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EDIT:
Many of you have voiced your opinion on how the notion of adjusting units on their preconceived notion of being "elite" is not very well suited and biased towards marines only.

Going forward, this will be a discussion regarding adjustment to wounds & toughness of currently overpriced units to better reflect their point costs. The title of the post has been changed to better reflect the aim of this post.


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I dont have the math on me, but what would be a result of increasing all "elite" armies' models' wounds by 1?

Is this going to be game breaking or a solution in the long run in terms of balancing issues?

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If you wanna bump up the cost a little, sure.

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Do you really expect people to track remainders for each squad in said armies?

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 Infantryman wrote:
Do you really expect people to track remainders for each squad in said armies?

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Well most of the competitive choices in elite armies already have 2W's anyways. I dont think it'll overly raise the book keeping.

Why does a single marines cost nearly 3 times a guardman when they dont perform nearly three times better?

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 skchsan wrote:


Why does a single marines cost nearly 3 times a guardman when they dont perform nearly three times better?

Poor game design.

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Oh snap!
But yeah there's a major difference in durability with having 2W, intercessors last a lot longer against other basic infantry where there's no ap but throw in say a crisis suit with 3 plasma guns and it's only a little bit better.
   
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So, which ones are the "elite" armies? You can't make a suggestion without even saying fully what that suggestion is.

I also believe blanket changes like this would only make the game worse. You need to get into details, rebalancing units one at a time, or you're getting nowhere. Quick fixes are mostly unrealistic and rarely fix anything.

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I suppose elite armies can be defined as armies that have the least amount of models fieldable at average point games.

Cant speak for armies that dont yet have codex, but on avrage SM armies field average of 20~35 for competitive armies. AM's field about 50~70 models on average.
   
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A naked scout is 11 ppm. Is it fair to say an "elite" army is one where your cheapest troop option is over 10 points?


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Which i guess translates to marines and chaos marines.
Are they the only factions in the elite bracket?
Custodes, would they do any better with a fourth wound?
How about knights?
Necrons? I haven't even played against them and i feel like that's a bad idea...

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 skchsan wrote:
I suppose elite armies can be defined as armies that have the least amount of models fieldable at average point games.

Cant speak for armies that dont yet have codex, but on avrage SM armies field average of 20~35 for competitive armies. AM's field about 50~70 models on average.


20 - 35 models for 2000 points? Well there's your problem.

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 Insectum7 wrote:

20 - 35 models for 2000 points? Well there's your problem.

Current flyer spam SM lists go for 7~13 models. Scout/tac/tac/guilliman goes for 36~40 models.

Even if you were to fill your list to the brim with scouts and bare minimum HQs, AM and horde lists can outnumber and outgun them with 3x the guardsmen.


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 fraser1191 wrote:
A naked scout is 11 ppm. Is it fair to say an "elite" army is one where your cheapest troop option is over 10 points?


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Which i guess translates to marines and chaos marines.
Are they the only factions in the elite bracket?
Custodes, would they do any better with a fourth wound?
How about knights?
Necrons? I haven't even played against them and i feel like that's a bad idea...

I feel like armies like Eldar, DE, necron & AdMech are the middle ground armies that ends up with decent amount of models in a balanced, playable list. Tau is at a weird place right now imo. I feel like the New codex is going to shift some points around that battlesuits become more viable.

I think custodes and GKs will definitely be better off with extra wound. Leave the super heavies - the proposal is more for your non-vehicles to give them a bit more staying power to somewhat par up the wound pool a bit better.

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Naaah, just make shooting less effective. By nerfing overpowered units or giving them an appropriate cost.

 
   
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 fraser1191 wrote:
A naked scout is 11 ppm. Is it fair to say an "elite" army is one where your cheapest troop option is over 10 points?

A Harlequin player is 16ppm minimum. The most common loadout currently (embrace + fusion pistol) puts them at 30ppm.
I do consider Harlequins to be an elite army, but bumping them to 2W doesn't make much sense, fluffwise or gamewise.
   
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Do remember certain bumps are stronger than others.

Going from 1 to 2 wounds doubles toughness vs standard anti-infantry weapons.

Going from 2 to 3 wounds doubles vs. 2 dmg weapons (plasma and autocannons mostly). Pretty strong for infantry with a save (termies and marines in cover).

Going 3 to 4 is less powerful. It means you gain double toughness vs damage 3 weaponry (mostly melee) and a 50% chance againgst D6 weaponry.

Raising wounds on anything else wont be feasible. Most characters are 5-6 wounds, keeping in one shot range for D6 weaponry (completely understandable).

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fresus wrote:
 fraser1191 wrote:
A naked scout is 11 ppm. Is it fair to say an "elite" army is one where your cheapest troop option is over 10 points?

A Harlequin player is 16ppm minimum. The most common loadout currently (embrace + fusion pistol) puts them at 30ppm.
I do consider Harlequins to be an elite army, but bumping them to 2W doesn't make much sense, fluffwise or gamewise.


That's a fair point.
I'm guessing when he says elite army he's directly referring to marines as it seems to be what people want, which is 2W marines.
I'll also admit I'm in that boat myself
   
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 skchsan wrote:
 Insectum7 wrote:

20 - 35 models for 2000 points? Well there's your problem.

Current flyer spam SM lists go for 7~13 models. Scout/tac/tac/guilliman goes for 36~40 models.


Sure, but those armies aren't exactly built around actual space marines. If you want them to feel more effective imo you have to bring more. If you only bring 20 guys and minimaly arm them, yeah, they're not going to be carrying the game for you.

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 Insectum7 wrote:
 skchsan wrote:
 Insectum7 wrote:

20 - 35 models for 2000 points? Well there's your problem.

Current flyer spam SM lists go for 7~13 models. Scout/tac/tac/guilliman goes for 36~40 models.


Sure, but those armies aren't exactly built around actual space marines. If you want them to feel more effective imo you have to bring more. If you only bring 20 guys and minimaly arm them, yeah, they're not going to be carrying the game for you.

No, these lists are actually the top tier list in the current competitive meta. I'd appreciate it if you didnt drag your 'I-get-better-mileage-out-of-my-tac-squad' argument into this thread.

I understand you elect not to participate in competitive tournaments, but competitive meta is often the basis/reference we look to see how the balance is in the game.

And as evidenced in the competitive meta, space marines field FAR less models than any other armies in the game. This is firther evidenced by advanced lists often make an imperial soup and bring in some cheap conscript squads to fill the wound gap/provide chaff. The reason why the top percentile SM players build flyer spam is because 1. GW let them with the new FOC and 2. they are far superior in terms of durability, dps, and mobility per pt efficiency than any other choices.

The purpose of this thread is to discuss way the meta might be balanced for the better, not to say "oh youre doing it wrong"

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 skchsan wrote:
I suppose elite armies can be defined as armies that have the least amount of models fieldable at average point games.

Cant speak for armies that dont yet have codex, but on avrage SM armies field average of 20~35 for competitive armies. AM's field about 50~70 models on average.


I can build a nid list with less than 10 models at 2k points. Do nids qualify now?


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My personal meta is very small. If I ran a bunch of flyers my friend would just shoot it out of the air with either a riptide or a broadside


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As far as marines go I'd say they could use the extra wound, and I'm talking about all marines. Chaos GK etc..

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 Lance845 wrote:
 skchsan wrote:
I suppose elite armies can be defined as armies that have the least amount of models fieldable at average point games.

Cant speak for armies that dont yet have codex, but on avrage SM armies field average of 20~35 for competitive armies. AM's field about 50~70 models on average.


I can build a nid list with less than 10 models at 2k points. Do nids qualify now?

Haha I wouldnt mind seeing buffed nid MC list. But in all seriousness, it would be cool to see warrior based armies.


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 fraser1191 wrote:
My personal meta is very small. If I ran a bunch of flyers my friend would just shoot it out of the air with either a riptide or a broadside


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As far as marines go I'd say they could use the extra wound, and I'm talking about all marines. Chaos GK etc..

Yeah my personal meta is really small too, and it spams plasma scions in valks. It always turns into a game of "paper cat" & "glass cannon mouse"

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Would Scouts still be 1W?

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Give all combinations of ADEPTUS ASTARTES/HERETIC ASTARTES INFRANTY/BIKER +1 wound. Helps line infantry and doesn't help the stuff that's already good.

Scouts can be 2 wounds too since they are already 11 points with a Bolter, 15 with a Sniper and a whopping 18 with sniper and camo cloak, it's not like they are hard to kill as it is. If people are angry about it make only the sergeant 2 wounds.

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I would really like to hear about someone testing marines with an extra wound and see how it plays out.
   
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 skchsan wrote:
 Insectum7 wrote:
 skchsan wrote:
 Insectum7 wrote:

20 - 35 models for 2000 points? Well there's your problem.

Current flyer spam SM lists go for 7~13 models. Scout/tac/tac/guilliman goes for 36~40 models.


Sure, but those armies aren't exactly built around actual space marines. If you want them to feel more effective imo you have to bring more. If you only bring 20 guys and minimaly arm them, yeah, they're not going to be carrying the game for you.

No, these lists are actually the top tier list in the current competitive meta. I'd appreciate it if you didnt drag your 'I-get-better-mileage-out-of-my-tac-squad' argument into this thread.

I understand you elect not to participate in competitive tournaments, but competitive meta is often the basis/reference we look to see how the balance is in the game.

And as evidenced in the competitive meta, space marines field FAR less models than any other armies in the game. This is firther evidenced by advanced lists often make an imperial soup and bring in some cheap conscript squads to fill the wound gap/provide chaff. The reason why the top percentile SM players build flyer spam is because 1. GW let them with the new FOC and 2. they are far superior in terms of durability, dps, and mobility per pt efficiency than any other choices.

The purpose of this thread is to discuss way the meta might be balanced for the better, not to say "oh youre doing it wrong"


So you're going to balance basic space marines around data from a non-standard meta using armies without a focus on basic space marines. Im sorry, but I think thats the wrong approach.

While surviveability and 'dps' look nice and are easy to mathhammer out, I'd argue that there are some key elements missing. An obvious one is multi-wound weapons, which can hurt a vehicle more than a squad of infantry. The most an expensive Lascannon hurts a marine squad is killing one guy. Building "mass of power armor bodies" armies is a whole different philosophy than "spam the vehicle" armies, capitalizing on minimizing heavy antitank fire and capitalizing on long-game resiliency.

Also, have flyer spam armies still been winning big tourneys? I thought that was back in August prior to the change where they couldn't hold objectives any more. In a similar vein, have we really been considering the relationship between marines and conscripts now that conscripts have taken several nerfs over the past months? If you're going to use tourney data, how up to date is the data you're drawing on here? With the increasing nerfs to coscripts, basic space marines are much more favorable.

Also, what counts as 'elite'? Just space marines? Are we giving Aspect Warriors an extra wound? How about Necrons? Are Primaris going up to 3 and Tyranid Warriors up to 4?

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 skchsan wrote:
I dont have the math on me, but what would be a result of increasing all "elite" armies' models' wounds by 1?

Is this going to be game breaking or a solution in the long run in terms of balancing issues?


Firstly - Define the Elite Armies and the units within them that are getting this bonus

I assume you are thinking of:

Eldar Aspect Warriors, Exarchs, Pheonix Lords,
Nercon Lychguard
Imperial Guard Veterans and Militarium Tempestus
Adepta Sororitas
Wyches, Succubus, Hekartixes
Harlequins
etc
etc

Not just a lets boost Marines - right?

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 Mr Morden wrote:
 skchsan wrote:
I dont have the math on me, but what would be a result of increasing all "elite" armies' models' wounds by 1?

Is this going to be game breaking or a solution in the long run in terms of balancing issues?


Firstly - Define the Elite Armies and the units within them that are getting this bonus

I assume you are thinking of:

Eldar Aspect Warriors, Exarchs, Pheonix Lords,
Nercon Lychguard
Imperial Guard Veterans and Militarium Tempestus
Adepta Sororitas
Wyches, Succubus, Hekartixes
Harlequins
etc
etc

Not just a lets boost Marines - right?


Right. I feel like 'elite' units across the game doesnt feel elite enough. Theyre overpriced liabilities where spending few more points and bringing BIG guns or spending less per model and bringing larger units seems more prudent list building.

As for the proposed list of units subject to upgrade, I will try to draft it up over the weekend.
   
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 skchsan wrote:
 Mr Morden wrote:
 skchsan wrote:
I dont have the math on me, but what would be a result of increasing all "elite" armies' models' wounds by 1?

Is this going to be game breaking or a solution in the long run in terms of balancing issues?


Firstly - Define the Elite Armies and the units within them that are getting this bonus

I assume you are thinking of:

Eldar Aspect Warriors, Exarchs, Pheonix Lords,
Nercon Lychguard
Imperial Guard Veterans and Militarium Tempestus
Adepta Sororitas
Wyches, Succubus, Hekartixes
Harlequins
etc
etc

Not just a lets boost Marines - right?


Right. I feel like 'elite' units across the game doesnt feel elite enough. Theyre overpriced liabilities where spending few more points and bringing BIG guns or spending less per model and bringing larger units seems more prudent list building.

As for the proposed list of units subject to upgrade, I will try to draft it up over the weekend.


I asked the same question.
But then I also ask is an elite army one where your cheapest troop option is 10+ points.
Apparently harliquins are 16 points and me and the guy who said that agree they shouldn't have 2 wounds for fluff reasons

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"an elite army one where your cheapest troop option is 10+ points."

So Space Marines are Elite (11 point Scouts) but Chaos Space Marines are not (4 Point Cultist)?
   
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 alextroy wrote:
"an elite army one where your cheapest troop option is 10+ points."

So Space Marines are Elite (11 point Scouts) but Chaos Space Marines are not (4 Point Cultist)?


So loyalist marines get two wounds and csm stay at one? Am I reading that right?

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 skchsan wrote:
Why does a single marines cost nearly 3 times a guardman when they dont perform nearly three times better?


They don't?
  • A single Marine-fired Bolter shot has a nearly 30% chance of killing a Guardsman (2/3 Hit * 2/3 Damage * 2/3 bypass Armor).

  • A single Guardsman-fired Lasgun shot has a ~6% chance of killing a Space Marine (1/2 Hit * 1/3 Damage * 1/3 bypass Armor).


  • The kill chances in Close Combat are exactly the same for a Marine with no Close Combat Weapon versus a Guardsman with no Close Combat Weapon. It takes nearly 6 Guardman to be as destructive as a single Space Marine. They do have the advantage of having 6 wounds to 1, but maybe that is why a Space Marine is only 3 times as expensive as the Guardsman.

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