emperors children?

[Tinasbuddy]

trying to make a Slaanesh space marine and the customization is abysmal. whats the deal with the lack of helmets and missing factions for chaos?

[Erikkustrife]

Originally posted by Brother Krieg:

Originally posted by Erikkustrife:

The militeristic peak human form you mean. Actual peak human form would probably be more fingers, a extremly lean human around 160 pounds, and faster thinking.

Militaristic peak is the peak in 40k, because survival and dominance are the ultimate metrics of superiority. Extra fingers, faster thinking, or a lean build are meaningless if you can’t endure or overcome in combat. Evolution favors what survives and thrives under pressure, and in 40k, that’s military might. The Custodes weren’t built for lab experiments, they were built to crush any threat to the Emperor's will. That is the true pinnacle.

The true pinnacle would be using drones and orbital weapons to wipe out any threat. It was said that astartes are the peak human form and thats just not true. They were not created for that purpose. The purpose they serve is infantry, and infantry not only do not win wars, they are some of the least important parts of a military campagin. Yes they are important, but logistics and in the current/future age technological superiority are what wins wars.

[SievertChaser]

Originally posted by Dan D:

Like the game journalists are already upset because the game doesn’t let you be lady Astartes

Are they? I only saw an outraged bit about the game failing to dissociate Astartes from modern militaries by foregoing needlessly obtuse monastic knight stuff for regular XX-XXIst century milspeak.

[SievertChaser]

Originally posted by Erikkustrife:

Originally posted by Brother Krieg:

Fair point about Primaris Marines being a lore mess, but the issue with female Custodes isn’t just about breaking lore, it’s about execution. If they’re indistinguishable from the male Custodes in terms of role and character, it feels tokenistic, like just slapping a female label on the same hyper-masculine archetype.

That said, Custodes are supposed to represent the pinnacle of human evolution. When I think of the pinnacle of the female form, it’s not a butch bodybuilder physique, it’s something more akin to Alederia: precise, agile, and elegant, but still deadly. A female Custodes should feel unique and embody that ideal in a way that complements their role, not just mirror their male counterparts.

The militeristic peak human form you mean. Actual peak human form would probably be more fingers, a extremly lean human around 160 pounds, and faster thinking.

Found the genie from RimWorld.

[SievertChaser]

Originally posted by Erikkustrife:

Originally posted by Brother Krieg:

Militaristic peak is the peak in 40k, because survival and dominance are the ultimate metrics of superiority. Extra fingers, faster thinking, or a lean build are meaningless if you can’t endure or overcome in combat. Evolution favors what survives and thrives under pressure, and in 40k, that’s military might. The Custodes weren’t built for lab experiments, they were built to crush any threat to the Emperor's will. That is the true pinnacle.

The true pinnacle would be using drones and orbital weapons to wipe out any threat. It was said that astartes are the peak human form and thats just not true. They were not created for that purpose. The purpose they serve is infantry, and infantry not only do not win wars, they are some of the least important parts of a military campagin. Yes they are important, but logistics and in the current/future age technological superiority are what wins wars.

Wh40k is not "future age", though. Like most of sci-fantasy, it instead adopts aspects of warfare from very, very distant eras in the past.

[SievertChaser]

Originally posted by Brother Krieg:

That said, Custodes are supposed to represent the pinnacle of human evolution. When I think of the pinnacle of the female form, it’s not a butch bodybuilder physique, it’s something more akin to Alederia: precise, agile, and elegant, but still deadly.

That, I dare say, is a social construct. For much of history, the peak female form was pretty close to the Primitive Venus statues.

Also, consider this: all aspects of femininity have to do with, whether you like it or not, fertility. It's already perverted on some level to have an ideal woman that's deadly. It's doubly perverted to have her be/likely be infertile.

[DoMiNaNt_HuNtEr]

Originally posted by Brother Krieg:

and even the Aeldari

♥♥♥♥ that rename, call em Eldar.

[DoMiNaNt_HuNtEr]

Originally posted by Tinasbuddy:

trying to make a Slaanesh space marine and the customization is abysmal. whats the deal with the lack of helmets and missing factions for chaos?

The devs have been weird about chaos. Each of the 6 classes are locked in to a specific chaos legion. Their reasoning is for visual class distinction. That's why assault is always Night Lords, heavy weapons are Iron Warriors, etc.

It's very gay. They dropped the ball on customisation for PvP in general. The first space marine game has WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better customisation options for both loyalists and chaos. SM2's options are limited and the interface is clunky.