Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-12.227.32.154-20150120202758/@comment-25073042-20151027081337

I don't think anything will really change and the emperor won't die at the end of the 41st millenium. Lexicanum on the Golden Throne page has some info taken straight out of the Adeptus Mechanicus Codex, about the current malfunctions of the golden throne:

''Faced with this cataclysmic scenario, the Tech-Priests become desperate and ally with a faction of Xanthite Inquisitors. Launching an expedition into the Webway, the Tech-Priest and Inquisition forces battle through Harlequins and Daemons alike before reaching Commorragh. There, a dark bargain is struck''

Source: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Golden_Throne#Malfunction and the same thing is written in the Adeptus Mechanicus Codex 9and no further explanation there)

So unless the annoying space elves don't hold up their end of the bargain (or do it not as the imperium expects it) I don't really see anything changing much and GW will keep the status quo (only somewhat modified) :P