With the Imperium its a love hate relationship. I love the characters but the Imperium's outlook on life as a whole is infuriating. And I hate the emperor. As far as I'm concerned, if he wasn't such a bloodthirsty, scheming, inattentive bastard, the Imperium wouldn't be as messed up as it is. After reading the first heretic I'm just sitting there thinking what the hell did he except to happen. Of course he's going to start hating you.

 

I dont like the Tau too much. If you think about it, they are basically the Covenant from Halo.


But the race I absolutly HATE are the Orks.

(I like the idea of Necrons, but dislike how there is no more story to them. Its just same old same old. I guess you can say the same about the Nids too but at least they CHANGE every now and then.)

 

Aside from the Space Marines, Space Wolves and Dark Eldar I dislike all the various race's and factions in 40k. That's why I enjoy crushing them game after game. In contrast, I like all the various factions in Fantasy.

 

Why so much hate for the orks? The humour is portrayed from their viewpoint, it`s just their outlook on life.

When they are foes of another race, like in Path of the Warrior and Death or Glory they are quite accurately portrayed as the bloodthirsty brutes they really are.

 

Yeah, I've never heard of a Space Marine lol at an Ork gag. For those who think they're just a joke, read Rynn's World as well. There you can see that they're far from just comic relief. Also, if you read Fulgrim you get the idea that, despite their obvious disgust with Orks, the Emperor's Children viewed them as an extremely dangerous enemy, more so than virtually any other race they had encountered at that time.

 

In Fifteen Hours Orks are pretty much made out to be terrors as well. The Orks tend to be the "funniest" in the actual tabletop game I think, fluff takes them pretty seriously.