Chaos Ascendant

I often start these posts by talking about the most recent dataslate and trying not to complain too much about it and failing to do so. Most recent dataslate was a wonderful occasion with so much stuff to re-invigorate CSM lists. With a codex right around the corner (the pre-order announcement dropped literally 4 minutes after I started writing this as if summoned) I was expecting no changes for CSM so to get as much as we did was incredible. Possessed I already loved, Venomcrawlers I liked but couldn't fit in and were the sort of unit I was really hoping got a cut, Cultists and Raptors were a nice touch and Vindicators down 15 points...I liked them at 190, albeit had slowly been cutting them down they were great when you rolled hot, but liable to low rolling and felt a bit expensive for their consistently (but cheap for potential ceiling) at 190 and I didn't like how sometimes it felt like a games swing was dictated so much by the dice roll for number of shots but at 175.... A