Graham_LRR said:
guys, seriously, this, that would a been a better finisherAlfador_VII said:You missed the best part of the cutscene where Titus shrugs off the wreckage as the title splashes across the screen
They know how to build it and in some degree (if it's their job) how it works, but they believe in the machine spirit, meaning that they think each machine has a spirit they need to appease before using. Also, they're restricted to some standard or other (that's a part of the lore I'm not too familiar with) and anything that doesn't conform to that standard is heretical. Hope that kind of clears that up.Random berk said:
Sort of. Until now I thought that the entire Imperium was only using ancient, gradually degrading tech from a long lost generation, and that when it failed they would all be screwed. It made me wonder why in that case we were supposed to be rooting for them and not the Tau, who seemed like a reasonably advanced and decent, non crazy fundamentalist crowd.bird of hermes said:
Well yeah, that's true. But that's only cause they sometimes lose blueprints or Forge Worlds (manufacturing worlds). And there's some stuff like Terminator armor that they don't know how to make, other than small parts. Either that or it's really expensive to make, I can't remember.Random berk said:
The Tau force others to follow them because they believe they are working for the Greater Good, as you say. They believe that they and their client species will benefit in the end (or is it that everyone everywhere is supposed to benefit?) They seem to have relatively noble ideas. Their methods might be very flawed, but are they really as bad as the Imperium philosophy of "believe exactly what we believe, or we'll kill you"? Not to mention the fact that they're willing to form relationships with other species, whereas the Imperium just kill anything that isn't human, or at least the very loose definition of human in a universe where that term applies to this thing.bird of hermes said:Well yeah, that's true. But that's only cause they sometimes lose blueprints or Forge Worlds (manufacturing worlds). And there's some stuff like Terminator armor that they don't know how to make, other than small parts. Either that or it's really expensive to make, I can't remember.Random berk said:
You could root for the Tau, by all means. I don't myself, I like the Imperium. But the Tau are all "greater good" and all that, the only problem is that their greater good involves forcing people to follow them if they don't accept. Nobody is really non-crazy in 40k
I dunno, them tyranids seem mighty friendlyRandom berk said:
I'm no specialist on Tau, but as far as I understand it, they are "forced" by a physiological dependency, they are kinda brainwashed by the Ethereals, so they don't have any free will(See Commander Farsight). This would mean, the greater good is only the greater good of the Ethereals. Besides, the didn't develop any warp-engines, they need to rely on their allies.Random berk said:The Tau force others to follow them because they believe they are working for the Greater Good, as you say. They believe that they and their client species will benefit in the end (or is it that everyone everywhere is supposed to benefit?) They seem to have relatively noble ideas. Their methods might be very flawed, but are they really as bad as the Imperium philosophy of "believe exactly what we believe, or we'll kill you"? Not to mention the fact that they're willing to form relationships with other species, whereas the Imperium just kill anything that isn't human, or at least the very loose definition of human in a universe where that term applies to this thing.Also, I'd have though that in the bad situation humans were in, they'd want to form alliances with relatively agreeable races like the Tau or the Eldar, when the alternative is dealing with something like the tyranids.
The game itself is actually quite refreshingly colourful.bor3ds0ul said:
I did that , too. XDK4RN4GE911 said:
