Yeah, skimming the NH line-up makes me just see a whole bunch of redundancy.
Chainrasps, Reapers, Revenants, Harridans, Stalkers etc all seem to overlap heavily to me. At least Spirit Hosts fill the role of multiwound, bigger models.
Not to say the mass of W1 models are identical but man could they do with some more specializing so you don't end up with one being a clear loser and forgotten in all aspects (Stalkers).
Now that the release isn't so far off, what are your must gets and will skips?
Like, top 3 models you wanna buy and the 3 you're almost guaranteed to walk past.
Pretty sure Necrons Battleforce last year was slow to sell, don't see that returning soon. Plus, DE and Tyrannids haven't had a Battleforce yet, so, I'm leaning towards the other one as far as 40k xenos is confirmed.
Paint scheme variety would go a long way, sometimes you can't tell how good something is or whether you want something until you've seen a non-box scheme that resonates with you. For example, non Hammers-SCE is something that people like.
A good Nighthaunt one that doesn't overlap with Soul Wars would be great.
Maybe something like a ghostly couple army. Kurdoss + Olynder for heroes and units of banshees and other non starter stuff.
I'd find that really appealing.
Edit: Oh, and add Dreadscythes for the "mournful, scary female ghosts" theme or something like that
I'm feeling something similar, I don't know if I want an army worth of them. But there are some models that I feel are really awesome.
Maybe something like using them in LoN or something as a component in Death Soup might be it.
Just looking at humans.
Guy on a griffon, wizards, horse portable doomsday cannon looking thing, an actual damn tank, etc... Sure there are regular dudes with swords but Empire is far from historical and is way more fantasy than you'd think. Fits just fine in the setting I feel, hell, it might just thrive.
New Ironweld contraptions, Greatswords WHU/Warcry warband would be great.
Also, does this thing really strike you as out of place?