>>714846354
I think you can do just fine with the surface level knowledge the game provides.
>you're a super soldier fighting for a galactic empire
>aliens have come to wreck your shit
>wreck their shit instead
>some piss baby is mad at you for not following the rules hard enough but who cares what he thinks

>>713860942

DId the old 40k have more people playing the successor chapters? I feel like as a game you're less inclined to play as a successor chapter or as /yourdudes/ as you lose access to all the named characters, primarchs and shit. You can have your own Blood Angels successors, or just play Blood Angels and get access to Mephiston, Dante and other stuff.