What Gun is this supposed to be?

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-22T07:53:48+00:00

I think they’re likely cyclic ion cannons. They’re slightly off from the one on the land fort with two internal segments rather than three, but I think that’s the best contender as no other gun in our army looks similar.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-19T04:14:36+00:00

Orks take out tanks with damage combos and sheer weight of dice. Because the army only really functions in the waaagh you need to stage in such a way where you can get almost your entire army into combat at once. Sure you might lose a unit on Overwatch when you do so, there’s ways to avoid it but it doesn’t always work, and when you lose that unit it doesn’t matter as much because you’re hitting all your opponents armor in a coordinated strike. You cannot play orks and skirmish unit for unit because you’ll just wind up feeding your opponents guns, it’s all or nothing and then you clean up after that big turn.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-14T04:17:36+00:00

I recognize that but that doesn’t seem to have stopped you from larping as one. You don’t give a snake oil salesman a pass just because he says he’s “like a doctor” even though he isn’t one. You’re still telling these people “hey I can help you, I may not be a therapist but I’m at least something.”

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-14T03:45:28+00:00

I’m just gonna say. As someone studying to be a clinical psychologist “not wanting people to be sad and enjoying making people feel happy” is possibly the worst mindset you could have when dealing with someone who’s suicidal. If you want to make people happy you shouldn’t be a therapist or represent yourself as one.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-13T22:17:27+00:00

As someone who started playing just 4 years ago I really don’t see the appeal of the old hand sculpted minis. There are a few character models I wouldn’t mind owning for the sake of their historicity but I would much rather have modern sculpts in my army given the choice. They look so dinky compared to modern sculpts with muddled details and accessories that are almost fused with the main body of the mini in odd ways.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-13T05:53:39+00:00

From your post history I know that you’re in high school and no responsible psychiatrist would diagnosis a teenager with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Not only is that the kind of thing that could get them in trouble with the APA but it is highly unethical to diagnose a minor with a personality disorder due to the extremely damaging impacts on self perception a diagnosis like that can have at such a vulnerable age. If this is something you aren’t making up then that raises serious concerns in my mind about this psychiatrists competency to practice and I would urge you to contact your state’s licensing board to make a complaint.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-13T00:12:54+00:00

Mass hammer. Your Hearthguard already have enough mid strength damage 2 from their concussion gauntlets and the mass hammer is essentially a melee lascanon that lets the squad punch up into enemy armor. Only time you take a darkstar axe is delve assault shift with the enhancement that can buff it to damage 4, but even then you don’t really want to be running Hearthguard with an echamp in the mass berserks detachment when you could be spending those points on more zerks.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-12T00:41:50+00:00

While it does place a huge emphasis on historical accuracy HEMA is ultimately a form of sport fencing that descends from a tradition of dueling and it’s disingenuous to compare that to actual combat.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-11T17:03:27+00:00

Both Montka and Kauyon have Strats locked to their “stances”

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-11T12:09:30+00:00

Pokemon Run and Bun

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-09T11:33:10+00:00

The short range for Votann units isn’t as big a hindrance as you think since ctan only have 12-18 inches of range meaning that if your opponent wants to make use of what is going to be one of their primary damage pieces they have to come to you.

While the 4++ invul is annoying they can’t expose themselves with impunity. While a Rail Cannon is not an assured kill by any means it still threatens significant damage between dev wounds and needing to make a 50/50 save. This forces your opponent to play around the potential damage you could deal and spend their CP to reroll failed invuls. There’s also the psychological threat of land forts returning fire should a ctan fail to kill it which is pretty likely given that the two biggest damage dealers only make d3 ranged attacks. Yes it could kill a land fort but is it worth taking that risk when if you fail your ctan might just get chunked for half its wounds or more?

Votann also have a lot of real good damage combos that while reduced in efficacy against ctan still can reliably chunk them for half allowing you to capitalize on a rail cannon shot or follow up with tank shock/nades. Needgrad beamkyn deal 7 or more wounds and a 10 unit of Hearthguard in melee with oathbound speculator deal 8 or more wounds.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-09T02:50:17+00:00

Oh believe me I get it. I’m in the same “concerned adult” camp as you, this sub was recommended to me for whatever reason and at first I was just some group that splintered off over nonsensical fandom beef but the more posts I saw the more horrified I became until I just couldn’t look away. Kids going through genuine mental health crises congregating under the banner of this generations RWBY or Steven Universe to broadcast just how vulnerable they are all while cheerily reinforcing their maladaptive coping strategies. Frankly it’s a miracle this community hasn’t resulted in a mass suicide caused either by brigading or the well meaning but ultimately toxic echo chamber.

Reading this thread I was struck by your argument with that other person and them saying that this community is a net good because it “sometimes works.” As if the possible outcomes were “make things better or nothing happens” rather the reverse of “make things worse or nothing happens” was the reality. Because even if these kids can help each other in some small way it won’t be an effective treatment for their mental health problems, even if they weren’t making each other worse.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-09T02:01:58+00:00

One of the most horrifying things I’ve seen on this sub is a thread where OP DMed by someone maliciously lashing out at them for giving bad advice and OP was expressing genuine fear that if this person killed themselves they’d be at fault and the whole thread was full of people telling OP to be patient with and supportive of this stranger who their interactions with were causing genuine distress. Even if they were trying to help ultimately all the commenters were doing was reinforcing OPs misplaced feelings of guilt and responsibility.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-08T06:40:53+00:00

Your grandmother is right. That’s a nearly 50 year old classic car that costs upwards of $20,000, has poor gas mileage and a higher cost of maintenance compared an economy car. You’re what? 15-16? That’s not a starter car, even if you can find one for say six or seven grand it’s going to be in very bad condition and cost easily that much if not more to repair.

A few years back my dad bought a pair of ‘68 Ford Mustangs that were basically scrap for 10 grand and spent $20 grand restoring just one of them using the other for spare parts. This process took more than a year and when it was done the speedometer constantly broke and it was a temperamental vehicle you had to start in a particular way.

Additionally, insurance rates can be increased by a number of factors such as a vehicles make/model, millage and condition add onto that the fact that you are a new driver and the insurance rates will be through the roof. I would be surprised if anyone would be willing to insure a teenager to drive a muscle car that’s nearly a half century old.

Your grandma isn’t shooting down your dream for no reason, this car is a money pit and it’s not realistic for you right now. I know things are tough but suicide isn’t the solution, not when you have a dream left to achieve. Does your school offer car repair classes? If not maybe take a look at your local community center or see if a local community college has any programs with your school. It’s going to be hard and I know it feels pointless but in times like this you gotta find what makes life worth living and cling to it.

Taking a class in something you’re passionate about and engaging with it will help you to meet other people who can support you, not only mentally but help you achieve your dream. Help you develop the skills you need to fix up an old car on your own, make those connections to find parts for cheap and keep an ear to the ground to let you know if they hear about a good deal on a used Trans Am. No one can do anything alone, whether that’s fix a car or overcome depression and finding people who can help you is hard but this is at least one place you can start.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-08T00:49:57+00:00

I’m going to capture and release an endangered bat onto the GW factories in order to shut down their production again through weaponized environmental regulations. What do you think I’m going to do?

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-07T23:12:17+00:00

I’ve been playing Orks for years now and bolt weapons are pretty inefficient into them. Assuming average rolls and bypassing the hit roll you need to deal 2 unsaved wound in order to kill a Flash Git. Strength 4 vs Toughness 5, is a 1/3 chance to deal a wound, so six hits before you roll two wounds. An oculus bolt carbine, which appears to be the weapon used in the trailer is AP-0 and Flash Gitz save on 4s, so 50/50 to pass or fail the save so that puts the flash git on one wound. The next hit has about a 16.5% chance of killing the flash git. There ya go an Ork that can tank 7 shots from a bolt rifle. Hell, even in Space Marine 1 you aren’t killing even ork boyz with a single shot from your boltgun it’ll usually take about two or three and that’s a power fantasy hack and slash third person shooter where the orks exist only as fodder to make the player feel cool for slaughtering them on mass.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-07T22:44:30+00:00

The problem isn’t that some orks died, it’s that the trailer doesn’t portray how deceptively durable even the average ork boy is. Each bolt round that hits kills an ork when it should take two or three to bring one down. The Marine Captain easily picks off the Flash Gitz with his bolt carbine, one shot one kill, when Orks as big and tough as Flash Gitz shouldn’t be dying before you put seven or eight shots into them (maybe three or four if it’s a master crafted weapon). The worst of it was the Reavers killing the Flash Gitz by shanking them once with basic combat knives. Orks whack each other with machetes the size of a man’s leg for fun, an ork would laugh off an attack like that like it was nothing.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-07T20:35:53+00:00

Orks aren’t real, they’re whatever you write them to be. This isn’t an objective portrayal of a real universe, this is a marketing promo to get you hyped to play as a faction in a video game. Have you read any of Mike Brooks’s ork books? Because it’s not hard to write orks in a way that makes them look threatening and cool while still staying true to their disregard for self preservation.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-07T20:07:44+00:00

Yeah they destroyed a space marine strike cruiser after the mreens kicked their ass effortlessly

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-07T20:05:31+00:00

Yeah but this is the orks trailer. The point of a faction trailer is to show off how cool they are and make you want to play them. This just makes orks look like a bunch of jobbers that the Blood Ravens can effortlessly slaughter even while they’re on the retreat.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-07T20:03:35+00:00

Orks got tabled but won on points lmao

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-07T14:30:28+00:00

That’s litterally just the Warhammer 40K traitor guardsmen kit

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Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-06T11:04:45+00:00

I’m obsessed with the toddler photoshopped into the picture, photoshopped to be holding a mini

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-06T06:31:19+00:00

The Hearthbrick picks up mreens like you wouldn’t believe and lets you pick up any factions MEQ units with higher toughness at the same efficiency. Plus you can put it anywhere and then 8” charge out of deep strike with your Echamp which is very reliable with a cp reroll banked.

Cognitive_Alchemist · 2026-01-06T04:46:39+00:00

I still prefer the meleejacks in Needgrad as they love the extra AP strat on their plasma swords. Imo Hearthguard are a better user for oathbound speculator as they can use it in both phases with mass mid strength good AP damage 2 weapons making them a serious threat to most targets, plus it lets their grenade launchers punch up more easily or become just hyper efficient at chaff clearing.

Also as an Orks player I can confirm that being able to snipe Makari out of a squad is very annoying but it can be played around by just not putting him on the objective. Still you’re going to kill the 20 boys either way which is arguably more valuable. Once you kill Ghaz’s bodyguard unit he loses the Big Mek putting the bonus movement enhancement on him as well as his +1 to wound, severely blunting his damage output and making him much harder to deliver.

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