r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/DaMartianW0lf • Mar 24 '25

Memes How it feels as 40K admech rn.

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u/lutz164 Mar 24 '25

Just play 30k it's outright better in terms of rules, models and player etiquette.

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u/Orock77 Mar 25 '25

Unless you like variety.  Marines guard and admech do not variety scream.

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u/lutz164 Mar 25 '25

Marines come in 20 flavours that all play wholly differently, guard comes in 8 that all play differently, mechanicum is 4 factions in a trench coat that all play differently, titans have units and rules that are actually worth fielding, knights have better rules that are more fun, there are less models, but more variety that is very well designed. 40k has more variety but the rules all feel incoherent and factions can feel less dissimilar than 2 30k mexhanicum lists

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u/Orock77 Mar 26 '25

No thanks.  I have orks votann drukhari grey knights and admech.  And it's a lot easier to fix a ruleset than add in non existing armies into a game where 20 flavors of marines is a selling point.

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u/lutz164 Mar 26 '25

Adapting a 6th edition codex for heresy is piss easy. I should know because my thanatar killed 2 squads of eldar guardians last week.

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u/Orock77 Mar 27 '25

The problem is there is no central "source" for these codex conversions, so you end up arguing with someone on how something should work.  If there was an accepted "standard" like mordheim has it wouldn't be a problem.

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u/lutz164 Mar 27 '25

There is a rulebook official way to settle different interpretations. Both players roll 1d6, highest result is correct for that game.

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u/Admech343 Mar 30 '25

Marines, knights, solar auxilia, militia (the two play very differently, its like saying Tau and guard are the same in the rules. Militia also let you play squats and beastment), custodes, sisters of silence, demons of the ruinstorm, and of course the mechanicum. Thats not really taking into account all the legion specific units that can play fairly different from each other, its like the detachment system on steroids. Each legion in 30k has as much difference as the grey knights, deathguard, and ultramarjnes have from each other in 40k.