Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

I love my Genestealers, and they're actually decently priced. It's the new game favoring shooting over assault that's betrayed them. Taking away the ability to assault the turn a unit arrives from reserves as well as the increased amount of Ignores Cover is what's hurting genestealers.

As for the actual topic, GW just continues to be abysmal at balancing out the units via points costs. I don't begrudge most units their special rules, it's just the points costs that are usually wonky. Unfortunately, it's the major balancing mechanic in their game, and therefor, when they get it wrong there's a lot of frowny faces to go around.

It would be amazing if GW would come out and be like "Ok...we really screwed some stuff up. Possessed and Warp Talons are getting cheaper. The Wraithknight...that points cost was a typo and it was supposed to cost 395. Terminators are getting 5 or 10 pts cheaper, etc." They'll never do it, but wouldn't it be in their best interests to make some of the models they put real time and work into (Warp Talons, for example) actually attractive to their customers? I just don't get why they'd put all the time and effort into great models and then handicap that model with an inefficient points cost. Dumb Dumb Dumb.