yeah I'm not thrilled with the "chipped and battle-damaged" details with the Newcrons, I think it takes the agency away from the player/painter by forcing them to deal with "damaged" Necrons. If you want to make pristine-looking Necrons, welp, too bad, you lose.
I can work with it because my Necrons are meant to be rusted and corroded, but I really, really dislike the new Necron Warriors and I'm glad I've already got like 40+ of the old 3e ones with the translucent green rods.