Quote: (BlackLegion @ Feb. 04 2010, 19:11 )
All the more worse. Plenty of units added only because of Rule of Cool not because they fit the fluff of the list.
It was a byproduct of the SG meltdown.
The original plan was for two entirely new sets of daemon engines - one for BL and one for L&D.  When development was abandoned by SG the drive became "get something official out ASAP before they shut it down entirely." Both lists had to dump the conceptual work and fall back on existing models.  They weren't thrown in for "The Rule of Cool" but because it was the only shot at possibly getting official chaos lists into the game.
Now that everyone's come to grips with fan development that might not seem important but it was very important to all the playtesters and developers at the time.
