I recall playing several games against my Dwarven friend with the 5th edition. Oh dear, ridiculous powers all round. I remember saying we should just get 3 heroes and have a ring of death on the local pub table instead of bothering with the meaningless rank and file.
The game was broken, well and truly.
Here's a great link I found which reminded me of the bad old days...
Warhammer 5th Edition vastly improved with Edition 6 and 7:-
gamesfirst.com/reviews/rick/Warhammer6ed/rules.htm