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 Matt.Kingsley wrote:
It wasn't that the Eldar had better technology. The Necrons, after fighting the C'tan, had lost many numbers. The Eldar (IIRC) out-numbered the Necrons.

Wow my English is messed up today...

It never says they were outnumbered. Even if they had been the Eldar's FTL method( and upper hand it gave them) was wide open to the Necrons. They still had the bodies, ones that get back up, and the firepower. What they lacked was a will to do so. At that Time the Silent king had total control over the whole of the Necron race. And he was just done, tried, ashamed and ready to bury his race and flee as far as he could from the mess he had made.

 Hunterindarkness wrote:

 Matt.Kingsley wrote:
It wasn't that the Eldar had better technology. The Necrons, after fighting the C'tan, had lost many numbers. The Eldar (IIRC) out-numbered the Necrons.

Wow my English is messed up today...

It never says they were outnumbered. Even if they had been the Eldar's FTL method( and upper hand it gave them) was wide open to the Necrons. They still had the bodies, ones that get back up, and the firepower. What they lacked was a will to do so. At that Time the Silent king had total control over the whole of the Necron race. And he was just done, tried, ashamed and ready to bury his race and flee as far as he could from the mess he had made.

My thoughts exactly. As far as he was concerned, the Necrons had nothing to gain from defeating the Eldar at the time and he himself had no motivation to continue leading the Necrons after he had allowed the C'tan to turn them into soulless machines. But somehow, the Tyranids have reawakened the Silent King's will, and now he seeks to reunite his empire against the Tyranid threat.

He may see them as something worthy of fighting or maybe a threat to any hope of becoming flesh once more. As a whole I do not think the necrons themselves are much threaten by the nids, unless they actively go looking for a fight.

 Melissia wrote:

 washout77 wrote:
The Eldar can be argued as THE most technologically advanced army in the game, runner up being the Orks

Fixed that for you.

Psychic technology is still technology after all.

tech·nol·o·gy
/tekˈnäləjē/
Noun
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, esp. in industry: "computer technology"; "recycling technologies".
Machinery and equipment developed from such scientific knowledge.
Synonyms
technics - engineering - technique

Don't do this.

 Hunterindarkness wrote:
He may see them as something worthy of fighting or maybe a threat to any hope of becoming flesh once more. As a whole I do not think the necrons themselves are much threaten by the nids, unless they actively go looking for a fight.

Perhaps not to the Necrons themselves (considering they live on lifeless worlds of no interest whatsoever to the Tyranids), but to the rest of the galaxy? Definitely. The newcrons give off a feel similar to the Leviathans from Mass Effect 3; submit and pay tribute, and all will be well. Well, they're honest at least, which is more than I can say for the space commies. Anyway, if this is the case, then the Silent King would probably consider the Tyranids coming to take what rightfully belongs to the Necrons, since they were there first.

 washout77 wrote:
The Eldar can be argued as THE most technologically advanced army in the game, runner up being the Tau. I thin they are ABOUT even, with the Tau advancing tech in a different direction than the Eldar with Tau tech being more overall and Eldar tech basically being for pure war purposes (for obvious reasons)

Yeah the IoM is not tech advanced at all really. They used to be, a lot, but the huge technophobia killed that. Most of their tech is really based on religion and old STC's of when they were tech advanced

Necrons are above and beyond the eldar, the necrons had better tech the old ones. Was only due to the old ones controling the warp there was even a fight.

Necrons
Eldar
Imperial (back in the day when they understood tech)
Tau
Imperial (currently who think its all magic and blessing of gods etc)

I think the Necrons also consider the 'Nids a threat due to the threat to their apotheosis; if all organic life has been eaten, how can they find a way to regain their bodies?

While I don't think that's a pressing concern to most dynasties, to the Silent King, however, that's extremely important. I vaguely recall him being involved in a multi-species fight against a Tyranid hive fleet, at least briefly.

But what have happened with the enslavers? Are they gone in the new edition?

No talk of them in the newcone book. Which I like, it never liked the old background anyhow.

So enslavers dont exist anymore?

There's nothing saying they don't. Just because the new rulebook doesn't mention them doesn't mean they're retconned.

They may still be around, but not like before and they had nothing to do with the Necrons little nap.

 Tomten wrote:
So enslavers dont exist anymore?

They still exisit, as Trazyn has one in his collection.

In addition, they are alluded to being unleashed because of the Old Ones at the end of the War in Heaven.

 Sasori wrote:

 Tomten wrote:
So enslavers dont exist anymore?

They still exisit, as Trazyn has one in his collection.

In addition, they are alluded to being unleashed because of the Old Ones at the end of the War in Heaven.

Do they exsist in the warp?