Hi Mard,
Glad to see list a revival of list development; My Angels of Redemption are looking forward to joining the fun.
Thoughts and comments to the v1.0 list:
Typo: "Dark Angels Core" on p1, should go on p2.
Ravenwing special rule: I like it, but the addition of
Scout to all RW units should bump the price of the Ravenwing detachment to 225 or 250; It is such a useful ability.
Hunt for the Fallen: I like this, obviously. I think it should be amended by requiring the Fallen formation to start on the table (otherwise it can frequently be gamed unachievable by leaving the formation in reserve). And yes, replace "Blitz objective" with "the Blitzkrieg goal".
Deathwing detachment: "two Line Company detachment" > "two Line Company detachments".
Tactical: Why do DA tacticals have more integrated combined arms formations than regular SM? I'd lose the Deathwing Support and the Ironwing support from them.
Devastator: Again, why Ironwing support?
Nephilims: Underpriced at 225. Start them at 275, maybe later dropping to 250 if that's too much. The stats seem OK - very very good, not Nightwing pilot level, but heavier gunnery. With Ini 1+, they have to be expensive.
Dark Talons: Not worse than Marauders, certainly. Start at 275, at least.
Land Speeders: There are probably too many variants, yes, but I would hesitate to lose any of them. Land Speeders variety feels right for Ravenwing.
Darkshroud: Granting the entire formation cover is probably a bit much. How about "friendly units within 15cm" or similar? Then it can also help just-teleported-in Deathwing or other formations that don't like being stuck in the open... I'd lose the
Inv Save entirely.
It's a really great ability, and undercosted at 50 points. How about 75 points to replace a regular Land Speeder with one of these? It keeps the unit size down at 5, too.
Land Raider: While I appreciate that DA in general may have a larger collection of Land Raiders to pick from, perhaps this aspect of the Chapter can be de-emphasized in a Hunt for the Fallen themed list? I don't see the Achilles or Crusader adding anything thematic to the list
Relics: Same as above, and the absence of proper TK weaponry is a good thematic weakness of Dark Angels on a man-hunt mission. It also serves to make the HFTF goal that much more challenging.
Predator Executioners are a proper thematic addition; how about just dropping the Annihilators entirely? It will also make it easy to use existing collection Annihilators as "counts-as" executioners in this list, if there are no actual Annihilators to confuse them with.
Typo: "Achillies" > "Achilles"
Typo: "Nephalim" > "Nephilim"
Whirlwinds should not have Ironwing Support.
Vindicators may actually benefit from Ironwing support (looks like the upgrade is on the wrong line).
I'm not sure I get what you're trying to do with the "Master"s - except for the Grand Master, who is better than a SM SupCom, the rest are worse than SM equivalents. Is there any special fluff reason why DA leaders don't have
Inv Save? Or that the SupCom has
Fearless?
Radical idea (reiterated): Leave the leaders statline as stock SM, but restructure the upgrades as
1) Master: Add Captain or Librarian (at +50) or Supreme Commander (at +100) to formation
2) Chaplain: Add Chaplain (at +50) to formation.
This allows the DA to field more Interrogator Chaplains, in addition to the normal leaders, which seems appropriate when hunting fallen.
Best of luck with this - and when we're done with the ETC in may, I'll be sure to post plenty of test games too