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Waaaghpower wrote:
I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE major differences. But they are just that: Differences. All I was pointing out was that they did have something unique, at least a little bit,

So, is this what you were saying :
“There are small differences that are mostly artifacts from the fact not all codecies are updated together, and that in no way represent the fluff of the unit better. That is a good thing, and we should keep them as much as possible.” ?
Or was is more “There are small differences that are mostly artifacts from the fact not all codecies are updated together, and that in no way represent the fluff of the unit better. That is not a good thing, and it would be good to remove them, but I am mentioning them for accuracy's sake.” ?

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
As for Wolf Lord having one less wound, how the hell is that supposed to be meaningful of anything ?

Isn't this because Wolf Lords aren't Chapter leaders, they're Company Leaders, and WGBL aren't Captains, they are the leaders of the WG.

But anyway, I think this discussion has been flogged to death.

Could you add SW to the SM codex? Yes, you could.

You would either have to remove a lot of the differences between SM and SW or write in a lot of special rules to capture the differences.

The first option isn't going to make SW players happy, the 2nd option will result in a large, complicated and bloated codex (especially once you start adding all the special rules for BA and DA as well).

I, for one, don't want to buy an excessively complicated $150 SM codex to play one Chapter simply because the book also contains the rules to play other Chapters I don't play. I also don't want BA/SW/DA trimmed to fit in to the SM codex in such a way that doesn't cause bloat/expense.

I understand that other people might want to see a "big book of marine", or other people might want those other chapters cut back. This is where the "should they" rather than "could they" comes in to it and I really don't think we're going to see all that much agreement on it.