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I went Eldar. Personally I think the list is too large and all the SM's should be just SM's. What chapter you choose doesnt really matter. Chaos has one option yet there are 5 different ways to build them. 2 Eldar choices? Seriously?

Anywho... I like Eldar. There smooth, curved armour and the fact that their troops don't all look the same. Its a pity most of their units still look the same after all these years. They need a serious upgrade (not as much as DE though).

Many years back I started with SW (they had just been released) but quit the game all together. These days I cant get back into them. The thought of having a SM army when every other man and his dog has one just doesn't do it for me.

focusedfire wrote:Tau, Because of how much I like the models, the challenge of playing them well, and because they are in many ways a combination of the British and Japanese mindset in a futuristic India.

I just find the concept of Tau interesting.

Agreed.

Imperial Guard: Makes for fun fluff writing, and AMAZING models.

Ork all the way

I use to be a huge BA fan in 3rd edition but I quit around the beginning of 4th and around the end of 4th I started playing again and I bought a DE army off of ebay or something for 80 dollars that had a pretty good sized army and ever since I've been in love with DE. I've tried to rekindle my love for BA but I always keep coming back to DE, sure they have one viable list competivetly but I just love the fluff and the faces of my opponents as I deploy my army.

Much as I love my Necrons and Thousand Sons, I had to vote Eldar. The remnants of a dying race, doomed by their own doing just gels with me. Plus, one of the most interesting parts of the Warhammer universe to me is manipulation - whether by Tzeentch's great plan or, in this case, the way the Eldar Farseers gently nudge events to ensure that they survive, uncaring of however many others die. Case in point: the second war for Armageddon

Witch Hunters.

I love the bonus GRIMDARK of the Inquisitors


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Gwar! wrote:
I'm gonna vote Orks though, because even though Space Vikings in Space are awesome, Space Chavs are even more awesome!

*ahem*

Moon Chavs,
Chavs on the moon.

In a burberry space ship
Chavs on the moon.

(there is more verses but i forgot them)

Dark eldar. i mean come on, they are soo fantastic.
i used to play orks but now i will sell them to start Dark eldar or eldar.
not sure of which though 'cause dark eldar are still in 2nd edition.

Yay for IG and Orks!

‘Ere We Go! ‘Ere We Go! ‘Ere We Go!

OK, Passed a hundred votes and there are still a few suprises. Currently the leaders are:

1)IG
2)Orks
3)Tyranids
4)Tau
5)Chaos SM's

Keep Voting and please post why you chose your favorite army. Doing so will help everyone understand the poll results.


Now to my favorite four armies:

1)Tau- For reasons already stated up-thread.
2)Eldar- Fast army with cool abilities and gorgeous models. Enjoy the complexity of making the themed armies work. Playing Eldar is like dancing, Fun when you have the tempo but will get your toes stepped on if you can't keep the rythm.
3)GreyKnights- Because the Models are what SM's should either look like or evolve out of. I like the back story and think there is much room for an expanded Grey Knight/Inquisition Deamon fighter storyline.
4)Toss-up between IG and Orks. The Orks are just plain silly fun but the IG takes the lead by being an army that fights like it was designed to do, for the vehicles, and because of the model variety.

Squats!

Dorfs in space, what can go wrong?
I am forever tempted to combine some guardsmen arms with WHFB models and play some warp-delayed squats trying to get home...

Nobody_Holme wrote:Squats!

Dorfs in space, what can go wrong?
I am forever tempted to combine some guardsmen arms with WHFB models and play some warp-delayed squats trying to get home...

Getting eaten by a hive splinter-fleet. Thats what can go wrong!

Lexx wrote:

Nobody_Holme wrote:Squats!

Dorfs in space, what can go wrong?
I am forever tempted to combine some guardsmen arms with WHFB models and play some warp-delayed squats trying to get home...

Getting eaten by a hive splinter-fleet. Thats what can go wrong!

Well, apart from THAT...

Lost and the Damned. Playing traitor gaurd with CSM sergeants, next to demons+possessed+hellhound was the funnest army I every put on the table, not it is dead and I cryed lol

WarEagle wrote:Lost and the Damned. Playing traitor gaurd with CSM sergeants, next to demons+possessed+hellhound was the funnest army I every put on the table, not it is dead and I cryed lol

Yeah lost and the damned was fun whilst it lasted. Had potential. I know a lot of grey knights players who loved fighting them as it fit them so well for enemies.

it's interesting that IG is currently at the lead for most favourite army, seeing as there was a poll for least favourite army a while back and IG was most hated.

I love Chaos Space Marines. Good imagery, able to make use of tons of great kits, central bad guys in what to me (YMMV, etc) is the central story of 40K, the Horus Heresy/Long War, the struggle of humanity vs. itself.

I love the Imperial Guard. In a universe of superhuman warriors, alien killing machines and so on there's an appeal to the relatively normal guy with a rifle trying to win.

I love the Orks. An in your face, tough, ramshackle tide of aggression.

Which is why my favorite army is Lost and the Damned. You get some CSM and the story, you get guys who are like guardsmen just on the other side, you get the madness of the Orks. It's the perfect blend for me, and allows for a huge variety in focus, theme, etc.

I also like Space Marines, both regular vanilla-type chapters and some with more barbaric leanings like Space Wolves and White Scars.

I like Eldar, DE and Tau in gameplay senses, don't care as much background-wise.

Nids and Necrons, like some of the figures but can't connect with them.

I also like the WH/DH, tie in with some of the other likes, especially armies that are done as the good guy mirror to LatD type forces that are more inquisitors with some attached craziness and inducted forces as opposed to straight sisters or gk builds.

NoShoes wrote:it's interesting that IG is currently at the lead for most favourite army, seeing as there was a poll for least favourite army a while back and IG was most hated.

They do say that love and hate are just different sides of the same coin.


@All Posters- Thanks and keep posting.

Everyone knows Orkses is best. My personal rankings:

1 - Orks
2 - Dark Eldar
3 - Sisters o' Battle
4 - Chaos
5 - Tyranids
6 - Necrons
7 - Everything else

I'm a bit shocked at how poorly Eldar is doing in the poll at this moment (2 out of 116). C'mon, folks, the Nightspinner isn't THAT bad...

Orks is in the Lead.

If there ends up being a clear cut leader and winner as the votes stack up, I'm gonna have to figure out an award. Maybe, bragging rights as to whose turf Dakka's 40K forums are.

Lets run it by the mods. HEY MODS,"What do you think?"




BTW, Keep posting and voting. Want to see what the trend is like over several hundred votes.

Thanks

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OK my favorite is the Space Wolves it is so my favorite I have a Space Wolf Tattoo.

Orks cause deff rolling stuff with my battlewagons never gets old

Orks.

Orks and IG are slugging it out for the lead, Its the battle for Armaggedon Part III.

Behind the the two leaders the Tyranids and Tau are Battling for the third place position.

Currently at 135 votes.

Keep the votes coming in and keep posting to let us know why the army is your favorite.

my top four ranking is

1. tyranids
2. space wolves
3. IG
4. necrons

i can understand orks and IG being in the lead. but i can't understand tau even standing anywhere near tyranids.

1) Chaos Space Marines

2) Death Korps of Krieg

3) Dark Angels

Necrons. I dig the background and the mystery surrounding them. Also, I really enjoy watching peoples faces when I bring out the monoliths and then watch their futile attempts at damaging them.

Imperial Guard.
I have always and always will love tanks. Having the best all round tank in the game is fun!
I also like WW1/WW2 and I like the way guard looks like these time periods.
I also like that their is a lot of customizability to most units.

Space Marines, the saviour of mankind.
Their codex is very flexible and allows lots of options and combinations.
Compare this to the CSM codex.

The current results are still:

1st- Orks

2nd- IG

3rd- Tyranids

4th- Tau

5th- Chaos SM's

Interesting results so far. I hope this goes to several hundred so we can get a clearer picture.

On that note, I again ask new viewers to vote and to post why the army they pick is their favorite.

I ask those that have already voted to tell your friends so they can vote for their favorite army.

Remember, winning arny gets Internet Pie and bragging rights of dakka being their turf, ....until the next poll.