So, Psykers are one of my favorite things in 40K, and as I often play wizards, in D&D, and Jedi, in Star Wars, I imagine I'd want to play a psyker in 40K, regardless of the line, in question. Having said that, how well did they handle psykers in DH2? Psyker rules have tossed up and down, over the iterations, between DH, RT, and on, occasionally escorted by the people who argue that, if they were GMing, they simply wouldn't allow them, usually for personal, taste reasons ("Psykers don't make sense in ________, as playable characters"), or for balance purposes, with a small dose of anti-snowflake tendencies, but if you AREN'T one who disallows on introduction, simply upon hearing the word, how good are they, in this version of the 40K game?
I know they come as an okay priced Epic Advance, and you can skip that entirely, with a specific role (Mystic, I believe), so how well do they play, and balance? I like Untouchables, too, due to my special snowflake syndrome, but they MUST be an Elite Advance, and even while many GM's, I bet, say no, on principal, I still get whiny that they are vulnerable, personally, to psychic powers, though I certainly do see why.
Have you played a psyker? Did you have a good time? If not, was it because of in-game treatment (psykers are MONSTERS!), player issues (you're a snowflake), or mechanical issues (too hard to level it up, bad assortment of needed Aptitudes, or powers weren't worth it)?
I'm mostly just curious. If I ever got a chance to play this game, it would probably be my first choice, just because I'm me, and like wizards, but I'd want to know they did a good job constructing the framework, and I'll have fun, accepting the in-game attitudes, and some of the player feelings. Lastly, I know that if you go Mystic, you get Sanctioning, which is good for several reasons, but if you go some other way, say you want to be a something, AND a psyker, rather than "just a psyker", is there any way to get the Sanctioning? I know on Holy Terra, it takes a long investment of time, but if you happened to be a late bloomer, and discovered it, say after you joined the Guard, could you still go, and get tested? It might make it tricky in the game, unless you were backstory-established to have already done exactly this. I've never entirely figured out if Inquisitors have some other way to get "certified", or if their authority, even among the Puritan factions, allows for supervised Rogue Psykers, but they rarely look like the burnt, beaten, shadows of men some Sanctioned Psykers, and Primaris, look like, after their Adeptus Astra telepathica training, with all the nervous twitches, haggared looks, and all.