Keyword: BETTER

I get that Skulltaker is a pretty generic Khorne character, but what even are the alternatives that'd have been better? The generic chaos Lord who rides a flesh hound rather than a juggernaut? A Bloodthirster whose TT model is indistinguishable from generic bloodthirsters? With Skarbrand and Valkia out of the way GW never made anyone all that interesting or unique looking.

As far as cool and unique goes only one left is Scyla, and while I wouldn't mind him being the LL (he's no worse than Nakai) be probably fits LH better.

You can prefer Skulltaker without resorting to absurd hyperbole, Arbaal is anything but generic.

And I don't know about better, the only thing Skulltaker has over Arbaal is that he has a more clear mechanic, we don't know yet who of the 2 is going to better.

Ahem.

Khorne is just boring, it doesn't matter which one of the "kill maim burn" characters you pick.

Skulltaker's literally just an upgraded BloodLetter. 

Arbaaal the undefeated is vastly better. He's a human with a real story and a real arc. 

Skaarrrrr is vastly better. He's a character so horrible that he's actually good. 

TBH it's always been a coinflip between Skulltaker and Arbaal on which would lead the DLC and which would be FLC. Either way would have been fine by me.

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GreenColoured#3418 wrote:

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Beast_of_Guanyin#8747 wrote:
Arbaaal the undefeated is vastly better. He's a human with a real story and a real arc.

He's just a chaos champion on a flesh hound.

All characters can be simplified down into a dismissive line like this. It means nothing. 

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Beast_of_Guanyin#8747 wrote:

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GreenColoured#3418 wrote:

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Beast_of_Guanyin#8747 wrote:
Arbaaal the undefeated is vastly better. He's a human with a real story and a real arc.

He's just a chaos champion on a flesh hound.

All characters can be simplified down into a dismissive line like this. It means nothing. 

And yet you still haven't brought forth jack to prove that Arbaal is anything more than Skulltaker...good job

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TainBoCuailinge#8335 wrote:
Like that is of any relevance when it has 0% chance of becoming a mechanic in this game. Just like they didn't allow Tamurkhan to retain the body-snatching that is his signature ability.

And yet they gave Changeling his shapeshifting mechanic.  Which is even more complicated.

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DarthEnderX-#6513 wrote:

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TainBoCuailinge#8335 wrote:
Like that is of any relevance when it has 0% chance of becoming a mechanic in this game. Just like they didn't allow Tamurkhan to retain the body-snatching that is his signature ability.

And yet they gave Changeling his shapeshifting mechanic.  Which is even more complicated.

How's that relevant when Arbaal's special "mechanic" would be an immediate campaign-loss if he ever loses a battle?

Taurox has a similar hard loss-punishment mechanic that CA failed to implement, so Arbaal won't get it either. It also doesn't make the character any more interesting at all.

I'd be happy with Ka'Bandha, a bloodthirster that is unique in as much as he thinks and creates long term plans to do Khorne's work.

Arbaal could gain huge buffs or debuffs depending on victory conditions. If CA had flipped the coin and gone with Arbaal I'm pretty sure they could've done something for him.

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davedave1124#4773 wrote:

I'd be happy with Ka'Bandha, a bloodthirster that is unique in as much as he thinks and creates long term plans to do Khorne's work.

Arbaal could gain huge buffs or debuffs depending on victory conditions. If CA had flipped the coin and gone with Arbaal I'm pretty sure they could've done something for him.

I have absolutely no doubt CA could have done something with Arbaal, in fact we'll find out if he's FLC. Fact of the matter is...the exact same thing applies to pretty much any other remaining Khorne characters, including Skulltaker. Skulltaker would probably have a mechanic that rewards hunting down LLs for rewards or something. Unfortunately Khorne has never been the most multi-dimensional faction.

If Skulltaker looks as good as the artwork they did, I'll be pretty happy with him. I'm a lot more hyped for him than I thought I'd be

I'll agree vaguely with the idea that with Valkia out of the way, the remaining Khorne characters are not as interesting as her or Skarbrand. The best Khorne character was made a Khorne-themed WoC subfaction.