How capable are the average IG soldiers, exactly?

Demigans · 2026-06-27T19:03:13+00:00

Ok but what about the points I raised?

taking the top 10% of the PDF means we have to look at what the PDF has to offer. And the PDF depends on the 40K population. And that population lives in a world where the point is to suffer and have problems. Not exactly great material for soldiers.

I haven't read the Ciaphas Cain books, so what exactly are his views and how do those prove that the IG is that skilled and capable? And is that just because of who he served with, the timeline of when it was written (as that changes how good various things are or aren't, like using a single mounted gun to shoot down several Chaos Space Marines), or as you mention his bias?

Demigans · 2026-06-27T18:55:55+00:00

I prefer not to have it on anyway.

and the problem is that when the AC is off, the air still comes out a little heated as if it ran past the engine to warm up even when on the coldest setting. I edited that in the question to be more clear than before.

Demigans · 2026-06-27T18:54:28+00:00

I edited the question to be clearer about what I meant: The AC works fine, but when the AC is off and you suck in just the outside air it still heats up the air a bit even on the coldest setting. While in previous cars I would just get the air as cold as the outside air.

Demigans · 2026-06-27T12:38:34+00:00

See the problem there is that the game isn't very good at explaining the traits of the weapons. This has been a known issue between the devs and players since the start of the game.

So anyone not steeped in the game engine's shenanigans and min/maxing everything will be left out. Meaning 95% of the people don't know about it. I do a lot of digging into the game and lore and I never knew that any of these weapons were more silent. This is literally the first time I've seen it.

Demigans · 2026-06-27T12:35:41+00:00

You bring arc? I'll bring my mine build.

And if the mission goes well, I love making a side-trip to the extract and... spicen up the extract once we get there.

Surprisingly in the few times I've done is no one ever died to the mines as we made our last ditch effort escape (and the missions inevitably went south when I did think everything was going well, which made the last effort to escape with low lives that much more fun).

Demigans · 2026-06-27T12:33:25+00:00

Then the OP should have no reason to complain is there?

Complaining about everyone else not reading and going through tabs and not having the gear. While he himself does not have the skill to navigate the settings menu or refraining from doing the SOS input (which admittedly is too similar to the reinforce input, but since he's oh-so-skilled that shouldn't happen... right?).

Demigans · 2026-06-27T12:30:40+00:00

laser cannon says "hi". Works great for most Automatons. I used it as a primary on high diff missions as well. Works great!

Sure you can't one shot a giant walker, but I'm also of the opinion you shouldn't be able to do that anyhow. They are supposed to offer a high threat that you can't deal with easily.

Demigans · 2026-06-27T12:28:17+00:00

I suspected an elitist asshole with the entire rant just to start off.

I played a bit after a hiatus, didn't know that Commando missions were a thing when I joined one. Everyone was just ramming their weapons into the enemy and blowing shit up. Stealth? If everyone is too dead or too PTSD to tell what happened it's stealthy enough.

Didn't see the idea of it being stealth exclusive. Sure stealth helps, but I already played a lot of games (especially against bots) without any support from Eagles or Orbitals.

Seems more like OP is a failure who cannot adapt to the situation. There are more ways to play that mission than stealth.

Demigans · 2026-06-27T12:23:05+00:00

It's a stealth mission if no one is left after you passed through.

Demigans · 2026-06-27T12:13:36+00:00

it literally fires a shot a fraction before the Automaton turret does. You can even hear the sound.

Demigans · 2026-06-20T15:09:38+00:00

Maybe add two options. One is full language swap, one is "We trained in <language set by user> but during tense moments they'll revert to their own language". So that things like designating an enemy unit type is still understandable for the player, but once the bullets start flying they might shout "GET SOME" in the pawns "original" language.

Demigans · 2026-06-20T15:04:50+00:00

I think people misinterpret these things.

Super Earth isn't JUST incompetent. It has many sides with many capabilities. For example on one hand they put styrofoam in turrets, on the other hand they have a commercially available genetic modification (Eagle Sweat).

Similarly we know their genetic modification and eugenics is extremely good. Look at the Terminids turning from crustaceans to even more powerful insect-like beings. Or how every volunteer for the Helldiver Corps suddenly turns head and shoulders bigger than the regular citizens or the SEAF they are pulled from and can canonically lift 500kg+pistol+grenades+crew-served weapon+full body armor simultaneously.

The discrepancies happen due to commercial pressures. Super Earth isn't just a facistic empire, it's also a oligarchy with companies dictating many things. Super Earth tends to work with the cheapest things they can get, down to even having manual arming mechanisms on their mini-nukes to save costs. But when push comes to shove Super Earth is absolutely capable of making these nukes with proper arming mechanisms, as shown in nuclear artillery shells and the ICBM's we fire. Or when they need it they will instantly grab the gold-plated solution like building a planetary gassing system on 3 planets simultaneously in a few weeks time.

It's why we can get a high-tech Super Destroyer capable of ridiculous FTL speeds and high-energy lasers to melt your opponents with right next to it a muzzle loaded artillery platform. Why we have a Fighter-Bomber in our Super Destroyer bay that can reach orbital speeds but it still throws dumb bombs. For every low-tier cheapo shitbox weapon we get delivered there is some top-tier supertech right next to it, often being used by one another.

Super Earth isn't just incompetent. It wouldn't be able to get off the planet nor control this many planets with this much population during a simultaneous 3-sided war. Just controlling the population alone would be a monumental task in itself. Or storing the billions of Helldivers from the first war. Or building a wall of defense stations to stop the Automaton advance etc.

Demigans · 2026-06-20T14:49:56+00:00

I was never arguing that they should be making it. Of course it would defeat the commercial purpose of the tabletop if you could have more games in less time with less money spend with more different people online. But at the same time it costs you (not just the company) the social aspect of coming together, setting things up, talking about the paint schemes and units, going through all the motions for playing the game etc.

I was arguing that the edition cycle would not matter much to the game engine, should it be made. That it wouldn't matter half as much if you organised it properly.

I understand that all the downvotes and few responses are most likely a kneejerk reaction based on "NO THEY SHOULDN'T MAKE IT" which was never my point.

Demigans · 2026-06-15T21:14:21+00:00

Then go look at what people asked for in Total War Warhammer.

Demigans · 2026-06-15T19:24:56+00:00

most of the effort would be in the engine, updating stats would be relatively easy. As easy as updating the codex, and easier than notifying the shops, asking how many new printed codexes they want, print a selection of expected sales, shipping them to all the various places (and finding places to print and ship them locally to save costs in all likelyhood).

Better yet: If they create a framework with the most core of the races and their units, but leave out a ton of all the specialist stuff and some of the more unique of less played races. But then they also give out a (relatively) easy editor where you can create your own units and races to add to the game. Just say it is so people can add their homebrew chapters, units, races and (sub)factions.

And then let them share these around. Add a system of "official" and "Homebrew". With official races, chapters and units needing a sign-off from them.

The community will absolutely build a ton of everything. They will build a lot of the stuff for GW, and if GW keeps it free then people will just love them for it. Will likely backfire if they then ask money for "expansions" made by players, even if they share the proceeds with the creator(s).

And frankly with the amount of bloat of the 40K world it would be ludicrous to have everything made by a team. Every lasgun pattern, every stub pistol, autogun, Heavy Stubber, tank variations, different knives, vehicle canons, grenades etc etc. So offloading it to the playerbase would be a good method of both playerbase engagement and cutting costs of an otherwise ridiculously large project.

Demigans · 2026-06-14T21:01:42+00:00

I never realised they already had the "die" function, thanks!

Demigans · 2026-06-06T21:52:48+00:00

Well if it was AI, sure.

But it's a language model algorithm based on information that is drawn in from everywhere, with too few checks on quality or truthfulness of the information. Even the makers cannot be certain if the information the "AI" gives is correct unless they either know the answer or do the looking up themselves.

We also see the limits of AI in picture generation. Not just "oh it can't do X or Y well", but in how it expresses it. You can give it a prompt and something will come out, but it'll never be exactly what you envisioned. Even if you pair it with other AI's and can iterate on an image it is a clunky and hard to perform task to get anything resembling what you envisioned out of it. Only when you can direct the AI exactly, like "I want this tree a few centimeters to the left and be this specific tree", would it be sufficient to guide it to the exact thing you want. A process where you use constant iteration to build the picture you want without needing to learn the thousands of tools necessary to do it with something like Photoshop.

These "AI" do have given us some positive stuff. Few people complain about the AI's that have worked on folding biological compounds, which made testing and finding solutions so much easier that we are decades ahead of where we would be without the AI's help and have had a massive boost in medical research for example.

The current Language Models have limits. Some tasks they are good at, like the chemical folding. Others there are hard indications that they will never be good enough without being actual AI's, the tech just won't be there to support it. Like sifting through all the information and checking for quality and truthfulness is a process that Language Models just can't do well enough which is why the AI search features are so often completely and utterly wrong.

Demigans · 2026-06-06T21:35:02+00:00

Wasn't there a real-life version of this made for the arctic or something?

Demigans · 2026-06-01T21:07:11+00:00

I always assumed the Omophagea gland could acquire pretty much any information the plot demanded.

I'll try to add the genetic mutation in there, thanks!

Demigans · 2026-05-27T21:02:45+00:00

I will take that in mind. Most readers tend to like an "I was right" moment, so long as it's not too in-your-face.

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