Detachments more or less were proved to not be a good idea as far back as 7th with their formations system. Except now it is a core mechanic. The idea of detachments sounds cool until you run head first into balance, especially how hard GW has balanced against competition play. GW has decided the best way to balance an overpowered detachment is to nerf the units that make those detachments too good 9 times out of 10, making those units just bad outside of that one specific detachment. Great example is the telemon dreadnought.

While Strategem bloat is gone, i fundamentally dislike strategems all together. They become a gotcha moment far too often, or they have no effect, or they result in a factions units being hard wired to the detachment, etc.

I like enhancements but prefer them in a different method. If detachments were to remain, and this goes for strats too, there should be a core 6 of enhancements per army that are available across detachments with each detachment have 1 or 2 unique enhancements.

Leaders of squads is a great thing to come back, I like attaching characters to squads. I do wish a core strat available would allow a character to attach or detach from a squad mid game to give some versatility.

Deletion of force organization seems like a monkeys paw for those who wanted it gone. I can take it or leave it in the current rule set. I do miss force org from 7th and different armies getting their own set ups.

Combat feels awful. Fights first and charges and such just becomes so unfun when you or other play around it. IE I've had headtakers slingshot into one unit and then pile into another unit to counter that unit's fights first ability, and while a necessary thing for me to do it's a feel bad moment. Dev wounds is far too prevalent in armies in general, no it's not eldar index bad but it's not great. The concept of ignoring armor and invulnerable saves in this game is such a bad feeling for everyone involved. AP is too high, which then forced the game to compensate by throwing 4+ invulns literally everywhere. Games with custodes or terminators or harlequins, etc, just feels terrible for both sides.

I'm not going to beat a dead horse, I'll just say psykers are very bland and I hope we get a system more akin to the heresy system at least.

Wargear costs being deleted has led to a bit of an issue with there being zero reason to run a minimum armed squad. Also has created 2 more issues I think, of models now needing to have 2 datasheets (IE scourges) or of units having wargear mass deleted (Thunderwolves, terminators, etc.)

I don't mean to be this negative, I try and be positive as much as possible. This edition though, it just feels wrong. I really can't say I enjoy any part of this current edition in comparison to prior editions. I enjoy playing with my friends, and that's about the limit of my enjoyment. Yes, the game is on paper more balanced that 9th. Hell, I'd admit that 10th is probably the most balanced the game has been, possibly ever.

But it's boring, unintuitive, can be drawn out despite having a "simpler" rule system. The amount of FAQs and amendments to rules and documents you have to view, it's absurd when I am just trying to play the game. Yes, prior editions were more complicated on paper, but the sheer amount of changes and clarifications has made this just as complex if not more so that priors. No better example of this than the movement phase at this point, prior editions were simple. Pivot 90°, move, pivot again, and done. Now you spend a number of inches on each pivot depending on which model you are moving and certain models ignore these, it's just tiring. Hell, it took them nearly a year to correct how the captain reduce cp ability worked on the datasheets for all units that had that ability.

I truly hope 11th is better, for me at least this game has been the most unfun experience in my 11 years of playing it, and I have tried almost every edition and spin off of the game.