(Hena @ May 02 2007,12:43)
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(Evil and Chaos @ May 02 2007,15:28)
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I know Zoanthrope AA has been tested, and is relatively balanced.
But it's not representative of the Tyranid race, from the universe of Warhammer 40,000...
It's representative of some other alien race, who happen to have a lot in common with the Tyranids, but which have creatures called Zoanthropes which are extremely dissimilar to those in every other iteration of the 40k universe.
S'no whim.
Ok, when working with a list that should be usable there are some things that one should not do. Decide something isn't right that works and replace it with completely untested thingamajig that should exists, but for which you made up the stats without much trying them in the game.
In this list the AA as it is works in a game. So I wouldn't replace it with something that may be right in the fluff if that isn't tested with some thought. When it will be replaced, we should have tested a set of profiles to some degree and decided that this approach works (in general) and is going to be used. Then replace it and tune to it to be balanced. But until you have something concrete that can be said that this is it, you don't do it.
If you haven't tested ideas and would rather do your own thing then do so. However, for purposes of serous list development please don't imply ideas are 'completely untested' when other people have been testing them for some time and reporting success. Why not actually try them so you can report how much they suck? 
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