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Orks are the best dudes ever ! Brutish, foolish, funny. When I was younger, as an Eldar idealist, I hated ork. Until Brian appeared with its fantastic Orks. And GorkaMorka. And when I first buy my first ever Ork plastic kit (Boyz) I fel in love with them. Orks can do ANYFING' it is an hobbyist dream.

But back to the question then. The race I hate the most would be... Imperial guards maybe ? Or grey knight because I really dislike their mini style, especially the horrible Dreadknight. Not very fan of Tau fluff but love the models (fire warrior above all).

Well, thanks for asking !

Daemons, wierd creepy over-powered stupid looking

My hate runs deep seriously

Tau, their propaganda really annoys me and the fact that they seek to rule over humans rather than destroy them is unsettling to say the least.

Am I weird in that I don't dislike any faction? Sure, there are some I find less interesting than others (such as Tyranids), but all in all I feel the sheer variety of aesthetics to be one of the most appealing factors that WH40K possesses. Some say that Tau or the Eldar do not exactly fit within the setting, that they aren't 'Grimdark' enough, but if you ask me no one faction truly fits into the messy, hodgepodge of sci-fi tropes that is WH40k, and that's exactly how I like it.

Banzaimash wrote:
Tau, their propaganda really annoys me and the fact that they seek to rule over humans rather than destroy them is unsettling to say the least.

Wait, you would rather they commit genocide?

I actively despise the Grey Knights. They should have stayed in the fluff and maybe have a presence in an Inquisition army. Other than that every other faction im cool with.

Credit to wobbly model syndrome

Tau. Im not saying Tau fluff is bad, I just dont like their model aesthetics. Seem to me too much out of WH40K absurd style...

Orks are one of the best races! Over the top, funny, can't be eradicated, fun to use. How can you not like them!

I like all the races, though I'm not real fond of Eldar and Tau at the moment. Guess why?

Actually Tau are pretty crappy aesthetically. I would never collect them. Everything else is cool.

 Kavish wrote:
Orks are one of the best races! Over the top, funny, can't be eradicated, fun to use. How can you not like them!

I like all the races, though I'm not real fond of Eldar and Tau at the moment. Guess why?

Actually Tau are pretty crappy aesthetically. I would never collect them. Everything else is cool.

Orks are probably the purest expression of 40k. Over the top, incredibly violent, brutal, and darkly comedic.

Everything that makes 40k what it is setting wise save for faction specific things, can be found in the Orks.

 Iron_Captain wrote:
I actually like all races, altough I dislike the anime-style robots of the Tau. Those large disk-shaped hats are pretty silly too. Otherwise they are quite cool.

Are you kidding me, those exoskeletons, sleek vehicles and disc drones are all cute and sexy as hell!


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 UlrikDecado wrote:
Tau. Im not saying Tau fluff is bad, I just dont like their model aesthetics. Seem to me too much out of WH40K absurd style...

This doesn't make any sense, universe is not a homogenized template, Tau fit in exactly because they don't fit in.

There is no faction that I straight-up hate. There are aspects of a lot of them that I don't like, but each faction has enough to justify its place in the universe. Now, I don't neccessarily agree with all of the factions being separate armies... Daemons are not their own army; they belong in the CSM book (with HQ options that would allow you to field an all-daemon force if you wanted). Grey Knights are not their own army, they belong in an Inquisition codex (with HQ options that would allow you to field an all GK army). I still haven't heard a valid reason why all the non-codex chapters can't be rolled into one SM codex, along with all the other non codex chapters (White Scars, Black Templars, etc). You can probably guess how I feel about Stormtroopers getting their own codex...

But, like i said, while I would happily eliminate whole codexes from existence, i would never delete a faction from the background. Partly because I think they all fit in some way, and partly because I remember when GW did that to the Squats. As a former Squat player, i could never inflict that kind of suffering on a fellow 40K player.

Cyten wrote:

 UlrikDecado wrote:
Tau. Im not saying Tau fluff is bad, I just dont like their model aesthetics. Seem to me too much out of WH40K absurd style...

This doesn't make any sense, universe is not a homogenized template, Tau fit in exactly because they don't fit in.

Im not saying its wrong and people shouldnt play them Its just my feeling. But, I can argue, that despite there is no template, WH40K has specifics in its aestethics (as many, maaaany other fictional worlds) where, from my humble and clearly subjective POV Tau doesnt belong. They dont fit in because they dont fit in