The cat is getting out of the bag and will soon be amongst the pigeons

So after the rumours and the teasers, GW have now announced Sixth Edition in White Dwarf and advance orders are now up.

I'm looking forward to seeing the details on things like flyers, buying terrain as part of your army and the psychic powers, but I think a real game changer has been less prominent.  Rapid fire weapons have been boosted, increasing the range for two shots.  With the rules for Overwatch, I think this could mean shooty armies like Tau and Eldar, which are surely due new codexes (codices?) soon, will be more competitive.


Could we also see fewer GK armies, with terrain such as the Psychoneuein Hive inflicting D3 hits at S3 AP2 on every psyker on the board?


Only time will tell if there will be more shooty armies instead of combat armies, especially with the increase in flying transports and gunships.  Interesting times are ahead.