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Force Org chart was worse. There's a reason why basically every faction had ways to break it (especially Space Marines, oh lordy).

Crazy idea: What if you got rid of detachments and went back to the old compulsory 1 HQ and 2 troops. Optional slots are limited to 0-1 HQ, 0-4 troops, 0-2 Elites, 0-2 Fast Attack, 0-2 HS. Flyers do not come standard (see below). Everyone starts with same amount of CP's.

THEN!!!!

You can pay CP's to:
1. ignore the 2 troop requirement (~1CP)
2. add 'expansion' slots for HQ, FA, Elite, HS, Flyers where:
-2CP to unlock additional 4 slots for FA/Elites/HS.
-1/2CP to unlock additional 1/2 slots for HQ.
-1CP to unlock 2 slots for Flyers.

There, no detachments.

 skchsan wrote:
Crazy idea: What if you got rid of detachments and went back to the old compulsory 1 HQ and 2 troops. Optional slots are limited to 0-1 HQ, 0-4 troops, 0-2 Elites, 0-2 Fast Attack, 0-2 HS. Flyers do not come standard (see below). Everyone starts with same amount of CP's.

THEN!!!!

You can pay CP's to:
1. ignore the 2 troop requirement (~1CP)
2. add 'expansion' slots for HQ, FA, Elite, HS, Flyers where:
-2CP to unlock additional 4 slots for FA/Elites/HS.
-1/2CP to unlock additional 1/2 slots for HQ.
-1CP to unlock 2 slots for Flyers.

There, no detachments.

I like that quite a bit. Seems like it would scale well. Gives you the flexibility to avoid a troop tax if troops don't fit your theme or are just plain suboptimal in your army. Gives you an incentive to take a few points worth of troops if you value your CP. Probably keep the rule of 3 in place, and I think you've got a pretty solid approach.

Now how do you handle allies? Pay X CP for a second "detachment" (so you can slap a faction keyword on it) that works the same way as the first?