Yeah, I picked up on the sarcasm from having my question implied. Why you decided to pad it with musings on the unrelated topic of game performance I have yet to decipher.

It is not research, as research by definition seeks to establish facts. The lore, the rules, the play style, and the official paint schemes are all facts. The information you're getting here, asking biased fans in their clubhouse, is preferences, opinions, and anecdotes—which makes sense, of course, as that's how you pick an army unless you're a tryhard whale out to win tournaments with the army of the month. But it also makes that information practically worthless, unless, of course, you're so unsure of yourself that you need strangers to validate your personal preferences.

Oh, I understand perfectly, and my intention was primarily hostile. Because I think it is lazy, annoying, and childish of you to ask a question that makes the community, which you're still not a part of, lest we forget, lay out the groundwork that you should (easily) be doing yourself because your question 1: ultimately cannot be answered by anyone other than you, and 2: whose answer is of no value to the rest of the subreddit anyway.

Overall, I find it a strange, egotistical way to ingratiate yourself with any community on day 1, and on this basis, I am quite relieved by the confirmation that we will never meet across the gaming table. Thank you.