wow, i thought we had got all these over and done with!
your points have some validity, but bear in mind that 10,000 years of attrition can take its toll on the legions, not to mention internal fractions and such. the point of this codex was to show that the more numerous face of Chaos Marines these days are the traitor Chapters. all the entries in the codex with the exception of ksons, khorne bezerkers, plague marines and noise marines are just supposed to be smurfs gone bad, so i see no issue with the apparent 'greeness' of them.
the codex is also so much simpler now and you don't need to keep referring to two or three pages at the back, further more all the options are exactly where the relevant model is in the list. a change for te better i would say.
Daemon Princes do not need Daemon Weapons, they are monstrous creatures which bring their own combat advantages and disadvantages. giving them a Daemon weapon would be somewhat redundant, and the extra attacks could unbalence the model.
just my 2 cents |