Best Xenos?

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**evil_kiwi_60**

If I didn't hear the voices too,then I would probably paint myself green and get stuck in with the boyz. Orkz for best xeno. They realize they're in a scifi game.

**TheCustomLime**

None. To admit anything positive about the xenos is to blaspheme against the Emperor.

Suffer not the alien to live.

**Swastakowey**

The only chance of forgiveness for xenos is death. Killing them is the best thing we humans can offer the filth.

Although their chances of forgiveness are near nill, its better than anything they have in life.

The best Xenos, is a very very dead one (extra very for Necrons).

**Redseer**

Eldar, they're civilized, they don't need money, high tech, super intelligent, long lived etc.

**Araenion**

Redseer wrote:
Eldar, they're civilized, they don't need money, high tech, super intelligent, long lived etc.

And the only race where a randon joe is seen equally as important as the ones in power.

**Gerst**

Dark Eldar, because life is more fun with a bit of BDSM.

**Happyjew**

Alienoid wrote:
What's the difference between pyrovores and biovores

I'm honestly curious, is this a serious question or a joke?

If a joke, I have no idea.

If serious, one is a SoB dream mount the other lobs semi-sentient explody balls of death.

Actually...that works as an answer for it being a jok...

**Psienesis**

By the definition of the name, one eats fire and the other eats living matter... but Im sure that's not what you meant.

**Alienoid**

I meant fluff and game wise haha

**Happyjew**

Biovores are a Heavy Support Artillery organism that fires a barrage of Spore Mines.

Pyrovores are an Elite Feeder organism with basically a Heavy Flamer on its back.

**Alienoid**

Biovores sound cooler

**Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl**

Of course the best xenos is a dead xenos, but there is something better than a dead xenos: a dying xenos telling you were to find other xenos to kill!

**Ashiraya**

Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Of course the best xenos is a dead xenos, but there is something better than a dead xenos: a dying xenos telling you were to find other xenos to kill!

You stole that from the Orks!

Heresy!

**Alienoid**

Which Xenos would wreck the imperium the fastest? I'm guessing tyranids

**Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl**

Ashiraya wrote:
You stole that from the Orks!

Uh? I thought it came from WaFaBa dwarves, or something.

Ashiraya wrote:
Heresy!

You are playing Chaos, so that is the kettle calling the crow black (or something like that).

**Alienoid**

It's crow calling the kettle black

**Poly Ranger**

Lets face it - its pot calling the kettle black. Since crows have absolutely nothing to do with kettles. :-p

**Alienoid**

Crows have everything to do with kettles

**Pada**

Laer were the perfect xenos , but SM killed them all so now SM are the perfect xenos , untill we see who kill them all

**Bobthehero**

This trooper approve the killing of xenos, but would like to remind the Marines over there that the Guard's in this, too and lasguns do a lot of purging.

**jreilly89**

Bobthehero wrote:
This trooper approve the killing of xenos, but would like to remind the Marines over there that the Guard's in this, too and lasguns do a lot of purging.

That's nice, the Spehs Muhreens are talking though.

**Judge Dredd**

Alienoid wrote:
Which Xenos is the best in all reguards. Best weapons, best political system (if any), etc... Stuff like that. I just want to know your opinion and know why you think they are the best

Tyranids. They can adapt to their enemies and they are in no risk of rebellions and such.

**Blackhair Duckshape**

**Mr Morden**

Ashiraya wrote:
Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Of course the best xenos is a dead xenos, but there is something better than a dead xenos: a dying xenos telling you were to find other xenos to kill!

You stole that from the Orks!

Heresy!

Indeed wans't it Morglum Necksnapper in a WFRP adventure

**BrotherOfBone**

Araenion wrote:
Sigvatr wrote:
Ciciro wrote:
Sigvatr wrote:
Necrons. Nigh-immortal, soulless robots led by gods with weaponry that melts even the hardest metal in the universe in seconds.

You mean used to be led by gods, until Matt Ward got his hands on the codex.

Depends on whether you see the real fluff as canon (TruCon) or the Matt Wardian equivalent to a 14 year old on speed (NewCron).

You know, I never understood one thing. They already had established Necron cannon. Why not just build from that and say that there indeed was the Silent King who fought the C'tan, he failed in his war to free his people completely, but he did win one major battle. He freed several dynasties of his people from C'tan influence and fought them to a draw, because of which they were forced into eons-long slumber to gather their strength. And now, some Tomb Worlds, when they wake, are actually the Newcrons, with their own personalities, agendas, quirks, whathaveyous. But the majority of them are still under complete C'tan control. Those are the Oldcrons.The Star Gods themselves aren't shards, they are simply, like their progeny, beginning to stir. And when they wake up, the galaxy will fall silent. This is hardly perfect, but it gives a multitude of choices. Fans of the silent, dark figures of metallic bodies, evaporating everything in their path to free their Gods who call to them from their sleep, can still play that. Those players who find them boring, well, they can pick whatever strikes their fancy, while playing the same army. Perhaps those Necrons who are free are doing whatever they can to stop the C'tan from rising? Perhaps some of them are intent on reliving their old enmity with Eldar, or destroying Chaos for good, or finding a cure for their race, or finding their lost king, or perhaps they just want to kill Muhreens and go their marry way. Whatever the case, you can play what you like without feeling cheated. It's such a vast universe, why can't GW find a way to allow such choice of narrative in?

Under the guise of giving more options, they actually took options away, again forcing you into their own, narrow-minded way of seeing their setting. I wonder how hard would it be to give a job to one of the hundreds promising sci-fi writers who just can't make a break. Somebody who knows that making a setting means giving people freedom of narrative, not murdering your own ESTABLISHED cannon and then giving a weak-ass excuse just to make it seem interesting. "oh, but the Oldcrons were boring! We're giving you more choices, but because we're doing that, we must retcon everything from the start and you have no choice but to go along with it! Because that makes sense!". It doesn't. It's not interesting. It's rude, it's bad, unimaginative and boring. Ugh.

Rant over. Necrons and Eldar get my vote, as far as the OP goes.

*BLAM*
Wall of text right to the thread derailment!

OT, Orks. It's a utopian society where everyone is on equal ground, as long as you're not a Grot, and even they accept their place in the Ork hierarchical structure.

**lliu**

BrotherOfBone wrote:
Araenion wrote:
Sigvatr wrote:
Ciciro wrote:
Sigvatr wrote:
Necrons. Nigh-immortal, soulless robots led by gods with weaponry that melts even the hardest metal in the universe in seconds.

You mean used to be led by gods, until Matt Ward got his hands on the codex.

Depends on whether you see the real fluff as canon (TruCon) or the Matt Wardian equivalent to a 14 year old on speed (NewCron).

You know, I never understood one thing. They already had established Necron cannon. Why not just build from that and say that there indeed was the Silent King who fought the C'tan, he failed in his war to free his people completely, but he did win one major battle. He freed several dynasties of his people from C'tan influence and fought them to a draw, because of which they were forced into eons-long slumber to gather their strength. And now, some Tomb Worlds, when they wake, are actually the Newcrons, with their own personalities, agendas, quirks, whathaveyous. But the majority of them are still under complete C'tan control. Those are the Oldcrons.The Star Gods themselves aren't shards, they are simply, like their progeny, beginning to stir. And when they wake up, the galaxy will fall silent. This is hardly perfect, but it gives a multitude of choices. Fans of the silent, dark figures of metallic bodies, evaporating everything in their path to free their Gods who call to them from their sleep, can still play that. Those players who find them boring, well, they can pick whatever strikes their fancy, while playing the same army. Perhaps those Necrons who are free are doing whatever they can to stop the C'tan from rising? Perhaps some of them are intent on reliving their old enmity with Eldar, or destroying Chaos for good, or finding a cure for their race, or finding their lost king, or perhaps they just want to kill Muhreens and go their marry way. Whatever the case, you can play what you like without feeling cheated. It's such a vast universe, why can't GW find a way to allow such choice of narrative in?

Under the guise of giving more options, they actually took options away, again forcing you into their own, narrow-minded way of seeing their setting. I wonder how hard would it be to give a job to one of the hundreds promising sci-fi writers who just can't make a break. Somebody who knows that making a setting means giving people freedom of narrative, not murdering your own ESTABLISHED cannon and then giving a weak-ass excuse just to make it seem interesting. "oh, but the Oldcrons were boring! We're giving you more choices, but because we're doing that, we must retcon everything from the start and you have no choice but to go along with it! Because that makes sense!". It doesn't. It's not interesting. It's rude, it's bad, unimaginative and boring. Ugh.

Rant over. Necrons and Eldar get my vote, as far as the OP goes.

*BLAM*
Wall of text right to the thread derailment!

OT, Orks. It's a utopian society where everyone is on equal ground, as long as you're not a Grot, and even they accept their place in the Ork hierarchical structure.

My Astartes will wipe the orkish unholy taint from the galaxy.

**Alienoid**

That's almost impossible because of spores and all it takes is one missed Ork to ruin the entire day