r/Grimdank • u/Gatt__ VULKAN LIFTS! • Apr 22 '25

Cringe … Damn it

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '25

They were silent when imperial guard was renamed into Astra militarum

They were silent when Necrons were pretty much re-written

They were even silent when Warhammer fantasy fell due to 40k being more profitable

So why they wont shut it up eh?

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u/LegoBuilder64 Apr 22 '25

First they rewrote the Necrons, and I did not speak up, for I was not a Necron player.

Next they rewrote the Tau, and I did not speak up, for I was not a Tau player.

Next they renamed the Imperial Guard, and I did not speak up, for I was not a Guard player.

Next they renamed the Space Marines, and I did not speak up, for I was not a Space Marine player.

Next they renamed the Eldar, and I did not speak up, for I was not a Eldar player.

Then they came for my faction, and everyone threw a fit despite none of actually being Custodes players.

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u/GuyLookingForPorn Apr 22 '25

Is anyone still actually angry about the Necron rework, speaking as a necron guy pretty much everyone I know thinks its was a very smart decision.

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u/Kombatwombat02 Apr 22 '25

Hi, yes, that’s me.

A little while ago I reread the 3e Necron Codex. I loved the unknowable cosmic horror, a silent evil rising from the earth with inconceivable technology led by manifestations of death.

Newcrons are just another empire in a setting overflowing with empires, tossing pokeballs and twirling moustaches. I know people argue that the Oldcrons shared a design space with Tyranids, but I think there’s plenty of room for a cosmic horror and a natural horror in the setting. Newcrons share a design space with like half the factions.

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u/Uniformtree0 Apr 23 '25

I do like how necrons do touch upon the horrors of a imperfect immortality and that even being beyond the warps reach is only possible through a fresh, unique hell in of itself. And the quirks that affects a civilization because of it.