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As I await the time to head to see The Last Jedi, a thread for entertainment purposes.

There’s a lot of exceedingly nasty ways to die in the 41st Millenium. Some are completely impersonal (worked to death by an uncaring planetary Governor), others about as personal as it gets (chainsword up the jacksie). Others yet are just ridiculous (torn apart by Daemons and your soul devoured because the Geller Field blinked).

But here, I’d like to speak about the dakka, as it’s the middle ground between personal and impersonal, possible and utterly random.

There’s dakka of all stripes out there - but which one do you think would be the most unpleasant to take a hit from?

For me, there’s but one contender. The Adeptus Mechanicus Torsion Cannon. I mean, this is a heavy weapon that literally rips tanks apart thanks to some bonkers gravitic manipulation. What the hell is that gonna do to you?

Imagine a glancing hit. That’s gonna leave your limbs at all sorts of jaunty angles, and you in absolute horror and agony. A full, square hit is gonna properly mess you up, but I reckon the nature of the damage would leave you just enough time to clock your hideously twisted frame before you snuff it - provided of course it’s not hit you in the bonce.

Now, let’s say you’re a Primarch or other power beastie out there. Just.....no ta. You would likely survive a single shot (and that’s what we’re talking about), but would your life be worth living in such a horribly mangled state? I say thee nay!

So that’s my ha’penny. How about you?

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Krieg! What a hole...

The Tyranid one that fires bettles eating you from the inside.

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 Bobthehero wrote:
The Tyranid one that fires bettles eating you from the inside.


I'll second the Nid flesh borers. Nothing like getting shot, then having the added bonus of a large toxic parasite inside you.

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In terms of Nid dakka, I’d far rather it not be a Devourers.

I mean. Brain Worms. Yuck.

   
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I dunno i figure any one of the Dark Eldar weapons would probably suck to get shot by.

Pretty much any other weapon is kinda designed to kill you pretty quickly.


 Unit1126PLL wrote:
 Scott-S6 wrote:
And yet another thread is hijacked for Unit to ask for the same advice, receive the same answers and make the same excuses.

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I mean, Bolt weaponry seems pretty terrible to be hit with going off the fluff and way it works in the novels.

.75 caliber exploding mini rockets isn't fun whatsoever, if you get hit in an arm... It's gone. Hit in the foot, exploded. Hit in the gut, your intestines are shredded and ejecting from your body due to the explosion. Nope. That seems terrible to me.

The Tyranid weapons that devour you from the inside seem awful too, but I get the feeling that the little bug would quickly eat it's way to your heart. Or, if it doesn't, a quick shot to my head from my gun would end the pain. Can't shoot yourself to end it if your limbs have been blown off by Bolt rounds.
   
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Unpleasant to be sure, but survivable if your ‘ard enough.

   
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 NH Gunsmith wrote:
I mean, Bolt weaponry seems pretty terrible to be hit with going off the fluff and way it works in the novels.

.75 caliber exploding mini rockets isn't fun whatsoever, if you get hit in an arm... It's gone. Hit in the foot, exploded. Hit in the gut, your intestines are shredded and ejecting from your body due to the explosion. Nope. That seems terrible to me.

The Tyranid weapons that devour you from the inside seem awful too, but I get the feeling that the little bug would quickly eat it's way to your heart. Or, if it doesn't, a quick shot to my head from my gun would end the pain. Can't shoot yourself to end it if your limbs have been blown off by Bolt rounds.


Well it wont be long till you bleed out ether if your arm was blown off by a mini grenade.

i hear las weapons also do that but it cauterizes your wound so you may be boned for a little while longer.

But something about poisoned glass shards from a DE spinter rifle just doesnt sound fun, in reality the poison is going to feth you while the glass shards mean tyring to move will suck. and there is a ton of them flying at you.


 Unit1126PLL wrote:
 Scott-S6 wrote:
And yet another thread is hijacked for Unit to ask for the same advice, receive the same answers and make the same excuses.

Oh my god I'm becoming martel.
Send help!

 
   
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Krieg! What a hole...

Damage done by las weapons depends on the novels, in some they cauterize the wound, in other the violent boiling of the water in the body means that limbs are getting blown off, heads ripped and whatnot.

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And you never know what the Toxin is going to do, so there’s little chance of any kind of Star Trek style immunisation, even if you’re a Nid.

   
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Flesh Borers. At least with the tyranid weapons your brain will cease functioning quickly, but being eaten alive by a giant maggot...yesh

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Consider these...

Husk Blade: Evaporates the moisture from everything they touch leaving only dust-like figures.
Flesh Gauntlet: Inject the victim with the most violent eloectro-steroids, which will eventually cause the victim to grow out of his skin.
Hex Rifle: a virus spreads incredibly fast on contact with flesh, turning the victim into a glass statue.
Stinger Pistol: Shoots a needle with a bacteria. Once in the bloodstream, it multiplies quickly and causes the victim to explode.
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Warp Spiders monofilament gun...couldn't be super fun. Could possibly be fast though.
   
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So many nasty ones and yes, fleshborers and devourers are some of the most terrifying; living as parasites eat into you alive, burrowing towards organs or specifically up into the brain.

Those along with some of the more horrific Deldar weaponry are the worst, however since a lot of people have said them, I'll choose something else.

I would not like to be shot by -
Phosphex Weaponry (souped up version of Phosphor, now a lost tech for the Admech but weapons still exist). Imagine a living cloud of Napalm that seeks movement, can eat through even the toughest armour and can only be put out when exposed to vacuum. Even a 'glancing hit', leaves you dying a slow and dreadful death as the flame crawls into you. What's even worse is that when you die, it'll be attracted to anything living around you which could be friends or family.

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I'll second the warp spider's web gun, I'll also submit the Shok-attak gun. Dozens of hysterical snotlings being teleported inside your armor.
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 Elbows wrote:
Warp Spiders monofilament gun...couldn't be super fun. Could possibly be fast though.


Probably could add the harlequins kiss to that too

 Unit1126PLL wrote:
 Scott-S6 wrote:
And yet another thread is hijacked for Unit to ask for the same advice, receive the same answers and make the same excuses.

Oh my god I'm becoming martel.
Send help!

 
   
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Splinter rifle.

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Shokk Attack Gun seems like it would be horrible as you basically have a warp-driven insane snotling telefragging your insides and then it violently rips it way out of you.

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In the end getting shot ALWAYS sucks, and while 40K guns are horrible they usually kill fast. The Harlequins Kiss is even described as "liquifying your internals before you register what's happened" so you're not going to know it. If you notice the hit that's the last you'll notice.

I'd be more upset at getting hit by old-timey blackpowder muzzleloaders myself, because there's a good chance you'll live but badly hurt. Bonus upset if you have to go to a 17th or 18th (or hell, 19th) century "doctor" to get patched up.
   
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Devourer with brain leech worms. The little buggers burrow into you, dig through your body, into your brain, and then eat your cerebral cortex.

Full blown horrific agony before you die.


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Dark Eldar have incredibly nasty weapons deliberately designed to cause as much pain and suffering as possible. All other weapons in 40k are designed (or evolved, in case of Tyranids) to kill quickly and efficiently. Dark Eldar have different priorities...
But worst of all would be to be shot by any of the Dark Eldar weapons that paralyses you. Because that means you will get captured by the Dark Eldar. Even the most painful, horrifying death is preferable to being captured by Dark Eldar.

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Harlequins kiss - monofilament wire liquified your insides by thrashing around wildly

Or

Webber weapons from eldar - caught in a monofilament net that constracts until your a sliced into tiny pieces

Yeah I'll take a bolt round over that any day

Edit: also D-weapons from eldar literally shoot you straight into hell (the warp)

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Devourers for sure. Imagine the pain of getting shot in the arm and then this little beetle like in the mummy movie just starts a path of destruction inside your body until it finally reached your brain. Liquidate my internal organs, shred me to pieces, pump lethal substances into my body but I would rather take all of those then to watch and feel a devourer in me.
   
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The Ossefactor, makes your bone structure grow massively out of control until your body explodes in calcific spears.

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Anyone of the tyranid weapons. Unless you like Linkin Park, having a bunch of carnivorous bugs in you is not a fun sensation.

Necron weapons aren't fun either. Its called a flayer for a reason.

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Being scratched by a Nurglings' claws. Sure, you'll probably kill the little bugger by kicking it some metres, but the little scratch on your leg will begin to bleed, and swell and fester, there's no cure to it and you'll die of some horrible desease during the next hours or days. Or you join Nurgle and die forever and never.

Oh, but it's about shooting weapons... hmm, maybe the plaguespitter. You die by being sprayed with a nice little smoothie of corpses.

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Anything designed by Dark Eldar. All their weaponry is quite literally purpose-built to kill you in the most agonizing, slow, horrific way possible.

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No one wants to mention the grav gun? That thing is literally crushing you to death under the weight of your own bones and in no way does it imply that the death is instantaneous.

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 Elbows wrote:
Warp Spiders monofilament gun...couldn't be super fun. Could possibly be fast though.


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