11th edition starter speculation.

[Emperor Ming]

i struggle to get excited about codex's that are in the back end of the edition, its kinda like whats the point

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

40 minutes ago, DemonGSides said:

 

I think you're mistaking and edition change like from 9th to 10th.

 

In the other type of edition change, Codexes remained valid because the rules changes weren't big and sweeping.  Tyranids famously used their 6th Ed codex in 7th for a long time; the difference now is the quicker turn around on FAQs and errata would keep that "pain" quite a bit lessened; we've seen them make big emergency moves like giving Drukari a whole new detatchment and re-indexing Deathwatch in the middle of an edition, I think they could quite easily do the same for any sore points in a small edition change like being discussed. 

I’m not mistaking anything. You’re clearly misunderstanding my post.

 

in 11th core rules will change, otherwise there’d be no reason for a new edition.

 

just as an example, if <twin linked> gets changed to reroll misses, and the first new codexes apply 6 shots to TL’d heavy bolters, that’s a big difference compared to now.

even though the last codex of 10th will be usable, it won’t be remotely optimized for the new rules.

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

11 hours ago, Halandaar said:

All I will say here is that if 11th Edition arrives this summer, I'm done playing 40k for good. I'll continue to collect cool models but the gaming aspect of it will be done. The three-year turnover for editions is already too fast when some factions don't even get their Codexes until over two years in and hardly get chance to play before a new edition nukes them back to zero again.

 

On the other hand, if they came out with a sort of 10.1 box (2 new armies, rulebook reprinted with the changes introduced in Balance Updates etc) and then pushed 11th out to 2027 I would actually find that pretty encouraging. 

Smart choice. I played consistently from 2nd to 5th. Nowadays I play very little and have become more of a painter/collector. New editions not only demand the purchase of new books but they also often come along with weird changes to unit loadouts. You would then need to break apart your models to remain in a legal gaming framework. Nobody has sympathy for that.

[WrathOfTheLion]

I highly doubt 11E would come out this summer, given all the previously mentioned reasons and that now we have a Codex roadmap that runs essentially through summer. With that still not even covering all Codexes, I fail to see that being probable. So to me, nothing is out of the ordinary for their currently standard 3-year cycle.