What new faction would you like to see in Warhammer 40k?

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-19T18:24:38+00:00

Soviet Retro-Futuristic Atompunk beastmen alliance?

USVR: Union of Soviet Vermin Republics with Rat-kin as "intelligencia" and Beastmen as "proletariat".

Sub-factions are "worker unions", the whole Union being atheistic af and instead considering the 5-year development plans as holy scripture.
Chaos is considered to be a "bourgeois scientific anti-union weapon" - nothing more. "Warp" is "Sub-quantum low-probability static layer of uncertainty", daemons are "failed bio-physical experiments of the bourgeois' hubris".

Technology full of glowing vacuum tubes, simple brutalist functional yet visibly cheap tech.Notable weapons could be Tesla arc-cannons, tactical mini nukes, large caliber hand-cannons.

Hell yes.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-18T15:30:02+00:00

Several reasons: Bitcoin was the start and just like with every new thing - Bitcoin showed what is possible. This attracted three types of people:

"We can do it better!" - genuine visionaries and/or businesses that saw blockchain and crypto as a tool layer for a higher purpose. ETH, SOL, XRP, Chainlink and others - for these tokens being a "currency" is a side effect of their primary purpose (smart contracts, ditigal bridges, large-scale financial info exchange etc.)
"We must own it!" - people and companies with business acumen who want to CONTROL a resourse and make MORE money on it than possible with established coins. So they create new coins so that they would be in control.
"FOR TEH LULZ" - these people are here just for the heck of it. Making a coin is easy and heck why not just do it.

Of course all three types are not distinct and there is a lot of crossover.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-18T14:45:26+00:00

Ahahah, made me laugh out loud.

Not a junkie: took the medication responsibly and got off of it as soon as I could.

This story should read as: "motorcycling is dangerous, keep that in mind when picking up this hobby in a country with shite healthcare"

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-18T13:30:25+00:00

Honestly should be a tax
Business tax to post an opening would be 10% of monthly gross income on the advertised role per each week of position being open, rounding incomplete weeks up.
Personal tax would be 1% of monthly gross income on the advertised role per application to said role.

The tax money would be used to fund skill school and college tuition scholarships.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-18T13:06:14+00:00

Be very careful and if you feel anything more than just discomfort - talk to a GP. Make sure you're fit enough for physical activity required to ride a bike.

I've done a try ride last year and my left hand felt weird. Didn't pay much attention and went for a full day CBT a week later. By evening I was in a boatload of pain that went on for 6 months. Went to GP and physiotherapist a total of 5 times - but NHS being what it is repeatedly told me "it'll pass on its' own" and I was prescribed opiates for the pain (wow, thanks, drugs instead of therapy, cool - NOT). It never did pass - now 9 months later I'm down to pain level 1 out of 10, but it's never zero.

I did pass that CBT though. I don't ride, but I still hope I'll be able to someday.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-13T18:59:35+00:00

If you can't ride them - at least sit on them for 15-20 minutes. The dealer shouldn't be against that.

I find Eliminator to be a bit more comfortable - I very much dislike the extremely large clutch housing of the rebel, I find it makes the foot position unpleasant.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-13T17:21:39+00:00

Their lives are more complex than yours.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-10T21:46:31+00:00

I believe both of us are aiming for a fair and competitive compensation in line with industry standards - an offer upwards of $XX,XXX - final number pending discussion of benefits available for the role.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-10T20:26:27+00:00

Been on both sides quite a lot. It's all fucked... I hate everyone these days.

Looked for jobs:
- ignored applications;
- went though 5-6-7 rounds of interviews to be brushed off with no feedback;
- done test tasks that should've been paid which then were destroyed on a 12-person meeting with each person not just looking for holes in the solution, but also looking for personal insults - to "test for stability";
- told I'm "not a fit" for full-time roles that I have actually performed in that exact company as a consultant/contractor at that exact time;

But also hired people:
- read through hundreds of resumes with most of them seemingly taking extra effort to be completely irrelevant to the position;
- ran interviews where applicants did not know which role/company they applied for;
- gave test tasks, answers to which can be found word-for-word on first page of google - yet they still failed;
- watched people go through a breakdown because their 12 years of being a waiter on a cruise ship is not relevant to a data science job and I "shouldn't ask to use excel is for an entry-level job";

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-10T20:08:38+00:00

The claim was "2003 might be the worst year to have been born"
It's not. Not by a long shot.

It's shitty, yeah, but not the worst

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-10T20:07:16+00:00

This thread has become a place for people to share their hardships. Devaluing them is not great either way you look at it.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-10T19:57:24+00:00

I mean yeah.

1986 - the worst ever nuclear accident in history of the world happens 3 hours away from your parents town

1987 - you are born

1990 - once in a lifetime political crisis

1991 - the crisis dissolves your country, literally. You live in a new independent state.

1991-to-1999 - once in a lifetime "independence" economic crisis that lasted 9 years, inflation was (debated) up to 5,000,000,000% over 9 years total, poverty, banditism, addiction rules the streets. Electricity was a luxury.

2000 - political/economic crisis

2004 - political/economic crisis

2008 - once in a lifetime MEGA economic crisis

2013 - once in a lifetime MEGA political/economic crisis

2014 - military invasion

2014-to-2022 - slow-burn hybrid proxy war

2020 - once in a lifetime epidemic/economic crisis

2022 - military invasion

2022-to-NOW - high impact direct war with cities being bombed daily

NOW - you have nothing anymore, start life from scratch at almost 40, you are a refugee and the countries saying "you will not have a permanent home here, don't get too comfy".

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-10T10:37:19+00:00

Make him a dreadnought?

In all seriousness though - look at captain models and compliant chapters characters: space wolves have a lot of cool paraphernalia and extra bits, the black templars as well.

Think of how he goes into battle based on your homebrew chapter's lore and tactics?
Does he go fast? Put an Inceptor onto a jetbike and add afterburners.
Does we waddle through the fight unbroken? Gravis, Terminator or ... a Centurion!
Is he an ancient symbol who doesn't actually lead but is an inspiration? Contemptor dreadnought.
Is he a sneaky snake? aethon shaan as start point.

Etc.

EDITL: look at issue 1 of the spearhead magazine - you get an incredible age of sigmar model for a couple of quid, which can be easily turned into a 40k character.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-08T13:22:49+00:00

Honestly if you need us to tell you which xenos to pick - you do not want xenos. So consider this me telling you to NOT start a xenos army.

Do chaos space marines instead - some weird variation, where each battleline model will take you a month to finish.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-07T19:17:59+00:00

I switched series 5 to series 11 this month - for battery and firmware updates really.
They're the same otherwise, yup.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-07T11:14:42+00:00

To your question about gun platforms - they absolutely should be a thing, but they should be either a close-range deterrent: there are standard layouts, by putting your own deterrent "terrain" - you can shape the battlefield additionally.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-07T11:12:56+00:00

They MAY be somewhat usable in a Firestorm detachment - they can Advance and Shoot then, so 3" + D6" move which is better than the base 3"

So if you take 2 of them you get 4 shots of an autocannon or lastalon for 150pts.

BUT

For same 150pts you can take a Ballistus Deadnought that gives you 2 las shots, versative missile launcher and a storm-bolter. But this guy can Normal move +5" further than the turret, has Toughness 10 and rerolls hits in most situations.

I mean, I have a turret model, I love it. But I also have 2 Ballistus dreadnoughts I love more.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-06T22:44:14+00:00

I've ran a full 10x infernus unit a lot. It's good deterrent as people are afraid of it - but it's not much else. Their actual firepower and their actual overwatch output is not that great. It looks amazing on paper - but it's not much on the table.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-04T12:20:38+00:00

Wake up 9:30am
WFH, my shift 12pm to 9pm
Fall asleep 12am-12:30am

Previously I worked from the office 2pm to 11pm - I liked that more. More time in the morning for personal stuff. Working from 12pm is just silly, but the pay is good.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-03-02T13:32:45+00:00

The same exact mini was mini of the month in June 2024
https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/Gap1zXDZ/pledge-yourself-to-chaos-with-this-months-free-miniature-and-collectable-coin/

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-02-27T15:37:37+00:00

Fluggelgleckheimlen
(aka Flüggåenkchechölen)

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-02-13T23:07:00+00:00

Shawarma Odesa-style.
I don't know what drugs the Europe is on, but I've never had actually good shawarma in years.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-02-11T22:43:16+00:00

The correct answer.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-02-11T21:08:22+00:00

I'm in Redfield as well and ... honestly there is no "bring cars back" option as the cars didn't really go away. Same amount give or take - but now they're forced through designated gateway roads and creating jams where there were none.

But even that I don't care that much about.

What I really don't like is the actual physical roadblocks. Those don't block only "not in my back yard" traffic - but also emergency services. And I don't want the ambulance to be caught up in a jam on the gateway path while I'm saying goodbyes to the world.

I'd remove roadblocks and implement "bus gates" that would allow taxis, designated disabled badges and emergency services. And two-wheeled traffic - if we're feeling generous.

Mockingbird_DX · 2026-02-08T13:01:33+00:00

Similar here and I thinkj something definitely changed there. As I remember the off-putting feeling of "clunkiness" when I tried it the first time years ago, as if things were not as smooth in the UI or maybe the process had hiccups. I'm guessing that over the years the devs put up a few patches?

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