if they could cripple enemy damage output with boarding like they do in lore they could actually compete in some cases
but boarding just does 2 crits, eventho most guns in 40k are manually loaded by hordes of slaves
so reducing a ship to a skeleton crew shouldnt just increase by -20% firerate
they should be barely able to load their guns at all
if marines could cripple their target and then pound it into oblivion they would be a lot better
but now they just do a crit and then have to deal with a enemy still shooting them at a rate reduced by such a insignificant number that their dps is still greater then their barge can bring
if you could kill loading crew slowing firerate by 100 or 150% marines could maybe compete
just because you crit engines wont save you from their guns and you cant aim guns because you will just damage two and still get shot to shit
boarding being pathetic is a large part of why marines are weak
their weakness to lances just makes it worse
its normal to have a weakness, its not good to have no strength
also, pricing seems all kinds of screwed up now
orks have a battleship costing 190pts meanwhile nid escorts cost 40+ for an escort without shields or ability to scan