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Backfire wrote:Uh, it would be completely silly if you could only take Razorbacks for 10 man units as Razorback can only transport 6.

Fluffwise? Maybe. Balancewise? Not at all. If you can get a free 35 point unit for a minimum 5 man squad, it doesn't make sense that you can forgo that free 35 unit in favor of a free 55 point unit. The higher points "free" benefit should require a higher "cost" to get it.

Also rigidity of formations. Why do you get these bonuses if you take this exact number of units? It is like Monty Python: "Book of Armaments says that thou shalt take three Predators to gain these bonuses, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt take, and the number of the Predators shall be three. Four shalt thou not take, neither should thou take two, excepting that one is lost during combat from original three, in which case it is not a problem. Five is right out...."

That's not always true. Some formations do give you options and/or a numerical range.

E.g., in the first company, you can take sternguard, vanguard or either choppy or shooty terminators, and you can take any combination thereof, so long as you take 3-5 units.