Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-203.134.114.240-20130706042929/@comment-203.134.114.27-20130714094849

Legionaire22 wrote: The problem with calculating anything with 40k is that almost all things are based on the fluff, and the fluff is at the hands of the one who writes it. As such, we must determine what can be agreed upon or not. For example, Ragnar Blackmane has a Frostblade Chainsword, they are not energized, but he could still block a power sword from a Dark Angel in an honour duel, even though a power weapon has a disruption field, which would mean it separates molecular bonds and as such is near-impossible to block.

As for the Lascannon: Terminators die from a lascannon blast, Baneblades have several layers of armor that deflect and absorb the impact of the lascannon, meaning it takes a lot of damage but nontheless it survives. In the cases of Leman Russ tanks surviving, the cannon has either glanced it and caused immense damage or passed straight through without hitting anything vital, meaning the tank has a large hole in it.

As for the Titans: I would not compare the Scarabs to the Imperiums variant of Titans. Mostly because a Spartan can destroy a Scarab, while it is impossible for a lone Astartes to take down even a Warhound titan, either from the inside or outside.

If I had to say, I would compare the Scarab to a Riptide, Wraithknight or normal Knight with a lot more weaponry. Yeah both the calcs for WH40K and Halo is all over the place, you got on one end LasGuns barely igniting a cloth, to the other end where they become Lascannons... For Halo you have High-Ranking Elites beaten by a freaken human, and on the other end they could solo entire armies with two light sabers.

Maybe the Scarabs are over-sized tanks? Also what would you say about the Harvesters from Halo 4? Furthermore there is the Super-Scarab in Halo Wars that should be in the Titan Range. And we can not forget about the Hunters, as seen from Halo Legends they could grow as big as a Scout Titan 0_o.

Also based on Tartarus's weapons, his Gravity Hammer should be more advance than a thunder hammer. Due to the fact that it has control over magnetism and gravity, we also see Brute Chieftans use them as Mini-Blackholes (Halo Wars). What do you think?