I like Matt Ward. Codex: Necrons is one of the best army books I've ever read... the background is interesting and solid and the army is nicely balanced. Three cheers for Matt Ward!
“But, wait!” you say. “What about the Gray Knights?” Ward is just a human. [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/opinion?s=t"]I think[/URL] he really screwed up Codex: Gray Knights... I like the fluff but the army is far from well balanced. However, his editors, playtesters, and supervisors also screwed up. Codex: GK never should have made it out the door in the form it did... Codex: Necrons shows what can happen when he and his supervisors are at the tops of their games.
He seems to have come a long way as a game-designer. Codex: Necrons is the proof. I hope Ward took some of that goodness and poured it into 6th Edition. I hope he wrote 6th Edition. Cheers. Cope
PS Some of you might think that I am trying to be [URL="http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ironic?q=ironical#ironic__3"]ironical[/URL]. I assure you that I am not. I really do like Matt Ward.