Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-4851119-20140118095944/@comment-3258762-20140122172757

Neithan02 wrote: tactics and grasp of asituaiton is a matter of intellect thus SM >TW  in that most important aspect.

you wanna compare creed to the likes of grimnar, dante and the likes, rly?

Macharus, who was fashioned to be like Alexaner of macedonia might have been a great tactician but like his model, he was a more charismatic figure that lead to victory Grimnar, Dante, Calgar. They're NOTHING compared to Creed. Creed is the Napoleon Bonaparte of the 41st Millenia.

Are you somehow assuming Alexander the Great of Macedonia was not a tactical genius? He is one of the greatest military geniuses of all time, his daring tactics proof of it.

No, grasp of a situation and tactics is not a matter of intellect, it is a matter of paying attention and experience. Being intelligent means you can pick up new skills easier, it does not necessarily mean you're smart. Tactics come from understanding your opponent and your forces, and that's about being perceptive. Being perceptive has very little to do with your intelligence and has more to do with your understanding of how others think, and believe it or not, there are hundreds of examples of smart people being incapable of that due to them not understanding how people of lesser "intellect" think.

However, this debate is pointless as it is statistically proven that, whilst victories won through superior tactics are romanticized and remembered more fondly, 9 times out of 10 the bigger and tougher army wins. Thunder Warriors are the bigger and tougher ones of the two.