Warhammer 40K Tabletop XXX: Imperium After Dark

[Cheesegear]

I completely agree that its a stupid way to determine Objective ownership though.

It isn't though. You play Orks, so let's use Boyz.
You have a unit of 30 Boyz, let's generously say...9 of them are within 3" of the Objective. A single Space Marine walks up. One. Do you think that the Objective should be contested now?
Another example could be to add up the number of points that the unit is worth, and add up the amounts. Except that would be needlessly tedious given that in Maelstrom there are six Objectives, and you'd have to calculate pretty much every single turn - both players'.

The most models makes sense. It's easy to figure out. However, it means that MSU is dead, and cheaper models are almost automatically better because you can have more of them with which to hold Objectives, and Objectives are how you win the game. Small, killy units, are for killing enemy models. Not for holding Objectives.