If Christmas was in July, all I would want, would be Sixth Edition.
As a player, I think I was rather successful (competitively speaking), during the reign of 5th Edition. So to that end I’ve come up with a a few possible tweeks that would definitely make tournaments more engaging and hopefully less stressful on players.
First off is cover saves. WTF happened there. I guarantee EVERY tournament game I played had a cover save dispute. Not only that but the ability to get a 3+ cover save in cover put some armies over the top, and leaves others scratching their power armored heads.
Take for instance Kenny from Next Level Painting’s example: An Ork boy which costs one third less than a Space Marine, becomes essentially the same (save wise) when going to ground in cover… oh and they out number marines in games sometimes 4 to 1. Well that doesn’t seem right…
Plus don’t even get me started about vehicle saves. No one sees line of sight the same at all, and on top of that even seem to realize that tank turrets do indeed see over the same size chassis in front of them.
How about we just make cover saves 5+ regardless? Less arguing, more time playing, and armies go back to being semi balanced, IMHO. (not to mention the concept of True LOS is upheld).
Independent Characters- There is a way, in the current rules, to keep your IC’s completely out of becoming engaged in combat, when attached to a sqaud. While from a competitive standpoint it can be advantageous to do, to say keep your leader from getting power fisted, the Grey Knights have broke the concept all together.
Being able to protect a Grenade caddys, just makes GK lists nigh invincible and really breaks the game for me. Will I do it, in a tournament, sure. But it’s not friendly, not even a little bit….
So lets lock down these so call “Heroes” into some fisticuffs for sixth please.
Those are my two biggest pet peeves (besides moving rectangular tanks sideways to get “free” movement), and the lack of universal Psychic defense, and Night sighting.
Want more musings on Sixth Edition? Check out my previous posts!
About the Author: Rob Baer
