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[Rolepgeek]

And the Inquisition hates the Rational Marines. While you have your entire Chapter in one place killing orks, taking your time bombarding them until you're finally willing to put your big boy pants on and mop up after what your Serfs and servitors just killed, who also happened to slaughter thousands of remaining Imperial Citizens in the process, there are five other worlds dying because there's no Space Marine Chapter there.

[UXLZ]

The bombarding is usually reserved for worlds that are completely lost with Heavy/!!Extreme!! infestations. Moderate and below can be dealt with in 2-3 raids taking no losses. The fleet systematically moves throughout the sector, cordoning off areas of extreme importance.

[UXLZ]

I have a planet with two quadrillion imperial guard on it.

Quoting an older post, but I'm pretty sure one of my planets had 75 quintillion IG.

[snowdrifts]

But if I'm doing things optimally I'm never going to fight a strength 4+ Tau force because I'll just bombard them from orbit until they're weak.

Also, anyone got any tips for chapter compositions and stuff? Strengthening beyond the initial startup I can't really think of anything besides 'give everyone better armor' or something. Also, why do Power Axes cost less requisition while doing more damage?

Bikes and Iron Halos for everyone! Power axes, too. Give ALL your psykers hoods. Give an entire company plasma bombs before a boarding action. Become friendly enough with the Ecclisiarchy to have 2 units Sisters of Battle in your command unit along with your Chapter Master.

And if you want melee, just wait for a hulk with genestealers. So many dead Assault Marines. Poor retards.

[Majestic7]

I imagine all the assault marine casualties in space hulks are caused by them rocket jumping up at the ceiling and breaking their own necks. It is raining men, hallelujah.

[dennislp3]

If you want a challenge (to everyone talking about starting out being too easy) Then start a custom chapter with 1 strength and the disadvantage of "sieged". You have roughly 350ish marines and not every fight is a sweep.

Also do Chaplains still not do anything?

[Dorsidwarf]

I have a planet with two quadrillion imperial guard on it.

Quoting an older post, but I'm pretty sure one of my planets had 75 quintillion IG.

If you give those men 1/2 a square meter to stand on, each, you'll need a planet fifty-seven times larger than jupiter.

And yet they're still slower to deal with tyrannid threats than a few hundred spessmahrines

EDIT: Whoops, that would be for 7 quintillion. For 76 quintillion you'd need 6.2 sun-sized planets

[Spectre]

Just assume that number includes the IG still in their barrack ships.

[Dorsidwarf]

Even then, even if they're stacked like cordwood ten deep on each other's heads in their ships, you're still talking sixty juipters of floor-space in their ships

In fact, to fit on an earth-sized planet (Using every single available surface, assuming it's smooth with no water)
YOU WOULD HAVE TO PILE THEM UP 73,200 HIGH!

A stack of 73,200 men standing on each others heads!
A stack of men 140 kilometers high!

It is the ULTIMATE REALISATION of the Guard's 'throw more men at it' policy because it would END ALL LIFE ON THE PLANET. NO MATTER HOW DEMONIC OR ALIEN when they landed!

[dennislp3]

As a suggestion...

There is an event where ships disappear into the void through warp portals...and that's great and all...buuut...Can it NOT do that to your chapter master? I don't see how that adds to the difficulty or anything of the game...just traveling and I lose the game...

[Majestic7]

You know, that would be cool if you'd actually pop in new sector that way, thousand years later.

[dennislp3]

Or come back as a chaos marine...being able to play as chaos marines would be awesome...and allow you to use all those lovely tainted artifacts

[frankensteins poster]

Splitting off a successor chapter might be something fun to work towards. I'm not sure how it works in the fluff, but if you could split off half your companies, ships, and gene seed and send them on their merry way and they become a new computer-controlled sector fleet that would be kinda neat. And it would give you somewhere to put your piles of money. And then they fall to chaos and you have to hunt them down (please don't do this I would be sad).

[dennislp3]

trying a new challenge..."Jedi" chapter...

All Marines are melee with a power sword and shield, jump pack, and rosarius

Took the perks of Melee enthusiasts and abundant psychers (aka Jedi Counselors)

[snowdrifts]

Now kill off all non-psykers.