numbers of necrons

[lord marcus]

since the necrontyr were a fast dieing race, so how many do you guys think were turned into necrons, and how did they get changed (wires, metal, etc, the forming)

[SteveBerenyi]

probably all that were willing. and when you say fast dying, you have to take into account the number of worlds they ruled so while they may be fast dying, they are probably numbering in the Hundred of QUINTIBILLIONS

[Cagarner]

Well from what I know, the Necrontyr were originally based on a single world, then when they got hold of a C'tan they started to create an empire.

I think they then started to encounter Old Ones and in the end the C'tan known as The Deciver fooled them into being en-tombed in their current metal bodies. By that time im sure the Necrontyr whould be spread across may systems, and hundreds of worlds. That would mean lots of Necrontyr.

Now you say they were a "dying race"? Where did you get that from? They most likely all changed to metal bodies eventually, or the last necrontyr were hunted down and killed by the superior Necrons becuse they did not follow the C'tan.

The way they got changed is basically most of their mind was transfered to the Necron bodies. The sneeky bit about it was that their freewill and anything else that would cause them not to follow the c'tan.

The Necron bodies are made out of 'Living Metal'. Basically a metal that can repair itself to its orignial form.

[Drax]

furthermore the necrons are now expanding once more. Necron Pariahs are the result of necron technology adapted to work with the human race - presumably as it is humans that predominantly hold the pariah gene.

[Cagarner]

Yea, but the ones that have the Pariah gene (otherwise known as Blanks) are few and far between. Also the necrons are still lying low a bit at the moment so they wont be harvesting and picking up many blanks. The creation of Priahs I dont think would make a noticable impact on the overall population.

I think there are brobably billions of necrons.

[Drax]

true, but all humans hold the potential for being blanks, humans by nature have little by way of psychic ability (in context of their numbers) which is why when a human dies, his/her soul dissipates in the warp (unless he/she is aligned to the Dark Gods).

however, the Pariah gene is in all humans, lying dormant. it is only in a reletive few where the pariah gene is dominant. or so i understand

however, surely since the Necrons are the most advanced race, they are able to manipulate that potential and bring it to the surface?

agreed though, this would still be a drop in the ocean compared to the overall Necron race.

[Wakim]

There are more than enough necrons out there

The chatch is they`re all sleeping

Seriously, necrons are OPed, the moment their alarm clock rings the whole galaxy is doomed

[lord marcus]

good idea. apoc necron armies (thousands of nec warriors marching in unison - creepy and cool!)

[Wakim]

Meh... i think you can bring enough arty to an apoc match to blast them to bits - and you can`t really miss since there`s so many of `em on the table.... but then again, you got the `lith grouping ability of cheese that further protects the models withing the 'veil'.... just more cheese if you ask me

[Gregor Xenos]

The TRULY cheesy part of Neccy play works against them: Kill so many and they just "disappear". Whatever happened to fighting to the last man? (machine)
I would gladly trade some of the other cheese to rid the race of this.

[Wakim]

They`ll never remove that horrible drawback unless they remove the arniness

[SteveBerenyi]

that is not too bad of a rule to deal with anyway unless you are getting pwned.

[Wakim]

Well, it basicly means you either win by a long shot or lose big time

You`ll never hear a necron player tell you a "i won with half a squad left" story

[God_Grinder]

accualy i was talkin to a blackshirt today that knew a thing or two, and in the future the phase out will be gone but the points are going up.

[Templar Mikeel]

Originally Posted by God_Grinder

accualy i was talkin to a blackshirt today that knew a thing or two, and in the future the phase out will be gone but the points are going up.

Interesting...

Originally Posted by Cagarner

Now you say they were a "dying race"? Where did you get that from?

The Necron codex. It states that the star that their originall planet revolved around was...persnickety...(?) and that their life span was short at best, and always changing. Their lives were plagued by disease and death.