Ahhh cool. New to AoS after last playing in 8th Ed, and right now I've got a Desolating Beastherd brewed up that only requires a lot of base swapping in order to play...I'll stay tuned and hopefully some others with more experience chime in as well on this subject.
For my part, my list all fits within the Desolating Beastherd battalion....so I wonder if continuing to have 1 deployment drop will make up for getting to use the battalion ability less frequently.