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Ursarkar E. Creed:
-Gains Tactical Genius Creed may give the Scout rule to D3 units in his detachment

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Veterans [Points: 48]

Veteran: Ws 4 // Bs 4 // Str 3 // T 3 // W 1 // I 3 // A 1 // Ld 8 // Sv 5+

Unit size: 6

Wargear:
-Flak Armour
-Lasrifle (Range 18" Lasgun with Assault 3)
-Laspistol
-Frag Grenades

Special Rules:
-Infiltrate

Options:
-You may take up to 4 extra veterans for [8 points each]
-Two Veterans may form a Veteran Weapons Team (Basically a Vet model with 2 wounds and a big gun) who must take one item from the
Heavy Weapons list.
-One Veteran may carry a vox-caster [5 pts]
-Up to three Veterans may take a Special Weapon
-A Vendetta, Valkyrie, Chimera or Taurox may be taken as a Dedicated Transport

Mission Type:
-Skirmish Fighting (All veterans in this unit have Carapace Armour) [15 pts]
-Interception (All Veterans in this unit have Camo-Cloaks, and on turn 1 may fire twice, excluding grenades) [25 pts]
-Demolitions (All Veterans in this unit have Melta Bombs. One Veteran has a Demolition Charge) [30 pts]

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Chimeras: Exactly as per the codex, but 15 points cheaper.

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Spotters [60 pts]

Spotter: Ws 3 // Bs 3 // Str 3 // T 3 // W 1 // I 3 // A 1 // Ld 7 // Sv 5+

Unit size: 6

Wargear:
Lasgun
Flak Armour

Special Rules:
Spotter (At the end of the movement phase, this unit may nominate one enemy unit in Line of Sight and within 24". Any Ordnance weapons fired at that unit during the following shooting phase only scatter up to D6")

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Ogryns:
-

Wyrdvane Pskyers:
-

Vendetta:
-Now 150 points per model

Hellhound
-Hellhound and all variants dropped to 100 points each

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Leman Russ Battletank - 120 pts

Leman Russ - BS3 AV14/13/10 HP3

Wargear:
-Hull Heavy Bolter
-Searchlight
-Smoke Launchers

Special Rules:
-Lumbering Behemoth
-Independent Firing


Lumbering Behemoth: Whenever this model fires an Ordnance weapon, its other weapons fire at normal BS. Due to the extremely heavy and thick armor plates and ancient designs, the Leman Russ also has a 5+ save against Glancing hits.

Independent Firing: This model's turret weapon may choose a different target from the rest of this model's weapons.
Leman Russ Tanks:

Options:
Each Leman Russ Tank MUST take one of the following turrets:
-Eradicator Nova Cannon (+0 points)
-Exterminator Autocannon (+10 points)
-Vanquisher Battlecannon (+15 points) Has Vanquisher Rounds, which remove 2HP on a penetrating hit.
-Punisher Gatling Gun (+20 points)
-Battlecannon (+20 points)
-Demolisher Cannon (+30 points)
-Executioner Plasma Cannon (+35 points) Minus the Gets Hot rule

Each Leman Russ Tank may take one of the following sponson weapons:
-Heavy Bolters (+20 points)
-Multi Meltas (+20 points)
-Plasma Cannons (+30 points)
-Lascannons (+40 points)

A Battle Tank may take items from the Astra Militarum Vehicle Equipment List

If a Battle Tank is driven by a Tank Commander it may be upgraded with:
-Ablative Armour (Adding +1 Hull Point) (+20 points)

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First and foremost, they can ditch the faux-latin, harry-potter sounding "Astra Militarum" moniker, they're the Imperial Guard.

Now, there's all sorts of insanity that could be undertaken with formations and detachments that I'll avoid for now.

First, they really need Orders to be applied to vehicles, and the HQ tank should just be an upgrade without needing a Squadron, and be able to issue orders the way Infantry command squads can. Voxes also need to function as a range enhancer, not a silly reroll.

However, most IG units need some work, most are still costed and designed to a 5E or even 3E/4E paradigm, and in dire need of assistance, many of which have needed assistance for many years, or in some cases, always since...ever.

Lets go through the list here

HQ:

Commissar Yarrick: 145pts, less survivable than significantly less expensive MEQ characters, not a tremendous degree of utility. If he's going to stay in the same general price range as character like Tigurius, Khan, and the like, he needs to go back to being Fearless and have a fearsome bubble effect. Otherwise he needs a drastic price decrease.

Company Command Squad: Largely actually pretty allright., but certainly could stand to go back down to their 5E costs.

Creed: A very expensive upgrade for an HQ with zero CC potential and only S3 6" range shooting attacks. Kell likewise needs to be paired with him, and costs an absurd number of points.

Straken: Allright, but hugely overcosted.

Deddog: Should be no more than *maybe* 40pts at his current incarnation.

Tank Commander: Make Orders function more like Infantry command squad orders, remove necessity to be in a squadron (where much of his function is just to overcome the detriments of being a Squadron in the first place)

Pask: If Chronus gets to be BS5 and be a W2 Character if his tank dies for just 10pts more than Pask, Pask should really do more than just minorly enhance the main gun for 40pts

Lord Commissar: Sort of functional, but really needs to be like 40/50pts, not 65 base and 80/90 after gear, particularly at T3 with a 5+ save.Somewhat overtaken by Priests in Utility. I'd give them the Priests Zealot ability and instead give the Priest something different.

Commissar: Largeyovertaken by Priests in Utility. I'd give them the Priests Zealot ability and instead give the Priest something different. Unfortunately pointless in most units given the small size, light durability, and low value in most instances.

Priest: Insanely amazing in blob platoons and Ogryn units, otherwise largely pointless. They overtake Commissars in their intended role, I'd make them more combat enhancy than Fearless/morale enhancey.

Primaris Psyker: Unfortuantely they're probably the least impressive psykers in the game for their relative investment. I'm not sure why IG psykers have to be less impressive than anyone else's other than "just because". 50pts for a W2 T3 5+sv lvl1 psyker, or 25pts for a lvl2, isn't particularly stellar.

Engineseer: Hilariously overcosted, really needs the Techmarine/Magos Dominus treatment, better repair ability and a 2nd wound if he's gonna cost 40pts base. That price didn't work in 3E, and it certainly doesn't work in 7E. Perhaps they could be like a 20pt attachment to a vehicle squadron instead?

Troops:

Infantry Platoon

Platoon Command Squad: Not much needs to be done with these other than the aforementioned Orders changes and a drop back to 5E price.

Infantry Squad: These guys need some help. Blob platoons are sort of functional with some HQ support, however, aside from that, they're really bad. Taken as individual units, they're "cheap" in absolute value, but rather expensive for their relative value, and blobbed without HQ support they are absurdly easy to remove en-masse. 50pts for a 10man "3 statline" Ld7 5+sv model with one BS3 heavy weapon and one BS3 special weapon simple is not an appropriate price any longer.

Heavy Weapons Squad: Oh man, these are amongst the worst units in the codex. They're amongst the least cost effective heavy weapons units in the game, some of the most expensive infantry heavy weapons in the game. They cost an additional 50% more than equivalent numbers of already rather expensive Infantry Squad models, and that's before they get any guns. The way these function, as W2 T3 Ld7 models simply makes them absurdly vulnerable to destruction by multi-shot S6 weaponry, a single wound getting through kills off 33% of the unit and forces an Ld7 break test. There's several things that could be done here. They could simply be made vastly cheaper to more appropriately reflect their value. Cut 25pts off each unit and you have a more realistic price for what they're really worth. Three BS3 T3 LD7 models with autocannons is probably worth ~50pts, not 75. The ability to "blob" them would also be really helpful. Alternatively, if we just don't want to make them absurdly cheap, they could be treated differently, much like Gun Teams in Flames of War. We've got two gunners and a large weapon, and the models typically have a gun shield and some sort of "entrenchment" like sand bags that come with the model, why not make them a T5 gun team? Like T7 Artillery, but not quite as impressive.

Special Weapons Squad: Face much the same issue as the above. Most critically they can't take a transport. Give them a transport option and the ability to at least get Ld8 somehow, and we're back on track.

Conscripts: The "blob" ability of basic Infantry Squads has largely made these guys superfluous. I think they should be taken out of the Platoon altogether and be made a simple Troops choice on their own.


Veterans: Largely ok.

Harker: 55pts for an S4 rending Heavy Bolter? 10pts? Sure. 15pts? Maybe. 55pts? That's easily 4x his actual value.


Dedicated Transports:

Chimera: This thing simply needs to be cheaper. 65pts for a transport with a single non-AV10 facing, with BS3 guns, no Fast or Skimmer benefits, a single rear-facing hatch, and that carries T3 5+sv infantry? Absolutely needs to be cheaper. If they want to boost its side armor, then it might be worth 65pts, but at its current stats? Especially after the reduction in fire points? 55pts tops.

Taurox: It's ugly. It's rather pointless. It was unasked for. It fills no role or niche. That said, GW's not going to cut it. If it's going to be kept, with lower BS and side armor than a Razorback, and transporting crappier troops, it really needs to be either cheaper, or faster. If the basic Taurox were also Fast, it would actually have a purpose and be worth the points. Also needs Smoke Launchers as base wargear.

Taurox Prime: Simply too expensive. 80pts base for something only slightly better armored than a Trukk is absurd. It's got decent firepower and speed, but should probably be 20pts cheaper with each of its weapons upgrade options cut in price by half. Also needs Smoke Launchers as base wargear.


Elites:

Ogryn: This is a prime example of where using Ld as an intelligence reflector does not work. These guys are stupid yes, but always portrayed as insanely brave. Stubborn on an Ld6/7 unit doesn't do that, in fact, Stubborn is largely pointless. These guys really should have very high Ld. They also should be like 15/20ppm less. Fix the Ld and cost issues and you've got a workable unit.

Bullgryns: Same as above for Ogryns.

Ratlings: These guys are T2 Elites with Stealth. They're monstrously overcosted at 10ppm, particularly when you've got things like Eldar Rangers as Troops with T3 & Shrouded and functionally the same run/shoot special rule (and Fleet to boot) along with a much more fearsome secondary weapon, at 12ppm. These guys are worth no more than maybe 7 or 8ppm.

Wyrdvane Psykers: A 60pt ML1 psyker taking up an Elites slot? Really?

Tempestus Scions: Guardsmen Statline, Space Marine cost. Heavy weapon AP, Lasgun strength, even worse range. These guys really need a fix. They should be Ld8/9 not 7/8. Either make the gun S4 and assault 2, or dump the AP entirely, make them actual *stormtroopers*, given them WS4, Furious Charge, get a pistol/CCW, and make the gun S3 Assault 3 18" to make them a more functional short range infiltration tactic archetypal "Stormtrooper" unit.


Fast Attack:

Scout Sentinel Squadron: These guys have one schtick, outflanking, and even that, they're not particularly stellar at. AV10, open topped, HP2 is largely equivalent to T6 W2 Sv-, but worse. At 25pts they might be ok, but not at 35ppm or 105pts for a full unit, not for a very easily killed BS3 model with a multilaser.

Armored Sentinel Squadron: These guys are at least useable, but hardly really a "Fast Attack" unit, and still relatively expensive for what they offer. They could probably do with a 5ppm discount.

Rough Riders: Absolutely terrible. 11ppm for a fast moving guardsmen with a one-use, highly situational power weapon, and isn't a Troops unit. They really need to get the DKoK Death Rider treatment (W2 4+sv, A3 etc) for what they cost now.

Hellhound Squadron & Variants: All of these basically need a 40-55pt price cut. Non-skimmer Fast vehicles with short ranged weaponry costing as much as AV14 Battle Tanks and long ranged Skimmer tanks? There's a reason these are largely absent from most armies. They also need to come with smoke launchers base.

Valkyrie: As a naked transport, it's absurdly pricey for what it offers. For its base loadout, it really shouldn't be anything more than 90pts, not 125. The Hellstrike missiles also need to drop Ordnance unless they're going to make them Large Blast as well.

Vendetta: It's fine.


Heavy Support:

Leman Russ Squadron: Imma break this one up by variant

Leman Russ Battle Tank: needs to have a way to use its non-turret weaponry, firing everything else as snapshots is purely punitive and serves no balance function, particularly on a 150pt BS3 tank.
Leman Russ Demolisher: As above, but also needs to be cheaper. Paying 50pts to lose a point of BS and gain better armor over a Vindicator is absurd.
Leman Russ Vanquisher: A single shot BS3 Meltagun that lacks AP1 is not a terribly functional anti-tank unit. This variant really should be BS4 and AP1, or alternatively, something like a 2 shot main gun. With the changes in vehicles to HP's and the nerfing of the damage table, single shot, high pen weapons are of little value, particularly at BS3 and triple digit points. If it had the Coaxial stubber of FW's iterations, to give rerolls on the main gun, that would help a lot, but it needs AP1 either way to really be worth anything.
Leman Russ Eradicator: Pretty solid.
Leman Russ Punisher: Pretty solid.
Leman Russ Exterminator: Pretty solid.
Leman Russ Executioner: Lose Gets Hot on the main gun. Increase its cost by 15pts if you must. The thing just loses too many shots to Gets Hot and is too likely to kill itself over the course of a game to be a functional unit.


Hydras: oh man these got violated with the last codex. They were amazing in 5E. Situational, mediocre, but functional in 6E. When they got the new rules, they lost their "ignore jink saves" rule, and got made Open Topped, for no good reason. Now, the kit's already out, that's not going to change, so making them Closed Topped again won't happen, at least not as a base unit. However, they really should get their "ignores Jink" rule back. I'd also move them to Elites. They're really not a Heavy Support unit, and with the way an IG army works, they'd really be a better fit there.

Basilisk Battery: The Basilisk has been the same stagnant crap unit for 16 years now. It has no purpose outside of Apocalypse games as it's run now. The minimum range needs to be brought down to something like 12-18", otherwise it might as well not be able to indirectly fire with the vast expanse of the board it can't hit within minimum range without exposing itself otherwise. Indirect fire is not worth losing a crapton of armor and becoming Open Topped over just taking a Leman Russ Battle Tank for 25pts more, and even that isn't a great unit. Also, re-include the Griffon and Medusa.

Wyvern: These should probably go up to 80pts, or lose Ignores Cover. Like the Hydra, I'd also move them to Elites. Leave HS to the big guns, lighter guns should go in Elites.

Manticore: Needs a price-break. At 170pts, with limited ammo, and the changes to the vehicle damage table greatly neutering that S10 (and with AP4 neutering its effectiveness against non-vehicles targets that S10 would otherwise be great against), it's simply too many points to fill any real role aside from killing Necron Warriors in the open. Alternatively, redesign the rockets. Make a dedicate anti-armor/antibuilding rocket and an alternate loadout that's more effective against armored infantry.

Deathstrike: This really shouldn't be a "Codex" unit at all, but since it must be, I'd just remove the limit on when you can shoot it. For 160pts and a one-use unit, a 10" S10 AP1 pieplate just isn't that scary anymore.




Other Wargear:
Enclosed Crew Compartment: Really doesn't need to be 15pts, vehicle kill is through HP's, not damage table, this should be a 5 or 10pt upgrade.
Grenade Launchers: At this point, these simply are not useful enough to be taken unless they were free. Even if free, they'd most likely always typically be replaced. Making them Assault 2 or Rapid Fire or the like would hardly be overpowering, and might make them at least worth considering.

I'd also like to see a more "medium tank" type unit. Something along the lines of a Hellhound, but with maybe a twin linked three shot Autocannon turret for ~90pts?