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Assault Changes:

+Rolling to Hit in Assault+
The table functions similarly as the to hit table in shooting.
The Higher the difference between weapon skills means that you'll eventually be hitting on 2+, and if it's high enough, you'll reroll those hits on potentially 2+
If your weapon skill difference is that much lower than your opponents, you'll only ever go down to hitting on 6's.

+Attack Order+
The unit that Charges goes first in combat regardless of initiative. Initiative order comes into play in subsequent rounds of combat between the 2 models/units. Any special initiative 10 attacks still happen before the main combat. - Mandiblasters, dataspike, etc...Assaulters ignore initiative penalties on unwieldy weapons.
--The goal here is to allow assault armies to do what they do more effectively.

+Charging+
All units that charge get to charge 12 inches. Initiative penalties are removed for charging. Charging through terrain, or charging a unit in terrain forces the attacker to make a charge penalty roll of D6". If a unit suffers the penalty but still makes it into combat, that round of combat fought using the existing initiative steps. -- So the charger may not end up first.
--Goal here is to take out some of the randomness to charging, but gives some recourse to the unit being charged.

+Assaulting from reserves+
Units can assault from deepstriking and when entering from outflank, reserves & Scout, Infiltrate.
Units that choose to do so always attack last, even when they charge.
Units being charged get the "INCOMING" rule and can overwatch at full BS and can nominate 1 additional unit within 6 inches to aid in overwatch. Over watch rules listed below still apply.

+Overwatch+
Overwatch is only fired if the charge is successful
Units firing overwatch must pass a leadership check to overwatch unless they fire overwatch with pistols.
--Helps assaulters not get annihilated before they even get to attack.

+Losing Close Combat+
Same as before If you lose the check you go to sweeping advance. If you win the check you can stay in combat or you can opt for a fighting retreat.

+Sweeping advance+
All units can be swept. Rather than rolling for initiative, the losing model rolls a leadership test. If the model being swept has ATSKNF, they test at normal leadership. If you fail then you are swept. If you pass then you stay in combat or perform a fighting retreat.
--Changing this to leadership helps all of the low initiative armies a chance.

+Fighting Retreat+
All models that pass a sweeping advance role can choose to stay and fight or can retreat their full movement amount and not suffer any penalties. You must pass a leadership test to do this. failure means you get swept or remain locked in combat - depends when you try to do this.
--You're so psyched that you survived that brawl that you're ready to go again. This time on your terms.

+ATSKNF+
Ignores the Un-engaged and charging rules against units that cause fear. Ignores charging rules. Does not add 2+ to the moral check for losing combat or for sweeping advances. Still auto passes regroup tests. When regrouping, can act normally that turn.

+Winning Close Combat+
Units that win close combat can choose to stay in combat or can roll a leadership check. If they pass they can perform a fighting retreat. If they lose they are locked in combat. If the wipe out the unit they are attacking they would consolidate as normal.

Fear:


Hit and Run Change:
Units with hit and run can roll to leave combat at their initiative step in lieu of attacking, even if it means the other combatant hasn't attacked yet. A successful initiative check is required.

Other Changes - Errata's
General
All MC's and standard walkers can move 9"
All MC's and Walkers are I 4 or 3 (army dependent)
- These 2 rules should help make Dreadnaughts and other walkers much more valuable as well as gives tyranid and other MC's better movement allowing them to get into assault before being shot to hell.
All Superheavy Walkers and GC's are I 3 or 2 (army dependent)
- Reduces the insanity of Wraithknights striking at such a high initiative.
Jump Packs grant +1 Toughness and d3 hammer of wrath and hit and run and +2 Initiative
- Should help Chaos and loyalist marines out big time. Looking at you blood angels,
Jet packs grant +2 Initiative, +1 Toughness
- Allows tau to actaully benefit from hit and run

Glancing hits on vehicles allow vehicles to take a 3+ armor save
--THIS WOULD Make your vehicles viable again!
All open topped vehicles can Jink can shoot at BS2, same with passengers while jinked.
-- Lets DEldar and necrons open vehicles still be effective

Space Marine Changes
Errata that BA, DA, GK AND SW marines have access to the same generic weapons and vehicles and units as vanilla marines codex. Obviously special units that those codexes have that replace vanilla marines units would no be included. SW's have wolf guard and would not get sternguard for example. Basically the special SM chapters dreds have the same base attacks as vanilla marines, get access to ironclad dreds, get thunderfire cannons, grav, centurions, flyers etc...

BA, DA, GK AND SW marines have chapter Tactics and Remove Battle Brothers from the allies matrix
---So long superfriends and deathstars


Landraiders get 5+ invulnerable save
- no price changes but now it can deflect glances on a 3+ and has an invulnerable save of 5+

Drop Pods
When a drop pod lands the player must roll a d6. on a roll of a 6 that drop pod is damaged in flight and crash lands, causing it to explode. Normal vehicle explode actions ensue.
Drop pods are assault vehicles and units can assault after the drop pod lands
All units within 12" of a drop pod get a 4+ cover save the turn it lands. (FLUFF) Its the cloud of smoke and dust that pod hits the ground.
--A fair trade for when the above rules allow you to assault from deepstrike

Eldar Changes: Only because they are the most broken


Tau Changes - The change below would ultimately reduce most of the crying about tau


Dark Eldar Changes - perhaps this is all they'd need


Necrons - Minor changes