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>it lacks that arrogant flair that NL are known for (and which invariably gets them dogwalked in the books)
To sort of explain myself before someone mentions "the NL can be pragmatic and ruthless! rejecting the dumb machismo of other marines is in character for them!"
Sure, but the way I personally see it theres a distinction.

The NL are essentially mean theater kids, sure, they dont necessarily think they have to play by the same rules as everuone else and are entirely willing to abandon basically all conceptions of honor (their new gambit is a great example of that), but they still possess their own version of the dumb machismo that other marines have. They dont dress themselves in trophies and give themselves all those edgy titles for no reason, they do it because each NL still wants to show that he is hot shit, that he is still ultimately "the alpha dog", and they engage in dumb behavior of their own because of it.

The NL may happily fight dirty, but they want the personal touch and will go for it even if it isnt necessarily practical, because they arent soldiers as much as they are common gangsters driven by the same impulses that drive common gangsters. A NL will gladly gun down his opponent with artillery rather than engage in an honorable, even, duel. But where an alpha legion commander or a member of the raven guard or an iron warrior or an iron hand would then flatten the area until everyone is dead, the night lord would put himself at risk to get that finishing blow by hand, to get the personal touch. And in the narrative logic of the setting, that would almost certainly get him killed when the wounded few survivors regroup and turn the tables on him, but that is what it is.

And THAT is why I like the new trait. It plays into that archetypical fantasy very well imo.