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I don't think it's a secret that Land Raiders are god-awful this edition. Let's save them!

Firstly, let's make them cost around 250 points again. This'd include the TLLCs/Hurricane Bolters/Flamestorm Cannons and the HB/Assault Cannon but not the pintle-mounted multi-melta.

Secondly, let any infantry inside disregard any movement the Land Raider has made when they disembark. The fact that any old transport is now as good at letting people assault as a purpose-built assault transport is kinda silly.

Thirdly, let the Land Raider count its weapons as Pistol <insert number of shots here>, letting it defend itself in melee. The fact that an assault transport meant to steamroll into enemy lines cannot defend itself in melee with weapons designed to work excellently in melee is just dumb.

Other thoughts?

The Assault Ramp has always been a defining feature of the Raider, I would give it a rule allowing units to disembark after the Land Raider has moved, unless it's advanced. I would also drop the weapon costs, but I think this should apply to all twin-weapons, as they shouldn't simply cost 2x the base weapon. Finally, it should have a decent CC profile (as should all vehicles), or at least let it fall back and shoot in the same turn.

The Land Raider (and every vehicle for that matter) should be able to leave combat and function normally. You shouldn’t be able to bog down a vehicle unless it’s full surrounded.

Frag assault launchers could be pistol to fire into combat, but I wouldn’t want pistol las cannons or heavy bolters, maybe have the pintle mounted storm bolter be able to shoot into combat too.

Increase number of attacks for ramming.

Increase transport capacity of the basic land raider to 12. 10 is the worst, you can’t carry a character with a fully loaded squad.

Drop points significantly.