Quote Originally Posted by eldargal View Post
Yep it wasn't too long ago that people were complaining about every release needlessly inserting new units into books with retcons and whatnot and then when they don't GW are being lazy and it's soo reprehensible.
Probably because retcon is a horrible tool and deserves a special place in hell next to deus ex machina?
There may be examples of good retcons where the basic story arcs where kept in place. That would be the whole HH story which is still true to the basic story but refines it and still manages to introduce "new-old" units. Also the Dark eldar retcon was absolutely amazing leaving the feel and mannerism intact.
They have a rich background and in most cases there is absolutely no need for a retcon. We still have TONS of units in the background (Slicing orbs, Warpspider Phoenixlord,...) which do not need ANY retcon at all. FW has done an amazing job with the Spectres and their Phoenixlord creating a meaningful Camapain and made it feel like the universe is alive and new stuff happens.
The GW approach is just squeeze it in the Background, add hyperboles, pretend it was always there and hope nobody notices.

So yes, the complaint of "needlessly inserting new units into books with retcons" is a valid one. They dont complain about new units but about stupid retcons when other styles of injecting units could have been easily utilized.