Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6134883-20130417202949/@comment-71.202.39.222-20130425004612

Kadjah Thoris wrote: Obviously they don't use those tactics on Space Marines since they don't always lose to them. Would it violate canon to suggest that the Sisters use different tactics against different enemies? I would also suggest that different orders might have differing combat doctrines as with the Astartes.

which is another thing about the Sister's I think needs expanding- formations and specialty units. I've always thought that there are more to them than GW ever revealed, but since we only get the basics, it's hard to make the six major orders distinct from each other. oh sure, minor ones you can say "they have this unit, and the major order they were from said 'nope' so now they're their own order" but for the Major Orders, they lack distinction from one another.

and it would be tactically INSANE to always fight in the same way against every foe. even the White Scars, masters of -one- style of combat, know how to apply it in enough variants to counter most foes. true, they suck at sieges, but they have a fairly good chance of never being in that situation in the first place. so it makes sense that the Sisters, with a much higher body count, would be able to adapt just as easily.