And it is, there is no arguing about that. But what kept me playing 40K was the Tau more than anything else. The Rules set is clunky. I never liked the fact that each player completes their entire movement, shoot and assault phase before the other player got to go. It has happened a few times where the game is decided in the first round before I could actually do anything.
Despite this, I think 40K is a fine system. There are just a number of better gaming systems, and most definitely better game publishers. Notably, Privateer Press and Catalyst Games Labs spring to mind. Game Workshop does well admittedly, I just feel somewhere they have lost sight of the most important part component of their companies.
The player.
As a regular on the Battletech Forums its common to find the staff of Catalyst making regular posts, answering questions and in general keeping players in the loop. The product line developer of Battletech - one Herbert A. Beas II - has regular live chats via IRC with anyone willing to join the channel. And I have heard similar stories about Privateer Press.
Games Workshop feels distant and cold to me. Players are rarely, if ever, let into the loop. I don't think anyone can even reliably tell me which codex is being released next. I really want to play and enjoy 40K, but I do get a bit peeved when just about every army can out shoot my Tau, and then rip me to shreds in close combat as well. And this irritation will probably continue until the Tau get a new codex some time in 2020.
So what am I ranting about? I want to spend money on 40K, until I see the awesome new BattleTech Box Set. I want to spend money on buying some cool new Crisis Suits for my Tau Army. I want to, until I see Catalyst releasing an awesome new PDF detailing the rise of the Republic of the Sphere.
Games Workshop is making it rather hard for newcomers to the hobby to actually like them. Something that seems to come easily to other games publishers that want my money just as badly.
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40k has lost my interest for the very reason you stated- the turn system. It's too simple, too unbalanced. How is that guys can run up and hit you with a sword before I can point a rifle and pull a trigger?
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