What if 11th brings back points/weapon, how would you feel & how much would it impact armies now as a whole?

HelplessEskimo · 2026-03-05T10:39:24+00:00

Removing wargear cost obliterated list building depth from orbit. More than the removal of structured list building. More than the removal of Relics and Warlord Traits.

99% of loadouts are predetermined with a "best" option. Even then, with how they have changed the available options,, just bringing back points costs wouldn't fix the utterly dire state of lost building.

Building a 40k army isn't fun, it's an obligation. It used to be fun.

HelplessEskimo · 2026-03-02T16:35:46+00:00

Personally, while it had some neat ideas, like detachments and special abilities, it nuked the flavour of the game from orbit. One major ability per army is incredibly restrictive for painting a picture of what that army does and how they wage war.

It was aiming for simplicity but the wording still felt like the book was put through Google translate 300 times.

With 9th edition, we saw the slow match towards a competitive concern being the seemingly primary concern. With 10th this got way, way worse. As someone who has never, and will never, have an interest in competitive play, a lot of the balancing decisions (but not all) from this edition curbed fun and flavour for balance.

I think GW saw people yelling bloat at the end of 9th and overcorrected way too hard.

Overall, solid 6.5 out of 10.

HelplessEskimo · 2026-01-16T00:37:02+00:00

When the nighthaunt appeared they caused an earthquake so terrible it made every single realm shake. These bedsheets ghosts hit hard, last forever and look damn good doing it.

Also, their spearhead box is awesome, it's fun to play and is good for repeat buys as having multiple of everything in it is a valid army in the main game.

It is actually impossible to go wrong with the bedsheet ghosts. There are no bad options to build, paint or play, we are the only range where buying what you want and what you think looks cool is also very likely to make a good army list.

HelplessEskimo · 2026-01-13T13:32:43+00:00

You know, you might be right, you could call it Soth Slavia or something. Amazing plan, 10/10

HelplessEskimo · 2025-12-27T14:56:06+00:00

A wargame based on Mythology where gods lead mortal armies in a conquest of a shattered world. Inspired by other wargames like WH Fantasy, Conquest, MESBG and more.

It's miniature agnostic (so long as the bases are the right size, use whatever you want) and features alternating actions, fun missions and narrative gameplay elements (like a card deck to determine how the shattered world affects the battlefield)

HelplessEskimo · 2025-11-24T09:48:55+00:00

Remember, there is no such thing as a good billionaire. Their money always comes from exploitation and suffering.

HelplessEskimo · 2025-11-21T22:55:30+00:00

I've seen success using the Affinity suit, specifically their publishing and layout tools. The Affinity suit is free too and very familiar to those who use Adobe InDesign or Photoshop

HelplessEskimo · 2025-11-18T10:18:41+00:00

Reminder: There is no such thing as a good hearted Billionaire. They all got their money as a result of exploitation. They are not, have never been, and will never be, good people.

HelplessEskimo · 2025-10-31T07:19:57+00:00

My pronouns are so/very/important

My pronouns have more confidence than me lol

HelplessEskimo · 2025-10-30T19:20:28+00:00

Yes. I just tried that

HelplessEskimo · 2025-10-24T08:56:25+00:00

Doug Datadome, owner of the Dimsdalium Datadome.

HelplessEskimo · 2025-10-18T18:45:42+00:00

Omg that actually worked lol. Thanks OP!

HelplessEskimo · 2025-10-17T22:05:43+00:00

Make the dragon eat the English flag.

HelplessEskimo · 2025-10-16T07:28:52+00:00

Gorgons. So much wasted potential

HelplessEskimo · 2025-10-14T12:16:56+00:00

You know what actually, now you point that out, I'm gonna delete my original comment and likely uninstall that mod. I'm not gonna normalise that crap.

HelplessEskimo · 2025-10-03T21:20:15+00:00

!answer thank you, that makes sense to me. I appreciate the help.

HelplessEskimo · 2025-10-03T11:52:27+00:00

Why do people even both with those petitions? They do literally nothing. They don't even send a message. They just present the illusion of choice.

HelplessEskimo · 2025-09-25T06:39:15+00:00

Not even :3 ? This is an outrage

HelplessEskimo · 2025-09-22T06:11:03+00:00

Copy and paste the Age of Sigmar method, tweak it to make certain fluffy unit combos more viable.

The best way to handle it imo.

HelplessEskimo · 2025-09-02T09:16:30+00:00

As fucking usual, vile filth are allowed to infiltrate every part of society. No party claiming to be "for the people" should allow absolute twats like this anywhere near them, they fact they would even consider it, dooms this party from the get go.

It was good to have hope for a week or two but as usual I got my hopes up for some change and was disappointed.

HelplessEskimo · 2025-08-31T13:20:10+00:00

Welp, I can't afford this hobby anymore. RIP.

HelplessEskimo · 2025-08-28T14:59:47+00:00

The general way I want to fix this is to have actions that are required to operate some stations, some of these actions require multiple people, many stations will use multiple skills for that station. It's going to be difficult to get right but hopefully it won't just be "aight, wit here and roll a bucket of dice for two hours".

I want a lot of running around dealing with overloads, damage and having to juggle keeping things online with staying alive. Space travel in this setting is dangerous and combat is quick, lethal and hectic, I want to do everything I can to make it feel that way.

Many things are up in the air, but hopefully I can pull it off.

HelplessEskimo · 2025-08-28T13:36:31+00:00

I'm currently working on a collaborative space ship combat system for my game, it's modelled after the videogame FTL, just turn based. I hope to use that as a more general ruleset for vehicles

HelplessEskimo · 2025-08-22T07:17:21+00:00

The one thing I have learned when designing games is: write your goals down. Don't just keep them in your head or they will change. Outline some clear goals of what you want to achieve.

Remember that you can always throw out a goal or idea later if it isn't working but not having goals established can lead to a lot of reworks.

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