honestly.

WE are not even close to EC. EC is a great looking release. WE got 1 Lord on a Jugger. 1 Berzerker unit refresh, and its not even really a Multi-Pose kit due to the terrible nature of new kits. The rest is either pre-existing, or stuff nobody wanted or needed. Where's the Lord on Foot? Terminator Lord? Red Butchers? Gladiator type units? Teeth of Khorne? Unique warmachines even? Its a travesty. I dont even care for Angron. The WE release is one of the worst of all time.

Imagine being a fan of a faction for literal decades, more than half of your life, collecting it in multiple iterations, multiple times, over multiple editions. And then, when you think you are going to finally get a refresh, and some depth, and units...you get cultists, and some mutated dudes...at the end of an edition. And then you wait again, and you shake your head at multiple choices being made by GW, and again it comes time and....next to nothing. What GW has done to the World Eaters is, again understanding its just toys, and first world problems, and a hobby BUT STILL. Its not great, and its killed any ANY desire to buy these models.

Jesus...why!?

If it's just a continuation, that's even worse.

Slept on it and I'm even more disappointed. 40K reboots again next year right? And we are being force fed these terrible rosters? Despair.

Right?! Holy HELL is GW ever missing lately.

Absolutely not. GW WHAT ARE YOU DOING.

Exactly, they are completely unnecessary and in fact are detrimental to the setting.