Which 40K race do you side with?

[DoubleChops]

Necrons, they're just so cool . Unkillable machines, awoken from their long slumber to harvest the weak younger races. Love it.

There number is legion. Their name is Death.

 

[Ari Ace]

Eldar, when everybody looks right, they go left.

 

[Rykan]

Eldar all the way.

 

[Captain Ninja]

the tau , for the greater good!!

 

[Dark Knifer]

Chaos, namely a chaos champion of some sort. Crusading around the galazy killing millions and turning others to your own evil cause sounds like great fun.

 

[Davey Woo]

Space Marines.
Specifically Blood Angels Space Marines, God they're awesome.

 

[LiquidXlr8]

I've never been into wargames, but i've played almost table top rpg under the sun. A buddy of mine recently told me its possible to do a conversion of 40k to make it more of a "roleplay" game. Now I know im a little late to the party with 40k, so where would you vets recommend i start to get up on the canon? i bought the steam bundle with ALL of the DoW1 games and DoW2, and i am presently working my way through them now. Thx guys.

 

[ottenni]

I play Imperial Guard, i just love the level of customization the models allow.

And i have a special spot in my heart for the orks. I mean, stop bein so soppy ya git!

 

[marscentral]

I haven't played in years, but I still follow the Space Wolves even getting their new codex just for the new fluff. I just love their space vikingness. They're double hard space marines who (unlike the other chapters) don't take things like threats from Inquisitors too seriously and are actually loved by the masses of normal humans.

For the Wolftime!

 

[Wolvaroo]

The Tau. Pewpew.

 

[Nouw]

With the announced release of a Warhammer 40.000 MMO, the upcoming "Space Marine" 3rd person action game, and the success of the Dawn of War franchise, I thought it'd be interesting to see which race has the most love from the gaming crowd.

It doesn't matter if you play the tabletop wargame, the computer games, or if you just like the background, throw in your opinion, and let us know who you love and why.

My choice is the Imperium. It's very hard for me to select a specific branch within the Imperium, as it has been my faction of choice for nearly two decades. Since I started playing in 1992, I played with Blood Angels, and I still have them today, but the Imperial Guard, an army I started in the early 2000's, has gained my love and respect due to some stellar performances on the tabletop. I even have an aquila tattoo!

But ultimately I have to go with the faction that started it all for me. The Blood Angels. I absolutely love their background. A chapter that idolizes physical perfection and aesthetics, but which suffers from an internal flaw bigger than even some Traitor Chapters. The Red Thirst, that psychic echo of Sanguinius' brutal death which reduces a Blood Angel to a blood-craving beast.

Their recent retcon upon the re-release of Space Hulk was retarted (95% of the chapter died fighting the Tyranids?! And no-one knew that until now... uh...), but the just-released COdex brings them back to their former glory, and then some.

So, yeah. I'm a Son of Sanguinius first, and a Guardsman second. Be that as it may, my choice is the Imperium.

Finally someone that is a Blood Angel!

OT: Space Marines; Blood Angels. Feel my Chainsword Heretic!

 

[DanielDeFig]

Tau. With Fire Warriors, Battlesuits, Hammerheads and The Greater Good as their philosphy and reason for fighting they are the coolest Faction in WH 40K.
I also like the multicultural aspect of the Tau, the fact that they are the only faction that is capable of even considering alliances and integrating other races in their army (unlike the other Racist, Xenophobic, Religoiusly Fanatic, Conservative, Exterminist, and Bloodthirsty races in 40K).

 

[SMILEYkyle21]

The Dark Angels Chapter of Space Marines
'Never rest until the last of the fallen is slain'
My tabletop army fought a shit load of chaos, never did find any fallen though

 

[replingham153]

I love all of the races, they are ALL just so awesome. Do love those witch hunters and the demon hunter guys the best, their kick-ass!

 

[chstens]

Imperial Guard, they take on the massive demons, hordes of Orks or Tyrranids that the Space Marines are too important to fight, armed with flashlights and leftovers.

 

[Bradd94]

Eldar.
While they're overlooked, or at least in this thread, I absolutely adore the Seer Council. They'd rip apart infantry.

Of course, W40k wasn't an infantry game, really. It was a vehicle one, and it made me sad to see such elite forces ripped apart by Land Raiders |:

 

[ironduke88]

the imperial guard make the most interesting reading for sure, ghosts series is probably the best in the black library. and space marines are balls out cool I played them table-top and DoW (always felt like cheating tbh, esp with the grey knights).
but if I had to side with a faction it would be as part of the Ordo Malleus inquistor

Inquisitor Lord Hephaestos Grudd, addressing Colonel Molian of the 223rd Gudrunrite Rifles
"Look upon this hammer I hold before me, for it is far more than a weapon. It is a symbol of the Imperial justice that smites the diabolic enemies of the Imperium wherever they are found, just as I. Though it has banished even a mighty Greater Daemon to the hell from which it was spawned, it remains true and pure, just as I. Furthermore, it is a symbol of my order and my office, of the authority granted to me by the divine will of the Emperor. By that authority, I am commanding you and your entire regiment to obey me without question or hesitation. Advance, or it will not be daemonic blood that stains my hammer this day."

Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition), p. 22

 

[blankedboy]

Holy crap, I just started this game about half an hour ago.

So far, I've played Space Marines... I used to play it a while ago, can't remember much but I think I liked the Eldar.