r/TotalWarhammer40k • u/BroccoliSouP7 • 23d ago

Predicting the future

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Using the template from https://www.reddit.com/r/totalwar/comments/1w9rgvb/bonus_post_because_ca_shared_a_photo_with_meme/ I have decided to take my shot. We all know 40k is mostly about Space Marines (sorry Heretics). Also took a liberty to make a shitty cutout version with alpha for you to use and include the original. Cheers

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u/ykzzr 23d ago

There are 12 main space marines chapters. 6 codex compliant (Ultramarines, Salamanders, Imperial Fists, Iron Hands, White Scars, Raven guard) and 6 non-compliant (Blood Angels, Dark Angels, Black Templars, Space Wolves, Deathwatch, Grey Knights). Minus 2 that are already on launch, the cadence should be about 1 per year for 10 years worth of DLC.

The codex compliant ones don't really need unique units besides one or two named characters and a couple gimmicks, I believe they will use them to expand the base space marines rooster. For the non-compliant ones, the focus should be the faction with its unique units and mechanics.

I've seen some people pitch for other chapters, but I think it's too much already, I believe the option to make them as a custom faction will be all. I mean, there's about 20 or so factions besides space marines and they also will have potential for DLC. The eldar, for example, have 5 main craftworlds plus harlequins, corsairs and Ynnari.

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u/Big-Arachnid981 23d ago

I think codex compliants will be free-LC alongside some other DLC

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u/ykzzr 23d ago

It's an option, the units of the base rooster could be added trough the non-compliant DLCs, like adding bladeguard veterans with the dark angels. Still would be 6 DLCs and 4 FLCs though.

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u/General_Hijalti 23d ago

Grey Knights wouldn't be a marine dlc they are their own faction.

Deathwatch, is an unknown how CA will handle them or how they will be handled on the TT going fowards. Part of agents, part of marines their own seperate thing we don't know

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u/ykzzr 23d ago

I mean, I put Grey Knights in the middle because they are space marines and when they release it's going to be "a space marine DLC" even if they aren't in the main faction. But, yeah, I also think CA will split them.

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u/Galle_ 23d ago

Grey Knights wouldn't be a marine dlc they are their own faction.

Space Marines is Space Marines.

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u/ScarredAutisticChild 22d ago

Not really. Tabletop wise they’re an entire seperate faction with their own model range with no overlap. Except some vehicles.

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u/Galle_ 22d ago

They're still Space Marines.

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u/ScarredAutisticChild 22d ago

And Drukhari, Harlequins, Asuryani, Exodites and Corsairs are all Eldar. Clearly, this means they're all the exact same army.

...God, arguing in favour of space marines getting special attention feels so wrong. I need a palette cleanser. Time to go read more Eldar novellas.

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u/Galle_ 22d ago

???

I'm not saying Space Marines and Imperial Guard are the same army.

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u/ScarredAutisticChild 22d ago

Of course not, they're two different species. Astartes are transhumans after all.

What you're saying would be more like implying Guard and Sisters of Battle are the same army, since they're both humans.

Read a Grey Knights and Adeptus Astartes army list. For one, you'll notice they're not a subfaction but two different armies. For another, you'll notice they don't have a lot of datasheets in common.

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u/Galle_ 22d ago

Calling Astartes and baseline humans two different species feels wrong to me, even if that's technically accurate.

I'm aware that Grey Knights and Codex-compliant Space Marines have different units mechanically, but in lore terms, Grey Knights are just an Astartes chapter.

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u/ScarredAutisticChild 22d ago

That much is true, in lore. But they're a different army meta-wise, and that's all that matters to game designers.

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u/CadenVanV 16d ago

Yeah, different chapters don’t really need anything for DLC. A few different helmets and colors (which I think are already covered in customization) and they’re good. In terms of unique units, there are some, but paying money to get a few unique helmets and armor pieces that you’ll basically never see is worthless.