Editing Robin Cruddace (section)

==9th Edition==
According to the 9th Edition core rulebook Cruddace was the lead designer of 9th edition. Unfortunately it didn’t turn out well…

Flavor of the month codexes/lists are still a thing, Rule bloat and Power Creep is reaching critical levels faster than 7th edition, mortal wound spammers are king and armor piercing can’t make sense. There are some factions that become [[Cheese|gamebreakingly busted]] and others that are [[FAIL|borderline unplayable]]. Even the  core rules, while balanced and decent at the start, was turned into a mess; constant FAQs, major gameplay changes to CP that halved what you normally get and [[what|to pay for a warlord trait]], and further confusion on terrain!  There have been many attempts to patch the game’s rules but it only makes the physical codices worth less to have as a result. Because the rules kept changing on a dime, entire armies can either be worth it or worthless just by how he felt about a tournament or two. God Emperor help you if you liked Imperial Fists or DeathWatch this edition.

There is a theory that Robin Cruddace fell into a coma during the development of the 9th edition Tyranid codex. It is considered one of the most powerful codexes of all time and had to be nerfed many times before even approaching something resembling balanced. Even in its weakest state it still offers powerful options that no other faction could hope to bring. Of course, he seems to be making up for this with nerfs to Tyranids in 10th.

Ultimately the greatest flaw was not the constant rule changes or the treatment of a singular army, but how the design of each army’s rules were compared to the previously-released codex. This philosophy of comparing from the most recent rules created the power creep seen today as the most modern codex had to be stronger than their predecessors, making armies that were released early incapable of catching up to the current metagame for a long time. Combine this with the general inconsistency between how rules were worded and Robin’s typical favoritism towards certain factions, and you have an edition that was so broken that they had to start from scratch. [[FAIL|Again…]]

There is only so much Robin can truly blamed for, so take this with a grain of salt. Be the judge for yourself if the design team has their faults or if they’re just following orders from a more incompetent corporate. Either way, the designers ARE to blame. If they are as incompetent as the suitmen up there, then for this, or if they know that this is wrong, and still did it, then they should have stand up.