Dark Angels Top Ten Wish List

I've played Dark Angels a long time, long enough to remember when we were black, and the Iron wing, when we weren't special, when we shared a codex with Blood Angels (who were better then us then as well), when we had to roll a 1 to even move our units (3rd edition), when the sword of secrets was a 40 pt str 6 power weapon and the Darksword for chaos was 20) and now I play a successor chapter of the Lion because I'm tired of GW thinking just because we wear dress they can frag us like we are wearing one.

So, what is in my wish list, and then is 10 to 1. This is partially meant funny, and is a partial rant, if you have ever played DA's, then you will feel me on some of this.

10. Look at the Horus Heresy Art. I want guys with lion shoulder pads, with large two handed ornate two handed swords, give us +2 str but -1 I or something. We need a reason to NOT be folded into the basic codex, and if you can't come up with it, just fold them back into it. You guys did a good job of making Blood Angels different, we need to see the same thing for DA's.

9. Characters that Don't Suck - We've never ahd any special character that is been wonderful. No beatstick hammer character that people are afraid of. Azreal has never been impressive, nor has Asmodi, Bethor, Sammael.... they all suck, they've always sucked... stop that. Where is my Avenging Angel? Where is the guy that that makes

8. Stubborn - Why did you give it to us when it sucked, but take it away when it rocked... I know... the dress thing again.

7. Battle Companies - The Codex should be different then Codex Space Marines, but DA's are more then just all Terminator and Bike armies. Make the Battle Companies cool. The Lionwas Number 2 for Battles Won, and may have been the best stretegic thinker of them all. If he had a little more common sense, the Horus Heresy would have been over before it started.

6. Black Library - Can you guys write a book for the DA's to do something worth doing and be marines I WANT to play. Read Storm of Iron and tell me you don't want to play Iron Warriors/Imperial Fists, or that book with Ultramarines vs. Tyranids, or the Horus Heresy books and Black Legion/Lunar Wolves or Legion and Alpha Legion or... you get my point. Just because we are aloof and secretive doesn't mean that we are the #*@hole of the neighborhood. Yea... we wear a cool robe, and stand by ourselves in the dark, but that's because we're just cooler then you are, and we think we are better, not because we are all traitors ALL time time. They should be heroic, damn heroic in their own way, fighting the darkness from the darkness, battle fought, and sector's saved and no thanks asked for, perhaps entire campaigns fought and won without a mention to the Adeptus Terra, they sink no reward, they ask for no help, because the rest of the imperium just get's in their way. That's how the Lion did it, That's how we do it, and it's worked out pretty good so far. This all goes for the Lion as well, he is the only Primarch that is written as a dumbass jerk... stop that. Fatal flaw I understand, but Jerk...come on.

5. Fear the Darkness/Weaken Resolve - These were our powers, thanks for giving them to everyone else. And Windworm.... Windworm?! Really. How about that Terrorsight stuff from the last DA book ?

4. Mortis Pattern Dreadnought - DA special dreadnought THAT THEY CAN'T FIELD... thanks for that. I think I see a pattern, it's called give A's something, then take it away when it's good and give it to someone else.

3. Ravenwing - Give us scouting bikes, but then tell us they can't turbo-boost (a specific nurf for the DA bikes)... give us bike only army, then turn around and give it to marines, make us pay out the nose for fearlessness, but then give normal marines Combat Tactics and/or stubborn which is better.

2. Deathwing - We are supposed to have the best terminators in the galaxy.... new flash, they are the worst. They are more expensive and have worse options then every other terminator. Let's list them to be sure. Chaos terminators 13 pts cheaper and better, Normal Marine Terminators 10 man squads and TH/SS's, Space Wolves - Login Wing, Blood Angels - Furious Charge/FNP, Grey Knights - Str 6 power weapons. Give us terminators with sword/board, something... anything. And good grief, you gave the 5th ed termy army, TO SPACE WOLVES... that's just insult to injury.

1. Please love the Dark Angels, as much as the players do for change. I would like to feel a fronted, just once, when someone tells me their wolves are counts as Dark Angels.