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Is there a game ballance reason as to why:

Blood Angels - Dark Angels - Grey Knights "chapter masters" do not have the same chapter master re-roll hits rule as codex marines??

Blood Angels - Dark Angels - Grey Knights have the old 1/3 cp for extra +1/+2 relics instead of the 1cp per relic that codex marines have??

Blood Angels - Dark Angels - Grey Knights can not have a second character with a warlord trait were as all "codex" marines can??

Some marines sell better than others..

Gunrunner1775 wrote:
Is there a game ballance reason as to why:

Blood Angels - Dark Angels - Grey Knights "chapter masters" do not have the same chapter master re-roll hits rule as codex marines??

Blood Angels - Dark Angels - Grey Knights have the old 1/3 cp for extra +1/+2 relics instead of the 1cp per relic that codex marines have??

Blood Angels - Dark Angels - Grey Knights can not have a second character with a warlord trait were as all "codex" marines can??

I think the simple explanation is that Space Marines have a newer codex where these changes were made, that PA didn't address.

One could assume that when the other marine factions receive their new proper 2nd codex this will also be revisited. Similar to how Abbadon was updated to reroll all hits with Vigilus (CSM 2nd print)

Because whoever wrote their rules actually had a concept of balance between them and the non loyalist space marine factions? Maybe he wasn't a moron and understood that giving out rerolls, warlord traits, and relics like free candy along with new doctrines, super doctrines, new psychic powers, and strategems might destroy said balance?

Or they'll probably get all that crap when they get a new codex.

There isn't. This is why I've been for rolling Dark Angels and Blood Angels into Codex Marines for the benefits of ease of updating and more importantly consistency.

Are you referring to playing DA and BA as normal space marines or do you mean treating Chapter Master in DA the same as what it is in SM for example?

Space a thought to poor 1KSons, who just today (or last night, rather) found out that they can't make use of even 2 of their 9 new options at once.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Space a thought to poor 1KSons, who just today (or last night, rather) found out that they can't make use of even 2 of their 9 new options at once.

Yep, was just reading the FAQ earlier today - TS treatment really makes me worry when they get around to DG...

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Space a thought to poor 1KSons, who just today (or last night, rather) found out that they can't make use of even 2 of their 9 new options at once.

Hey how many do you need for a supreme command detachment?

Remember it's soup for chaos. No pure armies for us filthy heretics !

 NurglesR0T wrote:
Are you referring to playing DA and BA as normal space marines or do you mean treating Chapter Master in DA the same as what it is in SM for example?

As normal Marines. They don't have enough functional differences like Space Wolves to be different. Ergo I'm all for consolidating profiles, shared equipment and certain units, and then toss out all the bloat from the supplements/Angels and keep:
1. 4-5 unique units, not counting Special Characters (though I'm for getting rid some of them as they add nothing of value)
2. 3 Warlord Traits
3. 4 Relics, with one range weapon, one melee weapon, one armor/bike/jump pack, and lastly one support relixlc
4. 2 Psyker Powers
5. 5 Strats
6. 1 Litany
Successors are handled via taking the main part that is important of the Chapter Tactic (so obviously the big draw for Iron Hands that won't vary is the 6+++, so all successors have it) and then the secondary part will vary. Not all the Iron Hands successors will be better at Overwatch, so maybe Bolter Fusilades is their thing, or they might have the extra LD bonus for being stubborn. This means you don't get Ultramarine successors that are somehow sneaky and have better made weapons. It's a bit silly that the Successor Chapter is THAT much different. "Mystery" Successor Chapters just need to choose based on what seems appropriate.
Renegades get rolled in here. They lose the unique stuff for Loyalist scum and get the same number of replacements. My reasoning is that, even though they're Traitors and Heretics, they will fight closer to how their Parent Chapters operate and with the same equipment overall. Of course the new relics and Strats would hint entirely at the 4 different Chaos Gods but without the keywords, stopping abuse from Allies entirely.
I've proven before a theoretical codex like this is not terribly bloated and would have enough room for the important bits of lore.

Is there a reason why Xenos armies lack rerolls generally?

Is there a reason Xenos armies get half the number of relics to choose from and are locked into the 1CP/3CP stratagem to get more?

Is there a reason most Xenos factions have no way to give a second character a Warlord trait?

Is there a reason Xenos factions have to give up a warlord trait to make other units function as intended?

Is there a reason why Xenos factions have 1/3 or less of the unit options all Marines enjoy?

Gunrunner1775 wrote:
Is there a game ballance reason as to why:

Blood Angels - Dark Angels - Grey Knights "chapter masters" do not have the same chapter master re-roll hits rule as codex marines??

Blood Angels - Dark Angels - Grey Knights have the old 1/3 cp for extra +1/+2 relics instead of the 1cp per relic that codex marines have??

Blood Angels - Dark Angels - Grey Knights can not have a second character with a warlord trait were as all "codex" marines can??

Two words: Power creep.

Few more: Money making. Power creep sells codexes and models.

 An Actual Englishman wrote:
Is there a reason why Xenos armies lack rerolls generally?

Is there a reason Xenos armies get half the number of relics to choose from and are locked into the 1CP/3CP stratagem to get more?

Is there a reason most Xenos factions have no way to give a second character a Warlord trait?

Is there a reason Xenos factions have to give up a warlord trait to make other units function as intended?

Is there a reason why Xenos factions have 1/3 or less of the unit options all Marines enjoy?

Can we keep to the topic? The topic isn't "let's drown the world in a million xenos tears ".

Gadzilla666 wrote:

 An Actual Englishman wrote:
Is there a reason why Xenos armies lack rerolls generally?

Is there a reason Xenos armies get half the number of relics to choose from and are locked into the 1CP/3CP stratagem to get more?

Is there a reason most Xenos factions have no way to give a second character a Warlord trait?

Is there a reason Xenos factions have to give up a warlord trait to make other units function as intended?

Is there a reason why Xenos factions have 1/3 or less of the unit options all Marines enjoy?

Can we keep to the topic? The topic isn't "let's drown the world in a million xenos tears ".

Oh it’s on topic. Likely the same answer for my questions for those of the OP.

Also, pot meet kettle;

Gadzilla666 wrote:
Remember it's soup for chaos. No pure armies for us filthy heretics !

 An Actual Englishman wrote:


Is there a reason why Xenos factions have 1/3 or less of the unit options all Marines enjoy?

same reason why Coca Cola produces more varities of Coke then Barq's Rootbeer. I like Rootbeer, it's my fav soft drink, but it's got a much lower market penatration then Coca Cola (as you're in the UK you might not have even heard of it, or tried it, it's damned hard to get in Europe, or was when I was last there) Coke meanwhile is well know, the flagship product, and sells quite well, so variations on it are a lot safer a bet for them. remember GW is a publicly traded company, that tends to make them conservitive and more inclined towards "a sure thing". Its'w hy Coca Cola produces so many Coke varients, why Disney pumps out sequal after sequal, and yes why GW puts out so many space Marines.

 An Actual Englishman wrote:

Gadzilla666 wrote:

 An Actual Englishman wrote:
Is there a reason why Xenos armies lack rerolls generally?

Is there a reason Xenos armies get half the number of relics to choose from and are locked into the 1CP/3CP stratagem to get more?

Is there a reason most Xenos factions have no way to give a second character a Warlord trait?

Is there a reason Xenos factions have to give up a warlord trait to make other units function as intended?

Is there a reason why Xenos factions have 1/3 or less of the unit options all Marines enjoy?

Can we keep to the topic? The topic isn't "let's drown the world in a million xenos tears ".

Oh it’s on topic. Likely the same answer for my questions for those of the OP.

Also, pot meet kettle;

Gadzilla666 wrote:
Remember it's soup for chaos. No pure armies for us filthy heretics !

Yeah. Was just giving a little tit for tat.

Remember us npcs gotta stick together.


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BrianDavion wrote:

 An Actual Englishman wrote:


Is there a reason why Xenos factions have 1/3 or less of the unit options all Marines enjoy?

same reason why Coca Cola produces more varities of Coke then Barq's Rootbeer. I like Rootbeer, it's my fav soft drink, but it's got a much lower market penatration then Coca Cola (as you're in the UK you might not have even heard of it, or tried it, it's damned hard to get in Europe, or was when I was last there) Coke meanwhile is well know, the flagship product, and sells quite well, so variations on it are a lot safer a bet for them. remember GW is a publicly traded company, that tends to make them conservitive and more inclined towards "a sure thing". Its'w hy Coca Cola produces so many Coke varients, why Disney pumps out sequal after sequal, and yes why GW puts out so many space Marines.

Yes but factions in 40k aren't like soft drinks. I run out of root beer, I go buy more root beer. However if an ork or eldar player already has all the models they need, and gw doesn't produce any new models, they won't buy any. So it's pretty hard to gauge the interest in a faction that doesn't get any support.

And the complaint is rules. It costs just as much to print good rules as bad. Would it have costed gw that much to print six paragraphs in Faith and Fury fixing the legion traits as opposed to printing another marine buff or page of fluff?