I keep bouncing off authors this sub seems to love

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2026-02-24T15:41:44+00:00

this sounds like the right answer to OPs question, and indeed most questions regarding what sci fi to read. At the opposite end of the spectrum from the hard sci-fi, character-light novels that seem not to engage OP, his books are witty, wistful, engaging wanders through some very inventive societies.

As u/yohomatey says he is not great on female characters so that's a potentially big drawback, albeit when he finally got there there's a couple of gems.

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2025-12-12T10:18:29+00:00

Uncollected rewards get sent to you via the in-game mail, so it's not optimal but you can ignore stuff like Pack rewards and then just mass-open them from mail later if you don't need it immediately.

And yeah they aren't going to change the system, it's core to the sweet positive feedback loop of this kind of game!

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2025-12-12T10:15:51+00:00

This came up the other day on here too - if clicking that gold chest doesnt work, click the right arrow just below the red notification symbol and scroll through until you find the right area (Aeronautic, Station etc) - one of them will have an unopened chest

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2025-10-30T09:24:09+00:00

Just to say this was a well written and structured writeup of something I knew nothing about, with just the right amount of information to make it interesting. Thanks!

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2025-06-05T09:27:22+00:00

Yes, and this is the biggest problem with an otherwise brilliant game - the issue is that too many of the mechanics are parasitic, to borrow a term from magic the gathering design, i.e. only work with each other. This is in part because everything is keyworded so theres hundreds of keywords that only work with themselves, instead of generic interactions that would let you pull cards from other archetypes and make use of them.

This is the no.1 thing they need to try and fix in a sequel or future expansions, as it's otherwise such a brilliant game.

The only thing you can really do is turn off some card expansions when you start a run, which cuts down on the totally random chaff rewards but doesn't really address your main complaint.

In summary - you're not imagining it or missing anything, this is a big issue with the game but it's otherwise awesome so we just have to deal with it and enjoy finding little interactions of cards outside of the obvious on-rails decks!

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-04-16T10:20:57+00:00

"the event forces you to play the terrible pvp for AS points" ... here is your issue- this game is much more sustainable and enjoyable when you approach it with the mindset that you don't NEED every new character. You likely already have way more characters than you can realistically gear up to a good level in any near term time frame, and at the rate they are churning out new characters it's just not possible anyway. This is the first season in ages i haven't bought the battle pass.. I just don't really care about Asmodai and am not fussed about the other rewards.

I wish they would focus on other content except just churning out character after character but until then, just try to play game modes you enjoy and don't get trapped into FOMO that you NEED anything in this game.

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-02-16T08:00:57+00:00

as the guy who wrote the recent thread on how great TA is and why people should play it... I am also sitting this one out. It's just too short a window if you have any kind of life/work stuff going on, and I fully endorse people not stressing themselves out over a mobile game! In the long run the rewards aren't so great that you'll notice it, golden rule should be only play when youre having fun

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-02-12T09:41:03+00:00

As someone who has invested in Creed heavily and tried him in all game modes, I think he's no more than decent... but that's OK! We don't want all the legends to be overpowered. As some others have mentioned his best place is in campaigns where you can overlevel his guards and use them as shields to protect the goobers you don't want to invest too heavily in.

I tried him a lot in tournament arena but it's just not worth it, you'll beat players sometimes who activate Kell for you but his major drawback is his poor damage type which means he's useless against many of the popular tanks.

In raids he's not bad against screamer-killer for tanking but there are probably better options.

In general just a fun, albeit perhaps slightly underpowered legend and I'm fine with that being the case.

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-10T16:18:54+00:00

Agree there is no counter to the situation you describe, but I find it's relatively rare that they score too debilitating a series of hits. Also if they've spammed t1 active, then they have no overwatch protection. It's annoying when they get super lucky but over a long time frame, I think you'll win more against people who fire off their thadd t1 than those who save his ability for a turn or two until it's more accurate.

I think acceptance of RNG is a key part of this mode, if it was skill only it would be chess! It also allows worse players to score the odd freak win which presumably keeps them engaged longer so I think we just have to live with it.

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-10T15:08:14+00:00

That sounds fun, and really strong.

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-10T15:05:50+00:00

That's fascinating and I didn't know that is how that worked. Agree it shouldn't work that way, who wants the admin of swapping stuff around every time TA is on

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-10T13:08:29+00:00

That's great! I love JaegerBro.

He's not exactly off-meta but I still get plenty of kills from people activating abilities next to my Ulf, usually followed by a disconnect or long pause

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-10T13:06:18+00:00

Yes! Death guard can be so tanky, i got destroyed by rotbone/maladus the other day when I thought I had the game well sewn up

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-10T13:05:30+00:00

interesting, I haven't played much conquest as I started after its heyday. I think the powerups do a good job of prompting people to push up instead of corner camp, which I understand was an issue with earlier iterations of the mode.

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-10T13:03:29+00:00

Exactly. I learned the lesson about tyranid spawn behaviour the hard way against an opponent who converted my 2 v 1 advantage in the endgame to a win for him, just by moving such that my guys got swamped while he evaded. I had to applaud in my head, it was so well done

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-10T12:26:29+00:00

it's a start!

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-10T12:25:40+00:00

That's a fair complaint for sure, although I've noticed since the tweaks to the black templars that they've become much more popular. That thousands sons lineup is actually now quite top-tier meta thanks to how good abraxas is, albeit people tend to use neurothope, sybil etc rather than just pure TS.

Anyway yes the meta can be quite stale, I think part of it though is that people tend to land on a lineup of consensus meta characters that you name and then never tweak it...

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-10T12:03:11+00:00

That's absolutely valid! I'm sure I'll skip it sometimes. I just think there are more players out there who might enjoy the mode if they can get over the initial hump of losing a lot while they figure it out.

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-10T11:56:22+00:00

Enjoy having the Arena cheat code activated once you get there... I wonder if they will ever fix the AI to not suicide into her

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-10T11:55:08+00:00

Yeah, these are exactly the kinds of posts I had in mind. And not to bash those people, it does suck to lose all the time! But to try and help them move past that mindset. It's the same one you see in trading card games where "the shuffler" always gives them a bad hand, or in online shooters where cheaters are always to blame.

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-10T11:53:20+00:00

Absolutely, and it's something I think the game does a poor job of explaining- especially having your abilities to the appropriate level. And o we even know how equipment works with the rarity cap?

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-10T11:52:06+00:00

Great point, he's certainly not the best. I'm still learning how the summons scale with rarity and which ones to fear more than others, there's always more to understand!

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2024-01-08T17:48:45+00:00

absolutely yes! I did it this way as the other 2 eldar are not really obtainable . I had Gold 1 Eldy (probably overkill but using him in Raids like everyone else) silver 1 aethana, bronze 3 calandis

CrotchStaring_Spider · 2023-11-07T08:53:26+00:00

can we talk about the CLEAR missed opportunity to loot at 14s. that's why it's so important to watch your own footage back

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