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im2randomghgh wrote:

Harriticus wrote:

im2randomghgh wrote:

asimo77 wrote:

Obsidian Raven wrote:Why so much hate for the Emperors Children? I think they are awesome, and my guys are a splinter faction.


I voted night lords. i just dont get them.

I'm wondering this to. In fact Slaanesh seems like the most disliked chaos faction. Anyway I went with Iron Warriors, techno-freaks doesn't really say chaos to me. Night Lords were a close 2nd. TBH though all the legions are pretty cool in one way or another.

It's the Iron Hands that are tech-no freaks, not Iron Warriors. IW are siege fighters.


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Harriticus wrote:Alpha Legion > Word Bearers > Night Lords > World Eaters > Death Guard > Black Legion > Iron Warriors > Emperor's Children

From favorite to least.

that's eight...you forgot thousand sons.

Probably my new bottom. They're so boring I forget they exist sometimes.

Thousand Sons? Boring? They are all fused to their armour, making them incredibly hard to kill, and they are ALL librarians, sorta like the GKs, plus Ahriman. Ahriman. 'Nuff said.

I find the "mindless silent autonomotons" angle too similar to the Necrons, and it fits the Necrons better. Plus I don't like their outfits. Ahriman is awesome though I'll give you that much.

Luna Wolves, bunch of depressed idiots who can't get over they suck. The Black Legion as their now known should have just let the others clone Horus! What a bunch of thick headed idiots. The Alpha Legion are one of the most cool and strange Chaos Legions and probaly have some of the best warriors in the Galaxy.

I also went with the Emperor's Children. After reading Fulgrim I lost the taste for them, and most chaos factions I suppose.

Of all the Chaos Factions however, I like the Thousand Sons and the Alpha Legion the most. The Alpha Legion because their fall was somewhat in service, and the Thousand Sons, because they were almost FORCED into exile and destruction. Two interesting stories if you like the Horus Heresy novels.

I'd have to say Luna Wolves/Black Legion. Bit too generic for me. Even Word Bearers have cool staffs. 1kSons and Alpharius ftw.

Matt1785 wrote:I also went with the Emperor's Children. After reading Fulgrim I lost the taste for them, and most chaos factions I suppose.

Of all the Chaos Factions however, I like the Thousand Sons and the Alpha Legion the most. The Alpha Legion because their fall was somewhat in service, and the Thousand Sons, because they were almost FORCED into exile and destruction. Two interesting stories if you like the Horus Heresy novels.

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Agreed the thousand sons tried to WARN the emperor and the alpha legion has there hands in a little bit of everything very versatile and there new story in victories of the space marines is so bad ass it made my head spin!!!

I voted Alpha Legion mainly because the book Legion was terrible and made me lose a lot of respect for them.

Secrecy for the sake of secrecy... 'master plot' that are so stupidly simple people don't figure it out simply because the Legion has plot immunity and/or relying entirely on Contrived Stupidity. Oh, and the whole 'we have 2 primarch thing' is dumb. Especially since all they seem to do with it is have Omegon stand with normal marines, but because he's standing a bit behind, people don't realise he's 3 feet taller than them /facepalm. Oh, and right, we're super secret organisation that thrives on mystery... so when somebody join us, we fething BRAND THEM with an hydra... That has to be the most subtle thing ever! /double facepalm.

Maybe there's better fiction that redeem them out there, but based on Legion, I just can't take them seriously anymore.

I keep forgetting Alpha Legion even exists (which is kinda ironic, since i had an army of them for a time during the 3.5 codex era). Before the whole Omegon thing I didnt find alot of fluff behind the legion, and after I found out they were probably working the long con on both sides kinda ruined the legion for me.

Tarkand wrote:I voted Alpha Legion mainly because the book Legion was terrible and made me lose a lot of respect for them.

Secrecy for the sake of secrecy... 'master plot' that are so stupidly simple people don't figure it out simply because the Legion has plot immunity and/or relying entirely on Contrived Stupidity. Oh, and the whole 'we have 2 primarch thing' is dumb. Especially since all they seem to do with it is have Omegon stand with normal marines, but because he's standing a bit behind, people don't realise he's 3 feet taller than them /facepalm. Oh, and right, we're super secret organisation that thrives on mystery... so when somebody join us, we fething BRAND THEM with an hydra... That has to be the most subtle thing ever! /double facepalm.

Maybe there's better fiction that redeem them out there, but based on Legion, I just can't take them seriously anymore.

I said almost the exact same thing about this the other day to a friend of mine...

Alpha Legion seems a bit too much like the DA, but evil, with their over-the-top secrecy.

Night Lords.

Batwings? Really? Not awful, but kinda cheesy.

World Eaters. Because they're not even two dimensional-- they're one dimensional.

And they have potential to be more... yet GW will probably never even try to reach for it.

I voted Emperors Children, mostly because I just don't like Slaanesh, since My favorite legion is the World Eaters, with Death guard running a very close second.

My favourites are probably Thousand Sons, or World Eaters

I dislike the Emperor's children and Slaanesh in general. Great, the chief exports of the Eldar to the Imperium are riddles and a Warp God, cheers you pointy space elfs -.-

My faves have to be either- Alpha Legion, TS and Night Lords.

Iron Warriors make a very close 4th.

Chaos Lord Gir wrote:I dislike the Emperor's children and Slaanesh in general. Great, the chief exports of the Eldar to the Imperium are riddles and a Warp God, cheers you pointy space elfs -.-

My faves have to be either- Alpha Legion, TS and Night Lords.

Iron Warriors make a very close 4th.

*gasp* An Alpha Legion supporter! BURN IT WITH FIRE!

I dont really have anything against them (besides the obvious fact their heretics) but abbadon is just horrible and totally use less.

Alpha legion sucks for many, many reasons, but the biggest two for me are that they tried to help the Emperor by trying to destroy the IoM, and the other being that they are just non-vanilla DA

Luna Wolves, Horus was an emo punk and Abaddon is a failure.

I don't dislike any of the original legions that turned to Chaos but I like the Iron Warriors the least. I feel that they lack personality compared to the other chaos legions though I will admit I have not read any fluff that involves them which will probably explain my lack of fondness for them. The World Eaters are probably close behind the Iron Warriors. Though I will certainly read Storm of Iron as you suggested Tzeentchling as I love to devour 40K fluff. There is just something about books that reveal small tidbits of a mythos that is largely unknown.

Night Lords is my favorite; anyone who says they're boring should read Soul Hunter where Failbaddon tries to order them around and they tell him to go suck it.

Besides, their primarch is Batman 40k. Nuff said.

Least favorite is World Eaters. They were pretty interesting pre-heresy but since then have gone absolutely nowhere.

rabidaskal wrote:Night Lords is my favorite; anyone who says they're boring should read Soul Hunter where Failbaddon tries to order them around and they tell him to go suck it.

Besides, their primarch is Batman 40k. Nuff said.

Least favorite is World Eaters. They were pretty interesting pre-heresy but since then have gone absolutely nowhere.

Konrad Curze got killed by an un-augmented human. Nuff said.

Asherian Command wrote:I dislike the Emperors Childern, but above all I hate the World Eaters. Such a dumb legion.

I have to agree. The World Eaters are little more than gibbering maniacs. How they survived so long with their "tactics" (for lack of a better word) consisting of "CHARGE! BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!" is beyond me.


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Bromsy wrote:I voted for the Word Bearers. If I had to come up with one word to sum them up, that word would be petulant. Which is not a word that conjures badassery at all.

I take it you haven't played Dawn of War: Dark Crusade. Look up Eliphas the Inheritor. That may change your tone!

The Emperors Children.

The idea of them being the Emperors favorites, the first to wear the eagle if im not mistaken, reduced to my images of the Noise Marines. Quite probably the dumbest idea and most ridiculous figures created for the game. Slanneshi Noise Marines catering to the idea of 1970's and 80's rock band hedonism which the early GW staff thought was 'cool'.

All they do is give me gas.

The World Eaters are my second least favorite, but only because of the nutty beserker crap. Though, I must say at least it jives with the back story... and is all the more tragic for that.

im2randomghgh wrote:

rabidaskal wrote:Night Lords is my favorite; anyone who says they're boring should read Soul Hunter where Failbaddon tries to order them around and they tell him to go suck it.

Besides, their primarch is Batman 40k. Nuff said.

Least favorite is World Eaters. They were pretty interesting pre-heresy but since then have gone absolutely nowhere.

Konrad Curze got killed by an un-augmented human. Nuff said.

True, but you're missing the point. He let it happen; Kurze told his captains to stand aside and let M'shen slay him. They literally stood and watched as she killed their primarch. This was to either 1.) vindicate his rebellion against the IoM; to show that the Emperor was a hypocrite and just as ruthless and excessive as the NL (he killed his own son to preserve Imperial rule) or 2.) he was tired of running and tired of being the vigilante monster that Imperial justice demanded he be (his motive depends on which NL is telling the story).

Can't get more Batman than that.

Haha I would hate to see Alpha Legion turn into the Chaos version of The Ultramarines.

DRAGON WARRIORS FOR LIFE!

 im2randomghgh wrote:


Thousand Sons? Boring? They are all fused to their armour, making them incredibly hard to kill, and they are ALL librarians, sorta like the GKs, plus Ahriman. Ahriman. 'Nuff said.

Ahriman isn't Thousand Sons.

Quite the opposite. He's the guy who went rogue on his own Primarch (!). A traitor to a traitor-legion. The ultimate Renegade.

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