Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-14745711-20130906234048/@comment-6078851-20141122150701

i'd like to point out that if emps returns in physical form to lead the human race to domination... that's not advancing the story but actual regression of the story since that's already been done... 10,000 years ago. in my opinion that would be worse than keeping the status quo as they would just be recycling old story.

also, if it's true that emps is going to become entirely a warp entity then that means he isn't a perpetual, otherwise he wouldn't be able to completely die in order to become a warp entity. and if he does indeed become a warp entity it doesn't necassarily mean that chaos will be weakened in the slightest: he is currently able, somewhat, to hold chaos at bay merely by holding a portion of their attention, but his ability in this regard largely stems from the throne's psychic boost, and after he dies he will no longer have access the throne (plus the throne will be bust by that point). even though emps is a super powerful psyker which is boosted by faith, that same faith will work against him after his death: despite that some (maybe even most) will believe that emps will fully become a god on his death and their faith will continue to provide a boost, it will become apparent to many, as the imperium crumbles, that emps has died and many will lose their faith in him resulting in a loss of psychic power. this in conjunction with the lack of the throne's boost makes me think that emps will actually be weaker as a warp entity than he was as a carcass.

there is so much that many of us want to see happen and at the end of the day whatever it is that happens will please some but absolutely will not please all of us, but for decades gw have done nothing in advancing story and we should all be prepared for the status quo simply being preserved - that's what gw themselves have been doing as a company. a few key players or events may be altered but ultimately i think things wont be changing much at all. as i said before it may be a cynical view but at least this way i wont be too disappointed if nothing really changes and if things do change drastically i get to be happily surprised :)