Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-203.134.114.240-20130706042929/@comment-203.134.114.27-20130714112853

Legionaire22 wrote: I am afraid I am not the person to turn to for such things as Halo Wars or Halo Legends, I have not played HW and I've actually never heard of HL before :3

However, I am guessing now (Feel free to prove me wrong) that these super-scarabs are basically oversized Scarabs, which I would say would put them at the Hierophant Bio-Titan size (Reaver-Warlord size)

The Harvester is in the size-range of a Titan, but it still has the same thing that the Scarab does: It seems to be able to be taken down by infantry. Consider that anything above a Warhound Titan has a contingent of Scitarii gene-warriors to guard it, and the fact that Harvesters do not seem to have that much weaponry while even a Warhound can shred whole columns of tanks with its Vulcan Megabolter, I would still not really class it as a Titan other than for its size.

As for advanced: I would probably agree that the gravity hammer is more advanced, however as we can see in 40k, more advanced does not mean more powerful. The Gravity Hammer is very powerful, and can destroy a tank, but being hit with a gravity hammer that is not swung overhead onto your head will mean you could survive the impact with some major trauma. For a Space Marine, this would result in their power armor cracking, but that rarely even slows an Astartes down.

Meanwhile, being hit anywhere from a thunderhammer is basically like a bomb going off inside you, due to the electric forces flooding your system, the disruption field ignoring any and all armor except a shield generator (and an incredibly powerful one at that, so not the kind your normal Space Marine Captain or Spartan would have)

But, as I always tell my friends who question me about 40k: It is extremely hard to find something that measures up to 40k because 40k is extremely overpowered. It is meant to be so, because it was made in a time when things could be overpowered and you did not tire off it easily. Now, there are few like that simply because those who know sci-fi knows that OP is the area of Warhammer 40.000

Halo Legends I could sum up in just three words, Animu Super Powers! The scary thing is, all of them except for one are CANNON.

Also I calculated the size of the Scarabs, H3 Scarabs are Scout size, H2 Scarabs are Reaver size and finally both Super Scarab and Harvester are Warlord Size. Just comparing the sizes not power-levels.

For the Harvester, we aren't even sure whether it could be taken out by infantry or tanks, since the only time we see it, it was partially disablled. So calcs for the Harvester is at best, undecided.

For the Gravity Hammer, depends on the calcs really. Yes you are right, there are some instances where we see people surviving Grav Hammer strikes, but take notice this is Halo the calcs are all over the place. Gravity hammers such as the ones from Halo Wars could bring down friggin Vultures, and if you don't know what Vultures are think of them as flying Land Raiders. The Fist of Ruckt for example, was known to turn Hunters into Jello with one-swing, and we know that Hunters are the Covie equivelent of Terminators that are armored in Star-ship Grade armor. So it depends on the calcs really.

Finally I would say that WH40K isn't overpowered. Is it a Powerful universe? Yes, but is it Overpowered? No. Because then you will be discounting other Sci-Fi such Total Annhilation and Halo. And yes Halo if you read the Lore is incredibiliy overpowered, races such as the Precursors are A.O.E. Unkilliable and could rival the Xeelee in pure power and give Tzeentch Troll envy.