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Hi all
As there are some 'underplayed' units in WH , especialy units thet have limited weapon chioices.(Empire Halbardiers for example.)

I was thinking of ways to boost the 'popularity' of these units by introducing 'unit drills', which could be applied to specific units.
This stops 'unilateral weapon buffs' that make certain units FAR to powerful, (yes Chaos Warriors I am looking at you! )

I intend to make the standard shield JUST give +1 armour save ONLY.(The extra +1in close combat become a unit drill.)All other standard wepon bonuses stay as is.

The unit HAS to have a musician to sound the formation change, to use these unit drills.

Shield Unit drills.
Shield wall,The unit get an extra +1 armour save in close combat.
Tortoise, the unit gets an extra +1 armour save vs mundane non warmachine missile weapons.

Spear Unit drills.
Long spear, the unit can use longer spear shafts and still place spear points accuratley .The unit can fight in 3 ranks instead of 2 ranks.

Halberd Unit drills.
Unseat rider. the unit negates armour saves given by mounts.(Eg Ork boar boys AS 5+ from AS3+)

Break charge.the unit breaks up the charging formation , chargers lose all str bonuses from charging.(Chargers still strike first.)

Great weapon Unit drills.
Restrained strike.The unit srikes in initiative order at +1 str .(NOT +2 str)

2 hand weapon unit drills.
Parry, the unit may lose the off hand attack and gain +1 armour save in close combat.

ONLY ONE drill can be used at a time.

I think if applied sparingly to select units , this might help make ALL units 'equaly playable.'

But I need help with playtesting and feed back.(What unit drills to give to what units...appx points values etc.)
So would you kind WH players give these ideas a try and help develop them ?

Many thanks .
Lanrak.

Why not just make a particular unit a special character type that the army can only
ever have one of? So, Empire Halberdiers would be a unit wtih 1 only and 5-20 model
restriction, along with an Unseat Rider special rule?

Hi malfred.
Thats one way of applying it .
However I was thinking more along the lines of 40k USRs, type implementation.
So if a unit is a bit underplayed, you can try them with a 'UDR' or maybe 2 if needed?

Any thoughts on the actual unit drills?Are they 'kool or kr*p'?

TTFN
Lanrak.

Some utterly uninformed views:

I wanna see form square for handgun units. (unit loses flanks and rear and may fight up to two ranks in from outside, casualties are removed from inside the formation instead of from the back rank as normal, unit may not fire while in square - or somethin like that)

Whistling Arrows would probably be too broken for use. (at least in a world where less than garrulous Elves cause Fear)