The original 3.0 wasn't very good, it had overpriced possessed who rolled on a random table (for a silly amount of extreme powers, but they cost a humongous amount), it had generic demons (but who could be cult aligned to gain 1 ability--- they also had fast attack demons as you know them from 3.5 and demon cavalry as fantasy (and the demonworld codex) know them e.g. a squad of blokes on discs of tzeentch-- I have no fast attack in 4.0 (well bikes and raptors so 2, no body counts the spawn) in 3.0 they had 5 different *groups* of
FA.
It had very limited wargear and no real cult specific stuff, apart from banners.fists etc were the same as the new codex pricing structure pretty much.
The
HQ set up was lord sorceror,
DP GD as it is now.(although the GD came with a different statline and features for different gods.. how imaginative
)
Termies and vets were a seperate choice (termies cost less now and have the option for combi plas(until
GW faq it away)- most of the rest of it was in 3.0)
Cult troops were just an elite slot, as now they are just a troops choice. No cult army beneifts or real fluff push although with the 4 different groupings of demon you could have a bit of flavour.
Oh and doom rider and cypher were there, but thats not exactly a saving grace, it just shows huron to be a bit bland.(lord fist flamer pwer wep :p compared to demon biker special charecter)
Mid way through they realised it was utter chud and starting adding bits left right and centre, cult termies got added (sound familiar) Its replacement (3.5 the most loved and the most hated codex of all time??)was in the shop within 3 years to scrap it.
From what I've read elsewhere, someone fell out of favour, and when he rose back to power he just brought it (3.0\4.0)back with him.
Its a cheap partisan shot on my part as most people have already voiced this over the 900 pages of moaning in rumours
40k general and even in tactics.Hence my apologising for even whispering it again. For those who disagree, I accept its a cheap shot, I don't mean to spark a row many apologies for the lash being taken to the undead armies cavalry (flogging the dead horse) but when evaluating\comparing the chaos codex it is usefull to compare not only to its predecessor but to the one before that too (which seems an awfull lot closer..)
Its one of those topics I do mini rant about (as do one or two of the more player orientated mods at seer
) so do feel free to delete my post if anyone feels it would start an argument, or further detract from tims most positive thread.