Rug wrote:
SR affects the army, not individual FMs.
This seems a bit backwards to me. Surely you mean:
SR affects the army,
including all individual FMs.
Of course a better strategy rating needs to be paid for somehow. And it just so happens that in this case, we're discussing the type of unit that arguably benefits the most from a significantly higher strategy rating. I say arguably, as you could conceivably make a case that teleporters benefit similarly. In fact isn't the poor SR a recognised issue with the Elysian list for both teleporting and CAP, and that Epic UK has a special "may start on CAP" special rule for Vanaheim? To me it is absolutely clear that some units are affected more by strategy rating than others, but even if you don't agree, surely you must acknowledge that the cost must be borne somewhere?
It seems logical to surmise that SMs pay for their army-wide and SM-specific rules in the costs of their formations - why else are they so expensive. The same is true for Eldar, who pay for Hit and Run. I see no reason why this should not be the case for every unit in the list that benefits from them.
The only question for me is if the benefit is significant enough to warrant an actual change in points cost. I'd be inclined to say yes because CAP is so important for interceptors but I think you do make a good point:
Rug wrote:
AA is more important to Guard as they're more vulnerable to assaults.
The above is a decent argument.
Rug wrote:
T-Bolts are a choice for Guard which doesn't require a Company, Marines don't benefit in the same way.
Marines have T-Hawks, way more useful than T-Bolts, soon to only be 25pts extra.
T-Bolts add an Int2 unit to an Int1 Marine army, Guard don't suffer this burden.
Not as sure about these, they are all about other units which have their own points costs - none change the value of the Tbolts themselves because they work in the same way in both lists. To put it another way, if SMs had a hypothetical TBolt formation with Int1 and another at Int2, you wouldn't make the Int2 ones cheaper, you'd make the Int1 ones more expensive.
