As much as I love the melta weapons, and honestly I do, I'd love to see some devastator weapons sometime in the future ;D
Better in every way? Have you ever heard of the term "crippling overspecialization"? That basically describes aspect warriors to tee. For example you are a Howling Banshee and so trained only in charging your foe and slaughtering them in close combat and cause as much panic as you can. But if that tactic should fail what can you do? That is the only method of warfare you are well versed in and equipped for. You would need support from other aspects like Dark Reapers to give you fire support and Swooping Hawks for out flanking the enemy and providing you with an opening to charge in and Warp Spiders to cover a retreat. What is so superior about that? While we Astartes on the other hand are expected to master all forms of warfare. A codex chapter will see a neophtye's first deployment in combat as part of a scout squad where he will learn infiltration, sabotage and hit and run tactics then if he is proven worthy of being a full battle-brother he will join a devastator squad and fill the role of long-range fire support. He will usually then move on to an assault squad where he will master the use of jump packs and close combat assaults. So by he time they join a tactical squad he has already had 100 years worth of combat experience with a wide array of skills and tactical knowledge. What can an arrogant Eldar that can only fight in one way and calls them self a warrior possibly do to that?
How amusing! Your kind think you are so magnificent, you, mere puppets! We know your affairs better than you do yourselves. Your vanity will be your end, pity human but fear not child of Earth, as we will be your doom, we have foreseen it!
Better a puppet xenos then an honor-less failure who could do nothing but run and hide as your empire destroyed itself in it's own vanity and corruption. We will never be so complacent as to let such taint go unpunished!
Awesome models, got me the Plasma Gun for some DoT on the field. Katie, need my praetorian helmet, be kind and talk with designers about it? Thanks!
Fight the SM on their ground of choosing so they can maximize their strengths and the enemy's weakness'. Also by coordinating these specialized units in an effective warmachine. For example.
Why should i care where we fight? We Astartes can fight practically anywhere. But if you want me to choose i'd go with an absurdly dangerous Death World fraught with hostile wildlife and extreme weather and terrain, with intense gravity which renders your kind too heavy to be as agile as you are comfortable with. But leaves me relatively unaffected thanks to my denser skeletal and muscular systems as well as my power armour which is designed to handle such stress. In other words just like home. Frankly i find the life styles of Craftworld and Dark Eldar alike to be sickening and it's made you soft. You can practice and hone your fighting skills at your aspect shrines all you want, but it's no substitute for real combat experience and battlefield craft.
