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Mynameisalie, does your race have any flaws?

Here, I'll give an example of other races' flaws.

Imperium of Man---Backwards, bigoted, and dying.
Craftworld Eldar---Arrogant, rare, and dying.
Dark Eldar---Psychopathic, arrogant, rare, and dying even faster than Craftworld Eldar.
Chaos Space Marines---Impulsive, psychopathic and daemonically manipulated.
Daemons---Intangible, impulsive and often insane
Tyranids---Mindless, unfeeling and sociopathic.
Necrons---Soul-less, unfeeling and sociopathic.
Orks---Psychopathic and idiotic.
Tau---Oppressive and naive.

Flaws are good. All races need flaws.

Little writing tip for you on the subject of flaws.

They are just as important, perhaps even more so, than the strengths. Put as much time, thought, effort and care into them as everything else.

Lynx--- Reckless, impulsive, ten not to think things through very carefully, and often kill themselves by forgetting their shields aren't that powerful.

Just a quick overview.

They have a really stupid dogged belief in their own invulnerability sometimes.

 Mynameisalie wrote:
They have a really stupid dogged belief in their own invulnerability sometimes.

both versions?

Civils.
Ferals are more wary. And they don't like strangers.

Those weaknesses are pretty lightweight.

Recklessness is pretty meh, I don't see how that defines their entire race, especially since you want them buddying up with the Imperium and the Tau. Recklessness and also really good friends? Yeah that's not working.

Impulsive is pretty much the same thing.

And same with the shield thing.

All you've done is say the same basic thing three times. And not once do they really match up to the serious flaws at the heart of other big races.

The thing about each race's flaws is that they are on a cultural level, not just on a battlefield level.

Lynx over relying on their shields in combat doesn't automatically equal "everything in this culture is over relied on."

And they're not exactly consistent with what you've said about the Lynx. Reckless, for example. They're taking the diplomatic approach and trying to be everyone's friend. Fine. But a reckless race would just go balls to the walls "we'll fight you and if we win we win. If we lose we're dead, so meh." Reckless is Orks, and the Black Templars/ sisters when there are heretics/ xenos/ psykers about, and even then it isn't merely "reckless", it's "Crazed zeal".

In short, reckless, the Lynx are not.

Yes, and reckless is commonly more of an advantage in 40K and already applies to the following;

The Imperium
Chaos
Orks

These are three major groups, and the three are incredibly reckless.

Ok, I'll give it a think. But there is one that they are very prone to.
Over-confidence. They are far too confident in their own abilities. They believe everything they do is perfect, and cannot be improved upon any further. Thus, the Lynx's society and battlefield tactics will never improve.

If they believe they are perfect then why the heck are they allying with anyone? Much less worshipping the Emperor?

If you want this route, then allies are not going to be allies, you are going to have them sneering down at other races and essentially manipulating them. Which, kinda like you've gone before, is very very Eldar.

Worshipping the Emperor?
That was discarded ages ago.
Many ages ago.

My bad then, apologies.

But my point remains. If they believe themselves perfect, then alliances have no value. After all, if you thought you were capable of anything and perfect, why bother with alliances with weaker nations? Especially the Tau, who deal in assimilation into the greater good over alliances.

 Mynameisalie wrote:
Ok, I'll give it a think. But there is one that they are very prone to.
Over-confidence. They are far too confident in their own abilities. They believe everything they do is perfect, and cannot be improved upon any further. Thus, the Lynx's society and battlefield tactics will never improve.

You mean like;

Slannesh and other forms of Chaos, Dark Eldar, Eldar Pirates, some Eldar Craftworlds, the Imperium, the Orks.....

Yeah, it's already far too common and makes them a bit more like the Eldar.

I'd say most non-Craftworld Eldar do innovate, if only in the tactics department. Nevertheless, the comparison still stands. This race is like the Eldar.

 Azariah Kyras wrote:
I'd say most non-Craftworld Eldar do innovate, if only in the tactics department. Nevertheless, the comparison still stands. This race is like the Eldar.

I probably should have said some Dark Eldar and Pirates, but the state of being pious and superior is very Eldar.

Yeah, I'd love to debate Dark Eldar with you, but your point still stands.

 Azariah Kyras wrote:
Yeah, I'd love to debate Dark Eldar with you, but your point still stands.

OK, a minority of Dark Eldar (parts of the Haemonculi covens) consider themselves above other beings in every way, it's a minority, but the pious nature still is Eldar like.

How are the Lynx morally flawed?

This is the most important flaw. The Lynx can't be pure 100% good guys. The other flaw, the arrogance one, we can work on later.

Yes.
They kill their own race mercilessly. They condemn those who are corrupted and offer no salvation. They will cheat and lie their way to success. The goal that they fight for was made for unity. The Lynx have turned it into a bloodbath.
Those are the moral flaws I can give you at this time. Enjoy.

 Mynameisalie wrote:
Yes.
They kill their own race mercilessly. They condemn those who are corrupted and offer no salvation. They will cheat and lie their way to success. The goal that they fight for was made for unity. The Lynx have turned it into a bloodbath.
Those are the moral flaws I can give you at this time. Enjoy.

Imperium, the Dark Eldar, Chaos, Orks....

Possibly everyone?

Everybody kills their own race except the Craftworld Eldar.

Craftworld Eldar don't kill their own Craftworld brethren. But Biel-Tan and Saimhann could easily fight each other.

Saim-Hann do kill each other sometimes, but not on anywhere near the scale of other races.

I'm just pointing out that even though the Eldar have a mutual goal of self preservation, when put at odds, craftworlds will fight each other.

It's another no Alie.

*Shrugs*
Can I just say; let's face it. Pretty much all the moral/social flaws you can think of are taken.
And damn near every single idea as well.