Spearhead disappointment

[gwensdad]

NEXT WEEK????? NEXT WEEK!!!!!! Where did you get that info? I figured they'd at least make an effort to get it out the week the stupid magazine came out.

Geez oh Pete!

I believe there is a quote somewhere about June 1st being the target. I'll have to look for where I saw that. Give me 10 minutes.

[gwensdad]

OK, here it is:
[url]http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=10500090a[/url]

Target date for WD release was May 29th, Formations online June 1st.

edit: took me 4 minutes. WHO THE MAN?!

[CitizenZero]

The funny thing is I would have paid $20 to have the whole damn thing in one book Heck, I thought Iwas paying $9.00 for "an exclusive new Expansion (with a capital E) for fighting tank battles.

But half of an expansion.....not very valuable to me regardless of the price.

Go return it, and get your $9.00 back.

[DoctorEvil]

Go return it, and get your $9.00 back.

If I give them $9.00 MORE will they give me the other half of the expansion?

[A HUGE BLUNT]

that magazine has been full of aids and fail for a while now, time to put old yeller out of his misery

[eldargal]

This is possibly the stupidiest sentiment I have seen regarding WD. I'm not criticising you personally, AHB, just the attitude which is very common. WD has taken a big step forward including new rules and an expansion. It may not have been implemented that well (though you will never please everyone inthis hobby) but the potential for WD being an excellent hobby magazine is there. This is a big step towards that and should be supported, not whined about.
The bottom line is, if you want WD to be better, you need to show GW that you support this current initiatve. That is why my six brothers and I have all bought copies of this issue despite us usually sharing a subscription.

that magazine has been full of aids and fail for a while now, time to put old yeller out of his misery

[RogueGarou]

Well, I would not say it is the beginning of an era because it has rules in the White Dwarf. Once upon a time, White Dwarf had rules supplements and articles that were of interest to 40k players. It also had stuff for Fantasy players and stuff for what became the Specialist Games. Then one third or more of the magazine became devoted to Lord of the Rings. I enjoy the movies very much but have no interest in playing a game based on them and have personally never even seen a game played, even back when there was a GW shop around where I lived back then.

The content alone made me stop buying the magazine many years ago. The price would not matter. If the magazine were what it used to be, I would subscribe or purchase it off the local shelf each month and not be so concerned with the price. With the current design of the mag, any price is not worth it to me. I will admit that I was very tempted to subscribe this past fall so I could get a White Dwarf in Space model to add to my Mechanicus models but the mini was reported sold out in very short order and I could not bring myself to pay that much for one mini and get 12 issues with a purpose to line a catbox only.

Too bad, really. I miss getting cardboard terrain, datafaxes, new unit and character rules and good articles in White Dwarf. If it never changes, I will continue to use the internet for inspiration and good articles. If it ever does become a regularly good book, I might consider buying it regularly. Some people will not like it but I think the first step would be to drop the LotR mandatory coverage and split that between other games each month. I do not see it happening but I can dream. Until then, I keep my old WD's on the shelf behind me and flip through when I want to see cool stuff.

[Irdion]

A short sentiment:

One issue does not make a trend. Privateer Press seems quite capable of producing their magazine chock full of delicious goodies in regular intervals, and for a cheaper price. White Dwarf used to be a terrific magazine, but those days have passed with Games Workshop becoming a publicly owned company.

[eldargal]

Enitirely irrelevent, if this issue is a success it should encourage them to do more in a similar vein. GW knows WD is failing, subscription levels have been dropping steadily for years. They don't want it to fail. The fact is this is the first unit rules published in a WD in years, it is a big change and it should be encouraged. Add in the spearhead supplement and you have the best issue of WD in a long, long time (which I admit is not saying much). This is a huge positive and should be supported so perhaps one day we have a WD that is worht subscribing too.

A short sentiment:

One issue does not make a trend. Privateer Press seems quite capable of producing their magazine chock full of delicious goodies in regular intervals, and for a cheaper price. White Dwarf used to be a terrific magazine, but those days have passed with Games Workshop becoming a publicly owned company.

[CitizenZero]

If I give them $9.00 MORE will they give me the other half of the expansion?

If you give me $9.00, I'll e-mail it to you.