>Its a shame though, you get less and less for more. Epic games of even a
>high point value seem to be a little lacking in the figures department now.
>
>Oh well, epic games at epic prices is the motto now....
>
The trick is, the people who are used to buying only Warhammer and 40K wont
blink at the costs, because its still cheaper than buying a full 40K army.
Thats what they are aiming the prices at I think.
That being said, at least the rules are free, which is a great gesture.
Huzzah
>Peter
>
>cibernyam wrote:
>
> >I agree, although I have to point that multiplying an 8 years-old-model
> >price by three can not be allocated to kind of costs. I think all is raw
> >benefit. Maybe someone new to epic may find it right, but for old epic
> >gamers these maneuvers are an insult for our intelligence. We know the
>real
> >aproximate cost of the miniatures, not to say a core rulebook for 40$
>(!?!).
> >I hope that at least there are some nice pictures of Britney in it...
>:-)
> >
> >There were a lot of people who played SM 2nd edition because a complete
>army
> >was quite cheap compared to WH40k. Or at least these was so in my area.
>The
> >GW attitude, lack of support and increasing prices have progressively
> >withdrawn a lot of people from the hobby. In that time a nice 4k points
>SM
> >army (SM, Eldar, Squat, ork, all with lots of plastic) could cost less
>than
> >100$. The only real expensive armies were IG (lots of metal tanks and
> >artillery, plus lots of plastic infantry required) and Chaos (lots of
> >metal). Now, it seems like the tables have turned... an army is
>astonishly
> >more expensive, plus you get a lot less miniatures, since the game is
> >designed to be played on a far smaller scale.
> >
> >I don't think this price politic is doing any good to Epic. Indeed, I
>think
> >this is the grace shot to GW epic line (a.k.a. "let's make the most of
>the
> >money out of this before we close it").
> >
> >Albert
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