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All in all and fluff wise, I really hate Slaanesh, just cause I really dont like the high level of immorality driven by Slaanesh. But when it comes to the actual game of 40k, I absolutely despise Khorne. Freaking 35 cultists all with the freaking mark of Khorne is such a pain when it comes to the assault phase and Berserkers are even worse, especially Kharn himself, Kharn, and heck, even Khorne needs to be nerfed bigtime

I voted nurgle because anyone with a little microbio background can tell you rotting flesh does not get stronger (toughness 5?).

Krucho1986 wrote:
I voted nurgle because anyone with a little microbio background can tell you rotting flesh does not get stronger (toughness 5?).

With enough skulls attached to it, it does (and besides, in the Grimdarkiness of 40k... THATS what you have a problem with? Not, millenia of technological advances, and yet our brilliant ideas consist of "Drive me closer! I want to hit them with my sword!"

Slaanesh . Kill for pleasure

Tzeentch, only because I love the other gods, it would be slaanesh if the fluff didn't say he indulges in excess and that in a way all the other gods also indulge in some kind of excess.

Tzeetnch only because I think the models are boring, I like magic and all but just painting magical blue guys, meh.

Khorne is my favorite because I favor directly overpowering opponents versus subtlety (not that Khornate units usually do this but it's a nice sentiment), I play RDW in MTG as my main or go counter burn, always try to have some sort of red in my deck. Also red is my favorite color. It's the least common color of the spectrum and is said to inspire creativity.

Nurgle is second favorite, I just like his toughness capabilities which pair well with Khorneate tactics. Painting pus filled models is kinda okay and allows for lots of modeling ideas from open bellies teeming with masses of flies to flesh pieces falling from the model's revealed skin.

One of these days I plan to paint at least one unit if not an army of Slaaneshi marines, I've been wanting to make crazy looking hot pink marines with neon green trim and all sorts of blue and purple hues for a while now.

Slannesh, i hate everything about him and his army and theme: i never got his idea and i dunno. I loathe Daemonettes and everything, I'm not sure what sicko would think them up.

 Warboss Fleshbull wrote:
Slannesh, i hate everything about him and his army and theme: i never got his idea and i dunno. I loathe Daemonettes and everything, I'm not sure what sicko would think them up.

What I agree with you on is as far as the Daemonettes and that stuff goes. But, here's my take on Slaanesh: He/she is the god of "Excess experience". It's like that first time skiing down a black diamond slope... If you got an adrenaline rush and had a ton of fun doing it, you want to do it again. The next time you get an adrenaline rush, but not quite as much of one, until eventually, with enough runs down that one slope, it's just like riding down the bunny slope, so you NEED to find another, different black diamond ski slope to get that feeling back again. With Slaanesh's fluff, this is basically them, only it applies to EVERYTHING.


I don't get why GW seems to have ignored everything but the bewbs, as, IF I did an Emperor's Children force, it'd be all about the Noise, quite possibly led by Dr. Rockso, The Rock and Roll Clown, in power armor.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 Warboss Fleshbull wrote:
Slannesh, i hate everything about him and his army and theme: i never got his idea and i dunno. I loathe Daemonettes and everything, I'm not sure what sicko would think them up.

What I agree with you on is as far as the Daemonettes and that stuff goes. But, here's my take on Slaanesh: He/she is the god of "Excess experience". It's like that first time skiing down a black diamond slope... If you got an adrenaline rush and had a ton of fun doing it, you want to do it again. The next time you get an adrenaline rush, but not quite as much of one, until eventually, with enough runs down that one slope, it's just like riding down the bunny slope, so you NEED to find another, different black diamond ski slope to get that feeling back again. With Slaanesh's fluff, this is basically them, only it applies to EVERYTHING.


I don't get why GW seems to have ignored everything but the bewbs, as, IF I did an Emperor's Children force, it'd be all about the Noise, quite possibly led by Dr. Rockso, The Rock and Roll Clown, in power armor.

Yeah, i see where your coming from. I still never liked them…

Dem som sick pinky daemons

 asimo77 wrote:
Nurgle, he's fat and smelly.

So am I... Do you hate me?
I'd say nurgle to, too yucky.

I agree with a lot of the criticisms here that Slaanesh is a bit poorly executed in the fluff and models, but his existence makes sense in the Chaos universe and its hard to deal with those themes without just being pervy and awkward. Especially for nerds like us.

Still, the rationalist in me just can't stand Nurgle. Things that are decomposing become chemically and fundamentally weaker, not stronger. Unless the idea is that it's all zombie "headshots only" rules, I don't really understand the rationale for the bump in survivability of the Great Falling Apart Ones. I feel like they should also have to pay a price in mobility, but that's me.

Imperial over.

I dont know if its the players or the lore, Khorne just seems so one dimensional.
Yes, Slannesh has horrible models, but as a concept its the most frightening - the other three are generally abhorrant to the vast majority of people, but everyone has desires and passions.

Definitely Tzeentch. Khorne helps you fight better! Nurgle makes you tougher! Slaanesh makes you faster! And then Tzeentch breaks all rules and balance!

I like Slaanesh the best, because it's the only entity/group/army that encourages freedom in 40k

Tzeench is 2nd
Khorne is 3rd
Nurgle, last...aesthetics, mostly

Why would you hate the chaos gods? They're fething awesome! Nurgle has the best doctors known to mankind, Khorne has some killer weapons, Tzeentch has all the latest gadgets, and Slaanesh has the dopest dope I've ever snorted, plus he got me a hooker just last night!

No love for the god of excess? I like the idea of Slaanesh and Nurgle simply because I think the things they offer are some of the things most mere mortals would find themselves enthralled by; the quest for immortality and everliving is promised from Nurgle.
I don't like to think of Slaanesh as a god of pleasure or sex but as a god that promotes excess, whether that be excess in sex, drugs, or rock n' roll; I think that Slaaneesh would be a god most mortals would fall victim to, considering most of normal people today have a vice that they covet even in excess.

Arguing semantics aside my least favorite is probably Khorne, although I like the idea of him as an embodiment of war and violence, I think he's the least interesting from a storytelling perspective, he just seems like a generic evil bad guy that kills things.

 iLLiTHiD wrote:
I dont know if its the players or the lore, Khorne just seems so one dimensional.
Yes, Slannesh has horrible models, but as a concept its the most frightening - the other three are generally abhorrant to the vast majority of people, but everyone has desires and passions.

My sentiments exactly.

Slaanesh

 Mr. Self Destruct wrote:
I would say Slaanesh because everyone focuses on the sexual aspects of 'pleasure', basically turning him into the Penis God. That annoys the feth out of me. *stares at some of you*

This exactly. Slaanesh is actually my favored Chaos God, but the general consensus is that he's the God of sex, sex, sex, and more sex. It is a part of what he's about, but there's more to it. He's the God of Excess and that includes many things: Gluttony, Greed, Vanity, Sloth. They are all the domain of Slaanesh.

Khorne...too one-dimensional.

Although The Lord of skulls is the shitest model ever, I prefer the idea of khorne over slaanesh. Emperors children in hersey look pretty amazing though. But slaanesh is a derp

Templar_Grist wrote:

 Mr. Self Destruct wrote:
I would say Slaanesh because everyone focuses on the sexual aspects of 'pleasure', basically turning him into the Penis God. That annoys the feth out of me. *stares at some of you*

This exactly. Slaanesh is actually my favored Chaos God, but the general consensus is that he's the God of sex, sex, sex, and more sex. It is a part of what he's about, but there's more to it. He's the God of Excess and that includes many things: Gluttony, Greed, Vanity, Sloth. They are all the domain of Slaanesh.

Agreed. Slaanesh is the preferred Chaos god of adrenaline junkies everywhere... I had to explain it this way to a buddy of mine who, prior to the conversation/argument felt that Slaanesh was too gimmicky, and didn't get why he/she had the noise marines.

I explained in terms that we both understood: mountain biking. Particularly downhill/freeriding. We talked about hitting some badass trail that really gave him that huge adrenaline rush... Then I asked him what happened the next time he rode that same spot, and the next time and the next... Each time the adrenaline was less and less, until that trail just basically becomes a "routine ride" and no longer provides a thrill.

THAT is what Slaanesh is about. Expanding/ going further in the name of getting that new thrill.

Slaneesh because butt floss.

I'm a dark eldar player, so what do you expect?

 asimo77 wrote:
Nurgle, he's fat and smelly.

Yes, BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!!

I could expect that, but.. So many Slaanesh haters?
He is actually cute! Of course, abuse of pleasure isn't that good, but Nurgle's rot and diseases and Tzeench's damned cunning are certainly a lot more vile. I can't even decide who of them two I hate more.

zeentch, papa nurgle says he is bad, so yeah.

Khorne because he is so stultifyingly, ineffably, utterly and mind numbingly boring. Compared to the others his background is just so bland and his followers irredeemably tedious variations on "I hit things hard", "I hit things often" or "I hit things often and hard".

I just imagine him sitting in a corner roaring and the other 3 are all like "That's very nice, now here's a biscuit - shush now the grown-ups are talking".

Slaneesh
ooooh boy
This guy is just a little unsettling, or should I say really unsettling
Im not a big fan of the whole pleasure pleasure lust pleasure thrust stuff.

You guys seem to also not like Khorne, let me get this straight, khorne is the best there is
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

 Occhiolini wrote:
Slaneesh
ooooh boy
This guy is just a little unsettling, or should I say really unsettling
Im not a big fan of the whole pleasure pleasure lust pleasure thrust stuff.

You're only accounting for ONE single portion of the entire aspect of Slaanesh. Slaanesh is the god of Excess. So if you love music, it's more more more, hence noise marines. If you like drugs, its more more more. If you like painting, eating, etc. doesn't matter... as a follower of Slaanesh you'd be after the next great experience of whatever it is that you are wanting more of.

Nurgle is clearly the best and Tzeentch is just about as good. Slaanesh is fun (would be better if they re-released modern versions of 2nd ed noise marines the ones with actual guitars
because GW have forgotten the truism that in the grim darkness of the far future there is, in fact, only METAAAALLL!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE1wSSZ-iFs

Note the Lyrics for bonus80'sstylemegawin straight from the 41st millenium.


Khorne, as I say, has nothing going for him beyond being Mr Facepunch McGrillhit.


Also his win condition in the otherwise excellent Chaos in the Old World game is too easy to the point of being near broken which makes me hate him even more.