Not sure what you mean unless the "heart" of your army means "I brought 4000 points now I'm gonna moan about how you didn't bring 4000 points too," and all I can say is: yeah, big games are fun, of course you have to plan them.
If you're not that guy, I can't imagine what you mean.
Standard games everywhere, nationwide, range from 1500 to 2000. Anything else you've got to plan. I have to set up 500 point games the same way I'd have to set up a 3k to 4k game.