Post by Asyrean on Feb 4, 2016 13:13:27 GMT -6
Ha! Thanks for all the input. Andy, I already subscribe to your advice. Case in point being my two Skaven battalions, doom wheel and other blisters still in the shrink wrap, waiting to see the light of day. Speaking of Skaven, how come there aren't any Space Rats?
CJ, appreciate your questions to help me think through this. Of the three questions you posed, for me the first (Shelf = Awesome) and second (This is fun!) are my top to priorities. Winning games isn't an over all concern, as anyone can attest to the performance of my Ultramarines to date. For me, I'll ultimately chose an army that looks cool, has fluff that resonates with me and is fun to play. Although as I said before, I will be avoiding the armies that are in need of a codex update since I don't want the army codex doing the losing for me. I want to lose my games all by myself, thank you very much. Anyway, of the armies that I know need codex updates, none of them are in my top 5 anyway.
So, in no particular order, the armies I am interested in are:
- Skitarii / Mechanicus (like the look, but dont know much about the fluff. Do like the idea of their ally-ability with my blue marines. And, semi-big Robots!)
- Eldar (In WHFB I played High Elves, so I'm definitely interested in exploring maintaining my loyalty to the elven races. And big Elven Robots!)
- Tau (Big Robots!)
- Grey Knights (Space Marines driving Big Robots! Kinda like Space Jedi! But, I already have one Space Marine army... do I need two?)
- IG / AM (Small robots, but big tanks!)
- Necrons? (These guys are far down on the list for me. Not sure why. Maybe cause they're not big enough robots. But they are technically in consideration.)
- Space Rats? (Oh wait, there aren't any.)
And before anyone suggests Imperial Knights (really big robots!) I already have one IK and would love to have an IK army, but pretty sure my fiance would call off the wedding if I buy any more IKs. (For other 40k stuff, I can typically fib the cost a little and spin my web of lies to keep her satisfied that I'm not spending THAT much money. But, IK's... even she knows how much they cost.)
Anyway, another way to look at this is I'd like to have a shooty army as opposed to a stabby army, so I suppose in that case Ad Mech, Tau and IG/AM jump to the top of the list, right?
CJ, appreciate your questions to help me think through this. Of the three questions you posed, for me the first (Shelf = Awesome) and second (This is fun!) are my top to priorities. Winning games isn't an over all concern, as anyone can attest to the performance of my Ultramarines to date. For me, I'll ultimately chose an army that looks cool, has fluff that resonates with me and is fun to play. Although as I said before, I will be avoiding the armies that are in need of a codex update since I don't want the army codex doing the losing for me. I want to lose my games all by myself, thank you very much. Anyway, of the armies that I know need codex updates, none of them are in my top 5 anyway.
So, in no particular order, the armies I am interested in are:
- Skitarii / Mechanicus (like the look, but dont know much about the fluff. Do like the idea of their ally-ability with my blue marines. And, semi-big Robots!)
- Eldar (In WHFB I played High Elves, so I'm definitely interested in exploring maintaining my loyalty to the elven races. And big Elven Robots!)
- Tau (Big Robots!)
- Grey Knights (Space Marines driving Big Robots! Kinda like Space Jedi! But, I already have one Space Marine army... do I need two?)
- IG / AM (Small robots, but big tanks!)
- Necrons? (These guys are far down on the list for me. Not sure why. Maybe cause they're not big enough robots. But they are technically in consideration.)
- Space Rats? (Oh wait, there aren't any.)
And before anyone suggests Imperial Knights (really big robots!) I already have one IK and would love to have an IK army, but pretty sure my fiance would call off the wedding if I buy any more IKs. (For other 40k stuff, I can typically fib the cost a little and spin my web of lies to keep her satisfied that I'm not spending THAT much money. But, IK's... even she knows how much they cost.)
Anyway, another way to look at this is I'd like to have a shooty army as opposed to a stabby army, so I suppose in that case Ad Mech, Tau and IG/AM jump to the top of the list, right?