tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342928539214422457.post6425076646751144652..comments2024-03-27T04:42:08.504+13:00Comments on Fields of Blood: ETC Votes for Ninth Age for 2016Pete Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352990006052067650noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342928539214422457.post-39958832479624342612015-10-05T07:49:21.144+13:002015-10-05T07:49:21.144+13:00I think this was probably a mistake for the health...I think this was probably a mistake for the health of the ETC. KoW would have been the better choice, AoS probably the worst. 9th Age was too divisive and unproven, where Mantic have been open about wanting to work with/write specifically for the event. <br />There's just no point (yet) in playing a completely untested game and one where there's no real model support to inject new life in years to come. Unless the writing team can show that they can write rules for new units that GW produce (or completely rewrite units/army books well), the game will stagnate terribly and we'll be doing this all over again next year. That and getting a game of 9th outside of europe/universal battle will be impossible - so any team that is spread across a country/the world is at a huge disadvantage.<br />Not inspiring - Greece is a big draw card, but I'd rather just go on my own time for a holiday than play 9th. <br /><br />Don't think this will have much/any impact on GWs bottom line - most ETC players have well established armies/will borrow armies/proxy rather than buy something from scratch and their current business model doesn't seem to care about tournament players in the slightest anyway.Ddevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04594222224917651840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342928539214422457.post-83617197327200420892015-10-03T13:22:12.772+13:002015-10-03T13:22:12.772+13:00It will certainly be an interesting case study. If...It will certainly be an interesting case study. If Gw are correct and tournament gamers don't buy many models compared to hobbies, then there shouldn't be any impact. However if US sales drop precipitously then it would infer this is not entirely correct and some market research may not be a bad thing!<br /><br />Unless people still buy GW models to use in KoW. Interesting times ahead.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672121578958117940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342928539214422457.post-28275010329647284852015-10-03T11:43:31.426+13:002015-10-03T11:43:31.426+13:00Wow.. inside of 6 months, it's not even on the...Wow.. inside of 6 months, it's not even on the radar (AoS) - I've been a brand manager amidst my many hats in media and design - that result, from a core buying group, would seriously be hard to slide across the table in my report. GW just got tabled.Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361613733527207392noreply@blogger.com