[QUOTE=gufu;31913513]Malal? And what's next, Squats are making a come back?[/QUOTE]
The Emperor dies
Malal is reborn
GW is sued for Copyrght infringement.
(AKA They don't use Malal anymore because the guy who made it and owned the copyright left the company.)
[QUOTE=gufu;31913513]Malal? And what's next, Squats are making a come back?[/QUOTE]
The emperor is a squat on stilts.
Tau are obviously the best. Firewarrior tells me so.
[QUOTE=Marbalo;31913582]Holy shit, wow. Everytime I find out more stuff about this universe the amount of complexity behind it baffles me immensely all over again.
Although are there any other races besides humans who actually have civilized, -non war torn- homeworlds?[/QUOTE]
Eldar?
[QUOTE=Marbalo;31913582]Holy shit, wow. Everytime I find out more stuff about this universe the amount of complexity behind it baffles me immensely all over again.
Although are there any other races besides humans who actually have civilized, -non war torn- homeworlds?[/QUOTE]
What do you mean by non-war-torn homeworlds?
[QUOTE=Marbalo;31913660]Well, I'm not quite sure.
Perhaps planets like Terra? I'm not quite sure if it's war torn or not, but given the 'Emperor of Mankind' himself resides there, I doubt there'd be much conflict on the planet if at all.[/QUOTE]
There would be LOADS of conflict there.
The only ones without large amounts of conflict would ones belonging to the Tau, prehaps the Eldar aswell but there aren't many of those left.
SO this happened to me in the demo:
RAEG BAWTON RRRRAHAGAGH
[tab] for the emperor[/tab]
Seriously some of these lines are quiet as fuck
[QUOTE=Marbalo;31913582]Holy shit, wow. Everytime I find out more stuff about this universe the amount of complexity behind it baffles me immensely all over again.
Although are there any other races besides humans who actually have civilized, -non war torn- homeworlds?[/QUOTE]
Essentially there's thousands of races. But the majority usually are merely tied to one or two system. Some do have small empires like the Tau, but most tend to be smart about not encroaching into imperial space.
Keep in mind the vast size of the imperium means, that there can easily be hidden alien empires within it's very own borders. I think there was a spider species with one.
Then there's a fair bit amount of species that are essentially scavengers and only live on worlds inhabited by others.
As to imperial planets - most will probably be quite peaceful actually, since not much endangers them. Of course due to the lack of danger some governor and populace might disagree with all the levies pulled again them and refuse to send out regiments or pay other tithes. Which then results in conflict.
Hell some worlds go so long without imperial contact, that the imperium almost becomes a myth that only manifests when the tithe collectors come, or the black ships arrive.
Commoragh, 'cause hey, by Dark Eldar standards, it's not war torn, it's just business as usual.
In the Abnettiverse there are worlds conquered by chaos forces which have some sort of society and civilians.
I still haven't read any of his books, what's so bad about them?
Just played the first mission of the demo properly on my PS3, this shit's amazing.
Now i'm doing the one with the assault pack. I don't know why the fuck a tactical marine would put on an assault pack but whatever.
[QUOTE=Eonart;31914442]I've only read Blood Pact, and the only thing wrong is that no matter the circumstances, no matter what is going on, the main character will live.
"oh shit a super fast daemon is chasing us and bends reality around it to the point it turns people into a bloody ball i guess i should stab it with a 10 inch knife"
oh and the ultramarine movie[/QUOTE]
Well it wouldn't be Gaunt's Ghosts without Gaunt. I haven't read anything past Only in Death so I don't really know what happens in Blood Pact.
[QUOTE=mastermaul;31914447]Just played the first mission of the demo properly on my PS3, this shit's amazing.
Now i'm doing the one with the assault pack. I don't know why the fuck a tactical marine would put on an assault pack but whatever.[/QUOTE]
He's not a tactical Marine.
is he?
[QUOTE=mastermaul;31914447]Just played the first mission of the demo properly on my PS3, this shit's amazing.
Now i'm doing the one with the assault pack. I don't know why the fuck a tactical marine would put on an assault pack but whatever.[/QUOTE]
He is a Captain. Anyway, all of them are trained how to use them. Rank goes Scout, Devastator, assault marine, then Tactical marine.
[QUOTE=nightlord;31914357]I still haven't read any of his books, what's so bad about them?[/QUOTE]
Bad?
Abnett is one of the greatest writers in scifi, definitely the greatest in milscifi.
Titus is a Captain, Sidonus is a veteran Sergeant, Leandros is a recent sergeant.
[QUOTE=nightlord;31914523]He is a Captain. Anyway, all of them are trained how to use them. Rank goes Scout, Devastator, assault marine, then Tactical marine.[/QUOTE]
Isn't it scout>assault>devastator>tactical?
[QUOTE=Marbalo;31913491]Also, are there any books or comics or anything of that sort that might explore the more peaceful sides of the 40K universe? I'm new to all of this, and quite honestly don't care much for the tabletop game as much as I do for the actual universe.
I'm looking for things that might elaborate more on the civilian view of the war, perhaps more information on what Space Marines do in their leisure time (which I've read that not all chapters allow, but I am aware some do), or perhaps more info about civilians of other races like the Orks or perhaps Tau?
Another thing I've recently wanted to explore more was the Necron race, which as I've been told are apparently the most ancient race known so far. Things like why they were asleep all this time, who built them/how they formed, etc.[/QUOTE]
Space Marines normally have 15 minutes per day to do whatever they want. Most of them keep doing their daily stuff like training or praying for the emperor.
If you're looking for something peaceful, you're in the wrong place. Y eah maybe the Tau have sonething tho.
[QUOTE=Eonart;31914442]I've only read Blood Pact, and the only thing wrong is that no matter the circumstances, no matter what is going on, the main character will live.
"oh shit a super fast daemon is chasing us and bends reality around it to the point it turns people into a bloody ball i guess i should stab it with a 10 inch knife"
and he lives
oh and the ultramarine movie[/QUOTE]
You should've learnt by now that Abnett just kills off characters everyone loves as and when his devious mind feels like it.
Is there any place that describes Terra's current state? What each country/territory became, stuff like that.
[QUOTE=wraithcat;31914689]Isn't it scout>assault>devastator>tactical?[/QUOTE]
Nope, it's scout, devastator, assault, tactical marine, it's been noted a few times in this thread already.
[QUOTE=Joxalot;31914737]Is there any place that describes Terra's current state? What each country/territory became, stuff like that.[/QUOTE]
I recall Asia became the Imperial Palace.
[QUOTE=Gunner th;31914647]Titus is a Captain, Sidonus is a veteran Sergeant, Leandros is a recent sergeant.[/QUOTE]
How do you know?
Source, perhaps?
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[QUOTE=Eonart;31913764]Just beat Inquisitor level on Hard.
Hard isn't much of a problem at all. The only thing that kills you on Hard is carelessness.[/QUOTE]
To me, the normal orks are easy to take out with a bolter or chainsword, but when it comes to Nobs, i might die because no matter how much you slash them with a chainsword, it'll take time to take them down unless perhaps you have a Vengeance launcher.
[QUOTE=gufu;31913513]Malal? And what's next, Squats are making a come back?[/QUOTE]
Squats already made a comeback, they're the Demiurg.
[QUOTE=Hoboharry;31914847]How do you know?
Source, perhaps?
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To me, the normal orks are easy to take out with a bolter or chainsword, but when it comes to Nobs, i might die because no matter how much you slash them with a chainsword, it'll take time to take them down unless perhaps you have a Vengeance launcher.[/QUOTE]
You can stun Nobs using the 3 chainsword swipes then press stun and it does the AoE stun, it seems to stun the Nobs often. Then you do the QTE event and kill them easy.
[QUOTE=Eonart;31914442]I've only read Blood Pact, and the only thing wrong is that no matter the circumstances, no matter what is going on, the main character will live.
"oh shit a super fast daemon is chasing us and bends reality around it to the point it turns people into a bloody ball i guess i should stab it with a 10 inch knife"
and he lives
oh and the ultramarine movie[/QUOTE]
Yeah, you've kind of Skipped all the books where people actually die. The Saint and the end of The Founding.
As well as Only In Death, where someones death is heavily implied until the end of the book.
He doesn't kill popular characters left right and centre, but when he does, its the characters whose death have a strong effect.
All my favourite characters die/get thrown into the background, ah well, got his latest book on preorder, I've been waiting for so long.
Just a question on the Space Marine demo: How the hell do I detonate the Vengeance Launcher's grenades?
