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.
The thing about free wargear is that it’s not actually that much simpler. You still have to decide which piece you’re taking. The only thing they removed was the cost consideration of what you pick.
It is simpler. Instead of having to decide between an AP5 weapon or an AP2 weapon that’s more expensive but otherwise identical, now you just take the AP2 weapon because it’s objectively better than the AP5 weapon.
In this case simpler is not better.
What?
The cost consideration was a significant part of choosing the weapons though. Often it was the difference between equipping really good weapons or straight up getting a whole other unit for the same price.