I had a 3k battle with the Dark Angels 3.0 list vs an air assault Biel-Tan list.

Thoughts

Despite the final score this felt like a very close game. The only marines left unbroken at the end were 2 bikes, 1 land speeder and 6 terminators. If a few crucial events had gone differently, such as the terminator assault in the eldar half, Eldar could have won 4:2. Throughout the game the marines had very few units operational on the table but broken formations can always rally and in the end they were just enough to hang on with very "efficient" placing of units. The eldar were forced to overextend and expose themselves, leading to a lot of broken eldar.

The nephilim were good considering that there were no mixed or LV formations on the table. One ground attack was not exactly great but did kill the autarch, another was a CAP that missed entirely with 6 dice. But they broke 2 ground formations which ended up possibly winning the game, as well as shooting a loaded vampire out of the air (granting the hunt for the fallen goal) and nearly taking out another one. All their weapons being 30cm range (and the fact they always get a 90 degree turn being fighters) meant that they did not take any flak shots whatsoever, which meant they activated on a 1+ every turn. A pretty good showing, and not at all bad considering this was the non-interceptor version. Their ability to take down air assaults in one CAP gives DA much better AA cover than codex marines (enough that I didn't miss hunters). A very good and very versatile formation.

The hunt for the fallen goal was a joke, way too easy to get and with no downside. The eldar player had to choose between leaving his guardians and vampire out of the game entirely, or risking running the CAP gauntlet. There were 3 vampires and only 2 interceptor formations, but the eldar had to either risk the guardians or the BTS + SC.

I'm not sure I like the ravenwing formations, even though their large size ended up helping them survive to get the DtF goal, the inflexibility and large up front cost means I don't think I would choose them if I didn't have to in order to get nephilim. It felt like the ravenwing were a hindrance for the DA not a benefit. Teleport homer didn't come into play, but I did have a question about it - do you measure on a unit by unit basis? i.e. if you only have 1 terminator within 15cm of a ravenwing unit, do you only re-roll that unit's teleport dice?

Had a 3k game with the v3.0 list against NetEA black legion

Thoughts

As expected the planes were stupidly good, breaking lots of formations and killing loads.... Kev was pretty fed up with them by the end.... as was I..... much much too good

Assault termies, again too strong, especially with the thawk to ferry them around in

Plasma preds were actually weaker than expected although I was a bit cavalier with their use.... they blew up a greater daemon with relative ease though, they really make up for the lack of warhounds in the list

My thoughts after last nights game

Plasma preds I see no problem with them if slow firing or hit on a 5+ but at 4+ are much to strong a counting for their speed and rate of fire. I as a dark angles player would prefer slow fire

Ravenwing I like the fact that it can be all bike but scout should be removed.

Deathwing assults should be 2cc + mac and not the two macs as this make them too strong with the added Chaplin and 7 macs dropped out of a t hawk is extreme

As for the fighters they turn the game by themselves only a full loaded eldar aa army knowing what it was fighting would have a chance.
There are just to many shots coming from this formation with very high it potential it kills the game and makes it no fun. with its range They can hang back out of aa.

the planes are still too powerful, if I'd taken 4 lots of two in my test game, the result would have been the same, except better as in T3 I'd be placing extra blast markers which would have broken the chaos preds.... 30cm range on all their weapons is horrible as they can hang back and avoid flak much more easily. You're not going to balance these planes through points cost alone, the stats need a serious rethink.... I suggest going back to the twin lascannon variant with 30cm AT4+/AA5+ instead of the avenger.... it still follows the fluff, it's still a worthwhile unit to use, but it's not stupidly broken and kicking open the doors for futher power creep in the air game

the plasma preds are still going to be awesome with HB sponsons, they will still be a no-brainer over the destructor as apart from a single pip of FF, they are as good as, or much better in every respect.... they're ideal for doing stuff like doubling up and breaking falcon formations, reducing AA and letting your planes run amok....

why faff with assault terminators? just make them CC2+ with EA+1, it's recieved a fair bit of playtesting and that is how they are statted in the black templars list, as you're so keen on harmonising stats across the lists that should be how it's done

I'm one of the lucky people on the forum, I get a game in most weeks, but I'm not going to keep wasting that one game, proving points that really don't need proving because of the incessant 'playtest or I'll ignore you' attitude which seems so prevalent lately

as a curiosity AoC, are you planning any battle reports with the list? if you're playing games with it, a cursory search of your posts seems to show that you're not writing them up, it would be good to see your take on things.....