A WARHAMMER
40K NOOB POST!?
Yup.
Hello everyone! I just recently made the commitment that I will finally get into Warhammer
40k instead of just watching battle report after battle report and having absolutely no idea what is going on. I got a friend to agree to collect with me and play games and stuff, and hopefully that will make my other friends want to get involved too. I have't even started playing yet, and I LOVE
40k. I love the lore, the armies, the community, etc. But unfortunately that means for the past couple months, I have been mentally planning what army to collect, how I will play with them, and then changing my mind and starting all over with a new army then rinse and repeat.
So I was hoping I could get some help planning out what army is good for me? I understand you should stick with what you think is cool, but Prettey much all armies are cool to me :x
A little background info for me would probably help
- I like to think of myself as a chaotic good person. Always strive to do the right thing, but pure good is either impossible or just frankly boring.
- I always route for the underdog. Its just an un avoidable fact about me. I love when nobody thinks much of you and you prove them wrong in a moment of glory.
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OP things annoy me. If it isn't the actual thing in question, its the personality of the person behind it. The win win win mentality people have or griefing = fun play style is infuriating.
- I have no experience with tabletop games.
- Outsmarting my opponent and winning will always be more gratifying then winning with no strategy and mindless moves.
- I have little to no artistic skill but in my opinion, the most creative mind of anyone I know.
- I've searched and searched, but I cannot find ANY hobby stores in my area to go to for
40K stuff.
- A jack of all trades army is appealing, but absolutely not nece
That's probably good for now. I should right a little something about my views on the armies to help you help me.
Blood angels: Space marines aren't the most immediet choice on my minds, but I f I had to pick one flavor of them, it would probably be these. My friend took a realy liking to these guys so I think I will stay clear of them.
Chaos Daemons: Probably the least seen army I have seen in my lurking of battle reports. Why is that? Are they terrible? Because terrible with awesome style is up my ally for sure. The only army to deep strike anywhere to start off (I think I know what that means. Probably not though) Seems like a cool playstyle. Also, the armies that people made in the army profiles tab here are INSANE. Holy crap, I spent so much time just staring at the models. I love Chaos fluff. My favorite god would be Nurgle. Because to my understanding, nurgle units live longer, a trait I really enjoy. Also the units look awesome.
Chaos space marines: In contrary to never being seen like the Daemons, I see these the most or maybe tyranids. The fluff and style are cool, and they aren't
OP to my understanding. Alot of room for creativity, these guys seem really cool! Also the folks at miniwargaming make this seem like the faction to be no matter what you are and we should all be chaos. So maybe not
CSM Because I like being unique.
Dark eldar: My first army I obsessed about. The look of these guys are AWESOME. The fluff of these guys are AWESOME. These guys are space pirates on like 50 drugs and they give less f*cks then a honey badger. The playstyle is said to be verry aggressive. I wouldn't know how I am, I haven't played yet. Painting them seems like a huge hassel, but I think it would be worth it. These guys have the latest codex update, so thats nice to know I'm updated. The "Get stronger as you play" rule they have is also very appealing.
Eldar: Unlike their problem child cousin, these guys are more clean. Chaotic good is alright with me. They seem prettey interesting. I've heard them be called the rock paper scissors army or something like that. They have units that will destroy other units all the time forever unless something catastrophic happens, and there are some units that will always fail against others no matter what. That, to my understanding, was how all armies were. So I obviously need someone to explain how this game works, because I am lost. Not saying I like Dark eldar better.
Grey Knights: Boring boring boring. And apparently the most
OP thing in
40K. No thank you.
Imperial gaurd: I like the idea of a horde army, and the imperial gaurd has horde, and tanks for different play styles... but most people pick the latter. Seriously, in all
APOC games I've seen, all I see are tanks. TANKS EVERYWHERE. Thats kind of terrible. One kind of unit everywhere? Thats just annoying. A nice balance of infantry and tanks? That's something I can enlist in. I hear they are very flexible too, thats very nice. The style and fluff is not very interesting but with these guys you can make your own history.
Necrons: I always love the underdog. And zombies. And robots. And this is all of those. Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy! They haven't seen an update in ages, so thats kind of annoying. No room for strategy apparently, which I hate. I want to love them, but they make it kind of hard. Fluff and style is great. Maybe in the next codex they will become more appealing. But Dark Eldar didn't get one for 10 years. So who knowes when that will be.
Orks: WAAAGH. I like these guys! Had it not been for a few major flaws, i'd pick them hands down. I love the fluf, I love the horde, I love the creativity, the units, the people who play them among other things. They come in Assault on black reach, which I will be buying regardless. So I get a head start if I choose these guys. But I hear some bad things. No strategy involved. All tactics the same. People hate orks. They are boring quick. These things really hurt my desicion. Unlike
CSM, I don't care about the popularity of these guys. I don't know what it is about them. Everyone has a little ork in them I guess.
Sisters of Battle: Haven't really looked at them. Nothing that attracts them to me.
Space marines: If I pick these guys, I'd just go Blood angel. I don't see a reason for these guys to exist, but its obviously because I'm a noob, So I would love clarifcation.
Space wolves: See above, with even less reason to exist.
Tau: From my understanding they are hated. Thats cool with me. The play seems interesting. The fluff is cool, and the style is alright. The units all seem the same thing to me though, and the customization seems very limited. Probably a pass, But I have only skimed these guys, never really going in depth.
Tyranids: Last but not least the nids. Very cool. I like the swarm mentality, the no transports uniquness, the option of ranged combat, the units are cool. But they seem like the play to win army. I don't think I've ever seen them lose. Money isn't a huge issue, but I hear these guys suck alot of money up. And the custimization seems non existent. I prettey much see the same units in every game, with just varying numbers of certain units.
So there we go, I hope I gave enough information to help you decide on an army for me. I haven't been able to pick, and I'd love some assistance.
I don't know how to end this because I have no army.
So insert army slogan here too. Thanks everyone!ssary.
