Quote: (Steve54 @ 20 Jun. 2009, 14:25 )
Quote: (Evil and Chaos @ 20 Jun. 2009, 13:56 )
It depends whether you define 'non-representative stats' as a 'problem' ; if they're balanced, why change them to more properly reflect what they are in Warhammer 40,000 (the marketing-driven kid's game), hey ho?
? Why have you pushed for them to be changed then? The only reason for the change is to reflect 40k as there have never been any balance complaints with them.
I'm in support of updating them to be properly representative of their Warhammer 40,000 counterparts because I don't want to be playing a game like (sorry guys) NetEpic in a few years time, full of versions of units and list styles that disappeared from the Warhammer 40,000 game years ago.
So if given the opportunity to keep Epic in synch with Warhammer 40,000 where major changes have occured,(let's say once every four years or so) as they have with the Defiler, then I would push for those changes...
...because I want Epic to remain attractive to newbies, not simply serve the current batch of gamers, and each failure to update (at the correct and opportune moment) is a small drift away from contiguousity with the rules (and background) of Warhammer 40,000.
And before you know it, several years have gone by and Epic no longer looks like it's part of the Warhammer 40,000 background, but has become a distinct (and to many, consequently unattractive) entity. That's what happened with NetEpic, and it's what can happen with EpicUK.
So no, my support for the change has nothing to do with balance, and everything to do with the zen philosophy of Games Design.
They, and the desecrator
 are completely pointless as add-ons and there are better both shooting and assault options than the defilers.