JcDent

Back to the stupidest possible outcome with Horus Heresy!

Despoiler Squad Upgrade Set:

• Not enough to arm 10 Marines
• Too many special weapons vs. stuff for regular guys that you actually need
• Resin
• FW prices

HH/10

The Razorback should be the default Space Marine transport.

Why would they need a nearly unarmed Rhino APC, something that probably shouldn't get close to the front, when you could put a squad into two Razorbacks (piloted and crewed by Don't Think Too Much About The Practical Implications Of A Thousand Marines Split Into Ten Companies of a Hundred Each).

You arrive on the scene, the combat squad disembarks, and the Razorback provides a stable, protected heavy weapon platform able to keep up with and support the assault.

It's just not very elite to have 10 guys riding around in a nearly-defenseless box.

The Tau let GW let loose with their worst impulses.

Thus, the Tau fortification allowed for the dumbest thing known to man: the flying trench/wall.

This is so stupid, you usually need a Dawn of War modder to come up with something like this.

All would benefit from mechanics where enemies run away instead of fighting to the last man and the last drop of blood.

• In campaign games, this would take off the pressure off PCs since they're the ones suffering permanent loses; the enemies they face don't care about their own survival* at all. That's why crits and damage effect tables aren't the best idea in TTRPGs: it punishes PCs more than the NPCs.
• In video games, it would allow us to:

1. Have faster battles where you don't have to chase every last wounded tank limping somewhere behind a mountain.
2. Create more fun/realistic balancing than, say, the HBS Battletech approach of "sure, you're outnumbered, but they have shitty mechs!!!"

Of course, this would necessitate a discussion of how likely individuals are to break vs. formations, but at least we'd be moving somewhere.