Comments on: Skaven And The Red Headed Step Child http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2010/09/29/skaven-and-the-red-headed-step-child/ A blog about MMORPGs like World of Warcraft (WoW) and Everquest 2 (EQ2) Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:56:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2010/09/29/skaven-and-the-red-headed-step-child/comment-page-1/#comment-30684 Gordon Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:06:51 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=7400#comment-30684 I'm sure Mythic would have been up for that but the problem is they need Games Workshop to OK everything and they are very pinickering with the lore. However, there's still no reason why we couldn't have had Wood Elves or something else like that. I’m sure Mythic would have been up for that but the problem is they need Games Workshop to OK everything and they are very pinickering with the lore. However, there’s still no reason why we couldn’t have had Wood Elves or something else like that.

]]> By: Snave http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2010/09/29/skaven-and-the-red-headed-step-child/comment-page-1/#comment-30668 Snave Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:25:12 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=7400#comment-30668 What if Mythic wrote something new in the lore explaining the Skaven joining destruction and the Lizardmen joining order? Something that makes sense though. What if Mythic wrote something new in the lore explaining the Skaven joining destruction and the Lizardmen joining order? Something that makes sense though.

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2010/09/29/skaven-and-the-red-headed-step-child/comment-page-1/#comment-26525 Gordon Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:12:08 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=7400#comment-26525 I think they were just pushed for the time or money. It seems to me that they had plans to bring them in as a true playable race (maybe along with Wood Elves or Snotlings for Order?) but then just didn't have the resources for it. Kinda a shame in my opinion. I think they were just pushed for the time or money. It seems to me that they had plans to bring them in as a true playable race (maybe along with Wood Elves or Snotlings for Order?) but then just didn’t have the resources for it. Kinda a shame in my opinion.

]]> By: Stabs http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2010/09/29/skaven-and-the-red-headed-step-child/comment-page-1/#comment-26483 Stabs Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:58:13 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=7400#comment-26483 I'm a huge fan of the Skaven. I love the Gottfried and Felix book Skavenslayer, I think the Skaven army book is the peak of Warhammer miniatures creativity I even larped as a Skaven for a while (damn, that mask was sweaty!). I feel Mythic really dropped the ball. Overall they captured the feel of the Warhammer world very well but omitting what many people think is the best part of their IP was just plain daft. I'm not sure if this implementation is enough to lure me back. If it were a playable race and a third faction then hell yeah. But they seem to be basically pets which utterly defeats the lore. It's like having a pet Bond villain, just nonsense. I’m a huge fan of the Skaven. I love the Gottfried and Felix book Skavenslayer, I think the Skaven army book is the peak of Warhammer miniatures creativity I even larped as a Skaven for a while (damn, that mask was sweaty!).

I feel Mythic really dropped the ball. Overall they captured the feel of the Warhammer world very well but omitting what many people think is the best part of their IP was just plain daft.

I’m not sure if this implementation is enough to lure me back. If it were a playable race and a third faction then hell yeah. But they seem to be basically pets which utterly defeats the lore. It’s like having a pet Bond villain, just nonsense.

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2010/09/29/skaven-and-the-red-headed-step-child/comment-page-1/#comment-26474 Gordon Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:14:55 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=7400#comment-26474 Hehe, YES! :D Hehe, YES! :D

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2010/09/29/skaven-and-the-red-headed-step-child/comment-page-1/#comment-26472 Gordon Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:14:03 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=7400#comment-26472 Yeah it's a bit cheap. Hopefully WAR will make Skaven a permanent race one day. Yeah it’s a bit cheap. Hopefully WAR will make Skaven a permanent race one day.

]]> By: Scythe the Deadly http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2010/09/29/skaven-and-the-red-headed-step-child/comment-page-1/#comment-26468 Scythe the Deadly Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:19:55 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=7400#comment-26468 Mythics Epic fail at giving us Skaven keep up the BS mythic you'll never get my money. WE ASKED for them as a playable race for Destruction not this cheap cop out. This is one player that wont return Mythics Epic fail at giving us Skaven keep up the BS mythic you’ll never get my money. WE ASKED for them as a playable race for Destruction not this cheap cop out. This is one player that wont return

]]> By: /AFK — Don’t Drink The Kool-Aid! edition « Bio Break http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2010/09/29/skaven-and-the-red-headed-step-child/comment-page-1/#comment-26455 /AFK — Don’t Drink The Kool-Aid! edition « Bio Break Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:45:12 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=7400#comment-26455 [...] Fly Spitfires has a few words about the Skaven addition to WAR.  Some of these words have more than one [...] [...] Fly Spitfires has a few words about the Skaven addition to WAR.  Some of these words have more than one [...]

]]> By: Tesh http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2010/09/29/skaven-and-the-red-headed-step-child/comment-page-1/#comment-26372 Tesh Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:21:42 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=7400#comment-26372 "What kind of sci-fi twist do you give dirty, greedy, selfish, cowardly rats?" Ferengi? ;) “What kind of sci-fi twist do you give dirty, greedy, selfish, cowardly rats?”

Ferengi? ;)

]]> By: ShadowWar http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2010/09/29/skaven-and-the-red-headed-step-child/comment-page-1/#comment-26371 ShadowWar Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:12:11 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=7400#comment-26371 I would be surprised. There are a LOT of races in the 40k universe (as in the fantasy), and the conceptual "role" of the skaven are already being filled pretty nicely by an existing race (tyranid), and the racial theme is being is filled kind of well by a racial sub-army (the mechanicus being a type cyber-punk to the skaven steme-punk). There are significant difficulties as well to bringing them in. First would be to somehow create them in a lore-fitting manner I think. The origins of the fantasy Skaven are pretty location specific, and just saying "Hey a race of rats are in space!" probably wouldn't go over too well. Secondly, how would they look? What kind of sci-fi twist do you give dirty, greedy, selfish, cowardly rats? With GW, I'd never say never, but if they were going to show up, I would have thought they would by now. I would be surprised. There are a LOT of races in the 40k universe (as in the fantasy), and the conceptual “role” of the skaven are already being filled pretty nicely by an existing race (tyranid), and the racial theme is being is filled kind of well by a racial sub-army (the mechanicus being a type cyber-punk to the skaven steme-punk).

There are significant difficulties as well to bringing them in. First would be to somehow create them in a lore-fitting manner I think. The origins of the fantasy Skaven are pretty location specific, and just saying “Hey a race of rats are in space!” probably wouldn’t go over too well. Secondly, how would they look? What kind of sci-fi twist do you give dirty, greedy, selfish, cowardly rats? With GW, I’d never say never, but if they were going to show up, I would have thought they would by now.

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