I felt like adding to a post made by FireDemonJ99 about a fifth race. Respectfully, that is. Of the Races listed who do you think would deserve a slot? Bare in mind this is WAY DOWN the road. Also, Tyrannids are confirmed for the game NOW. But they are as NPCs not playable factions. Personally, I'm going to vote on the Dark Eldar. They are the dark shadow of the Chaos Marines here. I would vote on Tau, but I like to go for the underdog.
The Imperial guard has an interesting variety of people including normal humans and sub humans. People may laugh when I say I would like to play as a Ratling earlier on. That is until I snipe them in their faces from a far away distance then come in for the kill on my stumpy feet of doom. Whose laughing now Space Marines? WHOSE LAUGHING NOW?!?!
Tau empire would make the most sense. Since Imperial Guard would be on the Space Marines side if it was going by lore, Necrons don't seem very creative, and Dark Eldar are basically just unliked by me. I don't really enjoy their presence in the lore but I tolerate it.
I know what you mean about hte Dark Eldar. Though I think their Pirate nature would be a good equality to the Orks and their sinister nature is a good counter balance to the Eldars mysterious ways.
I would vote Tau. All the jump suit shooting goodness would be great. Would be interesting to see how they would implement suits, whether you choose class a pilot class and from there choose a suit etc..
Of the options, I vote Tau. With Space Marines already leading in the "who will you play" polls, I say it's too early to add any other Imperium factions, so I wouldn't want Imperial Guard to be the fifth added. My heart wants to vote for Dark Eldar, but I also think it's too soon for it to be the very next faction since we have Eldar. And finally I play Tau as one of my tabletop armies and just simply have a preference for them over Necrons.
They'll probably end up NPCs like the Tyranids, but I voted Necron. I'd jump at the chance to play as an Immortal, or if the devs are feeling adventurous a Flayed One.
Just feel that the Dark Eldar are the Eldar's version of what Chaos Space Marines are to the Space Marines.The only other Factions I do really see are the Tau,Tyranids and the Necron.