I know the possibility exists where we could get Genestealer cults one day but I’m hoping the Devs are also considering giving us some more additional enemies like some Daemons of Nurgle (aka Nurglings, Plaguebearers, and Rotflies) and maybe an additional boss (possibly a Plague Marine)?
I think you have it the other way around. GSC are not very likely and Daemons are. They have also confirmed no space marines in the past, not as PCs, enemies, or allies. But we sure could use some more bosses and factions would be nice too. The more different they behave, the better.
I think Nurglite daemons make the most sense from the PoV of the narrative. It would be very simple to justify the Admonition summoning in a whole bunch of daemon allies as our efforts push them to desperation, especially since they already have with Beasts of Nurgle.
The next most likely faction are the xenos enemies that the Moebians were fighting in the Fringe War. I call them “Noxians” as it is sorta implied that Nox Alpha is either their homeworld or their final hold-out. The Moebian dev blog implies they may have been involved in corrupting the 6th so now that their human quislings have gone back and established a beachhead on the enemy capital they could invade in force to try and make good on this reversal of fortune and turn the whole 10,000 year war in their favor with a single opportunistic blow. Or I guess they could just chill on Nox Alpha and hope the Imperium forgets about them. It’s a gamble either way. If they do show up, it would be an opportunity for enemies that are completely non-human and really creepy. I’m thinking like Saruthi levels of creep. But we’ll see. Most people I pitch the idea to don’t seem to like it and would prefer that Atoma turn into a DoW:Soulstorm-esque 9-way free for all between every major faction in the galaxy.
For bosses, enemy sorcerers/psykers could be anything from specials to elites to bosses. The scabs could use a sentinel to be a real nasty “carapace armor” monster. There is a tox flamer-equipped plague ogryn in the files kind of like a storm fiend but it’s probably absolute c*ncer to fight, especially under the old fire mechanics, it would be a bit easier now. Various daemons like plague toads could come in boss sizes. Heralds of Nurgle could be a lord equivalent. We’ve been missing a dreg assassination target for a long time now. There’s a lot they could do. Hopefully, they do something.
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Lotta people really want plaguebearers and other nurgle daemons to show up, but I don’t know if they will since it would signal a pretty drastic escalation of the threat level. Beasts are one thing because they just kinda hang around, and it’s unclear if they’re even really part of the uprising or if they just showed up unannounced because they’re Beasts of Nurgle and they’re like giant stupid puppies.
If a chaos cult gets to daemon summoning level that’s like when the Inquisition goes into ‘okay start destroying Literally Everything’ mode, and we’d expect them to start using a lot more than rejects.
But yeah I would love some xenos. Anybody remember when this franchise had some for real aliens in it and wasn’t just damn Space Marines Vs Chaos All Day Every Day?
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