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So, I personally, would prefer all kinds of Races before Hobgoblins: Ind, Araby, Nippon, DoW, Nagash, just to name a few.

That being said, your OP is making the standard mistake that lots of people have made regarding tons of Races....and that is assuming that how the Race is NOW is the entirety of what the Race can be.

^This is in no way an actual limitation. The same arguments were made against Cathay and Kislev. "What they could possibly include? They're just a footnote with a small selection of bland units and a minor power, etc. etc."

IF something gets turned into a full Race, whether that's the Vampire Coast, Norsca, Cathay, Kislev, or anything else, it is expanded upon.

If they make Hobgoblins....they will absolutely flesh out their roster and give them cool showpiece units. They WILL give them a diverse selection of start positions and an NPC 'homeland' that they usually centralize control over. They WILL give them some more backstories and lore.

All of the reasons you cite against the Hobgoblins are just arguments against how the Hobgoblins currently exist....but that is not the limit of their maximum potential if expanded upon.

I'm not even a Hobgoblin fan. I'm not exactly awaiting them with eager anticipation. But even I understand that if they come, they're going to way more than just "slightly taller goblins with spears" and that's it. They'll add all kinds of things to them to flesh them out.

All RoR's going forward should look noticeably different from the regular units. Legion of Chaqua's extra bits of armour adds so much to distinguish them from regular Saurus. The Foot Squire RoR goes a step further, not only do they add armour and helmets to them, but also a completely new weapon the original couldn't use.





Same with Gallow's Giant, Tomb Guard RoR and Khorrok's Manripper's having a completely different weapon from their vanilla incarnations provides gameplay differences and more importantly, visual distinction.






And of course, the gold standard should be Raven Heralds which are outright different units, period. They might suck...but that's just a matter of proper balance tuning (more ammo!). Raven Heralds take existing assets and churn out a completely unique unit.





Looking at the new RoR's, the only ones that really looks great is the Hellforged Host (Bloodletter RoR) thanks to their new bits of armour. All the rest are pretty meh. The Tzar Guard's flame sword has a neat fire effect but otherwise is just a red tzar guard. The rest are just pinker pink horrors, plaguebearers with purple arms/legs, etc. which were a bit disappointing. Couldn't the Festering Stooges have been given nurgle-themed halberds? Couldn't the Bringers of Beguilement wear some kid of Carnivale or Ball Masks?

There is one very simple reason - no lore has been released about these lands.

We do not know the following:

• Geographical features (Rivers? mountains? forests? swamps?)
  
• Major populations centers
  
• Minor settlements
  
• Natural landmarks
  
• Cultural landmarks
  
• Variety of races living there
  
• Historical significance of certain areas
  
• etc
  

You cannot design a map without knowing this kind of stuff. More importantly, you cannot reveal the map without confirming a lot of this stuff. This is different from Araby, for which lore exists and therefore the region can be filled out on the map.

Whether GW is working on these races or not, CA cannot reveal this stuff as it will directly add to the lore of these races. I doubt GW will allow that.

Due to the above reason, I bet that either CA will never fill out these lands with even placeholder stuff (as it will have to be accurate with settlements, geography, landmarks), or they will go ahead and bring the races in with the entire lore. I'm hopeful for the latter, since they do occupy a very large space in the map.

And before someone says too minor, no lore, CA said no, please remember how some people had to eat crow when Cathay was unveiled. Never assume what CA is willing to do!