Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-203.134.114.240-20130721023526/@comment-8881468-20130725104954

I simply would not use the horde army of Imp Guard as any type of shooter game style directly under user command, choice

you can take what regiment you want, you will still not have much potential for customization. the catachans still just use the laser weapon, so do the stormtroopers (albeit a different one) still they don't make any difference, even as you take in heavy weapon- or sniper teams, which will not worek on a single player basis of direct control since you have more than 1 for those roles, the special weapons guy cannot switch weapons either.

go through the armory section, imp guard officers also do not have a wide variety of equipment to choose from /don't change their loadout during missions and their roles are pretty different, no general goes into the front lines as melee fighter, he simply would not be able to do his job then (aside form being an easy target)

and honestly: catachans suffer from the same losses, as do cadians or stormtroopers, they are all still just waiting to die.

on an rts base, they might work(as in the total war series f.e.)