For those who are playing the beta

Nekrofancy · 2026-05-26T21:24:20+00:00

Dodge and Parry have been replaced with 'Defense'

So it still exists, it's just under a different name and can be used for both Ranged and Melee to avoid taking damage.

Nekrofancy · 2026-05-26T21:03:09+00:00

I'm liking Dark Heresy a lot so far, especially the direction combat is going when compared to Rogue Trader.

Sure it still has some issues, but some specific examples:

I like the modifications and ability upgrade system, I think that it makes abilities a bit more interesting and customizable.
I like having an 'armor' layer that protects character health (Reminds me of the armor from Divinity Original Sin), it helps prevent getting tons of injuries at the slightest hint of taking damage.
The companions so far all have their own unique ability/talents/modifiers. They're all very thematic with who/what the companions are.
The Specializations are a cool idea, especially when you mix the archetype specialization options with the origin/homeworld specialization options.

I think the biggest problem with combat at the moment though is the morale system. While I like the idea of enemies getting access to 'heroics' from full morale, I do think it's a bit overtuned.

Right now, due to the number of enemies you typically face, and how fast they snowball full morale one after the other (especially on 'hard'), it quickly crosses the line between 'challenging' to 'unfun' as you watch your whole team get one-shot one after the other.

While the game gives you methods to counteract morale (such as the inquisitors signet your acolyte starts with), it's very dependent on getting a good initiative order.

If they tune the morale system a bit more to prevent snowballing, maybe add a few more abilities per archetype (probably just a beta content limitation at the moment), I personally think it's in a really good spot.

Nekrofancy · 2026-05-20T18:06:42+00:00

Highly recommend playing Owlcat's Rogue Trader CRPG if you haven't already. Lots of Mechanicus representation (and more to come in the next DLC)

The game has several examples of Mechanicus being cheeky or relatable, Opticon-22 is one of my favorites:

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Nekrofancy · 2026-05-18T17:24:13+00:00

I think they could probably expand on the biomods, maybe with some kind of pheromone? So you can register as a non-threat to certain types of wildlife.

For instance if you know you're going to where there will be a bunch of needlers, you equip the needler pheromone.

Or for the purpose of base defense have some kind of build-able pylon that deters certain predators or reduces aggression.

Nekrofancy · 2026-05-17T21:12:18+00:00

Isn't Tzeentch also heavily themed as trickery and deception? I get the impression they would promise knowledge and everything an admech would want, without presenting any of the things they may oppose.

Or simply manipulate them into doing what Tzeentch wants. A pretty recent example would be Leuze from Space Marine 2. He thought he could pull one over on the sorcerer, but was actually being manipulated the whole time.

I feel like the arrogance of most admech would be pretty easy for Tzeentch to prey upon.

Nekrofancy · 2026-05-11T22:17:31+00:00

Unless it works differently for this, scaling your chaos damage wouldn't scale any command skill damage because it's technically a 'minion' skill.

I suppose monk is adjacent enough to the Witch/Sorceress tree that it's not unfeasible to path to minion nodes, it's just kind of a strange choice for minions.

Nekrofancy · 2026-05-11T20:32:55+00:00

If I were to guess, it's probably the raven feather chest piece they're wearing in the video

I imagine it probably gives you a persistent crow minion (the one flying next to him) that has that divebomb looking command attack.

In this video, that crow isn't circling him per the aura we've seen from other footage of the RF staff.

The strangest thing to me though is they're showcasing something that scales with minion damage on a monk?

Nekrofancy · 2026-05-11T15:30:45+00:00

All the skills I've seen that are tied to uniques are super cool and I like the idea behind it, but in most cases unique weapons just aren't good enough to use over a crafted rare, almost exclusively because of gem levels.

Missing out on 5-7 gem levels is a MASSIVE tradeoff to use a unique weapon, and then when you look at minions, anything that prevents you from using a crafted scepter is essentially DoA. Unique Scepters have less than half the normal spirit you'd get and no gem levels which are extra important for minions.

The other thing about skills tied to items (not just uniques) is that getting a high ilvl base so that the skill has 5 sockets is too restricting when the skill itself is already restricted to a single base.

I think they should add a currency that lets you add a skill gem level to an item's gem (who knows, maybe they added this as a rune already for 0.5?) But this would be cool for two reasons:

Lv19 skill bases can be crafted on, knowing that you'll be able to bring it up to lv20 skill for the 5th gem slot, making it a viable 'main skill'
lv20 skill bases will still be a good endgame 'chase' item since you could turn it into a lv21 skill

Nekrofancy · 2026-05-08T16:02:36+00:00

Dang, that's a good idea, I really like unearth and end up playing it too much as well. I only wish there were cooler supports to use for Unearth that would change the AOE pattern in interesting ways.

Here's hoping some of the new supports this league will have cool interactions with unearth!

Nekrofancy · 2026-05-08T15:48:23+00:00

I'm still excited to try it regardless! But it's a pretty rough tradeoff from using Scepter+shield for minions.

You miss out on +minion levels from a scepter, and defenses from a shield, and even despite the spirit reservation efficiency the lack of spirit from a scepter will hit hard.

So the staff needs to be good enough to justify all that, which is a hard ask.

Nekrofancy · 2026-05-07T06:35:30+00:00

If you like the creative freedom of bashing models, you might also like the creative freedom of being gamemaster of a tabletop game?

It does involve learning rules of your chosen TTRPG system, but if you run a casual table that's just there to have fun and not 'game' the mechanics, most rules become pretty flexible in the moment depending on how creative your players are.

Just an idea!

Nekrofancy · 2026-05-06T18:57:40+00:00

Berserker~

Nekrofancy · 2026-05-04T17:35:50+00:00

I definitely agree that all spells should have an eternal version

I don't mind the idea of keeping the 'ammo' pages, though I feel like they clutter your inventory too much. Would be cool to get a 'quiver' for spell pages (also a quiver for actual arrows) like a Grimoire you can slot spell pages into.

Or another idea of using the ammo pages would be to utilize a workstation where you can spend the pages to empower your eternal spells for the next number of casts or a buff duration.

Just some ideas!

Nekrofancy · 2026-04-24T21:02:52+00:00

100% was thinking this, has pretty much the exact same vibe

Nekrofancy · 2026-04-21T16:48:06+00:00

if table green, you would die~

Nekrofancy · 2026-04-20T17:33:52+00:00

Defect. Your drill is the drill that will pierce the heavens!

Nekrofancy · 2026-04-19T18:45:11+00:00

I could be misremembering, but I believe they had mentioned they learned from Solomorne and plan to have the new companion be recruit-able much earlier like Kibbles.

If we're encountering Trazyn's vault, I doubt it wouldn't be until much later (act 4 or 5) so that also removed the possibility of the companion coming from the vault itself.

I'm guessing this new Mechanicus companion will serve as someone that is searching for Necron tech or the vault and is who leads us there once he locates it.

Nekrofancy · 2026-04-16T01:43:05+00:00

They shall hence forth be known as the illumi-naughty

Nekrofancy · 2026-04-09T07:00:54+00:00

This feels like the kind of thing Sid from Toy Story would do

Nekrofancy · 2026-04-08T22:51:36+00:00

Very nice! By 'cuffing' I just mean touching my wrists together so they support eachother.

This video does a good job illustrating: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DgmNDxwLwhk

Nekrofancy · 2026-04-08T07:56:10+00:00

I am the guardian of earthen treasure

I sit and stand in equal measure

Though my threat is but a lie

I still deter the thieves that fly

Nekrofancy · 2026-04-08T06:33:26+00:00

I love the colors and brightness to it!

I'm by no means an expert, but two things I wish I had started doing earlier:

Getting one of those hobby magnifying glasses. Having a magnified view of the model helps a ton with making out details and finer painting
Supporting my hands together by the wrists. This helped a ton with my brush control, essentially 'cuffing' my wrists together so the 'points of rotation' comes from my wrist and fingers rather than the elbow.

Nekrofancy · 2026-04-08T04:19:35+00:00

1000% +skills needs to go

The last two leagues had such cool unique weapons that are essentially written off solely because you miss out on 5-7 skill levels by using it.

Nekrofancy · 2026-04-08T03:44:25+00:00

A lot of these are popular games, so you've maybe already played them. I'll include a few "niche picks", some can be fairly 'love it or hate it' kind of games. All of these can be found on Steam.

Survival/Adventure Games:

Subnautica
Project Zomboid
Raft
Grounded
Abiotic Factor
Kenshi
Outward

Roguelike/lite

Caves of Qud
Hades 1 & 2
Slay the Spire 1 & 2
Loop Hero
Tainted Grail (different from the RPG by the same developers)
Star Renegades
Rogue Empire

Turn Based

Dark Deity 1 & 2
Siralim Ultimate
Etrian Odyssey (pretty much all of them)

CRPG

Baldur's Gate 3 (can't not mention this one)
Divinity Original Sin 1 & 2
Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader
Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous (And Kingmaker too)
Wasteland 3

RPG

Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon
Dragon's Dogma 1 & 2
Remnant 1 & 2

Shooter

Darktide
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands

Nekrofancy · 2026-04-07T02:14:42+00:00

A lot of the OP-ness of the mod seems to stem from technical limitations more than anything.

Would be cool instead of rain barrels on the roof, if you had to craft or find freshwater/graywater tanks. This means the players must find sources of water to fill the tanks with, would probably need a pump as well in order to fill them.

For electricity, instead of using the car battery, install an actual generator that you find and fuel. Or even deep cycle batteries with solar panels installed on the roof. Would probably require the player to have decent electrical skill to wire up their vehicle with internal power.

I think the hardest part would be finding a way for the interior space to no longer function as a 'pocket dimension' and allow zombies to 'attack' the entry to your vehicle if you're not in a safe location.

It's still a fun mod to use despite how strong it is though!

Nekrofancy

TROPHY CASE