SPACE MARINE - In the grim darkness of the future, there are only BIG MEN

Neli

I know they can have powerfists at least



I believe I've seen a chaos titan with a buzz saw too

Mr.Sunshine

I believe I've seen a chaos titan with a buzz saw too

And its not even the biggest Titan.

Anon the Felon

It should be noted that even in the plehtora of 40k novels they mention that Titan close combat weapons are highly impractical. At the range the titan would need to close to in order to use said weapon, their void shields would not be of any use against the enemy titan during the final steps and the enemy titan could just blow it's head off at point blank.

There was a battle in "Titanicus" (fantastic book!) were a Chaos Reaver ripped an imperial titan apart after ambushing it from behind a building with its power fist.

Oh how I love thee 40k.

TychoCelchuuu

Ferrus wrote: »

Hopefully GW will extend their game department further. Chaos Gate 2 would be hella awesome, it'll give us a nice TBS/Warhammer fix and might draw the X-Com crowd, too!

1. It will never happen.

2. That would be so sweet. Chaos Gate did a lot of stuff right, and the atmosphere was one of them. The Gothic choral music was so awesome. I mean, check this stuff out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5as4OL3TRI

Stragint

Fire Warrior wasn't God awful. For a shooter it wasn't that great but my favorite army has always been Tau (despite me owning a 1500 point Necron (without a monolith) army and 1500 Chaos army).

I am really looking forward to Space Marine though, I am glad that cover isn't a big thing since I always imagine Space Marines just running around and stomping peoples face is in while taking little damage. I am currently waiting for DoW2: Retribution to go on sale and all this WH40K has gotten me wanting to play the table top again.

Dracomicron

I still want them to make Necromunda (or Mordheim, basically the same thing... but not IN SPACE), their squad combat game where your squad status & gear carry over from mission to mission. There was a little of that in Squad Command, which was actually pretty good for the PSP, if stupidly short. I'd like a full game based on it, though.

Neli

and I want a battlefleet gothic game...alas, it will probably never happen

I mean look at this ridiculous stuff:

It deserves to be in a game somehow

Xagarath

I want a Rogue Trader game.
Space combat + squads + roleplaying + exploration, trade and empire-building

Morkath

Anon the Felon wrote: »

It should be noted that even in the plehtora of 40k novels they mention that Titan close combat weapons are highly impractical. At the range the titan would need to close to in order to use said weapon, their void shields would not be of any use against the enemy titan during the final steps and the enemy titan could just blow it's head off at point blank.

There was a battle in "Titanicus" (fantastic book!) were a Chaos Reaver ripped an imperial titan apart after ambushing it from behind a building with its power fist.

Oh how I love thee 40k.

I would say titan melee weapons are meant more for bunker busting type deals.

"Oh hai, that's a nice wall/bunker you have there, mind if I stick my drill in it?"

Mr.Sunshine

and I want a battlefleet gothic game...alas, it will probably never happen

I dunno, the guys making Space Marine made Homeworld... soooo ya know.

I'm sure there's more than one dude at Relic going "Hmmmm."

Malkor

Cain't wait. I have an extra-special place on my HD for this and whatever abomination results from WH40k Online.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2e47wBWTV8

edit: Also a 40k successor to Homeworld would probably end me.

Anon the Felon

Morkath wrote: »

Anon the Felon wrote: »

It should be noted that even in the plehtora of 40k novels they mention that Titan close combat weapons are highly impractical. At the range the titan would need to close to in order to use said weapon, their void shields would not be of any use against the enemy titan during the final steps and the enemy titan could just blow it's head off at point blank.

There was a battle in "Titanicus" (fantastic book!) were a Chaos Reaver ripped an imperial titan apart after ambushing it from behind a building with its power fist.

Oh how I love thee 40k.

I would say titan melee weapons are meant more for bunker busting type deals.

"Oh hai, that's a nice wall/bunker you have there, mind if I stick my drill in it?"

While totally possible, titans can also be equipped with a Volcano Cannon. A cannon that does...well what it's name implies. It fires a round of super heated energy that is primarily meant to target huge objects and obliterate them with a single shot. Such targets usually include other Titan-sized opponents and minor hive cities.

Something that can be fired from miles away and rivals the weapons used my the space ships? Redefines bunker buster.

Although, the image of a Titan shoving his fist into a big bunker and wiggling his fingers around (vaporizing everything inside) makes me laugh.

Turkey

Mr.Sunshine wrote: »

and I want a battlefleet gothic game...alas, it will probably never happen

I dunno, the guys making Space Marine made Homeworld... soooo ya know.

I'm sure there's more than one dude at Relic going "Hmmmm."

I was sure they were going to make a Battlefleet Gothic game until they bought the Homeworld license.

Fiaryn

Lightning Claws or get out.

That's pretty much what I have to say to this game.

Dracomicron

Fiaryn wrote: »

Lightning Claws or get out.

That's pretty much what I have to say to this game.

Like, every iteration of the GW space marine franchise I can think of has had lightning claws. I somewhat doubt that they'd fail to include them in a game like this.

Fiaryn

It's important enough to be demanded, damn it!

Dracomicron

Fiaryn wrote: »

It's important enough to be demanded, damn it!

Point conceded :!!:

Fiaryn

I'd demand Power Feet too but I doubt I'll get that one.

BloodySloth

So... are power feet an actual thing in the wh40k universe, and if not, why not?

Fiaryn

Power Feet are very real, they are one of the many weapons of choice of the highly authentic ANGRY MARINES

The one true FIST OF THE FUCKING EMPEROR

Ferrus

I... I played Fire Warrior. All the way to the end.

The atmosphere was really good, especially the first level in the trenches.
I still have my copy here because nobody ever wants to buy it.

randombattle

I would img tag these but oh well.

http://i.imgur.com/hbCEF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/S8AVP.jpg

This lists all the weapons in the game from a press pamphlet. Doesn't look like lightning claws or power fists made it in sadly..

Pureauthor

BloodySloth wrote: »

So... are power feet an actual thing in the wh40k universe, and if not, why not?

Because you'd disintegrate the ground you were attempting to walk on?

RoyceSraphim

randombattle wrote: »

I would img tag these but oh well.

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This lists all the weapons in the game from a press pamphlet. Doesn't look like lightning claws or power fists made it in sadly..

Thx

Neli

Psychotic One

I hope this game does fantasticly well. I want the next Warhammer 40K game to be about the Inquisitors. The inquisition will crush all heretics beneath their heels in the name of the emperor.

Foolish Chaos

pabh wrote: »

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/4/10/

Probably still my favorite PA comic.

BloodySloth

Pureauthor wrote: »

BloodySloth wrote: »

So... are power feet an actual thing in the wh40k universe, and if not, why not?

Because you'd disintegrate the ground you were attempting to walk on?

I'm... I'm not really seeing the problem here. Strap 'em onto an IG grunt, and airdrop the poor bastard onto a Hive Tyrant.

Pureauthor

Pft. As if a lowly tainted member of the Imperial Guard would ever be considered worthy of donning such holy vestments of the Emperor's Might.

RoyceSraphim

Dude was going to be executed by a commissar anyway, let his death sever the emperor's will.

Morkath

RoyceSraphim wrote: »

Dude was going to be executed by a commissar anyway, let his death sever the emperor's will.

A better usage would be to be a comforter to the holy mechanical spirit in the targeting device for a 1000 lb bomb.

Pureauthor

You realize that in most cases the Imperium would far prefer to have infrastructure and buildings still in place if/when they win the battle, yes?

BloodySloth

Pureauthor wrote: »

You realize that in most cases the Imperium would far prefer to have infrastructure and buildings still in place if/when they win the battle, yes?

How are we to know that the planet's infrastructure didn't contribute to its fallen state? Purge the whole thing with fire, I say. Also, power feet.

RoyceSraphim

But a spirit can't be turned to chaos...and thats a good thing.:)

The_Scarab

Pureauthor wrote: »

You realize that in most cases the Imperium would far prefer to have infrastructure and buildings still in place if/when they win the battle, yes?

Are you putting material desires before your undying faith to the Emperor? How dare you question what He wants? Those buildings and the infrastructure will crumble to dust if He wills it.

This is heresy I say. HERESY!

Neli

Psychotic One wrote: »

I hope this game does fantasticly well. I want the next Warhammer 40K game to be about the Inquisitors. The inquisition will crush all heretics beneath their heels in the name of the emperor.

When the inquisition comes around, all be fucked




It's just a mess of horrible, painful things

mere_immortal

Aren't the inquisition like the next level of authority down from the Emperor?

As in they can destroy a planet if they need to to get the job done?

Neli

Inquisitors can deem entire planets lost and order an exterminatus

Exterminatus is the name of a terrible order given by the authorities of the Imperium of Man to destroy an entire planetary biosphere and all life upon a world in extreme circumstances where a potential or actual threat to the entire Imperium exists on the planet and might spread to other Imperial worlds. Exterminatus is typically only used as a last resort, when the price of holding or retaking the world for the Emperor is deemed too high, or the threat of mutation, disease or Chaotic heresy spreading to the rest of the Imperium is too great to contain by conventional means. Thus Exterminatus has very rarely been used on vital or valuable planets to the Imperium. Typically, the order may only be given by a high-ranking Imperial Commander in the Imperial Guard, Imperial Navy or the Space Marines, or by a full member of the Imperial Inquisition.

Ferrus

Look. Inquisitor/Rogue Trader RPG. The rules are already there. This needs to happen.

The_Scarab

and an exterminatus involves carpet bombing the planet for a couple of weeks with hydrogen bombs, constantly, with a 50 megaton bomb for every square kilometer of the surface - boiling away the oceans, irradiating the earth and shrouding the entire planet in an impenetrable black haze that chokes the last breaths of life out of the world.

Then when the ordeal is over, and what little remains of the landscape is a charred, ashen wasteland flowing with molten rock, radioactive dust and blasted by a bitter, freezing chill, they repeat the process again. And again. For months, scouring kilometers from the surface of the planet, turning the continents to rubble, levelling mountains and cliffs. The entire world a smooth, obsidian ball winking out of existence in the infinite blackness of space.


So yeah, not a good day to start dabbling in the dark arts, Mr Heretic.