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Friday, January 7, 2011

What Warhammer 40,000 armies do you play? Poll results

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So after two weeks we've got our latest poll results in. Another recording breaking poll with nearly 700 (684 to be exact) votes in. Impressive for one who likes to keep track of these things (i.e. me...). Anyway let's take a look at see if we notice any trends! Here everything is in order of highest percentage played and you can check the picture below for those who like visual aids.

  • Space Marines (30%)
  • Blood Angels (22%)
  • Tyranids (21%)
  • Chaos Space Marines (20%)
  • Space Wolves (19%)
  • Tau (19%)
  • Eldar (18%)
  • Imperial Guard (18%)
  • Dark Eldar (16%)
  • Orks (13%)
  • Daemonhunters (8%)
  • Necrons (8%)
  • Chaos Daemons (8%)
  • Black Templars (8%)
  • Witchunters (7%)
  • Dark Angels (4%)


So an interesting mix of both good, bad, old and new armies as being the most played including some 'uncommon' armies like Tau. This is probably related to a large amount of Tau articles on this site compared to other sites on the web (and also having a positive outlook on them) but interesting to see armies like CSM, Vanilla Marines and Tyranids all sit above IG and SW in terms of play when a lot of people think those books aren't as good comparatively. Still four of the top 5 armies are MEQ based so we can consider that understanding to still be in full swing...yay.

Not too surprisingly some of the oldest and least competitive armies were in the bottom with very low percentages of players using them. Armies like Daemons, DA/BT, Necrons and Daemonhunters are all less than optimal armies which badly need updates but Witchunters were also stuck there which I guess is a testament to how expensive Immo spam really is ^^.

Anyway just a little bit of fun with the poll. Thoughts by anyone else? Anything really surprised anyone?
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Gx1080 · 742 weeks ago

HAHAHAHAHAH!

Despite all the yiff marines and guard fanboyism, most of you still play with the cool guys.

Spiritual Liege, bitches!
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Marshal_Wilhelm 61p · 742 weeks ago

Add any two of Wolves, Bloods and Spikeys together and C :S M gets beaten strongly.

Use any one of those three and add the unpopular DA or BT and it is about even.

I am surprised at just how well your Dex did, but when you consider that it covers UM [the default entry experience] Sals [a very obvious style of playing] and then 990 odd other Chapters, it is not outrageous that you won, eh?
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sircarp 27p · 742 weeks ago

The space wolves will not tolerate this fursecution.
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Marshal_Wilhelm 61p · 742 weeks ago

I am surprised to see Guard so low. Their Dex is as or more powerful than Wolves....

It is a shame Deldar are so low, but they are perverts so less is best :)
Perhaps if this poll was taken before they were re-released, we could see growth for them. However, we are not representative of GWs audience, so I shouldn't think too hard about it :P

Of the bottom six, I think Templars are the best Codex, who do you think is?

I am also surprised to see Tau being so popular ^_^
It is for your Greater Good.
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Killswitch · 742 weeks ago

Thats in your oppinion. Also depends at what points level. Not everyone likes to follow the internets advice :)
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Marshal_Wilhelm 61p · 742 weeks ago

You don't think IG are as powerful as Wolves?
I assume that is what you are talking about?
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GreyICE · 742 weeks ago

I play IG, and I'd like to note you rolled the goalposts. As powerful as wolves? Maybe. Infinity missile spam does me in, but there are answers (I'm shifting to the colossus for a reason, screw you long fangs you deserve that love note). But more powerful? I really doubt it. Guard are just less flexible than the marines, courtesy of so very many bad attempts to give us a CC unit. Ogryns? Rough Riders? And we're still left with blob straken, which ain't Wolf Guard, and doesn't even play them on TV.
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Marshal_Wilhelm 61p · 742 weeks ago

I need clarification on goalpost rolling. I don't know what that means....
:)
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Ranwulf · 742 weeks ago

Huh, it's just me, but even tough I love Guard in Fluff, gamewise, they usually ends with one game style...and also some people are just too scared of IG to play against them, so you have fewer players to play...

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Gx1080 · 742 weeks ago

Also, Guard is based around World War I tanks.

In the 41st millenium.

That look like ass anyways.

So yeah.
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Marshal_Wilhelm 61p · 742 weeks ago

I have always enjoyed the eclectic mish-mash and miss-mash that GW has put together for its universe.

If you think about it, even Marines and Terminators would *not* be striding forwards to punch through your face. A gun kills faster, at point blank to whatever* distance. Whilst I find that Star Wars light sabre echo very endearing, it is silly.
Then I'd go onto say, if you are happy with killing the baddies with a giant boxing glove, is it so much different to having WW1 tanks trundling around?
Even Marines have that with Preds. WW2 showed side sponsons are not where it's at.

I like the styling and I like steam-punk a lá 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' so things don't have to correct and follow physics and such things too closely.
Science Fantasy, that is where it is at :)

Sorry if I sound a bit preachy, but I hear people knocking the Storm Raven and other such things, yet they do not apply that same pov with other things and that does not make sense to me :)

*whatever means I don't know
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Ranwulf · 742 weeks ago

Yeah, actually I really like the models from Cadians. Specially the Leman Russes. What I have a problem is that the army somehow always end playing in the same style..

But then again, where were this posted? Sometimes it's just a community quirk, rather than a gamewise one. (Altough in my Game Group with have many players with guard armies...but only one plays with them regularly).

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Gx1080 · 742 weeks ago

OK. Guard still look like ass to me.
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Gx1080 · 742 weeks ago

Ah. The biggest issue with Templars is that building an army with them is a PITA doe to wargear options.

Gets annoying after a while.
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Messanger of Death · 742 weeks ago

MM bunker spam FTW!
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MarshalLaeroth 52p · 742 weeks ago

Its because most players cannot think outside the box, and thus, aren't successful with the BT armies. There are a few ways that are definitely powerful, if you're willing to step outside the bounds of fluff or spend some money. Unfortunately, most people that come to the Black Templars do so for close combat reasons, but we cannot pull it off most of the time (in 5th Edition standards). But that doesn't mean there aren't other highly competitive builds. :D

Just watch. If I place at Nova Open with the Black Templars, the foundations of the competitive "metagame" will crumble. I'm hoping it happens, just so I can watch the fallout occur. It'll be quite amusing to see comments such as: "Well, I've always said that the BT were good.". I'll just laugh, because I know what they are saying isn't true. Ah, the good times that would be had. ;)
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Sly · 742 weeks ago

Agreed. Best BT army is a gunline just using Preferred Enemy and CCW/BP combinations on the non-heavy weapon troopers to beat back assaults by enemy remnants.
Getting double AssCan in a Termie squad with Tank Hunter is awesome, and getting a relatively cheap Venerable Dread also with AssCan and Tank Hunter is also nice. Las/Plas 5-man squads are another advantage over other marines. Why waste those advantages just to run across the table on foot?
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doomicon · 742 weeks ago

I built a BT Army under 4th, never played. Came back to the game (total noob) in 5th edition, tried my BT's.

Army wide preferred enemy, some awesome capability...

Marshal+Beefed out squad, Turn One.. losing one neophyte and rolling an 11 for RZ... priceless... "HEY! Where you guys going!"

I still dig em' and love the fluff, but waiting for a 5th dex.

btw, which of the above armies DO NOT have a 5th Ed codex?
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Dezzo · 742 weeks ago

Hmmm of the bottom six, I rate Witch-hunters (MM + HF spam) higher than BT.
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Lord El-Akime · 742 weeks ago

I guess cost of items and time invested in building and painting is to high for some people.
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Waaagh! i'm an Ork! · 742 weeks ago

Well it looks like i am the only one who still plays Dark Angels.
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Waaagh! i'm an Ork! · 742 weeks ago

Well that was dumb, i commented before i looked at the poll closely. Then i should say that thank goodness that there are those happy few who do play Dark Angels.
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Clive · 742 weeks ago

I still like Dark Angels. I don't know why they get so much grief.
Belial's great. I always use him to make my termies score
I would just like the 3++ save, and better psychers
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Kirby 118p · 742 weeks ago

new DA will hopefully make excellent fast'and'slow lists with Termies/Bikes and different Biker lists whilst also having pure Termie lists...
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GreyICE · 742 weeks ago

Dark Angels: Because cyclone is Spanish for 'one.'
Dark Angels: Because if you have to take Land Raiders, you might as well ensure they shoot nothing.
Dark Angels: Were those terminators supposed to reach the line anyway?
Dark Angels: Because 4++ is overpowered against shooting
Dark Angels: Because heavy support slots are for transports.
Dark Angels: Hell, have you seen our dev squad entry? That's for the best.
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Lyracian 59p · 742 weeks ago

Lets see Blue, Red, Grey and Spike those are the four types of Marines my Tyranids seem to fight. It would be interesting to run it again next December and see if there is any changes.
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Eltnot 45p · 742 weeks ago

Witch Hunters Immolator spam would have to be the most costly army to build dollar wise. It's not the large amount of immolators that is the problem (although they cost a lot too), but buying all the squads and getting your hands on that many meltaguns that is truly the issue.
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Scott · 742 weeks ago

yep. at over 10 dollars per model, for power armor, that is a ton of cash.
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Brendan · 742 weeks ago

I think cost might be one of the reasons why IG is not higher, buying all those tanks is pricey.
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Archon · 742 weeks ago

Useless yet interesting stat: the average 3++ reader have 2-3 armies.
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Marshal_Wilhelm 61p · 742 weeks ago

How do you know that?
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Kirby 118p · 742 weeks ago

Add all the totals of the all the chosen armies and divide by 684 and you get 2.5 or so.
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Cambrian · 742 weeks ago

Add up the total % and divide by 100% and you'll get the average number... What you can't figure out from that poll information is the standard deviation, or how much variance there is in the average number of armies.
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Cambrian · 742 weeks ago

People need to remember not every army is from 5th ed. In past editions different armies had different power levels back to before there really was a competitive 40k environment.

Also as mentioned the site has a disproportionate number of Nid and BA articles so it's not surprising to see they are more popular. At the same time I find guard articles relatively rare here (not that it bothers me much).
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Pinball Wizard · 742 weeks ago

Not much left to say about Guard really. Nids have that argumental factor about them online and BA are shiny and new and popular. All the bases have been covered on Guard and I think everyone can agree ontheir level of power (roughly) in the current game.
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Scott · 742 weeks ago

So sad about the Dark Angels...
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Jason · 742 weeks ago

Nothing wrong with the Dark Angels, you just have to use them properly. ;)

*waits for the burning*

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