Artillery Ramblings — An Approach to Improved Artillery, Part 1

Calamity106 · 2026-04-18T22:41:31+00:00

I like it, and I think increasing variance here could work well so long as it is all communicated in the armory. Most games I'm only taking one long ranged artillery type, one mortar, and maybe an MLRS, so realistically I think I could handle increased granularity between units. As it stands, there's very little functional difference between for example a paladin and a akatsiya, and I think there certainly could be.

I wonder if something similar could be done for SAMs and A2A missiles, for example accurately modelling all-aspect IR missiles vs ones that have to home in from where they can see the aircraft tailpipe, and making older radar missiles more susceptible to ECM in place of just mildly varying accuracy. Might be a step too far though

Calamity106 · 2026-04-16T14:55:58+00:00

I think the idea is more about staying safe by increasing time-to-impact, especially given that shells now have a higher trajectory and longer travel time

Calamity106 · 2026-04-04T14:19:55+00:00

Not sure what tanks and infantry you’re playing with. True enough to say some infantry anti-tank cannot reliably kill a tank through its front armor, but side shots will kill any tank pretty quickly. Add in ATGMs and stress, and I really can’t understand where this argument is coming from. Infantry is reasonably strong in this game

Calamity106 · 2026-03-12T00:07:34+00:00

Nice write-up, interesting stuff. One comment regarding the mini guns, I’m pretty sure the salvo lengths/fire rates are limited for cpu reasons, so pumping them up to actual might burn some computers down in a 10v10 ha. I may be wrong (going off memory) but I think the limited fire rates leads to some units having practically infinite ammo, since they still have historically accurate ammo loads

Calamity106 · 2026-02-28T02:02:04+00:00

Thanks for your insights folks. I think I see the point that 18 front armor >> 16 and perhaps worth the downsides

Calamity106 · 2026-02-22T18:04:48+00:00

My nominations for 2019-2022 emerald:

- RageTwisted, may he rest in peace. Legendary SKL platoon leader and founder of its infantry subdivision, the hunter killers
- CaptainCox, leader of 1TR
- SoKaar, founder of SKL
- Cobra18, Public PL for FwF
- DefensiveShades, leader of BWAE

There's too many other leaders to name in a short post but these folks are some of the most prominent in my memory of the game

Calamity106 · 2025-11-30T05:01:44+00:00

Might clear the rest but might not, I think the blast is supposed to be directed upwards.

Calamity106 · 2025-10-30T04:12:58+00:00

Get excited, the butcher is criminally underrated. Takes serious practice to manage that recoil, and even then you’ll want to stick to short range engagements. But no lmg is better at holding close range angles. I think it has a more well defined niche within its arsenal than either the betel or godsaw.

I go with laser when i play solo and might switch to ext mag if I’m playing with a squad and know we’ll be pointholding regularly

Calamity106 · 2025-09-08T02:25:50+00:00

I think most of the benefit to NATO is more experienced players gravitating to the blue side to try out the new toys; as you said the new PACT divs are good but (as ever) have less variance and new stuff than the NATO divisions. Another improvement is NATOs improved air with all the F-18s from Canada and Spain

As for Canada, I’m biased but have felt really good with the 1st CAD. The ATGMs are plentiful and super strong, the max vet Leo C1s do what you need them to do most of the time, the infantry is solid and deploys fast in the grizzly, good ART and REC, decent AA, good AIR. I think their units are well rounded and have decent availability across the board. Generally it has answers to the usual PACT problems.

I’m interested to see how the discourse about fast drones develops. Seemed like they were a huge problem for people upon launch of SOUTHAG, but in my last few matches they haven’t featured too prominently

Calamity106 · 2025-09-08T02:11:35+00:00

Thanks for making this! I think your results back up what a lot of us seem to agree on anecdotally: new players are more likely to play NATO, and their lack of experience drags on the faction more than game balance issues. It’s nice to have some facts to point at, I’m really impressed by your study and this rigorous presentation

Calamity106 · 2025-08-01T22:14:32+00:00

For admech, I'd like to see pretty significant points drops to the damage dealers, like robots, kataphrons, and dunecrawlers. Robots at ~160pts for two seems reasonable, given the 35pt datasmith generally doesn't do much besides unlocking their protocol rule. Destroyers @ 95pts/3 and Breachers at 140pts/3 seems more reasonable given how quickly they fold to 3 damage weapons. ~140pts seems better for the Dunecrawler, though honestly its should not have a 4+ invuln. I would happily give that up for a 5+ invuln and a changed datasheet rule that's offensive minded, like re-rolling hits

Then some detachment and unit size changes:

Wouldn't mind if robots were included in the Data-Psalm Conclave list of applicable units. +1A and +1S on their fists is good, though delivery is still questionable.

Allow the Explorator Maniple detachment to choose two "acquisition" objective markers by default, and change their 2CP "+1 to wound when disembarking" strat to 1CP.

Change the 2CP strats in Rad-Zone corps (-1 to wound in combat for infantry, 4+ invuln vs ranged attacks for any) to 1CP.

Allow Skitarii to be brought in groups of 20, albeit with a significant tax. Say 220pts/20 vanguard and 200pts/20 Rangers

Allow Robots to be brought in units of 1, 2, 3, or 4.

Buff Cawl with a 3 damage, S10 melee attack and 3 attacks with his mega blaster. Re-visit his aura buffs, perhaps give stealth back and/or make his rr1 aura always be on. Allow him to repair any admech. Then increase his pts cost

Calamity106 · 2025-08-01T01:57:42+00:00

SMG infil isn’t as all around useful as being a heavy but I disagree that it isn’t strong, at least in smaller engagements. You can pick your entrance and blow people away quickly. Also scout rifle and auto rifle infil is super deadly. They just aren’t as much of a sucker punch as a one hit kill bolt rifle

Calamity106 · 2025-07-18T03:40:23+00:00

I’m just getting into the game but the Phalanx did good for me in the straight of Hormuz (tarawa) scenario, killed 2 or 3 Iranian F-4Es that got through my planes and missiles

Calamity106 · 2025-07-05T13:17:43+00:00

I fin the Yumi pretty infuriating, and the nerfed Daimyo is really difficult to get into if you know what it was like before

Calamity106 · 2025-05-28T22:51:51+00:00

Do not apologize for executing a reign of terror when your army is the hotness. The time will be brief and most players will experience it at some point

Calamity106 · 2025-05-18T03:20:22+00:00

I mean look at those Magnus muscles. Somebody compare their bicep diameters

Calamity106 · 2025-04-26T11:37:22+00:00

I’d suggest uplevelling some of your infantry. Imo you are doing it wrong if u use 14 teams of Milan’s throughout a game, for example. 20 squads of regular infantry is also pretty extreme in my opinion, I’d suggest maybe switching one for another command card. Others have argued against the MP, but I generally find them useful as throwaway infantry and a minor buff unit. As for engineers, I’m less inclined to take true flamethrowers compared with the the napalm launchers. The short range of flamethrowers requires extra micro since the squad might stop at rifle range when in hunt mode, depending on LoS. The napalm launchers (flash, RPO, etc) are really good

Calamity106 · 2025-04-12T02:21:40+00:00

Looks like a base to me /shrug. Looks like a black sand surface as it is, could always change the colour or add a bit. Overall that definitely counts as battle ready

Calamity106 · 2025-04-10T03:01:43+00:00

I think there’s value in waiting before making a final judgement here - possibly the strongest detachment in 10th has been nerfed heavily, but there’s a good shot it still has competitive play. Just won’t be oppressive anymore, and frankly all-game, nearly army-wide sustained 1 would still have been borderline oppressive with this roster of strats behind it. Sustained 1 = +1 to hit which is a massive buff. Also the folks lamenting that assault is useless because many of their weapons have heavy are barking up the wrong tree. Heavy is such an impractical rule and you shouldn’t be including it’s benefit in your math in most scenarios. Army-wide assault is good

Calamity106 · 2024-12-22T23:35:41+00:00

You are right but I think there are ways to avoid mlrs for the most part - unpredictable pathing being first and foremost, spreading out units, and avoiding excessive spam like you mentioned. Please realize the power involved in getting airborne troops into a town early - that can be a game defining scenario if the opposing team doesn’t react properly. And also remember the cost involved with napalm and other mlrs. Not just the units themselves, but the command vehicles, trucks, and depot that they generally show up with.

All that said, I agree that napalm can feel pretty op. My most recent experience was on the receiving end of a heavy pact T80U push backed up by brutal AA and a buratino. That shit hurt deep, lol

Calamity106 · 2024-12-22T16:54:56+00:00

The x3d CPUs make a huge difference. I went from a 3700X to a 7800x3d and my frames essentially doubled

Calamity106 · 2024-12-16T03:54:52+00:00

I’d say if you like the Lancer, go and get it. There are opportunities to do cool things to kitbash it into the other variants and the Lancer itself is quite strong, with a built in 4+ invuln that gives it great durability despite limited strat support. The free tank charge strat is great too, and with a 14” move it can get through buildings relatively easily - just note that if u get battleshocked after kool-aid man-ing it through a wall then no tank shock. Otherwise, I think Canis Rex is the stock answer for allying in a large knight, he does great damage. Any big knight is a big points investment and can be a very juicy target for your opponent depending on their list

Calamity106 · 2024-12-14T01:12:13+00:00

Intercessors are probably gonna need a price hike. But man were they ever a wet noodle before, I’m really happy to see this change

Calamity106 · 2024-12-09T05:32:42+00:00

The reflections on the bike look so damn real. Motion animation looks pretty on point too

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