It seems like (but I might be wrong) that I’m one of the few people who don’t want a lot of changes to the new Rule book. Really of the top of my head I would want to see these small things only change.
Great swords
I4, no big deal only helps if you don’t use their greatweapons for some reason or if effected by a spell that requires an I test. But considering Swordsmen are I4 why not greatswords
Engineer.
Something I’m not sure what there have been heaps of ideas GW can just pick one
Flagellants, B
Bring back T4 (I mean come on these guys beat them self’s up and still live) or something else to make them a little tougher.
Halberdier
Lots of debate about this one, I think don’t change the weapon change the unit, Eg same stats as swordsmen or something like that.
Knights.
The Great weapon did seem to get a double whammy, Loss of Cav hammer to GW, then GW is only Str +1. I think maybe Drop the price of knights by say 4 points then charge people +2pts for a shield and +2 for a Great weapon or +2 points for a lance (or any other point values just make a standard knight cost the same in the end). That way you get cheaper GW knight without a bunch of issues. Plus you have more options (eg you could take cheap knights that are soft on the charge, just a hand weapon)
Steam Tank. Bring back all the old variants just change the point values and maybe wounds to accommodate it.
Another non Gunpower rare unit. I don’t care what, Foot Knights, Halflings, Ogres or maybe just bring in a new DOW rule book.
Make theme list possible I stared a thread about this one just basically, Just basically make it possible to have WP armies, Engineer armies... etc. Give them some advantages and some disadvantages
That’s about all really.
That’s not to say there haven’t been some cool ideas I really liked (like Warlords or WallyTWest ideas on the flaggie Martyr rule change) but most of the ones I like them just changed how it was done not made it more/less powerful.
I just keep seeing thinks like (this is an exaggeration) Give outriders Small thermo nuclear weapons, Make the volley gun shoot laser beams, Have an engineer in a helicopter shooting two mounted Gatling guns with heat seeking missiles, Make knights Str 10 with 32 attacks each...etc. I liek that empire are Just humans fighting against very hard units but use what they can to defend themselves.