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Years ago I had a cushy job in academia which afforded me huge blocks of time to write. I actually wrote a 2nd edition revision that kept the best elements of the ruleset and threw out the stuff that just didn't work. I ended up throwing out too much stuff and what I ended up with was something more like 4th edition (I wrote it during 4th) with 2nd edition stuff sprinkled in.

Crazy stuff like the vortex grenade and the cyclone missile launcher super-giant "fire all the missiles!" template is what made 2nd edition what it was. If you throw out too much of that stuff you can't properly revive the edition. Everything I hated about 2nd edition presented a huge dilemma whether or not to leave it in or take it out. I never liked armor save modifiers - I vastly prefer the AP system but you can't call it 2nd edition 40k without the modifiers.

What I actually ended up with was a little like the 6th edition "leaked" rules (no I did not write that document.)