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No, I didn't see "significant and virulent outcry" opposing the idea of a ground marine list. I already said that:
The two are actually separate - one is "don't change the current list", the other is "don't
duplicate the current list". The first was in evidence in the ground-pounding marine thread, though.
Fortis weighs in asking why marines on the ground have to be a competitive choice.
Rug "disagrees with the basic premise"
Hena claims variously that such lists work just fine and that thus the list is fine.
dptdexys objects because it will make bomber lists unviable.
You claim that the existing C:A list can make lists that work on the ground.
Mephiston claims that a ground list with marines can be done, but will be hard and unforgiving (and thus implicitly claims that that's OK).
Honda agrees with Rug.
There's a few people who are kind of neutral about the whole thing (TRC and Frogbear), whether through not feeling the need is quite pressing (though agreeing it's there), through not being sure either way, or through feeling the best way to deal with it is variants. And there's a few in favor (E&C, GlynG and Morgan Vening spring to mind). But there wasn't the sort of support for the idea that would seem necessary to change the basic SM list. Indeed, there's a not-insignificant number of those above who claimed that the idea of a ground-based Space Marine army was wrong on the face of it.
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I am totally mystified as to how you've come to the conclusion that there is a grand wall of opposition.
Honestly, I'm having a hard time remembering why I felt that way (at least the "don't duplicate the existing list" one. I'm quite sure that there's a significant chunk of people who don't think Marines should ever not Air Assault).
Maybe I just gave your comment: "Basically, when I look at this list and try to think up army lists I would want to play, I end up with something like I would build with a Codex list, but cheaper." way, way too much weight in my mind.
Hey, at least I evidently took your opinion seriously.
