This is a major sticking point.WH40k is depressing in that the Imperium is slowly, very slowly, but steadily losing.
Whoa there buck-o, technically the God Emperor was as far away from being a fascist as humanly possible. Authoritarian yes, but in his days humanity was secular, technologically comfortable and on the apex of reaching it's next evolutionary step. Virtually EVERYTHING that we equate with Grink-Dark came AFTER his fall. Humanity had it good in his time.Then you have the imperium of man which is exactly what would happen to humanity if someone like hitler become immortal and had god-like powers. (Which in my growing cynicism seems like the only way humanity would ever truly unite.)
I had an idea that GW should sorta "reboot" the 'verse by releasing pre-Horus Heresy stuff so you have two settings to choose from for tabletop gaming, and have con gaming events and the like that progress plot along. Then a year or more after starting that, have the Horus Heresy occur, and have events and settings that take place during that. Then after the plot flow of the Heresy concludes after a few years, we have the immediate post-Heresy setting with changes occurring due to the fallout. This would provide 3-4 distinct areas of play with different equipment sets and rules and the like for people to play in, 10+ years of new content for fans to lap up, and it'd also be good for WH40k RPG stuff. ;)I hate GW. They the storytelling corporate version of Kishimoto: creators of something awesome that most of the time can't figure out how to USE their awesome stuff...
I must say that I would enjoy seeing some beleaguered SM captain attempting a death or glory charge and running over Horus with a Rhino.The Loyalists are in a crossfire and get pressed on both sides. So not likely that any player force would manage to successfully go out in a blaze of glory engaging and killing Horus. ;)
I think that would be really difficult to implement with the fluff as it is, tho.More importantly than an early elimination of Horus, what if they had a tabletop gaming event of the final battle of the Heresy and players managed to keep the Emperor from being mortally wounded by Horus?
From his new fic Long Night of the HarvestDon't forget: Mass Effect is powered by magic space rocks. Evangelion is powered by Your Mom.
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