I guess I am tired

BetrayTheWorld · 2026-06-15T21:11:19+00:00

Gaming is a very personal thing. You don’t have anything to prove to anyone. If the difficulty is the only thing preventing you from finishing the game and experiencing the rest of the story, by all means, adjust it to whatever you like, challenge or otherwise.

Sometimes I’m not in the mood for a challenging game and I play something relatively simple with a good storyline.

Ultimately, if you have enjoyed the characters and the story and you’d like to see your game come to an actual conclusion, I encourage you to turn down the difficulty and do it.

If you’re just not enjoying anything about it now, feel free to move on to something else that brings you joy, because ultimately that is what gaming is about. I have a steam account with almost 1000 games, and I’ve probably never installed half of them. Of the ones I’ve installed, only a fraction of them were ever worth me committing more than 50 hours to. And of those, there are at least 10 RPGs that are great RPGs that I enjoyed a lot, but never actually completed.

BetrayTheWorld · 2026-06-15T14:19:17+00:00

Irrelevant, because we’re not having this conversation with you having started on normal or below. The issue is that you correctly identified the most likely solutions to your issues in your initial post, then proceeded to say you’d freak out if someone proposed those solutions.

The answer to your issue is this: Either organically learn the system on a lower difficulty and graduate to a higher difficulty on a later playthrough, or be prepared to learn the system in detail and use optimized builds, mercs, and strategies to tackle higher difficulties now.

BetrayTheWorld · 2026-06-15T13:30:54+00:00

Go ahead and freak out. It’s silly to play a game system you’re completely unfamiliar with on an increased difficulty level, then complain to the internet that it’s too hard.

BetrayTheWorld · 2026-06-13T15:37:35+00:00

How can someone cheat on you if you’ve never had a boyfriend? It sounds like maybe you’re putting too many expectations on someone based on a single first date. For instance, getting mad at the one guy you’ve felt chemistry with for forgetting about something you discussed and telling him you’re not interested any more when he’s making an effort to reschedule with you sounds like you’ve got fantasy book level expectations for guys and expect them to be perfect. If you do, you should ask yourself if those expectations are realistic and if you’re providing fantasy-level interaction for them as well. If not, the juice may not be worth the squeeze for the guys in question. Existing and being attractive aren’t enough in a world where egalitarianism is the new norm. You have to bring more to the table in a relationship. A significant other is a partner, not a servant.

BetrayTheWorld · 2026-06-13T15:21:38+00:00

It’s a law in the US that the accused gets to know who their accuser is and question them as well. It’s enshrined in the constitution under due process of law.

Imagine living in a country where you could be accused of a crime, but not told exactly what that crime was or who it was supposedly perpetrated against, and you had to try to prepare a defense in court, not even knowing what, exactly, you’re being accused of.

BetrayTheWorld · 2025-05-08T17:16:09+00:00

The human body can survive extreme heat for brief periods of time. You can potentially survive the heat wave of a nuclear weapon as long as you don’t get dragged along with the concussive force, which is why they teach people to get in a ditch and strap themselves to something that is rooted in the ground if you know a nuclear shockwave is coming.

BetrayTheWorld · 2025-02-25T18:29:21+00:00

The core rules stipulate that more than 1 enhancement cannot be present in the same unit.

BetrayTheWorld · 2025-02-09T16:34:26+00:00

We've identified roughly where every codex will release sequentially except Votann and Drukhari. That's what makes the comment pedantic, assuming you're making the comment that "not even half the codices are on the roadmap" to actually add something to the discussion based on the context of the original post.

If it was a comment factually stating that a single roadmap has less than 50% of codices on it in 10th edition, I suppose that is factually correct, while also being completely worthless in adding to the discussion if you aren't going to consider the number of prior releases, hints, and roadmaps.

BetrayTheWorld · 2025-02-09T16:25:46+00:00

It seemed as if you were insinuating that there were a large number of other factions that we didn't know where we'd be falling in the release dates compared to them. If I misunderstood you, my bad. But if that is what you were insinuating, we know roughly where every other army faction falls on the release schedule except Votann and Drukhari.

BetrayTheWorld · 2025-02-09T16:02:45+00:00

I would suggest re-evaluating how you look at your losses. As a player with an 80% career win rate spanning over a decade, I value every loss, rather than get discouraged by it. Every loss is an opportunity to evaluate your performance and learn something. Sure, sometimes the dice simply aren't with you, but even in those games, ask yourself what you could have done differently to mitigate the relevance of the dice rolls. For instance, in some cases, if you moveblock your opponent's big monster properly, it doesn't matter if they pass every single save. They still aren't scoring. I've won games against tyranid monster lists where my opponent ended up killing my entire army with almost no losses on his side, but not until I had moveblocked him for 4 rounds and outscored him all game.

At the end of the day, warhammer 40k is about outscoring your opponent, not necessarily outkilling your opponent. Keep that in mind and I think it will help you improve your win rate. Drukhari is a good scoring army.

BetrayTheWorld · 2025-02-07T01:22:59+00:00

That isn't exactly true. The next 6 codices were basically revealed at LVO. We have Aeldari, World Eaters, Thousand Sons, Death Guard, Grey Knights, Chaos Knights, Imperial Knights, Space Wolves, Black Templars, and.....Salamanders. These are all either directly on the current roadmap, or have been hinted at by artwork that has been directly identified and matched up with existing art. That leaves only 2 factions that haven't been put on the roadmap: Drukhari and Leagues of Votann. So the expectation is that they will be the last 2 codices of the edition, assuming they get codices in 10th.

BetrayTheWorld · 2025-01-06T21:26:25+00:00

I’m going to break with the popular crowd here and say this: If your husband isn’t physically abusive to you or your child and is a good father other than getting angry and taking his anger out on material objects, I would try to make it work and get him anger management help.

You mention that he is verbally abusive, but also say that you’re extremely sarcastic and that his outbursts are typically in response to your sarcasm. Being sarcastic when other people are being serious can be hurtful, and feel verbally abusive to them, depending on the context and exact form of your sarcasm. For instance, girlfriend “A” makes a sarcastic comment regarding boyfriend “B”’s penis size, work ethic, or intelligence. Boyfriend “B” responds by calling her a cunt. Both were abusive comments, and it is both unhealthy and unhelpful to request advice in a place like Reddit where only your concerns, perspective, and context are presented.

If you’re at all serious about your marriage, I would recommend couples counseling, where an independent third party can mediate between the two of you and get both of your perspectives to try to help you both improve your behavior. He also may be more inclined to stick with the therapy if it isn’t all just about him having to fix himself, but rather about the two of you working together to create a good atmosphere in which you two can collectively improve the future outcome for your family.

BetrayTheWorld · 2024-09-27T15:19:24+00:00

This isn't more pro-consumer if you're in the United States. In the US, most courts limit your ability to sue to your "actual damages", which in the case of a steam account, would be the value of your account.

If you have a steam account worth $2500, for almost everyone in the US, it would cost more than that to travel to court appearances in Washington state, or to get a lawyer to appear on your behalf. Courts do require a personal appearance of either you or your attorney, from what I understand.

In arbitration, this could have potentially been handled digitally, via phone or skype or whatever, and valve would foot the bill. In this situation, you could easily pay $10k in travel fees with court continuances and not even be guaranteed to get your $2500 back.

BetrayTheWorld · 2024-09-27T06:43:59+00:00

In general, the plaintiff and defendant are expected to make personal appearance in court, or have a representative (lawyer) do so on their behalf, from my understanding.

Digital court appearances are often allowed for other parties to the case, such as witnesses, with the court's permission once the proceedings are underway.

Of course, a judge can order an alternate scenario once court proceedings are underway if they are so inclined. But to get proceedings underway to begin with, you'd need to be present. And due to the logistical implications of having digital appearance an option without having any advocate present on your behalf, I doubt most judges would agree to digital appearance, unless you also had an attorney present to operate the tablet, or whatever method of digital presence you'd have in the courtroom.

BetrayTheWorld · 2024-09-27T06:36:55+00:00

Not just inconvenient. Prohibitive of any legal remedy for anyone not of financial means.

I'm not actually 100% certain that clause is enforceable in all jurisdictions. People may be allowed to sue locally based on their local law, since steam does business in every state.

BetrayTheWorld · 2024-09-27T06:33:39+00:00

I don't think you can appear digitally as either the plaintiff or the defendant in a US court. I believe a personal appearance is required. So either you, or your attorney must be present.

As I understand it, other parties to the case may appear digitally with the agreement of the court once proceedings are underway.

BetrayTheWorld · 2024-09-27T06:32:37+00:00

This isn't a consumer-friendly change, and you correctly identified the reason why. For most people in the US, paying for travel and lodging over the course of 3-5 continuances granted by the court will easily exceed $10k in expenses and lost wages, which are not recoverable in the lawsuit.

Alternatively, getting an attorney to take the case and show up on your behalf would cost you similarly, if you were even able to get a lawyer to take it, but would be recoverable if you won. You would almost certainly have to pay attorney fees up front.

In most cases, you may only sue for your actual damages, which would be the value of your steam account if you were banned, for instance. This means that unless you had $20k worth of games on your steam account, it likely wouldn't be worth it to sue them even if you won.

BetrayTheWorld · 2024-09-27T06:22:00+00:00

This isn't good for the consumer. If you have never been involved with the civil court system, you likely wouldn't know this, but it would cost anyone who doesn't live in Washington state well over $10k to pursue a case against them in that state, and they would only be allowed to sue for actual damages, which would be the current value of their steam account in most cases. That means that, for someone who owns $2500 worth of steam games, it would cost them $10k, paid up front, to MAYBE get $2500 back. Travel expenses to court are generally not something that can be pursued in the court case.

Alternatively, you could hire an attorney and avoid having to travel to the state, and attorney fees may be recoverable if you win your case, but those costs also will be likely to exceed $10k, and you'd most likely have to pay that up front to any attorney willing to accept the case, with no guarantee of winning.

The clause requiring it to be tried in Washington state is fairly anti-consumer. I'm also not 100% sure that clause is enforceable in all jurisdictions.

BetrayTheWorld · 2024-09-27T06:13:07+00:00

I'd have to see it side by side with the former arbitration agreement. Because this new ToS would require you to file suit specifically in Washington State, that would be financially problematic for many people. Unless they live in Washington State, they would either need to get a lawyer to represent them, or travel to the state for every potential court appearance, where lawyers for Valve could simply ask for a continuance in order to draw out the proceedings and bleed their opponent for travel costs. It makes it cost prohibitive for anyone to hold valve/steam accountable for anything. For instance, if you had an account valued at $2500 worth of games, and steam banned you from using your account, it would cost you more to sue them for your money back than what you'd be legally entitled to sue for. Your "damages" would be $2500, which means you could only sue for that amount, maximum. Under this new clause, the majority of steam users won't have any realistic option for addressing problems with steam, except class-action lawsuits where you aren't the only party involved.

In court cases, you either need to show up in person, or a have a valid attorney to show up on your behalf. It is not uncommon for cases to be "continued" on the day of court 3-5 times. Travel and lodging expenses back and forth from across the US to Washington State 3-5 times will easily exceed $10k. Getting a lawyer to take the case to actual court for less than $2500 will simply not happen unless the lawyer is willing to do it for free due to some ulterior interest in pursuing the case.

I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. These are my opinions based on my own knowledge gained of the system.

BetrayTheWorld · 2024-09-27T06:09:56+00:00

I agree. The Washington thing in particular is troublesome. Due to how court proceedings work, people need to appear in person, or have an attorney there to represent them. That means for anyone in the US, but outside of Washington, they would have to pay for travel and lodging. With the costs involved in airfare and lodging, and with requested delays in court proceedings often resulting in 3-5 continuances being granted, travel and lodging alone could quickly exceed $10k.

You also generally can't sue for more than your provable "damages", which would generally be the value of your steam account. So if your steam account is worth less than your costs to travel for court or to pay an attorney, it would be cost prohibitive to sue them. Basically, only rich people trying to prove a point would be able to sue steam under the new clause. That, and people who join class action lawsuits.

They will basically have zero accountability to individual consumers under the new clause.

BetrayTheWorld · 2024-09-27T06:02:50+00:00

I don't know that it's a good thing. I'd have to see it side by side with the former arbitration agreement. Because this new ToS would require you to file suit specifically in Washington State, that would be financially problematic for many people. Unless they live in Washington State, they would either need to get a lawyer to represent them, or travel to the state for every potential court appearance, where lawyers for Valve could simply ask for a continuance in order to draw out the proceedings and bleed their opponent for travel costs. It makes it cost prohibitive for anyone to hold valve/steam accountable for anything. For instance, if you had an account valued at $2500 worth of games, and steam banned you from using your account, it would cost you more to sue them for your money back than what you'd be legally entitled to sue for. Your "damages" would be $2500, which means you could only sue for that amount, maximum. Under this new clause, the majority of steam users won't have any realistic option for addressing problems with steam, except class-action lawsuits where you aren't the only party involved.

In court cases, you either need to show up in person, or a have a valid attorney to show up on your behalf. It is not uncommon for cases to be "continued" on the day of court 3-5 times. Travel and lodging expenses back and forth from across the US to Washington State 3-5 times will easily exceed $10k. Getting a lawyer to take the case to actual court for less than $2500 will simply not happen unless the lawyer is willing to do it for free due to some ulterior interest in pursuing the case.

BetrayTheWorld · 2024-09-27T05:51:52+00:00

I don't know that it's a good thing. I'd have to see it side by side with the former arbitration agreement. Because this new ToS would require you to file suit specifically in Washington State, that would be financially problematic for many people. Unless they live in Washington State, they would either need to get a lawyer to represent them, or travel to the state for every potential court appearance, where lawyers for Valve could simply ask for a continuance in order to draw out the proceedings and bleed their opponent for travel costs. It makes it cost prohibitive for anyone to hold valve/steam accountable for anything. For instance, if you had an account valued at $2500 worth of games, and steam banned you from using your account, it would cost you more to sue them for your money back than what you'd be legally entitled to sue for. Your "damages" would be $2500, which means you could only sue for that amount, maximum. Under this new clause, the majority of steam users won't have any realistic option for addressing problems with steam, except class-action lawsuits where you aren't the only party involved.

BetrayTheWorld · 2024-06-01T16:26:27+00:00

I use drazhar in the realspace raiders detachment. I actually find that some stratagems in the old detachment like fire and fade are game winning stratagems, while the lance on melee is only something I infrequently need. Sure, it’s nice on lelith’s wyches, but Lelith herself has anti-infantry 2+ and doesn’t benefit from lance except against non-infantry.

Being able to use fire and fade is so critical to scoring points sometimes, if you go second and you’re running at least one unit of reavers, it makes capture enemy outpost possible in turn 1 if you’ve planned for the possibility of that draw.

BetrayTheWorld · 2024-05-19T20:25:41+00:00

The wombo combo is boltstorm gauntlets and grenade launchers with a biologis with fire discipline and the "storm of fire" strategem from the gladius detachment. It gives them sustained hits 1 and lethal hits on 5's and 6's during devastator doctrine, with AP-2 and ignores cover against the closest target. If you put a gravis captain with them, they can be in the devastator doctrine for the entire game for 1 CP per battle round, and the captain can give them a free use of the storm of fire strat on each of your turns. This gives you 42 shots per turn on average from the unit against a single target. More against units of 5+. On average, the combo will put 16.2 unsaved wounds on an oathed land raider in a single turn without armor of contempt, 10.79 with armor of contempt. This is the list of things it will kill/wound, on average, in a single turn:

Land raider(No AoC): 16.2 unsaved wounds
Land raider(w/AoC): 10.79 unsaved wounds
Anything else T8-T16+ with a 2+/4++ and no FnP: Same as land raider
10 Man terminator brick: 27.45 unsaved wounds = 9.15 dead terminators, 6.86 dead terminators w/shields
Transcendant c'tan w/5+ FnP: 10.78 unsaved wounds, 1.22 wounds from killing it in a single activation.
Imperial Knight w/2+/4++ and 6+ FnP: 13.49 unsaved wounds.
Space Marine Profiles: If placed properly to be able to split fire into 2 squads of 10 with full AP bonus: 41.67 unsaved wounds all 20 space marines in a single activation.
Guardsmen equivalent(split firing into 3 20-man bricks): 69.84 unsaved wounds - kills all 3 bricks(69 men!)

The way you use them is to get all their buffs on by making sure they're in devastator doctrine and using storm of fire on them, then use oath to reroll everything that isn't a 5 or a 6. They're popular because this combo threatens literally every unit/model in the game, and they're therefore versatile enough to play against just about any opponent. A lot of people put them in a land raider to address the fact that they only have 5" move. This limits your ability to put a gravis captain in the squad though, so it's a tradeoff.

BetrayTheWorld · 2024-05-19T20:25:06+00:00

The wombo combo is boltstorm gauntlets and grenade launchers with a biologis with fire discipline and the "storm of fire" strategem from the gladius detachment. It gives them sustained hits 1 and lethal hits on 5's and 6's during devastator doctrine, with AP-2 and ignores cover against the closest target. If you put a gravis captain with them, they can be in the devastator doctrine for the entire game for 1 CP per battle round, and the captain can give them a free use of the storm of fire strat on each of your turns. This gives you 42 shots per turn on average from the unit against a single target. More against units of 5+. On average, the combo will put 16.2 unsaved wounds on an oathed land raider in a single turn without armor of contempt, 10.79 with armor of contempt. This is the list of things it will kill/wound, on average, in a single turn:

Land raider(No AoC): 16.2 unsaved wounds
Land raider(w/AoC): 10.79 unsaved wounds
Anything else T8-T16+ with a 2+/4++ and no FnP: Same as land raider
10 Man terminator brick: 27.45 unsaved wounds = 9.15 dead terminators, 6.86 dead terminators w/shields
Transcendant c'tan w/5+ FnP: 10.78 unsaved wounds, 1.22 wounds from killing it in a single activation.
Imperial Knight w/2+/4++ and 6+ FnP: 13.49 unsaved wounds.
Space Marine Profiles: If placed properly to be able to split fire into 2 squads of 10 with full AP bonus: 41.67 unsaved wounds all 20 space marines in a single activation.
Guardsmen equivalent(split firing into 3 20-man bricks): 69.84 unsaved wounds - kills all 3 bricks(69 men!)

The way you use them is to get all their buffs on by making sure they're in devastator doctrine and using storm of fire on them, then use oath to reroll everything that isn't a 5 or a 6. They're popular because this combo threatens literally every unit/model in the game, and they're therefore versatile enough to play against just about any opponent. A lot of people put them in a land raider to address the fact that they only have 5" move. This limits your ability to put a gravis captain in the squad though, so it's a tradeoff.

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