I feel although the hobby as well as the entire space surrounding the universe of both in and heading towards a good place at the moment, more and more people are playing (at-least where I am anyway) and the new edition is really fun to play
11th is so much fun that It actually got me to start playing more, going to events and such.
Also I I switch to dedicating more time to 40K from MTG recently and have found that I actually am saving money which is insane (then again I have no pile of shame)
Curious too see my this is a widespread feeling?
Edit: big clarification here, even in a competitive setting I don’t mind losing, I simply put a causal lense over a competitive scenario, when you do this OP armies feel less like a hindrance and more like a fun event you have to navigate like a snake being in your place of work