I am very interested to see how this codex fares. It will definitely be a slight on Dark Angels if they don't do it right.
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I'll be surprised if it turns out much different from the Eldar or...really any of the 6th ed books so far.
But like the Eldar, SM already have a huge range, and they even have access to aircraft...any new kits will likely just be for novelty's sake or updating old kits (as with the Eldar kits apart from their flier), and the actual rules adjustments needed for SM are pretty minor... I suspect it will just be a lot of minor adjustments to make things feel 'fresh' again and try to balance out the choices in the FoC slots.
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It is hard to say as it could very well be the first Ward codex, but I do agree and I hope that it keeps up the standard.
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I like this person.No clue on authors. Rumour is Ward, but hell, he's rumoured for all of them right?
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I actually hope it is Ward. Despite what the haters say, he's actually by far the best rules writer. His last Space Marine codex is his magnum opus, and quite possibly the very best rules supplement that has ever come out of GW (aside from perhaps the new Tau).
Most of the stick he gets is in fluff writing, but now there has been a clear division between rules writers and fluff writers at GW HQ (I know this for fact, btw), we shouldn't see any of those