Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20141206200938/@comment-217.234.123.97-20141231221321

just a tip the concept of specialisation will hold true for any skill, if you talk abnout common grounds/basics, that has little to do with military training, however that point is a different one:

upbringing, indoctrination, routine and so on are not transplanted easily.

why do you think that most of the w40k chapters use the codex, because it offers a general guide, yet each chapter has it's own quirks, tactics and so on, same for the legions... yet that whole codex was so complicated that ultramarines chapter leaders could not really see it's use when they applied it in the first place ( see "rules of engagement short story in the anthology "age of darkness" where several comopany leaders discuss plans for a planet wide battle and do not see the good of the codex.

so you say that the ultramarine will be as good at terror tactics as the night lord...

the imperial fists will be as good at rapid strikes as the white scars...

the world eaters will be as good at infiltration as the raven guard...

listen/read "labyrinth of sorrows"  or f.e. the hh novels, where each legion's modus operandi and thinking of the other legions is explained.

the point is simply that you will go for those tactics that are most familiar to you when faced with a problem. aka: their decisions make people stand out

f.e. we have  in flight of the eisenstein" qruze mentioning: "straight and blunt so much like a deathguard" when talking about a tactic of one of that legion.

we have the view of loken on the world eater charge  against the auretian technocracy and many other instances, the lunar wolves operate differently from every other legion... each has it's own methods and that makes the taking in of differently indoctrinated marines a problem

the point about the sniper and the tank driver is not that they both have done basic training... it is that the sniper has a certain way of doing his job, so does the tank driver, neither will be as good as the other at each other's respective specialisation and their specialisation shapes their decision making process.

what happens when a legion fights not in their forte is displayed f.e. at

[quote]Battle of Gate Forty-Two (ca. 003.M31) - Soon after Horus was declared the Imperial Warmaster, the Raven Guard were recalled from operations along the coreward edge of the Ghoul Stars and ordered to take their place in the line alongside several other Legions under the Warmaster's direct command to retake the Aukum-Sothos Cluster, which had been brought into Compliance by the Luna Wolves early in the Great Crusade but had rebelled against Imperial rule due to the actions of controlling xenos. Horus had formulated a plan to cast down the Unsighted Kings, the xenos-possessed leaders of the insurrection, in a lightning war that would purge the afflicted population while retaining the cluster's highly developed infrastructure for future re-population. Furthermore, a rapid victory would demonstrate to Horus' brother-Primarchs that the Emperor had been correct to elevate him to so high a rank. The Warmaster's plan called for the bulk of four Legions -- the Luna Wolves, Space Wolves, Iron Warriors and Raven Guard -- to converge on the heavily fortified lair of the Unsighted Kings before a final, overwhelming assault was launched. Though Corax strongly disagreed and nearly came to blows with Perturabo over an accusation of cowardice, Corax mustered the Raven Guard before Gate Forty-Two. Knowing their particular demeanour would carry them forward, Corax assigned many of his Terran-dominated companies to the van, in particular those whose captains appeared the most willing to play their part in the Warmaster's plan. At the height of the battle, with the assault companies decimated and the attack faltering in the face of overwhelming fire, Corax himself led the forlorn hope, his battle cry firing the Legion to such efforts that the breach was carried and Gate Forty-Two taken. The honour of slaying the Unsighted Kings was claimed by Horus as Warmaster and at the moment of their execution, the xenos' hold over the population was dispelled. The Akum-Sothos Cluster was delivered and Horus' prize was reclaimed. The cost was terrible however, for not only had countless millions of hosts been crippled in mind and body, but thousands of Raven Guard, the bulk of them Terran-born, had given their lives before the shattered walls.[/quote]