So yes GW is coming out with a change to 40K and one of the biggest changes is that players can for go using the FOC and build an Unbound army using whatever they have.
Now myself, I have hated the FOC ever since it came out.
Now many players are stating that the WAAC'ers will attempt to build nasty 5-6 Riptide or Hell Chicken armies.
Well yes they can but they won't really be all that good because while these units are hard they eat up a ton of points and can be destroyed.
Now I like that GW has made the choice of allowing players to dump the FOC.
But they do need to take this a little bit further so that they put a stop to the above type armies.
They should have the players make choices and put in percentages, like:
HQ's - no more than 20% of the total point value of the army
Elites - no more than 25% of the total point value of the army
Troops - Minimum 40% of the total point value of army needs to be troops
Fast Attack - no more than 25% of the total point value of the army
Heavy Support - no more than 25% of the total point value of the army
So with you are playing a 2000 point game the above would mean:
HQ's - no more than 400 points
Elites - no more than 500 points
Troops - Minimum of 800 points
Fast Attack - no more than 500 points
Heavy Support - no more than 500 points
So putting a minimum on the troops means that players will have to have at least 800 points which means they will only have 1200 points to spend on the rest of the choices.
I would really like a 50% minimum on troops but Min/Maxer's would scream bloody murder.
But if GW did this they would put a stop to anyone who wants to bring 6 x Riptides in their army. Because they just would be limited in the number of points that they could spend.
But GW did not done this and more than like will never do this.
So yes there will be players who will bring 6 Riptides to a battle and others will not want to play them since they unlike many of us really old 40K players (I started in 1989) just don't have the forces available to them to field an army that can beat those 6 Riptides.