I had a bit of free time today so entered the v043 point values into my "typical 3000pt IG army I might take in Gold"TM to see how it stacked up.
Overall the list now costs 3135 points, so there has been a modest increase in points over Gold, and tweak3 points were 2971.
Here is a rundown:
Card. Gold. Tweak3. V043.
Mech inf co. 650. 396. 540.
Assault inf co. 300. 326. 432.
Heavy inf ptn. 200. 53. 93.
Beastman ptn. 200. 63. 98.
Roughrider ptn. 200. 115. 147.
Sentinels. 150. 86. 110.
Hydras. 300. 147. 173.
Thunderbolts. 250. 497. 422.
Thunderbolts. 250. 497. 422.
Reaver Titan. 500. 791. 698.
Total. 3000. 2971. 3135.
The infantry have all come up a bit since tweak 3, which I think is good. The thunderbolts have gone down a little, but still well above their bargain Gold price of 250. Combined with the cheaper air defence like hydras, they are far from an auto include like they were.
The assault company is more expensive than in gold. I think this is ok, as they probably were under costed before. What do other people think?
Like Bissler alluded to above, I probably wouldn't take two thunderbolts squadrons now, and swap at least one out for something else, like more heavy infantry, or some marauders. But I understand the fliers are going to be one of the extreme unit types that is difficult to get right using the current rules.
700 points for a reaver that used to cost 500 is a bit of a shame,
but overall I think the points in this army are more balanced than the Gold points.
What do other people think?