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I agree.

Most people are caught by surprise when your boyz actually get a save. The expectation is they can whittle them down with bolter and flamer fire fairly easily. Stick the Mad Dok or a pain boy in a large mob of them and watch their frustration mount.

I think the best answer is to try running it yourself and see what you like. Personally, I liked it when I ran green tide (in 5th). This was back when only one squad could get it. I generally put a screen of grots out front, a mob of 30 eavy armor boys with the Mad Dok second, backed up by 2-3 more mobs of 30 boys.

Opponents would get frustrated with this mob of boys (that could actually make saves) that was barrelling down at them. All of their fire would go into this one unit. Meanwhile, the other 60-90 boys would pass unmolested down the field. It can work. It just depends on your playstyle.