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I think the Primarchs are really interesting as part of the background, and a terrible, boring idea as the focus of the game. Introducing ‘Primarch-level’ stuff for the other factions just means you’ll see even more tedious, mono-build armies featuring the same handful of named characters. Yawn, yawn, yawn.

 cuda1179 wrote:
It's a cop-out, But Lion 'El Johnson is the most likely to appear for the loyalists.

In some ways it's intriguing. In many ways he's like RG, but in other ways total opposites. RG is the face man of the Imperium, everyone loves him. Johnson kind of freaks people out. Both are tactical geniuses (edge to Johnson). RG is in it for the good of the Imperium. Johnson is in it for the good of his chapter, but that means making the whole Imperium better by consequence too.

To me they are like the muscle car- tuner car debate. Different answers to the same question. Seeing them but heads a bit, but still working on an better imperium, would be a great story. I could see them winning a critical battle, RG goes to hi-five Johnson, only for Johnson to flip him the bird and sulk off.

One thing to keep in mind is that the Lion was generally considered the most tactically talented of the Primarchs, even more so than Horus. Horus got the nod as Warmaster because the Lion doesn't play well with others. Guilliman is just a really solid administrator, he wasn't really anything special (beyond what being a Primarch in general provides) as far as waging war went.

Not sure what Primarch is going to come next, depends on how reliable some of the rumors are. The current defining rumor is that the next Primarch is one that has never had a model, with the fluff in the DA codex about the Lion the two bits strongly suggest that it will be him. The timing of the Space Wolves codex of this summer however provides a fairly solid opportunity for Russ. And just to throw a wrench in the works we have the new rumors about Fulgrim, which make a lot of sense for a Slannesh refresh that is badly needed. One thing to consider also is that GW saw a lot of success with the Triumvirate release, so we could potentially see something similar where we get the Lion, Russ, and then someone else. Will be an interesting year.