as i am sure this has been said somewhere in this thread due to its length but im not reading through it all etc. The black legion are hated due to the fact they are poster boys and the fact Games Workshop have plastered their leader as badass on table top but on numerous counts have wrote him to fail in nearly all his ventures hence his nickname and the fact that there are (from what i looked up) next to no black legion books at all to support their awesome side did not help their image in the least. The only thing that the black legion has going for them is their origins before and just after the heresy when they were smashing the frontlines during the great crusade and the same during the heresy. After the heresy Abaddon showed part of his true personality reflected in his depression and despair of himself,his legion and the death of his gene farther. During this time the legion command broke down into eager warlords fighting for dominance and soon became under attack by the new warp charged legions and nearly got wiped out. here is a link to the legion and ill put one for abaddon himself so you can read more of it and decide the reason they are hated by the community as this was just my opinion personally i have a black legion army with its own chaos lord and back story it keeps me interested in the legion itself whilst having a chaos lord that does not always have to concede to the "good guy shield" where i always have to lose Black legion: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Black_Legion Abaddon: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ezekyle_Abaddon
i have to say i like the black legion but don't like Abbadon and its because in the night lord books he is really a little rat
that part of it for me is understandable as he needs to be like a rat at times for his schemes and plots
Abaddon could be cooler if he changed his hairstyle and if he dialled back his "I-AM-THE-DARK-LORD-OF-SPACE!!!"act. Seriously, he can be so over-the-top. Firing on his own ships is not conductive to galactic conquest.
that is a good point but he is deluded and high on warp power and eager to improve his powers so i think in his mind he is just like "a few less usurpers lulz" *presses doom button*
Alas, that is the cross that all followers of Chaos must bear. Reason is alien to us. Sanity is for the weak, as they say.
Didnt know our Abby here had this much voice recordings in DoW2, guess they were far and between when i played to notice (aside from that Eliphas scorning). He does indeed sound very awesome in these 3.5 mins: View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ7f-gK_yo0
For the record. I despise Abaddon. He annoys me to no end. He should of died when Captain Loken was fighting him. Oh wait...Abaddon had Terminator armor during the fight and still almost lost... I voted Black Legion because The Thousand Sons are part of them. That is the only reason. All is Dust!
Black Legion still have not strong personality. But I think that situation will change in nearest future. Thanks to ADB. This man knows how to show bad guys as cool ones.
