redhead222 said:

Chaos characters sure as hell are unlikely to do anything for a daemon out of the goodness of their hearts.

Those who serve with no ambition will never become a champion of the Dark Gods.

XiMao626 said:

Combra Commander=Renegade with a leader build.

Destro = Heratec

Zartan = Apostate

Baroness = Combat Renegade

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FFG missed a trick with Into the Storm. They should have put Eldar instead of Ork. I have no problem with providing rules, eventually, for playing Orks. But as a career path for RT it just doesn't work. Orks are just not disposed to working with anyone else whereas there is more precedent for the Eldar.

Also the renegade Eldar in the Koronus Expanse are pretty much Dark Eldar in everything but name, according to the description in the book. The Expanse seems perfectly placed to include them.

signoftheserpent said:

Other than Freebootas, who work with whoever will pay them, including the Imperium and humans in general.

There's a lot more precedent throughout all the 40k books (since Freeboota, in fact) of some Orks working with the Imperium on-mass, than there is of Eldar joining up with humans, other than those walking the path of the Exile.

Also, you'd have to cover a hell of a lot more history to properly cover the Eldar culture, mentality, etc, where as Orks are easier to understand.

Ergo, in a book with limited space, Orks were a better choice. In a book where you can dedicate a solid chunk to it (like The Xenos Compendium, though that's mere speculation on my part as to whether they'd include Eldar PCs in it - I'd guess not, though you could get lucky) in order to cover a race in more solid detail, Eldar are the better choice.

I definitely agree with MILLANDSON here - Orks have a comparably simple background and are relatively simple to play (Hint: If your spittle isn't reaching all of the other players when you pronounce WAAAAAGH , you're doing it wrong ), whereas I don't think Eldar could be could be handled adequately in less than half a book.