I don’t love free wargear (because there will inevitably better or worse options when everything is a straight swap whereas with points cost you can balance finely), but I can see that it makes life easier.
Fixed unit sizes, however, are supremely shit. All in all totally ripped the variety out of list building, which was one of my favourite things about the game. Lists now will look mostly identical.
Good luck with that powerfist and melta when you’re drowning in 40+ boys
If that’s the case chainswords +1 attack on 5 guys isn’t going to be the difference that matters.