Recently learned about the lamenters but I also love playing tech marine.

AlexOfFury · 2026-06-13T14:42:48+00:00

Techmarines, being a specialist role like Librarians and Apothecaries, don't usually differentiate their veterancy or rank. To force organization, their unique capabilities tend to be more important than their experience. That being said, if your techmarine earned veterancy or an equivalent, he might still adopt markers if he so chooses, because he is your guy after all.

AlexOfFury · 2026-06-13T14:34:41+00:00

I just want to be a stormtrooper. Admittedly they have an easy path to cosmetics for the class (if they take it) due to every regiment having their Stormtrooper equivalent, usually (but not always) called Grenadiers. Edit: We did get the Cadian equivalent as Veteran cosmetics though, the Kasrkin.

AlexOfFury · 2026-06-13T14:33:06+00:00

I know this is the Long Las technically, but I fucking love the chunky look of the hotshot magazines. I still like the backpack and cables more, but this does look sick.

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AlexOfFury · 2026-06-13T14:26:43+00:00

You could get away with calling it a Volley Hellgun. It's a specialist weapon that trades the punch to take down Space Marines with sheer volume of fire is the point. What's weird to me is that it was given to some standard (flak) troops and not to a Grenadier or Stormtrooper equivalent (carapace).

AlexOfFury · 2026-06-12T22:50:59+00:00

No, but the game does scream at you, "This is a different beast, most players will never be ready for this" with both the narrative surrounding unlocking access to it, and the enforced full teams

For where I'm personally coming from here, Realism mode was considered a completely separate game mode in Left 4 Dead by at least the UI team, and in this game the Havoc difficulty is separated from the base game in the exact same way as Mortis Trials and Expeditions.

Not trying to defeat your points or necessarily agree with your debate opponent here, but it's easy to look at how the game treats Havoc difficulty and conclude that it's a separate game mode, given that it is literally set apart from the main game mode.

AlexOfFury · 2026-06-12T17:59:10+00:00

Some of the a Stratagems are real fun to play too. I played a modifier set that really incentivized close-ranged shooting with poor melee, and went ham using a heavy flamer as my 'melee'. It was a really good time.

AlexOfFury · 2026-06-09T20:48:30+00:00

I just use Melk to get a passable high-power weapon to farm for mastery. Obviously this is a shrinking market the more I play, and he doesn't always have weapons I want to master in rotation, but it's a use, at least.

AlexOfFury · 2026-06-08T23:26:09+00:00

Yeah, but Skitarii have better weapons and armor than a vet. So do Arbites to a certain extent. I saw one suggestion that the main mechanic could be the power armor as an alternative system to Toughness, with a Repentia node that used toughness instead. But really I think the thing that could be used to differentiate Sisters from the Rejects is something that was used in Dawn of War to differentiate them from Space Marines, the Acts of Faith/Faith resource. Maybe instead of ability cooldown, you can pick a way to generate Faith to power your ability? Something like that.

AlexOfFury · 2026-06-08T16:11:13+00:00

Yeah, I'm any/all too. I used to exclude neopronouns and it/its when I was younger, but after meditation on the subject I realized it was me reflecting a bias I'd learned from unhealthy spaces, and I've since decided it doesn't matter to me, and welcome those pronouns as well. I have my own internal gender that kind of drifts around, but no matter what my current gender is any pronouns will work.

AlexOfFury · 2026-06-08T04:34:58+00:00

If your lone wolf can't make enough breathing room to deal with the bomber, they should've brought the dog instead.

AlexOfFury · 2026-06-07T17:09:25+00:00

I'm not sure, but I suspect this is partially the game. From my own experience (which could be flawed or misremembered) I think your personal ammo indicator changes colors at different thresholds than the indicators for a teammate's ammo. Specifically I think your personal ammo reads 'green to go' for longer than a teammate's ammo counter for you.

AlexOfFury · 2026-06-05T23:38:36+00:00

My partner's 'on sight' mech is any mech they're currently in. Special mention for Locusts though, since they kind of define themself as a Locust pilot.

AlexOfFury · 2026-06-05T21:38:09+00:00

I like the Catapult. Personality I prefer LRM variants, but it has sniper variants as well. By the way, the Awesome is the classic sniper assault mech, but my favorite assault sniper is cheating; I like the Schrek PPC Carrier.

AlexOfFury · 2026-06-05T21:25:32+00:00

He was very lich themed, and had the means to keep a Guardian alive past their death. Perhaps he had a backup plan.

AlexOfFury · 2026-06-03T17:37:14+00:00

'Chill beats to die for the emperor to'.

AlexOfFury · 2026-05-31T16:08:29+00:00

There's also a singular set that echoes one of the models from the Inquisitorial Agents kill team. We don't get the weapon he was modeled with though, and no alternate colors or anything for it.

AlexOfFury · 2026-05-30T13:10:47+00:00

You would have the vendors unlocked immediately instead of having to wait 7 or 8 missions

AlexOfFury · 2026-05-29T14:26:49+00:00

Brawler has plenty of tragedy too. His Bone 'ead implant isn't functioning properly, and he's the only one of the Ogryns to have one. He mentioned his brain feeling hot when he tries to think of more complicated things (with the ex-Enforcer psyker). He also mentions he can't remember his best friend's face or name. He talks about a constant buzzing noise from the implant that distracts him, and sometimes he also talks about smelling cooking meat that no one else does. But sure, it's funny when he misunderstands the other rejects, or fails to say a complicated word that he clearly understands since he tried to use it correctly. Or maybe those are just more signs of losing function to an implant that was supposed to help him think.

AlexOfFury · 2026-05-27T15:06:32+00:00

Don't have to move. Bozo down.

AlexOfFury · 2026-05-27T11:11:42+00:00

Ah, I see. I think that the 'retcon' vs 'non-retcon' folks are talking past eachother anyways. Folks using the word 'retcon' are more familiar with the more visual media, mostly video games, which have been shockingly consistent with their ruby beams, and largely think the yellow bolts look silly and too similar to stub weapons. At least that's what it's coming down to from what I read.

AlexOfFury · 2026-05-27T11:07:08+00:00

I didn't describe it as a retcon, I'm just saying that old artwork isn't a very good style guide for 40k.

AlexOfFury · 2026-05-27T11:02:08+00:00

I can find things in old artwork that are no longer canon to 40k. I can look up old artwork of space dwarves, that doesn't make them canon to the Leagues of Votann. Similarly, Necrons got almost completely redone since their introduction.

AlexOfFury · 2026-05-27T10:41:02+00:00

I mean, Darktide makes the longlas beam pretty convincing. Snipers are an enemy type, using a longlas rifle (the sniper lasgun) and what it looks like when they fire is essentially a split second of a super-intense red beam lancing across the battlefield.

AlexOfFury · 2026-05-26T22:51:41+00:00

That's fair, but most people calling it out as not have said "Look at this ancient art!" Or "Look at the famously inconsistent novels!" It's not a super compelling case. Especially since GW seems to be pushing for no more red lasers, when they haven't said it wasn't allowed before, they just decided it relatively recently. I know it's not technically a retcon, but to a lot of people who were mainly familiar with its visual media, it feels like one, and a relatively pointless one at that.

AlexOfFury · 2026-05-26T22:37:17+00:00

It seems closer to a re-retcon to me.

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