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So everyone's playing house rules points per model right? (self.warhammer40k)

submitted 2 years ago by julietOscarEcho to c/[email protected]

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I don't love free wargear (because there will inevitably better or worse options when everything is a straight swap whereas with points cost you can balance finely), but I can see that it makes life easier.

Fixed unit sizes, however, are supremely shit. All in all totally ripped the variety out of list building, which was one of my favourite things about the game. Lists now will look mostly identical.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Definitely not a fan of fixed unit sizes.

Free wargear I'm a bit more undecided on. I like just getting to kit to the teeth, and using options that usually are rarely worth the point cost. I also like that it is just simpler/quicker... Buuut, as tyere will be objectively better options that will always get picked and I don't like not being able to just remove some equipment to fit a point limit and instead have to change whole units. The building blocks become much bigger, meaning list composition ends up more rigid which I don't quite like.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The thing about free wargear is that it's not actually that much simpler. You still have to decide which piece you're taking. The only thing they removed was the cost consideration of what you pick.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The cost consideration was a significant part of choosing the weapons though. Often it was the difference between equipping really good weapons or straight up getting a whole other unit for the same price.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is simpler. Instead of having to decide between an AP5 weapon or an AP2 weapon that's more expensive but otherwise identical, now you just take the AP2 weapon because it's objectively better than the AP5 weapon.

In this case simpler is not better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

What?