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Does anything else think it strange that space marines are only slightly stronger than a firewarrior? Slightly stronger than a skinny Eldar?

Does anyone else think it strange that orks are only as strong as a firewarrior?

It seems to me that strengths are mismatched if you weigh them against the toughness of various models out there.

Firewarriors should be STR2.
Eldar are fine at STR3.
Orks should be STR4.
Space Marines should be STR4.
Space Marines in terminator armor should be base STR5.
Monstrous Creatures should be STR7.

Orks should be stronger than Eldar and Firewarriors. Space marine terminators should be stronger than regular space marines and most other things, and monstrous creatures should probably get +1S simply because they shouldn't be STR6 if terminators are STR5.

Thoughts?

Yeah I've always thought it a bit strange that orks are only stronger than puny humans, elves and tau when they charge, and that a guardsman with furious charge (a la Col. Straken) is as strong as a space marine. Though if it were done your way I'd like to see furious charge removed from most ork units.

Actually I think we should change FC as it stands, charging doesnt make you stronger...

You can't equate STR as it pertains to a models toughness. From a game mechanics perspective, you're going to be very limited in the range available for STR to begin with. Especially in regards to plain Troops.

Now if you're looking at this from a simple 'fluff' perspective then I can agree with you. But having Terminator armor doesn't justify increasing a SM STR score when you're dealing with the game mechanics.