Tau is also a good race to be a fan of. Eldrad Ulthran himself believed that the Tau would actually EXCEED what the Children of Asuryan have accomplished. Coming from the most gifted of all the Farseers, that is one hell of a compliment. Actual quote = "I have followed the myriad potential futures of the Tau with great interest. Though barely even striplings compared to us, I feel a strange protectiveness towards them. In time, I believe they will exceed even our greatest feats and master the darkness within their souls." Link = http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Tau_Quotes#.UtzoYsSwpol.
Also because they have no psychic ability's they are not in danger of bringing forth a new chaos god. But as it stands I stand by the Eldar. May we one day prove to the galaxy that we will return from that which has brought us down and return to the glory that was. - the whole making a new Chaos god thing.
Actually it doesn't. Veteran soldiers are better employed as instructors and advisors; for all the honor associated with being interred in a Dreadnaught loyalist Space Marines are also quick to bend an ear to any wisdom a revered Dreadnaught has to offer. Given that the Tau lack taboo topics on a scale anywhere near that of the Imperium, having those veterans around to advise them on what confusing topics like Chaos do in battle is a very basic tenet of intelligent warfare. There is also opportunity to advance medical augmentation technologies which, for a supposedly handicapped in combat by poor sight and strength, might open potential avenues of self-perfection and increased tactical synergy with their client races. In the case of the Tau, given that propaganda is both a strength and an objective of theirs, treating their wounded as having value beyond use as war materials also serves to illustrate that The Greater Good believes in life after war. "The Greater Good believes in retirement, Gue'la, not matyrdom." Oh, do please rend aid I was neither requesting nor in need of! That's so charming. Much as it tickles me that my awareness and appreciation of gender as a positive makes you feel "icky" the setting of Warhammer 40,000 has long had a uncomfortable dilemma of exalting slaughter and extermination and the grotesque defiling of the living on a scale beyond plausible recognition it none the less can't help but feel a protest from it's genteel British bones whenever sex or women are involved. What's demonstrably important to GW is that the Grim Darkness of the Far Future is ugly to the point of being disfigured and that really anything that bothers to notice Mankind* (rarely ever is the Imperium recognized as Humanity) is unlikely to care about whether the delicious saturated caloric content is centralized in different locations or not. Unless it's an Eldar, and our damnably blasphemous penchant for physically exaggerating armor. Or the (non)garb of a Wych. Or a Sister of Battle in her bustier/corset powered armor. Or some poor wretch Repentia dressed in parchments and industrial staples. There have even been some brain-shriveling "female" Ork models for Bloodbowl -Isha bless me, one more thing I wish I'd never seen. Then they're just Boys with Toys. How could they help themselves? So I speak in favor bringing some of that blueberry goodness to Tau'va as well. I know my voice carries disproportionately amongst the halls of Games Workshop and though it is equally unfair and unkind to abuse that privilege in a format such as this I feel vindicated in doing so. I am right. I am completely, utterly beyond error, and my word isn't merely law, it's prophecy.
*Also of course "the Imperium of Man," The "God-Emperor of Mankind," who created twenty-one sons and exactly zero daughters...the Adeptes Astartes who're both entirely male and without sex drives...the High Lords of Terra among which only the representative of the Sororitas is female...the infamous "no female Chosen" stance approved of in the now defunct Warhammer: Age of Reckoning (Chaos is capable of anything imaginable..except that)... Although admittedly entirely anecdotal my experience with women bringing armies to the felt is that they generally favor either the Dark Eldar, who are bar-none the best army for being raw deliciously malicious and gender-role indifferent, or the Tyranids who're utterly beyond such concepts as to be an event more so than a species. The poor Sisters of Battle are easily the least popular faction among women, and correspondingly unpopular among men for being non-competitive and rarely updated. As well as for being a half-wit half-step between the glorious Templar-Monks of the Astartes and the valiant-but-out-matched Imperial Guard. The Sisters intrigue few, and satisfy fewer still. I'm sure it's a known fact, and Eternal Crusade will occur as it must, but I will use my superhuman agency and influence to point that female gamers are a constantly growing demographic and that to include them where lore permissible is to put a hand on the ever-swelling stack of unclaimed lucre and assert, "if the rest of you are just going to leave it there ...yeah, I'd like to take some of this with me."
1. First army I ever collected, and was a player for many many years 2. Dark Reapers are lore wise, aesthetically and tactically probably my favourite single unit in all of 40K not to mention Maugan Ra is and has consistantly been within my top 3 Characters since I started playing back in 1999
Oh, I'm with you on that. The topic is truly and terribly terrifically toxic, however inevitable. As for the rest, let's not get too invested. I am quantifiably interested in Eternal Crusade. I am not however actually involved in it's production. I would greatly prefer the inclusion of Swooping Hawks, for example, but as far as measuring fairness by volume I am also clearly in the minority. I have my pet obsessions, those maddening windmills that most demand I tilt at them with Khaine's own searing blood screaming for righteous resolution (Kaaaaaarja), but beyond that I try to keep my head straight. Straighter. Straight-ish. You know what I mean. Anyway, moving on. Graham McNeil: please message me. I have questions I would take great relief in having answered. Also Angel Exterminatus was excellent a level that fairly should transcend normal Black Library niche market appreciation, and into the realms of actual literature. So, yes! Eldar! I deeply identify with their themes of unhealthy obsession and explosive emotional power kept tightly reined in! It ain't easy being crazy when the rest of the galaxy is sane. Also I like it when something small and T3 manages to wreck some towering enemy HQ because it had a force weapon. Precision is overrated as tools go, but when it works as planned all is bliss.
I was supremely amused at your part of the post when you asked G.McN to message you. To think an author for the black library would read a thread I created so long ago & grace these conversations a moments notice made me giggle with mad delight. ( best of luck to you in this endeavor ~no sarcasm ) Don't mind me :X I just like to read over the opinions of the player base here. Thank you all for keeping this thread alive with your thoughts and motivations.
I'm sticking with Eldar because I like their look and style the most out of the 40k races also I collect Eldar. I was going to go with Space Marines as primary because they were also the first 40k race I played on TT but they don't do it for me anymore Space marines OP they're just dicks in Heavy Armour, honorable dicks.
