A Warhammer Community post on Orks said 70 new and updated detachments will sit alongside existing codex and supplement options, with armies able to stack multiple detachments using Detachment Points.
The system caps armies at 2DP in 1,000-point games and 3DP in 2,000-point games, but critics warn several detachments could multiply stratagems and off-datasheet abilities.
The debate echoes eighth and ninth edition complexity, after 10th edition's streamlined format limited each detachment to six stratagems and four enhancements while still broadening army variety.
Is the multi-detachment system a clever solution for army variety, or a return to overwhelming complexity for players to manage?
With 70+ detachments and layered rules, is Warhammer 40k becoming too complex for new players to join the hobby?