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Regular Dakkanaut




why are they dying ? don't they know how to get kids ??
some of you may say that they are dying because everybody is attacking them . thats true .
but why don't they just hide in the webway ( just like the harlys ) , re-populate , and after 5000 years of research and re-populating ,
come back with a MASSIVE force and conquer the galaxy ?

why don't they do that ? why do they let themselves die and , most important , WHY DON'T THEY F*CKING REPOPULATE!!??!?!?!!
   
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Painting Within the Lines





Goodwood, South Africa

Choose one:

a) They've lost the technology to reproduce. (Hur hur hur...)

b) They're a dying race because, compared to how many they were before the whole Slaanesh incident, there's only a few handfulls left.

c) GW wants to limit the amount of models produced so that you end up paying more for them.
   
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Longtime Dakkanaut




United States of England

I remember reading somewhere ( a long time ago ) that the Eldar only give birth very rarely!! Well, rare, in comparrison to Humans who, in comparrison, breed like rats!

I guess its just another of GW anti human themes, you know, to show how we are like vermin, compared to their "fantasy" race...ho hum....

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It makes sense that a nearly immortal race would rarely produce new immortals. Also, the Eldar have that “too sensitive to live” deal that makes them fall into hedonism and violence. More Eldar would mean more of the bad stuff. Hello Slaanish…
   
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Bristol uk

Beset by enemies,rarely breed,very isolationist

and hungered after by a cross dressing god

id say thats why....

They dont call me Garybrandy for nothing!


how is it off topic? we hardly know what the topic even is!

 
   
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Regular Dakkanaut





Some possibilities:

Like Japan they just don't want kids that much

They only engage in sex with members of their own gender.

They're emo

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Bristol uk

Hmmmmm good reasoning

They dont call me Garybrandy for nothing!


how is it off topic? we hardly know what the topic even is!

 
   
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Cheese land USA

I think, if I'm not mistaken the Eldar can not reproduce, Due to the fact that they are cursed by Slaanesh. Years ago when the Eldar died, the Eldar spirit would then be reborn(their way of reproducing) allowing them to live countless lives coupled with near endless lifespan, The Eldar soon became consumed by their arrogance and with no need for substantial work or labor, (they got lazy or had nothing else better to do) the Eldar began to pursue any curiosity or desire, which led to some dark art's. The Eldar rapidly began to develope cults devoted to exotic knowledge, and physical pleasures. So now as punishment the Eldar civillization will soon die out just as the Ming Dynasty did at one time.

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Regular Dakkanaut




namegoeshere wrote:Some possibilities:

Like Japan they just don't want kids that much

They only engage in sex with members of their own gender.

They're emo



LOL!!!

but still , it may be a reason that they just nead YEARS to get a child .

i got another question , they know that they are dying so why don't they just put EVERY soulstone in a wraithlord / wraithguard ?
then they would conquer the galaxy 100000% . after defeating everybody , they could then put the stones back in the matrix ( )
and re-populate


@ greenlight :

i never heard that they were cursed by slaanesh , but this could be true ...

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I dunno...

The Title of this Thread wrote:why are the eldar dying ???


Answer:
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE KILLING THEM


Also...

namegoeshere wrote:
They only engage in sex with members of their own gender.

They're emo


EPIC! Although many Emos have Emo kids, it's one of the major problems the world is facing, like AIDS or the Credit-Crunch

(No offence emos!)

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I believe if Eldar were to have the "Win" then maybe a very Battlestar Galactica loop would develop

"This has all happened before it will happen again" in concerns to Slannesh

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They dont call me Garybrandy for nothing!


how is it off topic? we hardly know what the topic even is!

 
   
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Australia

They are Space Elves. It is The Law that all forms of Elf must come from a dying race. It would be nice if Games Workshop would get an amendment passed that Space Elves are different enough from other Elves that they can be, well, original. As it stands, they have dreadful fluff.

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WARNING: Very stupid and immature comment coming (hahaha! "coming'!...) up ("up"! hahah-... oh wait, not funny...)

Because all of their women got killed and the Banshees are too loud in bed. As such, no mojo/lovemaking/etc. Yup. It's very sound reasoning !!!

JK!

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they cant get it up.

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Maybe it's because they want to die.

If all of them die, then a Death God who is uber will rise up and destroy Slaanesh. Then everybody is

The Dark Eldar are helping the Ponce Eldar in this.

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All over the U.S.

A couple of actual fluff reasons coming up:

1)During the time that Slaneesh was created the Eldar Goddes of fertility was slain.

2)The Eldar reincarnated. Because they live so long, the time it takes to draw up enough life energy to create a new Eldar spirit is very long. This wasn't a problem because of their fast rate of reincarnation.

3)It became a problem when Slaneesh begane to devour the souls as they passed before they could reincarnate.

4)The Eldar now use the infinity matrix to capture such spirits to protect them from the New chaos god. But by using the infinity circuit the prevent the souls from being reborn. (It is also thought that the Life energy for new spirits is gathered by those who have passed before they themselves return.)This last part is iffy but the rest is, I'm fairly sure, in the fluff.

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If they are too stupid to live, why make them?

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Because they go fight Spase Marienz (hurr) rather than hiding on their craftworlds and building up their civilization.

People are like dice, a certain Frenchman said that. You throw yourself in the direction of your own choosing. People are free because they can do that. Everyone's circumstances are different, but no matter how small the choice, at the very least, you can throw yourself. It's not chance or fate. It's the choice you made. 
   
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The Land of the Rising Sun

I´ll go with the popular idea that half the population are a bunch of frigid bitches and the other half carry a limp sword.

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augfubuoy wrote:WARNING: Very stupid and immature comment coming (hahaha! "coming'!...) up ("up"! hahah-... oh wait, not funny...)

Because all of their women got killed and the Banshees are too loud in bed. As such, no mojo/lovemaking/etc. Yup. It's very sound reasoning !!!

JK!




so , after all you guys posted , i guess it's because they nead years to repopulate . alright , sounds reasonable.
but i still can't understand why they don't put all their soulstones in a wraithlord .
   
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Miguelsan wrote:I´ll go with the popular idea that half the population are a bunch of frigid bitches and the other half carry a limp sword.

M.
That and they are all poofters.

or perhaps its the fact sex HAS to be dull and boring for them or Slaanesh will eat them, meaning there isn't much incentive to do so.

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Indeed

They dont call me Garybrandy for nothing!


how is it off topic? we hardly know what the topic even is!

 
   
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United States of England

@ GWAR!

sex, dull, boring?!? Dude, if in fact ye are a dude! Have you never felt the moist welcome embrace betwix a females thighs.....my god, the thought alone has me glazing over!

Me thinks you have the mark of a VIRGIN to even suggest such a concept!

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Delephont wrote:@ GWAR!

sex, dull, boring?!? Dude, if in fact ye are a dude! Have you never felt the moist welcome embrace betwix a females thighs.....my god, the thought alone has me glazing over!

Me thinks you have the mark of a VIRGIN to even suggest such a concept!
Egads man! I didnt say sex was boring and dull. I said the Eldar have to somehow MAKE it dull and boring, lest Slaanesh Eats their souls.

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It's the pointy ears. Seriously, would anyone sleep with anyone with pointy ears and risk having a pointy eared freak for a kid (no offense to any elves out there!).


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Species that have longer lifespans tend to breed more infrequently than those with short lifespans and longer genestation periods. That is just simple, basic biology.

So any species that can live for thousands of years is going to have a very low birth rate to counter it. Unfortunately for the Eldar, they are not dying infrequently due to non-natural causes, but their biology is still geared towards being born infrequently.

So the race is dying out faster than it can be reborn.

Now, generally the Craftworld Eldar are trying their damnest to stay nice and isolated on their Craftworlds and not get involved in the ****storm of the inter-imperial galactic battles. Unfortunately, they do kind of have to get involved in cases where an enemy may come into possession of a device or into a position where they can utilize some sort of weapon that can blow away a whole Craftworld.

On top of this, the young and restless Eldar tend to like to go zipping around the galaxy starting fights with everyone just to rebel against their parents and in the process tend to get themselves killed.
   
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Somewhere in the unknown universe.

They don't have the time to procreate because of all the people trying to kill them.
Also, people are trying to kill them.
And because there are so few of them left, the Necrons feel that it is safe to awaken. The Necrons try to kill them too.

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They don't procreate as they are spending too much time posting stuff on Dakka.

On Topic: Without access to Eldar Fluff, I'd say that low birth rates seems the most logical reasoning.

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As has been repeatedly pointed out, biology has little to do with it. The Eldar reproduce in a manner wholly different from most species now. While they can presumably engage in physical acts, it will not create offspring automatically- eldar souls can only be reborn and thanks to Slaanesh gobbling them up like a Hungry Hungry Hippo, they have had to create a way to circumvent this in the form of the infinity matrix. This device can capture departing eldar souls which can in turn be further stored in spirit stones. Unfortunately, it also seems as though no new souls are coming in and since spirit stones get captured and destroyed, and some Eldar spirits are directly consumed anyway (especially when fighting Chaos/DE), the net effect is the Eldar are slowly being wiped out. Additionally, the Eldar can no longer make new Craft Worlds and these are occasionally destroyed as well. Not a good thing for the space elves.

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Regular Dakkanaut




but i still am not understanding why they don't put every soulstone in a wraithlord
   
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Maybe they lack the resources to make that many wraithlords.

Perhaps the Elders numbers were always limited, they were created by the slann, maybe they only made a certain number. They can re-incarnate, but can't create new souls.
Maybe - the fluff, I haven't memorized, and it probably doesn't answer anyway.

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