Lol I made it through all of 5th with 35 Elysian models! It worked because one squad would get out, die, and then *poof* disembark again from another Vendetta!
The four rocket pods took a HUGE hit since you can't fire them at all if you evade and they don't benefit as much from Strafing Run. Still don't think there's anything better at punishing GEQ blobs though, definitely worth taking if you have the points.
30 guys isn't going to cut it in 6th, I don't think. The average number of objectives per game has more than doubled and when you run an army of suicide squads (that's basically all they are) you end up spending troops too quickly. My current line of thinking is to spam as many suicide squads as possible but Elysians are expensive and this means they can't have Valkyries. They have to deep strike (which, honestly, is what they end up doing a lot of the time anyway to avoid hovering).
A major drawback in the Elysians is only one special weapon per command squad - that's what makes me miss codex: IG the most.