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They do have stronger Assault Cannons. They're just not strong enough to rate an increase in Strength. Think of each increase in Strength as being an order of magnitude and it makes more sense, representationally.

Oh, they should definitely have a Cyclone Missile Launcher instead of a regular Missile Launcher. But otherwise their Heavy Weapons are more effective because they can move and fire If you want more effective Dreadnought Weapons, though, you should take a Venerable Dreadnought. That BS5 makes the Multi-Melta something beastly, for example..

GW has already introduced variant weapons with the Imperial Guard Codex (Exterminator Autocannon, Hydra Autocannon), as well as different weapons with identical characteristics with the Space Marine Codex (Typhone and Cyclone Missile Launchers). It seems like the Design Studio is settling on an equilbrium between different for the sake of difference, and sameness for the sake of game-play.

The D6 has nothing to do with it. The fact that most Characteristics are rated from 1-10 does...

I certainly would discount the dice used for resolution since a single D6 can have up to 6^6 outcomes.