Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-4683558-20121220065338/@comment-1713318-20121220094650

Well, I think you just summarized it yourself: it's mainly because he wrote some truly overpowered codexes ("Grey Knights" Jokaero list, much?) combined to the fact that he tends to retcon perfectly decent fluff.

Remember that many players who care about the fluff are die-hard traditionalists, and while there were some "Rogue Trader" epoch relics that just needed to be updated, Matthew Ward tends to use a bulldozer tank where only a scalpel blade is required.

And yes, I also agree that he can do decent work, for that new "Tomb Kings in Space" background for the Necrons gives them a lot more personality than the old fluff where they were just legions of cybernetic slaves.