If you had the power to delete a faction...

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**Vaktathi**

Purifier wrote:
Redseer wrote:
I can't say id want any deleted. Every faction brings something unique to the game and makes someone happy. I'd like to see the emphasis on the imperium drop so we can look at the galaxy through the eyes of other races, and reading books through their perspective could enhance my enjoyment of what is supposed to be a role playing table top game, but I dont see gw putting major focus on non humans happening anytime soon.

They're horrible at writing character driven stories from the perspectives of non-humans though. Have you read anything from the perspective of a Skaven? They "invented" this squeek-speak, where the Skaven are bad at English in a way that makes the double up a lot of verbs. So you don't hide, you scurry-hide. You don't speak, you squeek-speak and you don't steal, you take-steal.

It is annoying as fark to read a whole story filled with this absolute mind drivel. I have always been a huge fan of Skaven, since I was a kid. Never played another Fantasy army, never even felt the smallest inclination to. Everything was Skaven, Skaven was everything. Any other army was simply the enemy. And yet, I can just barely stand playing Mordheim on Steam as Skaven, because after every mission a Skaven is either happy or sad about how the mission went and goes on at length about it in squeek-speak.

I can only imagine how shoddy it would be to read a story fully narrated by an Ork. Omnissiah save us all from the very thought of it.

its not just nonhumans, have you read some of the post 4E Space Wolves fluff? They do the same thing, with stuff like "murder-make" and whatnot. GW's writing quality really is terrible

**Selym**

The major issue in writing as an alien is making their thoughts, beliefs and decisions differ significantly from humans.

**Redseer**

Purifier wrote:
Redseer wrote:
I can't say id want any deleted. Every faction brings something unique to the game and makes someone happy. I'd like to see the emphasis on the imperium drop so we can look at the galaxy through the eyes of other races, and reading books through their perspective could enhance my enjoyment of what is supposed to be a role playing table top game, but I dont see gw putting major focus on non humans happening anytime soon.

They're horrible at writing character driven stories from the perspectives of non-humans though. Have you read anything from the perspective of a Skaven? They "invented" this squeek-speak, where the Skaven are bad at English in a way that makes the double up a lot of verbs. So you don't hide, you scurry-hide. You don't speak, you squeek-speak and you don't steal, you take-steal.

It is annoying as fark to read a whole story filled with this absolute mind drivel. I have always been a huge fan of Skaven, since I was a kid. Never played another Fantasy army, never even felt the smallest inclination to. Everything was Skaven, Skaven was everything. Any other army was simply the enemy. And yet, I can just barely stand playing Mordheim on Steam as Skaven, because after every mission a Skaven is either happy or sad about how the mission went and goes on at length about it in squeek-speak.

I can only imagine how shoddy it would be to read a story fully narrated by an Ork. Omnissiah save us all from the very thought of it.

I have not read Skaven. But I've read Eldar, Dark Eldar, Corsair, Tau, High Elf, Dark Elf, Wood Elf, Sylvan, undead, and none of them have any problem with speech. But i can see your point to an extent. But still, you can write it normally, and just utilize speech quirks for actual dialog. As difficult as it could be, I want to see GW branch out for its fans, and give them something different that expands our perception of the universe and the factions within it.

**adamsouza**

Purifier wrote:
I can only imagine how shoddy it would be to read a story fully narrated by an Ork. Omnissiah save us all from the very thought of it.

Ork fiction is awesome. It's always a short story about they got to fight

"Me and da ladz ere trowing grotz at the da wall, when one of dem hit da Dok.
Dat Dok was madd at all get out and he trew a big needle at me.
And dat is how I woke up wid dis nifty grot launchin arm."

**Selym**

adamsouza wrote:
Purifier wrote:
I can only imagine how shoddy it would be to read a story fully narrated by an Ork. Omnissiah save us all from the very thought of it.

Ork fiction is awesome. It's always a short story about they got to fight

"Me and da ladz ere trowing grotz at the da wall, when one of dem hit da Dok.
Dat Dok was madd at all get out and he trew a big needle at me.
And dat is how I woke up wid dis nifty grot launchin arm."

Gave me a chuckle

**JohnHwangDD**

OMG. It's on par with Vogon poetry.

**d00mspire**

JohnHwangDD wrote:
OMG. It's on par with Vogon poetry.

I laughed too much at this.