This changes
everything! I had it in my head that the Battalion was just the old
Standard Force Organisation Chart with an extra HQ slot.
Well, this
makes army selection a little easier, doesn't it? My only real
complaint about eighth edition was the sudden proliferation of buff
characters competing for my Elites slots. The Noxious Blightbringer
springs to mine or all those mini-characters who used to be mere
components of the Space Marine Command Squad who are now independent
characters in their own right.
Honestly, I
am really glad this is a thing. One of the best things eighth edition
Fantasy did was increase the Special Choice limit to 50% of your
army. Generally speaking most of the big theme units are in the
Special choices. Usually this means units that are from somewhere
like Swordmasters of Hoeth or units that represent a specific
sub-faction like Plague Monks.
This is less the case with 40k but Elite choices tend to be where the specialists
live whilst your Troops choices tend towards generalism (unless the army
itself tends towards a specialism). For one thing I imagine Eldar
players are happy for the chance to take a wider selection of Aspect
Warriors. For my part there are so many cool Elites choices available
to my Death Guard and Black Templars that I'm glad I no longer have
to skimp on the cool stuff.
Hey,
everyone likes more cake.
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