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I definitely agree that there should be just one type of Gun Servitor. Dreadnoughts and Razorbacks are fine to have multiple types, because they're Vehicles. Servitors are Infantry,
Why does being a vehicle suddenly make it alright? Take, for instance, a tactical detachment. It usually needs three rhinos, but I can replace that with 6 razorbacks and give three of them HB and three Lascannons. That means you now have 6 units in the formation that has multiple types of weapons. Regardless of type, you still have 6 units in the detachment that can swap weapons. Having a 5 units in a detachment that can swap a weapon isn't any more detail especially when you consider that both Orks and Eldar have characters (which is even more detailed) that have the option.
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I'm still not a huge fan of the Sagitarii as a whole, but I understand you're a big fan of them, Vaaish. Can I ask what the main role differences are between the Sagitarii and the Demi-century?
To match the fluff, both have to be a shooting formation to a degree and based on the fluff it's not a huge difference either. Originally the shooting difference was far more pronounced since we were using the plasma cannon rules from the main rule book. That gave them better AP and the ability to hit AV targets but was slow firing. Nobody liked slow firing which is why we changed to the minervan stats and that AP5+/AT5+. That ends up blurring the line between the demi-century and the sagitarii a bit.
Fluff wise the demi-century is a generalist detachment, ok at shooting ok at FF and CC, ok armor. The Sagitarii are basically the same as the hypaspists but they are heavy weapons troops that are not attached to a demi-century. They are also linked more closely with their weapons so it warranted a better FF value to show their more effective use of the heavy weapons.
The differences are that the sagitarii bring more firepower, can engage armor, and lend better FF support than the demi-century.
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Is there a weapon with AP6+/AT5+? If so, that'd make a good option for the Servitors; allow the Sagitarii to fill more of an anti-vehicle role, and allow for an alternate list to have the servitors as upgrades to the Hypaspists as well, making them a better mixed-use formation.
There isn't any weapon that I've found. Most imperial AP weapons tend to be ap5+ and most mixed weapons seem to err on the side of AT6+ rather than AP 6+.
Having two distinct types of gun servitors is more fitting for what you say anyway. That allows HB gun servitors to be used for mixed formations in alternate lists and allows you to make the sagitarii become either a strong aniti-infantry detachment or an anti-vehicle detachment.
