I see a few questions coming up often so I'm going to collect some of the big ones into a discussion thread. Feel free to ask your own.

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1) Are we getting <X>? (Where X = Terminators/etc.)
This one comes up a lot. The short version is that CC's engine has a fairly limited selection of actor types to work with, which means a lot of scripting anad screwing around to make things work properly.

Terminators - these can be done, but from a technical standpoint their rigid helmets and somewhat-limited arms present a problem. From a gameplay standpoint, Terminators are slow, large, and easy to hit. They wouldn't fit inside bunkers, and would probably be flattened by debris before ever reaching their target. I really don't think they would be Fun to use - and yes, they have been tried - which is the important part to me.

Dreadnaughts and other Vehicles (Sentinels, Rhinos, etc.) - again, these aren't impossible, but they are very difficult. From a gameplay standpoint, they are Terminators multiplied by 10 - slow, easy to hit, useless in enclosed spaces, and ridiculously vulnerable to debris. Unlike Terminators, however, they would also be an absolute pain in the ♥♥♥ to deploy due to size and weight. Tracked vehicles are a little more plausible, but even larger and more problematic in every gameplay regard. Most maps just aren't really large enough to support them anyway.

Sisters of Battle, other Chapters, and other Imperial Subfactions (such as the GK, Inquisitors, etcetera) are largely a sprite/complication issue. The mod's getting a bit bloated as-is so I don't want to add too much more..

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2) Will there be other 40K factions, like Chaos or Tau?
I don't want to say no incase inspiration strikes (along with the assistance of a good sprite artist) but I cannot flat-out say yes either. I make no guarantees that they will happen, but I don't want to rule out the possibilities either.

I also don't want to get everyone's hopes up. Sometimes plans fall through and things don't work out. But when I do have something new going on this front, and I'm confident that it's going to go well, expect to know.

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3) Space Marines are OP/UP!
Well, yes and no. They're Space Marines. They're meant to be awesomely powerful compared to vanilla factions, but not excessively so. If you think they're bad now, they used to be a fair bit worse!

If you want a more even, vanilla-balanced challenge but with that 40K flair, ignore or disable the Marines and use the Imperial Guard with only IG Weaponry like autoweapons, lasguns, and so on. Lasguns make things easier (hitscan, no bullet drop) to some degree but I've tried to make them reasonably well-balanced.

Fun IG Fact: These guys used to be absurdly tough, to the point that an IG Grenade Launcher could barely scratch a Guardsman on a direct hit. Lasgun shots were devastating, and... well, I don't talk about the old Kraken bolts any more. Those were absurd.

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Again, post questions here and I'll probably answer them at some point.