Why is Ballistic Skill a chart?

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Frozen Ocean wrote:
Peregrine wrote:Because GW wanted higher numbers to be better for stats.

Then why not do the same for saves? Give an "Armour Chart" with Terminators at "Armour 5" (2+) and Orks at "Armour 1" (6+). It just seems oddly inconsistent. Not that GW are the paragons of consistency.

That would be an awesome fix for Terminators. Give them high armour rating and let them re-roll like with BS higher than 5.
Armour Rating 8? 2+ save and re-rollable with 4+.