Which 40K race do you side with?

[Waaghpowa]

And then of course there are the two theories, each worse than the last:

Theory 1- The three Hive Fleets that wrecked everyone's shit so far and have only been beaten back at great cost are just little tiny tendrils of a much-greater force to follow and nomnom everyone, or;

Theory 2- The sudden emergence of the Tyranids en masse means that, like wild animals in a forest fire, they are actually running away from something...

Take your pick. We're all fucked either way.

Hooray! Another person with theory #2! I do think that the Tyranids are the remnants of their race, fleeing from something worse than them.

But, sides-wise, I have to go with the Space Marines. Despite the flak people throw at them for being popular, I do like the "valiant defenders of humanity" and the "it's a suicide mission, but by the Emperor we shall succeed" things they've got going.

There's another theory as part of the story of where the tyranids came from. Imperium records suggest that based on their nature to devour whole worlds, it's likely that they originate from a whole different galaxy entirely. It also suggests that it's possible that they migrated to our galaxy because they had fully devoured the previous one they occupided.

 

[ihazawii]

Imperial Guard for me, Who the fuck cares if we suck individually, we got so many of us that you cant possibly hope to survive

 

[Waaghpowa]

Imperial Guard for me, Who the fuck cares if we suck individually, we got so many of us that you cant possibly hope to survive

Ah yes, the chinese method of strength in numbers.

 

[Mr.Valdor]

Chaos.

 

[No-Superman10]

The Tau, i like their motives and the delicatel balance between grace and firepower intrigues me; sure they don't have much in tge way of CQC but when you have a lasgun that can burn a man in half before he can get within 20ft of you, who needs a knife?
For the Greater Good.

 

[ihazawii]

The Tau, i like their motives and the delicatel balance between grace and firepower intrigues me; sure they don't have much in tge way of CQC but when you have a lasgun that can burn a man in half before he can get within 20ft of you, who needs a knife?
For the Greater Good.

when you got so many guardsmen after you, how can you possibly hope to shoot all of them?

 

[Iwata]

I must say, I'm surprised at the overall popularity of the Tau in this forum. I remember when they came out a lot of players were "OMG Tau is TEH GHEY!!!11! 40K IS RUINED 4EVER!!!"

... and I was among them. The Tau were just... too different, too anime-ish, too "Warhammer 40K: The Next Generation".

But I must admit their fluff and battlefield performance ultimately won me over, even though a lot of people went so far as to quit 40K in protest at the time. I especially like how the Kroot secretly despise the Tau and only joined them for the noms.

Point being, I do think their popularity is disproportionate to their influence in the overall 40K universe (the only ones I can think that have a less impact on the universe are the Dark Eldar), but they are a fun army to take on, and I believe we are witnessing the first steps in the Tau universe that show us that even their "For the Lesser Evil" philosophy is starting to collapse within itself.

 

[Waaghpowa]

Submunition shot from a rail gun = large template blast, versus guardsmen that equals about a whole squad dead in one shot. GG

 

[No-Superman10]

The Tau, i like their motives and the delicatel balance between grace and firepower intrigues me; sure they don't have much in tge way of CQC but when you have a lasgun that can burn a man in half before he can get within 20ft of you, who needs a knife?
For the Greater Good.

when you got so many guardsmen after you, how can you possibly hope to shoot all of them?

Submunition shot from a rail gun = large template blast, versus guardsmen that equals about a whole squad dead in one shot. GG

Pew

 

[Iwata]

Submunition shot from a rail gun = large template blast, versus guardsmen that equals about a whole squad dead in one shot. GG

But there are more where those came from. And Emperor forbid I'm taking Col. Chenkov with his "Human Wave" rule.

What's that? You just killed an entire platoon of guardsmen? Well, here's another at no extra cost.

Oh, you killed those too?

Well, here's another.

And so on, and so on...

 

[Waaghpowa]

I must say, I'm surprised at the overall popularity of the Tau in this forum. I remember when they came out a lot of players were "OMG Tau is TEH GHEY!!!11! 40K IS RUINED 4EVER!!!"

... and I was among them. The Tau were just... too different, too anime-ish, too "Warhammer 40K: The Next Generation".

But I must admit their fluff and battlefield performance ultimately won me over, even though a lot of people went so far as to quit 40K in protest at the time. I especially like how the Kroot secretly despise the Tau and only joined them for the noms.

Point being, I do think their popularity is disproportionate to their influence in the overall 40K universe (the only ones I can think that have a less impact on the universe are the Dark Eldar), but they are a fun army to take on, and I believe we are witnessing the first steps in the Tau universe that show us that even their "For the Lesser Evil" philosophy is starting to collapse within itself.

I've played Tau since day one introduction of the race, still my favourite now

 

[MortisLegio]

DEATH TO THE FALSE EMPEROR!

Chaos

 

[No-Superman10]

Submunition shot from a rail gun = large template blast, versus guardsmen that equals about a whole squad dead in one shot. GG

But there are more where those came from. And Emperor forbid I'm taking Col. Chenkov with his "Human Wave" rule.

What's that? You just killed an entire platoon of guardsmen? Well, here's another at no extra cost.

Oh, you killed those too?

Well, here's another.

And so on, and so on...

I call this technique "Hyper-Sniping" Just get 1 Long Range guy 2 or 3 vehicles and a few mid-range squads, just attack from afar until you're winner.

 

[Someperson307]

Chaos because they're crazy-ass demonic psychos. Awwwww yeaahhh.

 

[Waaghpowa]

Submunition shot from a rail gun = large template blast, versus guardsmen that equals about a whole squad dead in one shot. GG

But there are more where those came from. And Emperor forbid I'm taking Col. Chenkov with his "Human Wave" rule.

What's that? You just killed an entire platoon of guardsmen? Well, here's another at no extra cost.

Oh, you killed those too?

Well, here's another.

And so on, and so on...

see, this would work if a table top game would allow you to create more units, which it doesn't

 

[johnman]

Blood angels ftw
When i was younger I had an extensive space marines army, and watching my oppnents face drop when I explained exactly how many attacks my death squad would get when they would charge and that they may as well take the sqaud off the table right now and save me the effort of rolling the dice(2 normally +1 for charge +1 for close combat weapons and thats not including the chaplin :0) Oh what tryanids are unbeatable in clsoe combat? Well I beg to differ. Oh no your hive mind is dead!

I did start collecting Tau but dropped warhammer shortly after. No one to play and I simply grew out of it.

 

[Iwata]

Blood angles ftw

Totally. Although I prefer their successor chapter, the Obtuse Knights.

Edit: Also, I was just reading that when the Tau first encountered the Tyranids, they sent an emissary to negotiate! And when he (innevitably) got gobbled up, they thought it had been a misunderstanding... so they sent another!

That is... awesome!

 

[No-Superman10]

I just dug up my Tau codex and remembered that the Tau have a ceremony called "bonding"
Simply put the soldiers in a squad will no longer refer to each other as "Sarge" but as "Brother"
How about that?

 

[Two Angels]

Chaos Space Marines of Nurgle. Just something so pleasing about all the damage that can be done to armour saves with a few upgrades.

Not mine but Epic 40K Tattoo:

 

[crazypsyko666]

The Demiurg actually had a fairly decent society, and they lived fairly well. If I had to choose the most badass and coolest faction, I'd say Grey Knights. 10-1 isn't a fair matchup with them. 20-1 is.