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What are your favorite army's least to greatest

Daemons is my favourite, the randomness just throws a spanner in any pre-made plans so its full of surprises each game

Tau is least favourite, its so run of the mill and least interesting playstyle that also requires the least amout of thought and adaption, each game its the same strategy for me so I dont enjoy playing with them as my army or against them due to predictability.

If my profile didn't give it away, Orks are my favourite, given their uniqueness in the 40K setting as one of the few races being happy in their lot in life in the galaxy, not to mention their awesome ramshackle tech and grim but humorous mindset.

Least Favourite is probably Space Wolves or Tyranids, one for being one of the weirdest marine factions in terms of being marines +1 and having plot armour thick even for SM, the other mainly because Nids as a faction never really interested me.

My favourite faction is definitely the Orks, and this is coming from a guard player. I love their sense of humor and the overall aesthetics of the army. And I love the randomness of everything although it has been toned down.

I've really only played as a few armies but my least favourite to battle against is definitely the tau. And this is mostly due to the jump shoot jump mechanic on EVERYTHING. Or the ignores cover on EVERYTHING. Of course I'm exaggerating. But man that is a frustrating army to play against!

My favorite faction?

Probably a three way tie between Chaos Space Marines, Orks, and IG. I really like a lot of the concepts and art around the CSM's, particularly the older stuff, while IG does it for the treadhead in me, and Orks have some really great background and attract a certain class of easy going player typically.

Least favorite?

Space Wolves in terms of fluff/background. It's...seriously beyond even internet fanfic bad at this point, seriously goofy, contradictory, and poorly written, they make Tau look interesting and fitting to the 40k background.

In terms of gaming? Probably Necrons and Eldar (and I say this as someone who owns probably 5kpts of Eldar). Neither are particularly fun to play against or with, and unless they're playing each other or a gimmick'd up Daemon/AdMech/SM army, they pretty much auto-pilot themselves to victory. This however is less of an issue than the problem with Space Wolves

I myself like the imperial guard, orks, and chaos space marines and i hate the tau and necrons

Fav: IG/Scions

Standard human standing up to bigger stuff and generally holding the line, Scions especially, because they're usually to most things they fight.


Least Fav: Orks

I have yet to find a single good thing to say about them, except for the fact that they die by the thousands in books featuring them.

I think don't think I have ever seen some one who had Orks there least favorite

Ork is da best! There is nothing quite like screaming Waaagh! at the top of your lungs, having great close fought games, seeing your opponent smile as he blows apart a hand full of boyz with every shot (and knowing that he can't kill enough to survive another turn of Waaagh!).

Ork don't lose. Ever.
Kit bashing!
Looting!
Waaagh!
Looting!
Converting!
Green!
Waaagh!

Least favorite I'd have to say is termi heavy army's or gunlines. Both just don't make for a fun game to me.

Did I mention looting? I am about to field 30 lobbas in an 1850 double CAD list! That's 30 str 5 ap5 rerolls once eah large blasts at 48 inches!!! Waaagh!

 Lord Inquisitor Nathandar wrote:
I think don't think I have ever seen some one who had Orks there least favorite

First thing for everything I guess

Favorite: Chaos Space Marines. Fun fluff, most interesting backstory and motivations imo (Harlequins run a close second with their plots to kill Slaanesh), and Kharn is a pretty cool guy. I like their model line, at least the updated ones, especially Raptors and Warp Talons. Heldrakes are pretty cool, too. Only thing I dislike is their table top performance.

Least favorite: Necrons. While Newcrons have more interesting fluff, they're kinda boring, a lot of the paint schemes I've seen are uninspired, and they're not a lot of fun to play against because of Reanimation and the ability to hurt any unit in the game with their basic weapons.

 Lord Inquisitor Nathandar wrote:
What are your favorite army's least to greatest

Favorite: Tau Empire. I started 40K with them at the very end of 3rd and have loved them ever since.

Least: Imperial Knights. They don't belong in normal 40K.

Favorite Dark Angels

Least Favorite Ad Mech just annoying and no matter what I do I cannot figure out a list to go against them and live

Yeah first time for everything

Favorite: Khorne Daemonkin

Least Favorite: Tau

Favorite is Eldar since third edition.

Least favorite is Tyranids.

Favorites
1. CSM
2. Necrons
3. DA

Least: Officio Assassinorum, Imperial Knights (Knight as LoW is good in other armies, but not in standalone)

Favorites:

1. CSM
2. Sisters of Battle
3. Imperial Guard

Least Favorites:

1. Grey Knights
2. Necrons
3. Ultramarines

Fluffy

Waacah

From top to bottom
Orks
Space Wolves
Tau
Grey Knights
(Bunch of other stuff I don't play but are still cool)
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Doing Taxes
Public Speaking
Root Canal
Eldar

My favourites are Harlequins, Exodites (who doesn't want to ride a dinosaur?) and the Guard (mainly the underdog factor).

My least favourite are Space Marines in general. I find them boring and bland.

Favorites: It's a joint first place for Eldar and Harliquins, the fluff and the aesthetic are amazing.
I really do enjoy my flyers and the Crimson hunter has got to be one of the most smexy in the game (and anything with vector dancer is fun to use), the codex is quite frankly amazing in that I can create valid armies for any theme I want...
Harlequins have some of the most fun psykers in the game and can do absurd things in CC, maybe when the game makes the assault more viable I'll be able to use them a little more.


Most Hated: Tau... gameplay wise I find them a bit dull and for someone who loves their planes, interceptor and skyfire kinda puts a dampener on that...

...That said, the real reason is fluff wise I hate kroot with a fiery passion

Fave is probably IG followed closely by SW and Orks.

I don't teally have a least favourite. Least interesting to me would be perhaps Necrons? They don't ring my bell aesthetically and their fluff isn't something I know.
Followed by 40K era space marines. Snooze...

Favourite: Dark Angels. I love the variable play styles and Gav Thorpe's books.

Least Favourite:Game mechanics wise Tau. Stylewise Space Wolves. Just don't understand the appeal tbh.

Favourite is Tau. Picked them up in 3rd Ed when assault reigned supreme so having a shooting army that wasn't Imperial Guard (My first army and the one I played at the time) was a novelty. I grew up in the 80's with Transformers and Voltron so I have a nostalgic soft spot for mech's and battlesuits.

Least favourite highly depends on the player. I have had great games against every army and I have had bad games. If I had to pick one army though I guess I would say space marines because they are by far the most common. I like variety so playing against space marines almost 50% of the time does get a tad stale.

For me I'm gonna have to divide this by fluff and gaming:

Most favorite:

Fluff: Mood shifts between Night Lords and Orks. Atm I would say NL because I love the NL Omnibus (ADB is love, ADB is life) and the concept of Space Punisher with a Batman aesthetic and being wronged by the Imperium and therefore only want to tear it down appeals to me the most.

Orks because I love how tough they appear to be and how much of a threat they really establish with Ghazkull looming over the Tau Empire supposedly making Farsight crap himself a new one (or so I've been told) with Ghazzy handing a new one to the bugs, all the while almost prefecting the Tellyporta technology so you can have Ghazkulls WAAAGH!!! spilling over from one end of the galaxy to another like an ork-only eye of terra. Thats scary stuff.

Gaming: with IA: 13 My Night lords, Now I play Dreadclaw Spam with Contemptors and Decimators. Life is good

Least favorite:

Fluff: The Inquisition: These guys spill for the SS Vibes to me combined with organized religious zealot-ism that whilst I love that for the dark grittyness of 40k, I don't personally like. Plus I don't really like the fanbase for people who like 'em because they always seem top want to pull that +1 over Chaos, even though there are many ways that Chaos play and can outwit and do to the Inquisition adding to the intriguing political darkness to the 41st Millenium, the fanbase just doesn't seem to want to hear that and blindly happy-press the Extermainatus Button, even though that subject is A) more dark than I think the fanbase realizes and B) There are ways that Chaos can prevent Exterminatus by cutting off the black ships by warp storms or their target in warp storms.

Rules-wise: Eldar. Do I really need to say anything more?

Controversial opinions, yes I know but hey add more to discuss I suppose

Favorite: A tie between 30k Thousand Sons and 30k Death Guard, then come all forms of Imperial Fists, then all forms of IG, Daemons (nurgle), Tau
Least: Dark Angels (team killing bums), Daemons (Tzeentch), Knights (mainly for being the spearhead of 'actual' model inflation)

Orks first and foremost as they were my first army when I started at the tail end of 3rd and I always seem to have the most fun when putting together/painting their kits. A close second favorite and my third army started is Dark Angels. I love their fluff LOVE it and dark green is my favorite color irl so when I went looking for a Space Marine army it was a no brainer, though I do wish I had access to things like Thunderfire Cannons and Centurions. Third would be my Tau. I have always liked the Tau, I liked the fluff surrounding the ethereals, the mecha bot aesthetics of their warsuits and mastery of plasma weapons plus the new kits have been a blast to put together and pose. Fourth favorite and second started is my chaos force. I love the models all the skulls, horns, spikes, bronze arrows and demonic iconography hit my pubescent metal loving gland just right. They are in various stages of completion as a combined warband of The Cleaved and Alpha Legion. I intend on adding to that force drastically when CSM gets updated. The rest of the factions are in various levels of disinterest though if I had to pick a least favorite it would probably be tyranids but even that is changing as I'm considering starting a Genestealer cult army, but I want to see the standalone kits first.

Favorites: Tyranids and Eldar, I find their models fantastic and their stories compelling.

Least: Space Wolves. Codex Thundercalv and it's bizarre happenings at the vet.

I have a love for all things gothic and ornate. Hence why I got into Warhammer to begin with.

Chaos Marines
Space Marines (specifically Black Templars or Dark Angels, anything super gothic)
Grey Knights
Sisters of Battle
Dark Eldar
Tyranids
Necrons
Orks
Eldar
Guard
Tau (who don't even belong in the 40K universe)
Daemons (they used to look cool back in 6th ed. Now the new plastic models look pants)