It’s a book that really lacks focus and internal balance. In addition they sometimes work together (auras), and other times don’t (transports). Rather than complimenting each other, these two forces tend to overlap in strange ways. The bloated classic marine army and the half-finished Primaris army. One of the problems with Codex Space Marines is that is essentially presents you with two separate armies. Space Marines are in dire need of a real rework. Codex Space Marine units tended to get the most direct translation over from 7th, meaning across the board they tend to under preform in the new amped-up 8th meta. The issues with the book are also more than you can fix with a simple point change. It’s a shame that the most popular and iconic army can’t match up to its competitors.
Even when picking allies people tend to go with Blood Angels, not Codex Marines. In the early days of 8th a handful of very specific Space Marine lists, Guilliman or flyer-spam (or both) based lists did OK, while other Space Marine lists did not. Space Marines are the most played faction in 40K, yet they have one of the least competitive books in the game. It’s one of, if not the, biggest books out there and its filled with loads of junk. Look lets face it, the Space Marine Codex isn’t good. Overall Codex Space Marines is a bland first try book. The stratagems in Vigilus Defiant for instance tend to be better and more “advanced” than those in the core book. They have a few good workhorse ones, but GW didn’t really start branching out in what stratagems could be until later on. There are no real combos or indispensable stratagems in the book. Compared to later books the C:SM stratagems are pretty tame and limited. I’m not simply talking about power level here, though that has happened too, but other aspects of the codex as well. This has ultimately lead to Space Marines getting left behind. Since those early days the game, and the armies in it, have evolved a lot. Back then 8th was a new and unexplored world, and the edition was in many ways still finding its feet. The Space Marine Codex was the very first codex to come out back at the start of 8th Edition. Today lets talk about why a new Codex would is needed. However, I don’t think we’ve really talk about much about WHY there should be a new book, and especially so soon. We’ve talked a lot about how signs and rumors points towards either a redoing of Codex: Space Marines or a new Codex: Primaris coming out soon.
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That means GW is at last free to put out new factions, release Vigilus style campaign books and even redo current books.
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In addition, while Sister of Battle only have a Beta Codex out right now, we do know they will getting their full book this year. With the release of the Genestealer Cult Codex pretty much every 7th Edition Army (plus some new ones) has been redone for 8th.