http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/14.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net 40k so i dont know everything. I have played a few games using a couple of my friends armies. I want to start an army of my own and have narrowed it down to two. Its between the eldar and necrons. My friend has a nid army with genestealers, a brood lord and a carnifex. My other friend has a space marine army and im not really quite sure what he has as far as troops go.

I dont want to play the same army as them so that automatically cancels them out. i have read all the getting started parts on games-workshop and like the necron and eldar the best. This doesnt nessecarily mean i wont use the other armies im just leaning towards these two.

I like the necrons because they look cool, i like the idea of an army that just marches out with the sole intent on just killing and some of my friends were talking about them and they just sounded like a good army. This is the army i have been most reading up on and everything looks good except when i eventually get the hang of it i have been reading that there isnt much customization as far as troop choice and army lists.

As for the Eldar they sound like the opposite they are the Elite warriors who do there job and do it right. They have a ton of customization, which eventually im sure ill like, but it is pretty daunting right now. I really don't know which to choose. Im sure there are 800,000 threads on this and i did look quite a few pages back to see if some were close to my situtation, but it didnt really look like it. Thanks for all the help and again if there is a better army that seems more suited to me that isnt nids or SM shout it out.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/225733/494914.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/225733/494914.page GMT
So, do you have any idea of what type of army you would like to play? That will help you choose an army quite a bit.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/225733/494926.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/225733/494926.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/225733/494933.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/225733/494933.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/225733/494936.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/225733/494936.page GMT GW and see if they have small armies that you might be able to try out just to get a feel for the armies. I know as far as the necrons go that you are right, they do have a little less customization for regular troops but they are fairly versatile when it comes to the hq and elite units.

Eldar are substantially more customizable.

The thing, though, is that your battles will vary based on who you are fighting and how the terrain is set more than it will vary by how you set your army up in most cases.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/225733/494938.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/225733/494938.page GMT 40k units that they arent selling soi dont think thats an option, but i will keep a lookout for people that have the armies so i can see how they play them.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/225733/494950.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/225733/494950.page GMT However, Necrons are a bit more forgiveable than Eldar as they have good armor and the WBB rule. Moreover, the Lord's veil of darkness and the Monoliths make Necrons rather mobile allowing units to teleport.
Eldar's armor is speed. Their fast moving tanks are the best in the game. Mech Eldar armies are rather popular and fun to play. A more balanced list with hammer & anvil units also works fine. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/225733/495148.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/225733/495148.page GMT