Starting this thread looking for like minded individuals who want to live up the reputation of the Black Legion's Plague Marines. If there's a thread already for these guys then let me know but I would love to start forming up a squad.
ummm...not sure how to break this to you mate.....as a minor warband they probably wont make EC officially the Plague Marines are usually not a part of the Black Legion, they belong to the Death Guard http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Plague_Marine but I do understand that the "bringers of decay" apparantly are Black Legion http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Bringers_of_Decay as for recruitment heres a few threads on the subject courtesy of the search function http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/my-death-guard-warhost.7140/ http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/death-guard-recruitment.4481/ http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/wheres-all-my-death-guard-members-at.575/ http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/lonely-followers-of-nurgle-report-here.43200/ and a few more from the "confusingly" titled forum section called recruitment http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/deathguard-count.34339/ http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/nurglites-warriors-of-the-deathguard-assemble.43415/ http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/death-guard-recruitment.4481/
Well in recent fluff there is a faction of Plague Marines within the Black legion called the Bringers of Decay. http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Bringers_of_Decay But thanks for the links man, I haven't been on the forums since they switched to this site.
I also like the option to pay my allegiance to Father Nurgle, but I could understand if they couldn't do something like this until after launch. They have a lot on their plate.
Thousand Sons first or I throw my toys out of the pram. Edit: I would accept aesthetic choices to make my toon look like a member of the Thousand Sons. Then he can join the Black Legion and all is well, as that's lore-appropriate.
I really don't think Chaos divided is coming to EC...It seems like too much work to me IMO BUT if they do, they are going to go all or nothing....meaning they will not just have death guard they will have warbands exclusive for Tzeench, Slaanesh and Khorne. So Your probably going to get Death guard (Nurgle) Thousand sons (Tzeentch) Emperor's children (Slaanesh) World eaters (Khorne) Making FOUR new warbands is going to take a while so it will definitely be post launch if at all.
Tend to agree. Could hardly be coincidence that there are 5 First Founding Chaos Undivided Legions in already out of a total of 5.
I'm affraid they won't do this, and here is why I think so: From the lore side: Now you can play each Chapter and worship every Chaos God as you want. (e.g.) Many CSM Chapters have Khorne Berserkers as a part of their troops and don't worship the KHORNE. Like Black Legion. Most of the Chapters are CHAOS UNDIVIDED so its a matter of personal choice for every soldier which God he will serve or maybe all of them. And don't forget at Unholy Crusades all Gods fight together (and I know it doesn't mean they like it). There are more issues like: Thousand Sons are souls trapped in armours, and without sorcerer they can't even move. They don't have free will, so playing them as a single soldier in the battle is inconsistent with the lore. So its making them unplayable, also I can't imagine game mechanics for them. (I'm not sayin' I don't like them ) From the game devs side: They made 5 Chapters/Clans for each race and its more likely that they will focus on making new fractions. I preffer 5 uniqe nicely done Chapters than 15 with only different colour. And for devs its important too - many times they said that every Chapter will have unique stuff like weapons etc. If they weren't making it happen then they would give you "army painter" instead of Chapters. Maybe they will do extra 6th for each but i don't think it will be soon. Now from the mechanics side: If all the soldiers in Chapter would be: (e.g.) Khorne followers then only Ground Assault and Raptor makes sense. I can't imagine how unfair it would be to have only melee classes working fine in World Eaters. Its important because on each class you want something else like: (e.g.) Taking KHORNE SIGIL on HAVOC class is bad idea - it gives you melee lifesteal and magic immune (disadvantage). I think I don't have to explain why its a bad idea. But with this setup as it is, you have the possibility to make worshiper more like a CHAMPION of a God. (e.g.) Your Alpha Legion trooper is GIFTED with the Khorne powers. Remember that sometimes Gods choose you and they only choose the worthy ones. I like the idea that playable Chapters are "God free", because it gives players more space for their own decisions. So as a final conclusion: You have many possibilities in "not so many" choices, but hey - it works and everybody is happy*. I think that game devs did a great job by making God worship less important than playing specific Chapter. *(Its not possible to satisfay everyone.) And remember - it's only my point of view
If they just add some nurgle customization, they have the mark/sigil and there are also Plague Knives which do give a poison effect that the normal traitor can use. (The Plague Knife is pretty good too) The equiped chaos mark taunts are also a nice touch.
