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skirmishers would fit their role best, and add to our army an element we currently lack-skirmishers.  failing that a rule which state that enemies cannot gain a rank bonus against sneaky gitz units of 10+ could be a way to bridge their effectivness-points gap.

a homework assignment you say?  well lets run the theory and numbers here.

the theory is bridging a gap between what they used to be with lapping around, and what they are now with the free reform.  this way you get the free reform, but also automatically deny ranks to the enemy provided you have 10 models.  10 because the old rules allowed you to wrap around, and you need 5 models to deny ranks, plus the 5 in front.  this by itself could be too powerful, so possibly making an exclusion stating in the 2nd and subsequent rounds of combat.

so a unit of 30 sneaky gitz.  with full command we are talking 180 points.  6x5 deployment vs, lets say empire spearmen of the same size, 5+ armor:

13 attacks.
6-7 hits., 2 auto wounds
2-3 wounds + 2 auto wounds= gross 4-5 wounds
1-2 saves
net 3 kills average.

spears attack back.
10 attacks.
5 hits
2-3 wounds gross
no saves
net 2-3 kills average.

tie combat.

so first round is pretty equal, as it should be.  similarly priced units.
second round
13 attacks.
6-7 hits., 2 auto wounds
2-3 wounds + 2 auto wounds= gross 4-5 wounds
1-2 saves
net 3 kills average.

spears attack back.
10 attacks.
5 hits
2-3 wounds gross
no saves
net 2-3 kills average.

same effect kill wise, but now the sneaky gitz have 3 ranks and win combat by 3-4 depending on numbers.  this is acceptable as they occupy a special slot as opposed to a core slot like the spearmen.

i say skirmisher !!  cool swords thow

they should be scirmishers
because running around in a easily seen unit dosent seem verey sneaky

A Special Choice that is not special??? <gasp> that doesn't happen in our list!

Goblins WOULD be worth it if they were Night Gobbos that could have fanactics. Other the that I'd be hard pressed to come up with a single good reason to pick Gobbos as a Special.

Its as if GW simply through them in there and didn't really think it out. Not shocking IMHO.

That's a good point. Had the lap around rule been retained I don't think we'd be having this discussion right now.

even if we got night gobbos without fanatics they would be worth it.  nets anyone?

No. Nets are fine but I'm not using a Special slot (despite the lack of great Special Choices for our army) for gobbos with nets. Even if they had fanatics I'd be hard pressed to use them.

oops...darn trigger finger i meant to say skirmishers...

I'm tending to side with Wallacer on this one.

I know who did but will keep it confidential, lest they suffer bodily harm.