Isn't the whole point of this setting...

Isn't the whole point of this setting, that humanity stopped research and innovation because it goes against their faith and faith is the law?

So where is all this new shit in 40k always coming from?

No, the whole point of the setting is that it's grimdark as fuck. Lack of research and innovation is just a part of it.

Step aside, grimfag. WH40k is nobledark now.

>Where is all this new shit in 40k always coming from?

The High Lords of Terra AKA GW investors.

No, that wasn't the point. The point was the universe had fucked mankind over so hard it was actually pretty funny. I sat down and explained everything to a buddy of mine who wasn't in the know and his response was simply to laugh. Innovation never stopped per see, the idea that they are all pants on head retarded is a meme, it just wasn't a priority and because it was dangerous it was forbidden to those who didn't have the chops for it. If you weren't an archmagos your job was to fix shit, find shit, and follow the blueprints for shit that was understood. Only archmagos had the qualifications and go ahead to actually innovate, and Caul went and innovated us up Space marines 2.0

>So where is all this new shit in 40k always coming from?

New stuff is usually just retconned in as having been there all along.
The newest new stuff is the work of is the work of Belisarius Cawl, an ancient tech priest from a more enlightened age. Now his Master Guilliman has returned and asked him to open up his workshop where he's been fiddling with things for the ten thousand years.

>So where is all this new shit in 40k always coming from?
the past
these dudes took 10k to make using technology from 30k mostly

Higher ranked mechanicus magi can still invent shit

Here's a question. We know cawl spent 10k years developing the primaris. We also know that every cannon attempt to improve or alter Geneseed prior to this new release went horribly wrong from crazy mutations and inviable monsters to guys the universe just plain hated. My question Is how many fuck ups do you think there were during the ten thousand years it took him to get this right?

Corax actually succeeded in making superior space marines, there's precedent,