I have been mulling over the idea of a soped-up version of the Land Raider Crusader for use in Apocalypse games, but want to avoid the usual thing of "Just make it as damaging as possible".
My idea is, in essence, a Land Raider Crusader designed to assault heavy infantry, rather than standard infantry, as per the regular Crusader. It switches out the Hurricane Bolters for a Plasma Array; essentially a set of three sets of twin-linked Plasma Guns. I'd put the points cost up by 75, but keep the transport capacity the same. It should basically tear into Terminators and the like like a petrol-powered chainsaw through a newborn puppy who only wants his mother's love.
Now, a regular Crusader has the clear advantage of being able to fire all it's guns whenever it moves, what with Hurricane Bolters being str 4. This Land Raider would lose that capability, which I feel is No Bad Thing.
What do people think? Is this a case of grotesque cheese waiting to happen, or an interesting variation on a theme?