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This is just for friendly games and such, and in no way am I accusing anyone of cheating, but do any of you make terrain that caters or slightly improves your chances in games? I was just looking at the shortcomings of large units like Knights and WraithKnights and such, and they seem to be really exposed to shots from all around the board. I imagine someone would build really tall terrain structures to deal with this in friendly games, but how often do people do this for their armies with units under different circumstances?

Tables should have large LOS blocking terrain regardless, if only to keep shooty armies honest.

Obstacles are there to keep assault armies honest, naturally.

I thought I’d built tall ruins with no ground floor windows to block LOS and ensure a better game.

Enter the Aeldari with “Fire And Fade”, camping in the ground floor, and each turn walking out, Shooting, then walking back inside the ruin.

GAHHHHH.

I have ruins that can hide a warhound despite not having a warhound.

Also, the shortcoming of a knight isn't its difficulty in getting out of sight it is its poor offensive capabilities.

I typically throw some terrain out there (2-3 LoS blocking terrain etc) and ask if my opponent is okay with it, if not we can work it out between two adults

The best way to make terrain as neutral as possible is to ask someone else to put them on the table - or play on a table with pre-arranged terrain. If the players put terrain, of course they'll try to maximize their benefits

Knights need it honestly, they are trash atm.

Personally I feel that this is a disadvantage that should be inherent in large units and I say this as a person that played Wraithknights back in the day.

Small units should have an easier time to hide compared to larger units. Gives that kaiju battle feeling: small forces hiding in the rubble while taking shots at the big monster.

Regarding the table itself I try to make it as much of a mirror setup as possible. This way both parties have the same setup area and chances.