Instead of focusing on humans, why not focus on the Xenos insted.

[Siphon2012]

Humans are not he only beings within the genre of Warhammer 40k. Why not just make a darktide game for Eldar, Necrons, Orks and/or Tau? All factions tend to have better weapons and powers. They are also not very much like a cult like humans, well except for the crazy Orks.

Yes, I am a heretic. I like Eldar and Necrons better than humans in Warhammer 40k.

[Onimaho]

Originally posted by housersc:

Humans are not he only beings within the genre of Warhammer 40k. Why not just make a darktide game for Eldar, Necrons, Orks and/or Tau? All factions tend to have better weapons and powers. They are also not very much like a cult like humans, well except for the crazy Orks Eldar, Necrons, and Tau.

Yes, I am a heretic. I like Eldar and Necrons better than humans in Warhammer 40k.

Orks aren't crazy or a cult, they are bio-weapons.

[Germaine's Bra]

The only Xeno army that might make sense is Genestealer Cult, the rest are too strong for this team of 4.

[Grail]

Because Fatshark will only be licensed for so much. GW is highly protective of its IP and don't let companies have carte blanche access to their lore, not without spending ungodly $$ on it. And more people like the Imperium.

[Jakal, Lady kisser]

space elves are nerds, blue weebs talk too much, cultural appropration terminators are too stupid to notice how dumb they are, we don't deserve more ork games and genestealer cult is just scientology but aliens aren't ghosts yet.

[BrutalBeast]

Originally posted by housersc:

Humans are not he only beings within the genre of Warhammer 40k. Why not just make a darktide game for Eldar, Necrons, Orks and/or Tau?

If you think about it even a little bit, the answer is obviously money.

[Heretical_Cactus]

Because why not ?
And Nurgle has the most lore appropriate faction alliance potential, as any of the 4 Chaos God Cult could join the fray as allied to the current groups.

[Heretical_Cactus]

I think we all misunderstood what he is asking.

He doesn't want Tau/Eldar/other Xenos... as the tide, he want them as the player characters

[nakoda]

I'd play the ♥♥♥♥ out of an Orcs & Goblins Tide.

DAKKATide.

dakkadakkadakkadakkadakka

[Silhouette]

lol,

I guess if you want to mow down hoards of Orks you can pick up "Space Marine."
(I can't believe how expensive it is for a game that's over a decade old!)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/55150/Warhammer_40000_Space_Marine__Anniversary_Edition/

[Rhaokros]

Originally posted by Wawrzyniec:

The only Xeno army that might make sense is Genestealer Cult, the rest are too strong for this team of 4.

yet we take down a beast of nurgle and a plague ogryn and thousands of cultist. hmmmm

[Cipher Esteria]

Originally posted by Rhaokros:

yet we take down a beast of nurgle and a plague ogryn and thousands of cultist. hmmmm

Because people still don't get the difference between a PDF Trooper and a Inquisitorial Operative.

Or that the Guard does 99.9% of the fighting, kills 99.9% of the enemies of the Imperium, makes up 99.9% of the imperial fighting power and has 99.9% of the casulties as a result.
It was the average man with his flash light standing in a trench that held the Imperium for 10k year and if he has to, he will hold it another 10k together.

[Harukage]

People also tend to forget that most of the fighting the Imperium does is against orks and drukhari raiders ( yes, dark eldar realspace raids are very common). With all the crazy warmachines, technology and superiior fighters. And still the common guardsmen is the one who does all the heavy lifting.
People also forget that when fighting orks or tyranids imperial guard is always greatly outnumbered.

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by housersc:

Instead of focusing on humans, why not focus on the Xenos insted.

That train left the station years ago when development on Darktide started. And the reason is marketability.

Same reason why Space Smurfs are the Poster Boys of Warhammer and sell the best on the Table Top. And why they have like a billion Novels to the hand full of Imperial Guard novels, despite the fact that the Guard is so much more interesting than Skittles Colored Smurfs.

The Unrelatability is also the reason why we get so few Ork novels with Ork protagonists... even the Eldar ones are few and far in between and arguably way to anthropomorphized. Just like Smurfs are way to anthropomorphized. But hey... everyone wants to read and play smurfs, so lets make them human again. Despite them literally being stripped of humanity in every possible way.

People like their power fantasies, until they get to play them. See the Space Marine Horde shooter... nobody seems to have any interest in playing Terminators fighting through Space Hulks.

[Harukage]

Originally posted by Ishan451:

even the Eldar ones are few and far in between and arguably way to anthropomorphized.

Hey! I love my phoenix lords books! Asurmen as a depressive former football player, Jain Zar who can't stand space clowns, and Maugan Ra the library nerd are priceless.

[Grr. [SG CMD] Majah Lazah]

Originally posted by Wawrzyniec:

The only Xeno army that might make sense is Genestealer Cult, the rest are too strong for this team of 4.

This team would be paste in seconds. GSC have actively fought and killed both Marines and currently Custodes. An inquisitional retinue would be smear on the wall in seconds.