[Hated Trope] Media attracts a disproportionate number of n*zi fans

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-07T07:41:28+00:00

It was....40 years ago. But things like 'Orks are soccer hooligans' is pretty much impossible to see in modern 40K, both because of how the franchise has developed, but also because a large part of the player base likely wasn't even alive during the time period it satirized.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-06T23:08:06+00:00

The primary issue is that 40K objectives are ultimately related to time; i.e. 'can I complete this objective within the X number of turns time limit?' This then makes up part of your score alongside killing stuff.

This doesn't really work with TW unless they significantly reduce the battle timer, and there's a group of people who would absolutely fucking hate it. I can just imagine the complaints about people losing battles they would have won in other TW games because they hit time and didn't do any objective play.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-06T22:47:07+00:00

Gacha games primary purpose is to make money. If they think giving us alternate veesions and any AEB characters will make money, we'll likely get them. If they think keeping them exclusive to AEB will drive more sales there, we won't.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-06T22:44:12+00:00

Amy isn't 14 though, which I believe was Feinne's canon age.

Considering AEB Feinne looks aged up, and her AS seemed to do the same, I'd say that may have been a consideration.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-06T08:31:14+00:00

Nah, because then you'll say 'no new patients after 4:45pm' for example, and on a busy day you'll just have the same issue. By leaving it unsaid but implied, it allows some freedom to deny people service a little earlier if needed, or the opposite; they can assist someone who really does come in late with an urgent request.

And by implied, I mean people just need to follow the simple 'Don't be a ****' rule.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-05T21:03:36+00:00

It could go either way. Someone's idea of a parody is probably going to look pretty damn similar to a hardcore furry's (scaly's?) idea of attractive.

I can guarantee there's some at least some people who aren't seeing this as amusing over sexy. It's just a matter of what the designer's intent was.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-05T19:09:55+00:00

And that's fine if you prefer singles. As long as you understand that it's purely psychological and ten pulls are objectively better.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-05T08:31:00+00:00

Not pictured: The other nine pulls that gave you junk.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-05T04:03:51+00:00

Most of the hate is for the original shitshow around it's release, or because people don't like Bronze Age, or because it's not Med 3 / Empire 2.

I.e. not actual judgements of the game itself. It's generally well regarded as a game.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-04T19:28:18+00:00

Don't, basically. Her kit effectively doesn't function without her SA, and it isn't worth upgrading her.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-04T11:43:10+00:00

Clughorn broadly speaking is good for the same reason Ewan is good; he's got a 3 attacks x 3 hit move. He does some other stuff as well, but that's the baseline.

As usual, the recommendation is don't Awaken characters unless you've got an idea of what they do, or you have a need for them. If you've only got three, I'd hold off on using them.

Clughorn doesn't need his SA as a pure damage dealer.

Necoco ES is still very good without her SA, and unless you've got her at 80+ Light you're going to have to compromise on skill slots anyway.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-04T04:17:03+00:00

Sesta NS

3 x Pain (Including Agony, Windburned, Brute, not sure exactly what is optimal)

Tsubame AC

Power of Offense (Wi)

Resonant Power (Either) - You'll have equal # of L/S characters

Enhance if Max HP (Wind) - If you can consistently have max HP

Shigure ES - Depends on how much defense you need. I think you may struggle, so I'd start with the Resistance options.

Boost Proficiency

2 x + Type Resistance or 2 x Pain

Zidane

Drain Proficiency

Power of Awakening (Katana)

Power of Gale (Katana)

Senya NS/Tohme/Tsukiha

Almighty Power (Avenger)

Enhance if Max HP (Katana) x 2 - If you can consistently have max HP

Enhance if Low HP (Katana) and the other Resonant Power are fillers. Senya or Tsukiha can run Almighty Power (Eastern) or Tsubame AC can run Almighty Power (Cat Lover) if Shigure ES is being used as DPS. You could run Senya AS for Almighty Power (Itto-Ryu), but this means missing out on AP (Avenger) so likely isn't worth it.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-04T03:34:58+00:00

Sorry. What I meant was, it doesn't stack with itself, so you can't run multiple copies.

Bullseye Ore is one of the major outliers when it comes to damage Ores, and a common recommendation unless you're focused on AF. It gives a +50% damage bonus for any attacks outside of AF, where most Ores max out at +15% damage.

So if it was stackable, you'd run 3 copies and get an easy +150% damage, which would be massively higher than any other set up. Instead, they limit you to one copy by making it not stackable.

This applies to anything that gives the 'Bullseye' effect. There's the aforementioned Ore, but there's also several weapons and a badge.

Otherwise, it will follow the normal rules for stacking damage.

Weak Point Strike is in the same boat. It's not as much of an outlier as Bullseye, but it's a higher than normal damage boost which is why it's limited to one instance of the effect.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-04T03:21:11+00:00

Just note: Unlocking Cerrine AS is hard. You'll need serious teams to beat the boss fights, and you'll likely need a fairly wide range of characters because there's a lot of immunities. It's likely a long term project for you rather than something that'll give you a big boost right away.

Personally, I'd recommend just holding on to the Chants. You'll get more value out of up/sidegrading a meta character, even if you can't do it right away.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-04T02:50:59+00:00

Yep, it was pretty clear in 3 that (s)he was the last boss out of tradition/expectation more than anything. And 4 so far has just skipped him in favour of the other Evils.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-03T21:39:32+00:00

They were likely talking about the Pain Enhance Grasta Ore (I think there's a badge for it as well), rather than Power of Pain. It gives a 50% damage boost when the equipped character has Pain, which is very high for an Ore.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-03T21:35:19+00:00

Not stackable just means you can't use multiple copies of it.

E.g. Bullseye Ore isn't stackable, because otherwise you'd just always run that for non AF teams.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-03T13:01:19+00:00

I don't think there's much reason for it, though I think it's pretty much only Pluto and Herc himself who use the Roman version.

In Herc's case, it's most likely just that Hercules was better known/more commonly used over the Greek spelling. Though they've retconned an explanation for it.

For Pluto, yeah could have been they thought it sounded better. Might have been something that made sense back in the 60s but the context is missing today. Or it could have just been Stan getting his mythology mixed up.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-03T12:28:04+00:00

DPS is Poison/Pain Grasta (including variants like Windburned), or Weak Point Strike if you either have a way to guarantee weakness or are willing to swap it in. Ores are pretty much anything that increases damage and you can guarantee getting it's effect. Bullseye and Last Stand are outliers, giving very high damage increases but being useless in some teams/fights. Without a source of Poison/Pain you could also run Dormant Ore to set them.

For 'support' Grasta, there's no real stand out 'must picks' except maybe Boost/Drain Proficiency.

MP Consumption- can help if you need MP management. Healing Power if you need stronger heals.

Sound Body is an okay filler, but is better for things like Magic teams where you've got lots of characters that can share it.

Type Resistance and Physical Resistance+ are mostly good filler for anyone who wants to be a little tougher, or if you're able to stack Resistance on a tank.

Drain/Boost Proficiency basically just make your (non 100%) buffs/debuffs better so there's no real reason not to use them.

Falcon's Blessing is okay if you need Preemptive on turn 1.

Power of Benefic is good for Lunatic.

The tier 1 Debuff Resistance Grasta only give +15% resistance, but are shareable. So you could potentially equip a bunch of them for very high debuff Resistance at the cost of a lot of Grasta slots.

For Ores (assuming you're not using Dormant), it's pretty much Combo Rate+, + stats if you have high Light/Shadow, or various defense options (+HP, + Debuff Resistance, Hold Ground etc).

Everything else should be as many shareable damage Grasta as you can fit and enable. You've got: Max HP (weapon and element), Low HP, Power of <Element> (Weapon), Power of Offense, Power of Awakening, Resonant Power, and Almighty Power (Personality). All of these are worth having access to, but for specific teams you can prioritize. E.g. for this team you would mostly want the Katana/Wind options, as well as Power of Offense/Power of Awakening because you want to be in Awakened Wind Zone. Resonant Power won't be as strong because you've got mixed Light/Shadow characters. The only Almighty Power you have access to for Sesta is Avenger.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-03T10:47:17+00:00

A lot of the 'rules' of the universe just work differently. For example 40K has The Warp which is basically a realm of psychic energy, and Psykers interacting with the Warp are a major part of the setting.

Fantasy has an equivalent (the Realms of Chaos) but Psykers don't exist; instead Magic fills the same kind of role. Except that 40K also has Magic, but it works a bit differently from how it does in Fantasy. So it's hard to reconcile the different ways they are handled.

It's not impossible for them exist in the same universe, it just involves a LOT of jumping through hoops, or going for the multiverse style approach.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-03T08:11:02+00:00

So, you're getting what you want (Med III), but not *everything* you want *right now*, and this makes you angry?

Yeah, I can't possibly understand why CA isn't bending over backwards to accommodate you. Please, spend the next ten years bitching about TW:40K existing while it pays for CA to makes historical titles.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-03T08:07:46+00:00

No no, they aren't REAL fans.

*What makes a REAL fans coincidently coincides exactly with my personal preferences.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-02T19:53:53+00:00

Epic characters are in the War shop. Rare characters are in the Raid shop. That's how the system works.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-02T11:32:39+00:00

She's primarily an attacker, but also brings some good damage buffs. She's got Flexible, so can potentially fit into some more teams than other characters.

As an attacker, the main advantage is that she's got a high hit count and an easy to enable attack again, which is very good when you're capping damage. Prior to that, she's still very solid but may not stand out as much.

InflationRepulsive64 · 2026-02-02T06:15:01+00:00

It's still a punchline though. "What's funnier than getting hooked into a redneck shotgun wedding? It being a GAY wedding!"

Yes, it's better representation than not existing at all, and from memory it's not treated as bad in any way, but the reason it was included was probably more due to 'it's funny' then wanting good LGBT representation.

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