40K Deep Thought: Wound Allocation and its Victims

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So I've been playing a bit and thinking over the implications of the wound allocation rules (p.25) covering complex units. It has occured to me that this one change is perhaps the biggest hidden unbalancing factor that has reshuffled the power levels of many armies. Lets take an example from 4th and 5th edition: A simple 5 Marine Tactical combat squad: -Sergeant with Powerfist -Flamer -3 Bolters 4th Edition: -Unit suffers 15 wounds from small arms, -Rolls 15 dice, (5...

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