I think what Nick is trying to say (correct me if I'm wrong) is he has units he finds more interesting/fun to use but is frustrated that their rules make them less likely to lead to victory. I also find all shooting armies less fun to play than ones with an assault element/heavy on assault. Hence Nick has been put off playing since he will not find it fun anymore, which is a shame but a perfectly valid opinion since fun is subjective, but there are plenty of other games to play out there - too many to play them all! I guess there's nothing stopping people from still playing 5th edition if you can find an opponent that wants to.
Changes to the rules can be frustrating since it makes some units better, some worse and some just different, but personally that gives you the opportunity to bring out those units that have been sitting on the shelf for a while! A change is as good as a rest and all that.
I do agree that part of the fun with 40k is finding what works with both the rules and your own playstyle, and you can only do that by playing some games, things do often work differently than on paper because terrain and the enemies reactions etc play a massive part in how the game goes, rather than 'oh, my army puts out 375 s4 shots so should wipe your army on turn 1' (slight exaggeration here).
As a side-note I thought DE always were primarily a shooty army with some fast but fragile assault elements, but then I have only played them once. They can still assault well (I think overwatch is overhyped and won't make much of a difference most of the time), but not things with a 2+ save, which now need to be exclusively shot unless the unit is severely weakened.
Sorry for the long post I am rambling.
you could always whip those Blood Angels out Nick - a full jump pack army looks like it'd be awesome and fun to play! (Death company suddenly got a lot better as well)
Changes to the rules can be frustrating since it makes some units better, some worse and some just different, but personally that gives you the opportunity to bring out those units that have been sitting on the shelf for a while! A change is as good as a rest and all that.
I do agree that part of the fun with 40k is finding what works with both the rules and your own playstyle, and you can only do that by playing some games, things do often work differently than on paper because terrain and the enemies reactions etc play a massive part in how the game goes, rather than 'oh, my army puts out 375 s4 shots so should wipe your army on turn 1' (slight exaggeration here).
As a side-note I thought DE always were primarily a shooty army with some fast but fragile assault elements, but then I have only played them once. They can still assault well (I think overwatch is overhyped and won't make much of a difference most of the time), but not things with a 2+ save, which now need to be exclusively shot unless the unit is severely weakened.
Sorry for the long post I am rambling.
you could always whip those Blood Angels out Nick - a full jump pack army looks like it'd be awesome and fun to play! (Death company suddenly got a lot better as well)
40K - Dark Angels, Dark Eldar, Necrons; Lord of the Rings - lots; Bloodbowl - Dwarves, Wood Elves; SAGA - Anglo Danes & Welsh; Guildball - Morticians, Engineers; Dropzone/fleet - Shaltari