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 Mr Morden wrote:
Great idea - poor execution in terms of how and who allies with whom

This.

Some allies make a lot of sense. Certain armies fight together frequently; IG can easily be used as proxy PDFs, private armies, traitors, conscripts, frateris militia (sp?), allied with marines as the imperial army, etc. so I'm really happy to see additions like that, which allow some pretty fun fluff lists representing different forces using a mix & match principle.

However, I think they should have been way more restrictive so you don't just wind up with a bunch of mix & match BS that's pretty clearly based on performance more than aesthetic or fun. They already had Apocalypse for "do whatever you want."

A number of the negative pairings (like Marines and Sisters not really liking each other and DA/SW not liking each other) are fine, the problem is just the weird ones like all the aliens that get along with imperials because they did in one story ever