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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 17:56:14
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Shouldn't it be obvious? Tau if it's not.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 20:07:43
Subject: Re:What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Devastating Dark Reaper
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Eldar. The army can do anything. Heavy infantry. Light Infantry. Shooty. Stabby. Psychic. Monstrous Creatures. Tanks. Support Characters. Fighter Characters. They have a trooper for every occasion. The army also can be as diverse or as uniform as you like, with guardians, wraiths and the tanks all following the craftworld's colour scheme, while the aspect warriors add a bit of difference with their aspect shrine colours. The diversity just keeps me coming back to play them over other armies  .
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 20:56:51
Subject: Re:What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Dark Angels Librarian with Book of Secrets
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Tarvitz77 wrote:Eldar. The army can do anything. Heavy infantry. Light Infantry. Shooty. Stabby. Psychic. Monstrous Creatures. Tanks. Support Characters. Fighter Characters. They have a trooper for every occasion. The army also can be as diverse or as uniform as you like, with guardians, wraiths and the tanks all following the craftworld's colour scheme, while the aspect warriors add a bit of difference with their aspect shrine colours. The diversity just keeps me coming back to play them over other armies  . Well, that is what happens when you're GW's favorite codex and you get ungodly bonuses and OP units/formations
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 21:00:24
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Shas'o Commanding the Hunter Kadre
Olympia, WA
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Eldar aren't their favorite. I do not know where that myth comes from. Meanwhile, Battle Companies and White Scars and their new formations and... White Scars...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 21:01:32
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Locked in the Tower of Amareo
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Jancoran wrote:Eldar aren't their favorite. I do not know where that myth comes from. Meanwhile, Battle Companies and White Scars and their new formations and... White Scars...
They are if you look at the total history of 40K.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 21:18:39
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Fixture of Dakka
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Martel732 wrote: Jancoran wrote:Eldar aren't their favorite. I do not know where that myth comes from. Meanwhile, Battle Companies and White Scars and their new formations and... White Scars...
They are if you look at the total history of 40K.
Then I saw the Space Marines.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 21:19:49
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Locked in the Tower of Amareo
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pm713 wrote:Martel732 wrote: Jancoran wrote:Eldar aren't their favorite. I do not know where that myth comes from. Meanwhile, Battle Companies and White Scars and their new formations and... White Scars...
They are if you look at the total history of 40K.
Then I saw the Space Marines.
What are you talking about? Space marines were awful in 2nd, solid in 3rd, average in 4th, below average in 5th.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 21:20:47
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Killer Klaivex
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Well, in theory I love the playstyle of DE... just not the bland, trash-heap of a codex they're currently lumbered with.
So, instead, I'll nominate Corsairs (or, as I like to think of them, Codex Dark Eldar - Good Version). They've got almost everything I'd want in a DE army - most notably an HQ character who I'm not ashamed to spend points on. I also love their various movement shenanigans, along with their mix of DE and Eldar options. It's also the codex that has made me think the hardest about unit choices. Unlike the other books I own, there doesn't seem to be 1 choice in each slot that's outright better than the others.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 21:21:47
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Dark Angels Librarian with Book of Secrets
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Jancoran wrote:Eldar aren't their favorite. I do not know where that myth comes from. Meanwhile, Battle Companies and White Scars and their new formations and... White Scars...
Right. An army that is consistently powerful couldn't possibly be their favorite.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 21:25:18
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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It's more what I enjoy playing AGAINST at this point. But if I had to pick something I really would enjoy playing again and having it not suck, it'd be IG veterans with lots of sentinel support and some leman russes.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 21:26:12
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Fixture of Dakka
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Martel732 wrote:pm713 wrote:Martel732 wrote: Jancoran wrote:Eldar aren't their favorite. I do not know where that myth comes from. Meanwhile, Battle Companies and White Scars and their new formations and... White Scars...
They are if you look at the total history of 40K.
Then I saw the Space Marines.
What are you talking about? Space marines were awful in 2nd, solid in 3rd, average in 4th, below average in 5th.
Looking at the lore and models Space Marines get waaaaay more love than Eldar. Example: Look at Jain Zar's model. Look at any Space Marine model. Tell me whose liked more.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 21:39:10
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Trazyn's Museum Curator
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pm713 wrote:Martel732 wrote:pm713 wrote:Martel732 wrote: Jancoran wrote:Eldar aren't their favorite. I do not know where that myth comes from. Meanwhile, Battle Companies and White Scars and their new formations and... White Scars... They are if you look at the total history of 40K.
Then I saw the Space Marines. What are you talking about? Space marines were awful in 2nd, solid in 3rd, average in 4th, below average in 5th.
Looking at the lore and models Space Marines get waaaaay more love than Eldar. Example: Look at Jain Zar's model. Look at any Space Marine model. Tell me whose liked more. Does Jain Zar even have any rules? I don't think anyone uses her.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 21:39:46
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Locked in the Tower of Amareo
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I'm talking about crunch. Forget lore and who is prettier.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 21:45:57
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Fixture of Dakka
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Then your opinion doesn't matter because you're only saying what you want to hear.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 21:48:40
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Locked in the Tower of Amareo
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pm713 wrote:
Then your opinion doesn't matter because you're only saying what you want to hear.
No. I'm talking about the aspect that universally matters and is mathematically comparable. Every faction has crazy lore that talks up how awesome they are, and resculpts are driven by artistic concerns. I don't see the marine love consistently on the tabletop.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 21:49:32
Subject: Re:What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Devastating Dark Reaper
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jreilly89 wrote: Tarvitz77 wrote:Eldar. The army can do anything. Heavy infantry. Light Infantry. Shooty. Stabby. Psychic. Monstrous Creatures. Tanks. Support Characters. Fighter Characters. They have a trooper for every occasion. The army also can be as diverse or as uniform as you like, with guardians, wraiths and the tanks all following the craftworld's colour scheme, while the aspect warriors add a bit of difference with their aspect shrine colours. The diversity just keeps me coming back to play them over other armies  .
Well, that is what happens when you're GW's favorite codex and you get ungodly bonuses and OP units/formations

I'm not really referring to the OP formations and their bonuses though. All I'm saying is that eldar have a unit for every role (some of which are OP...). As hard as you might wish it (and I doubt you ever would), you can't make a close combat or psychic centred tau army, nor can you really make a balls to the wall shootie ork army, the bits just aren't there to make them. In contrast, I could make an eldar assault army, an eldar gunning army, an eldar dead guy army with lots of big monsters, or even a 'swarmy' eldar army overflowing with guardians. I can make all of these armies without spamming scatterbikes, using a wraithknight, nor using a formation.
It seems to me like you're trying to make that sound like a bad thing, when really it shouldn't be.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 22:01:33
Subject: Re:What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Trazyn's Museum Curator
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Tarvitz77 wrote: jreilly89 wrote: Tarvitz77 wrote:Eldar. The army can do anything. Heavy infantry. Light Infantry. Shooty. Stabby. Psychic. Monstrous Creatures. Tanks. Support Characters. Fighter Characters. They have a trooper for every occasion. The army also can be as diverse or as uniform as you like, with guardians, wraiths and the tanks all following the craftworld's colour scheme, while the aspect warriors add a bit of difference with their aspect shrine colours. The diversity just keeps me coming back to play them over other armies  . Well, that is what happens when you're GW's favorite codex and you get ungodly bonuses and OP units/formations  I'm not really referring to the OP formations and their bonuses though. All I'm saying is that eldar have a unit for every role (some of which are OP...). As hard as you might wish it (and I doubt you ever would), you can't make a close combat or psychic centred tau army, nor can you really make a balls to the wall shootie ork army, the bits just aren't there to make them. In contrast, I could make an eldar assault army, an eldar gunning army, an eldar dead guy army with lots of big monsters, or even a 'swarmy' eldar army overflowing with guardians. I can make all of these armies without spamming scatterbikes, using a wraithknight, nor using a formation. It seems to me like you're trying to make that sound like a bad thing, when really it shouldn't be. Ok then, what are your army's weaknesses? Because from the way you described it, it seems they have no failings, and that they have every base covered. Even Space Marines, who are supposed to be a generalist army, appear to have trouble against Eldar. Also, I'm pretty sure you can make a shooty ork army. Supposedly they perform better than melee orks too.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 22:12:56
Subject: Re:What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Dark Angels Librarian with Book of Secrets
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Tarvitz77 wrote: jreilly89 wrote: Tarvitz77 wrote:Eldar. The army can do anything. Heavy infantry. Light Infantry. Shooty. Stabby. Psychic. Monstrous Creatures. Tanks. Support Characters. Fighter Characters. They have a trooper for every occasion. The army also can be as diverse or as uniform as you like, with guardians, wraiths and the tanks all following the craftworld's colour scheme, while the aspect warriors add a bit of difference with their aspect shrine colours. The diversity just keeps me coming back to play them over other armies  . Well, that is what happens when you're GW's favorite codex and you get ungodly bonuses and OP units/formations  I'm not really referring to the OP formations and their bonuses though. All I'm saying is that eldar have a unit for every role (some of which are OP...). As hard as you might wish it (and I doubt you ever would), you can't make a close combat or psychic centred tau army, nor can you really make a balls to the wall shootie ork army, the bits just aren't there to make them. In contrast, I could make an eldar assault army, an eldar gunning army, an eldar dead guy army with lots of big monsters, or even a 'swarmy' eldar army overflowing with guardians. I can make all of these armies without spamming scatterbikes, using a wraithknight, nor using a formation. It seems to me like you're trying to make that sound like a bad thing, when really it shouldn't be. When even your non- OP units are good, that's a problem. Sure, I'd love an army that can do anything well. But when it curbstomps other armies that are dedicated to said tactic (assault, shooty, etc.), you don't think that's a problem? I'm fine with Eldar being able to do anything, I just don't think they should be able to outright annihilate armies that only do one thing (Assaulty BA/Orks, Assaulty/Psychic Daemons) Edit: I actually like the look of Eldar, I just can't bring myself to play them because of how bad their power creep is
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 22:52:06
Subject: Re:What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Devastating Dark Reaper
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jreilly89 wrote: Tarvitz77 wrote: jreilly89 wrote: Tarvitz77 wrote:Eldar. The army can do anything. Heavy infantry. Light Infantry. Shooty. Stabby. Psychic. Monstrous Creatures. Tanks. Support Characters. Fighter Characters. They have a trooper for every occasion. The army also can be as diverse or as uniform as you like, with guardians, wraiths and the tanks all following the craftworld's colour scheme, while the aspect warriors add a bit of difference with their aspect shrine colours. The diversity just keeps me coming back to play them over other armies  .
Well, that is what happens when you're GW's favorite codex and you get ungodly bonuses and OP units/formations

I'm not really referring to the OP formations and their bonuses though. All I'm saying is that eldar have a unit for every role (some of which are OP...). As hard as you might wish it (and I doubt you ever would), you can't make a close combat or psychic centred tau army, nor can you really make a balls to the wall shootie ork army, the bits just aren't there to make them. In contrast, I could make an eldar assault army, an eldar gunning army, an eldar dead guy army with lots of big monsters, or even a 'swarmy' eldar army overflowing with guardians. I can make all of these armies without spamming scatterbikes, using a wraithknight, nor using a formation.
It seems to me like you're trying to make that sound like a bad thing, when really it shouldn't be.
When even your non- OP units are good, that's a problem. Sure, I'd love an army that can do anything well. But when it curbstomps other armies that are dedicated to said tactic (assault, shooty, etc.), you don't think that's a problem?
I'm fine with Eldar being able to do anything, I just don't think they should be able to outright annihilate armies that only do one thing (Assaulty BA/Orks, Assaulty/Psychic Daemons)
Edit: I actually like the look of Eldar, I just can't bring myself to play them because of how bad their power creep is
I pretty much agree with your post 100%. I don't want Eldar to demolish everyone in every realm of combat.
What I was trying to say in my post (maybe I worded it a little too enthusiastically) is that I like eldar because they have a tool for every job. The idea of that is what I like, not the fact that someone decided that it was fine to strap explosives to some of those tools and sell them at half price.
Take for example if I wanted to make a melee centric eldar army. I could build that out of scorpions, banshees and wraithblades. I could also build a shooty eldar army out of scatterbikes, wraithguard and warp spiders. I know that one of those options is far and away stronger than the other, but the fact that the option is there by design is what I like. I would be happier if scatterbikes, warp spiders and wraithguard got a good kick in the danglies to put them back in to line. I would be rather ticked off if the banshees, scorpions and wraithblades got a good kicking to balance out the fact that the former options are way stronger than they should be.
Edit: Good call CthuluIsSpy, a shooty ork army was a bad example. I defy you to make a melee tau army though!
You're also correct, Eldar do have every base covered. They're meant to have a guy on each base who can only look after that base. I can then build an army out of lots of guys on one base, or a big mix of guys on all the bases! Unfortunately GW has decided to make some of them way too good, but I still like the concept! Striking Scorpion can't leave his base, he only knows and loves his base. Howling Banshee, Dire Avenger and Dark Reaper feel similarly about their bases. Sadly, Warp Spider has been jumping bases whilst bribing the ref, so he upsets me a bit.
Toughness 3 with relatively high points cost is something that is a weakness for me also, being the owner of a solitary wave serpent, though I can obviously appreciate there's lots of eldar players out there who can mechanize their whole force.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 22:58:52
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Hm, I guess it depends on what you mean by "field".
If by field, you mean design an army list, Eldar are far and away my favorite. I can pick anything from the dex and make it work, even a fluffy list like my biel-tan list punches way above average. No other army in the game has their diversity in terms of choice.
If by field, you mean play the game, that's a bit tougher. Most likely my Nids, since I run an FMC list and using so few models is a lot of fun. It used to by my SW before the new dex, as I loved the scouts and utility of the units. Marines are probably a second favorite. My eldar aren't fun to play as unless the enemy is using an OP list.
If by field, you mean get very involved in the army, it has to be Chaos Space Marines. It's by far my largest collection and greatest love, even though it's garbage in terms of gameplay and list design.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/23 23:44:01
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Humorless Arbite
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Make a gimmick army.
Most people you face will love the Special Snow-flake-ness.
They generally look spectacular.
They're hilarious to play.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/24 00:55:58
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Shas'o Commanding the Hunter Kadre
Olympia, WA
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Martel732 wrote:pm713 wrote:Martel732 wrote: Jancoran wrote:Eldar aren't their favorite. I do not know where that myth comes from. Meanwhile, Battle Companies and White Scars and their new formations and... White Scars...
They are if you look at the total history of 40K.
Then I saw the Space Marines.
What are you talking about? Space marines were awful in 2nd, solid in 3rd, average in 4th, below average in 5th.
Um... No. I cant speak to 2nd Edition. I never played it. they were quite good in 3rd and 4th. In 5th certain chapters were good (and I think we know who) though I will say that the Xenos started to make up ground in 5th once the ridiculous assault rules got fixed there. When 6th Came out, the Eldar were fine until their new codex dropped and thats when suddenly "Eldar were there favorites". I don't see it before then nd frankly, they got ONE weapon system wrong which really skewed perceptions there, though I wont lie and say Eldar werent great in 6th . In 7th they are equally good and AGAIN made the ill advised decision to force feed us Gargantuan Creatures via the Wraith Knight. Bad idea. But I think that was more of a "we want more toys sold" thing than it was a love of Eldar specifically and since Eldar dropped, Codex's have rapidly become more capable of handling the issue.
So I don't see the bias you do. What I see are that Imperial Armies have been their cash cow forever and they made a business decision at some point to stop screwing Xenos so they could sell more xenos. They made one bad decision, in both the Eldar codex's, and I cant undo that. but that doesnt really sell me on a "bias"
Automatically Appended Next Post: jreilly89 wrote: Jancoran wrote:Eldar aren't their favorite. I do not know where that myth comes from. Meanwhile, Battle Companies and White Scars and their new formations and... White Scars...
Right. An army that is consistently powerful couldn't possibly be their favorite.
Assuming it isnt an argument.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/24 02:45:13
Subject: Re:What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Confessor Of Sins
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My Sororitas.
I love their plate armor, I love their holy warrior theme, I love that they're an all-female force (I like playing female characters for some reason), I love their aesthetic, and I love the fact that even if they get slaughtered, they might view it as a necessary sacrifice and die happy to have died fighting for the Emperor.
I mention that last part because I get tabled or nearly-tabled a lot.
Also, although I like the holy warrior theme, I don't like their utter intolerance toward different ideas and tendency to treat heretics with flamethrowers and explosive bullets. So that's why I made my own custom faction of them whose exploits on the battlefield I can enjoy. Also so it makes sense that they constantly team up with a xenos psyker who commands a private army of power-armored goons (represented by my accompanying Space Marine allies led by my friend's RP character).
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/24 03:17:44
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Jancoran wrote:Martel732 wrote:pm713 wrote:Martel732 wrote: Jancoran wrote:Eldar aren't their favorite. I do not know where that myth comes from. Meanwhile, Battle Companies and White Scars and their new formations and... White Scars...
They are if you look at the total history of 40K.
Then I saw the Space Marines.
What are you talking about? Space marines were awful in 2nd, solid in 3rd, average in 4th, below average in 5th.
Um... No. I cant speak to 2nd Edition. I never played it. they were quite good in 3rd and 4th.
They were, but Eldar were better in both editions.
In 3rd, Rhino rush was countered by Star cannon spam and certain aspect warriors.
In 4th, the skimmers were almost impossible to destroy and could be extremely effective late game.
Eldar have been a top tier army in every edition they have gotten a codex, if not the top tier army. No other force can claim that.
Codex craftworld was an amazing supplement as well, and allowed eldar to play a variety of armies that were mostly good (saim hann and iyanden weren't great, the others were solid).
Jancoran wrote:
In 5th certain chapters were good (and I think we know who) though I will say that the Xenos started to make up ground in 5th once the ridiculous assault rules got fixed there.
I think it depends on what you mean by SM. If you mean just the core SM forces, they weren't top of the heap, but they certainly weren't bad.
DA were bad. BA were good. SW were very good. GK were amazing.
Eldar weren't amazing in 5th, not having a codex. Necrons were pretty good as well, as were IG and orks. IG isn't technically Xenos, but I think most people mean non- meq when they say xenos anyway. At least pre-allies.
Jancoran wrote:
When 6th Came out, the Eldar were fine until their new codex dropped and thats when suddenly "Eldar were there favorites". I don't see it before then nd frankly, they got ONE weapon system wrong which really skewed perceptions there, though I wont lie and say Eldar werent great in 6th .
True enough, though the argument is "whenever a codex drops, eldar goes immediately to the top of the heap. No other army can claim that". Pointing out they weren't top tier in time periods (and it's a relatively small time period compared to many other armies) where a dex didn't drop doesn't really address the argument.
Jancoran wrote:
In 7th they are equally good and AGAIN made the ill advised decision to force feed us Gargantuan Creatures via the Wraith Knight. Bad idea. But I think that was more of a "we want more toys sold" thing than it was a love of Eldar specifically and since Eldar dropped, Codex's have rapidly become more capable of handling the issue.
Since eldar dropped it has gotten better, though we will have to see how it goes. The IG dex and how it is looked at will be a big deal, as will the CSM and nid dex. Those 3 armies have, traditionally, not been very strong armies, while the dexes after eldar have been traditionally strong armies that were barely changed or brand new. The exception being DA, which does give me hope. DA have traditionally been terrible.
Jancoran wrote:
So I don't see the bias you do. What I see are that Imperial Armies have been their cash cow forever and they made a business decision at some point to stop screwing Xenos so they could sell more xenos. They made one bad decision, in both the Eldar codex's, and I cant undo that. but that doesnt really sell me on a "bias"
It's not really imperial armies, it's marines. GK, up until 5th, did not sell by any stretch, sisters have never sold well, and I wouldn't call IG a popular army either.
If you aren't seeing the bias, no one can force you to. But no other army has gotten so many powerful codexes in a row, not even marines.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/24 04:29:36
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Shas'o Commanding the Hunter Kadre
Olympia, WA
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Sisters of Battle are cool. If Tau wasnt my favorite army in the universe, Sisters of Battle probably would be.
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Hold out bait to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and then crush him.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/24 04:37:20
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Locked in the Tower of Amareo
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I was speaking of vanilla marines, who most certainly were below average in 5th. The 4th ed eldar codex was still quite nasty in 5th because of scatterwalkers.
Eldar dominance since 3rd up till 6th was focused around either the starcannon or scatterlaser. So it's been more than a couple little mistakes. They've always had at least one broken weapon working for them.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/24 05:19:18
Subject: Re:What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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For me there are a couple reasons why I choose to feel the Army's I do and why I love fielding them both. I love my Farsight Enclaves army because it is entirely made up of Battle Suits appealing to my enjoyment of Mecha Anime and Pacific Rim.
However it does pale in comparison to my Elysian Drop Troops. There's something about watching my xenos opponent's (I don't ever try to play my Imperial army against another Imperial Army, actually one of the reasons I got my Tau) eyes widen in horror as he sees 8 Flyers across the table. Also the army looks fantastic!
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19th Krieg Siege Army 7500pts.
40k/HH Night Lords 5000pts.
Orks Waaaghmacht Spearhead 2500pts.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/24 12:08:38
Subject: Re:What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Drone without a Controller
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I love to play tau. Mainly because I don't play cheese and try to have a good time.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/24 12:57:08
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Loyal Necron Lychguard
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daBIGboss wrote:
I'm beginning to get bored of using my beloved Necrons (sick of winning  )
That would pretty much be me, though Necrons are still my most enjoyable army. I like being able to field whatever I want in a casual setting and still have a high chance of winning.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/12/24 13:25:18
Subject: What armies do you get the most enjoyment out of fielding?
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Glorious Lord of Chaos
The burning pits of Hades, also known as Sweden in summer
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Eldar. They have excellent internal balance (even their weakest unit has many tools to help), every unit feels really fluffy and unique, and they all contribute to the playstyle in unique ways.
A shame that the other codices typically feature dull undertuned models that just can't fight them. My Eldar army rests on the shelf now, and my focus is on 30k only.
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