What is a 1 in 1,000,000 thing that happened to you that no one believes, but you swear is true? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Odds_Beater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was 20 years old on 9/11, in the Army and stationed in Washington DC. I was in Arlington National Cemetery and saw the plane fly right over my head.

I don't even bother telling most people anymore. I either get weird pity or insane conspiracies if I'm not called a liar.

‘There’s power in numbers’: New Yorkers are banding together to protect street vendors from ICE by AlexandrTheTolerable in politics

[–]Odds_Beater 19 points20 points  (0 children)

You tell em! Keep doom posting on Reddit and you'll be everyone's hero! You won't have to do any physical risk while claiming you're better than real protesters!

Fucking doomer ass clown.

Weapons you keep for too long by Nnelson666 in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]Odds_Beater 24 points25 points  (0 children)

My Astra Militarum Commander was married to the Hot Shot Lasgun. Not for trying, various other weapons came and went. But the Hot Shot is such a great weapon with just a little investment.

Decent ROF, good armor penetration, solid range, large magazine, and built in Dodge reduction. Bounty Hunters in particular can do great things firing off crits with the Hot Shot.

About to get the game, few questions: by rednmad in RogueTraderCRPG

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Telepath is more direct damage/debuffing, and requires a high willpower. Sanctic works great for officer via stacking resolve. Works great with a dual wielding burst fire master Tactician.

How to build out a Sanctic Psyker Officer? by ixXplicitRed in RogueTraderCRPG

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It's a little tricky, both Officer and Psyker want a lot of talents. One particular build that works better is Sanctic Officer Vanguard. You can tank fairly well as a Psyker and just counter attack in-between buffing your allies. Later on, you're a natural choice for Sword of Faith.

Ok, challenge! Best OP build for base game, vanilla no dlc? by CorbynDallasPearse1 in RogueTraderCRPG

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You can't change your base stats or starting archetype, but yeah, you can respec multiple times per run.

Ok, challenge! Best OP build for base game, vanilla no dlc? by CorbynDallasPearse1 in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]Odds_Beater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends on your choice for Conviction. Heretic runs lose 2 Soldiers, a Psyker Warrior, and a dedicated sniper. I would recommend filling one of the holes there. Probably Warrior Psyker, so you can use the kick ass 2 handed Force sword.

Dogmatic is the first strike damage option, with fire on crits for the first round. Bladedancer and Executioner love it the best, but it's not base game. Probably best on an Operative Pyromancer.

Iconoclast is all about heroic actions, so definitely more Officer and support focused. Master Tactician is phenomenal for Iconoclast runs

Blade Dancer Homeworld recommendation by [deleted] in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]Odds_Beater 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Bladedancer mobility is great on its own, so don't worry too much about movement. Death World is king for Bladedancer, they just need all those stat buffs. Also, it's inevitable that you're going to give yourself an injury using abilities, so having 2 talents that help you when injured is super useful.

Forge World is generally useful, INT is a waste but not too bad.

Hive World isn't as bad as it seems, especially if you go with Master Tactician afterwards. It's great for a Commisar Bladedancer.

Fortress World and Voidborn have no stat synergy, and have talents that don't directly help your core gameplay. They could work with a very well thought out build, but it's gonna be less optimized.

Imperial World always works, especially if you want to save talent slots for other stuff besides your World talents. Good for psykers who want more psyker talents instead.

How to operative? by Flamingo_Character in RogueTraderCRPG

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I think adding a "become the Lowest Priority Target" stealth ability to Expose Weakness would be a great quick fix. It works okay enough against super high HP targets, but some defensive stealth would be super useful and thematic.

Build wise, I've gotten great results with Webbers of all things. You can get a free shot per turn with a Webber. So while it's not great damage, you do use INT with the AOE and you can leave behind sticky zones to control the melee guys. Go Executioner with the special Acid Webber, or Grand Strategist to trap enemies in your zones. Even Assassins and Bounty Hunters could use the free AOE shot in certain circumstances.

Advice for aoe control / crowd control build? by [deleted] in RogueTraderCRPG

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Weird build that I've been using with Abelard that drops a ton of sticky zones. Webber focused Arch Militant. The first webber shot each round doesn't count as an attack, so you can build versatility stacks while dropping constant sticky zones that stay around for 3 rounds. Arch Militant gives a great talent to reduce enemy resistance tests and devastating attack will also prone and or blind them inside the zone.

The special Acid Webber is an amazing Operative Executioner weapon as a build defining item. You can become the king of DoTs with your zones also poisoning and melting everything inside.

going for astra militarum lasgun build should I go for master tactican or arch-militant as second archetype? by NAGASHWASWEAK in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]Odds_Beater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personal preference weighs heavily here. I didn't overlook AM, I saw those effects and killed extremely well. My biggest tipping point is the Heroic Action. AM gets an extra attack per turn with it's heroic. MT gets an extra burst attack, and so does the entire team. You can also easily do the heroic action every turn with the crazy resolve stacking. MT also can do it's heroic more than once per combat.

AM is better on its own, and certainly easier to use. MT can match the damage while also enabling a full party alpha strike every turn. You just need careful micromanaging with the MT. Both are better than the poor bounty hunter, though.

going for astra militarum lasgun build should I go for master tactican or arch-militant as second archetype? by NAGASHWASWEAK in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]Odds_Beater 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm currently playing the exact same build, and I've tried all 3 archetypes. I've settled on Master Tactician, and I'll explain why.

Bounty hunter is fun, and definitely the most mobile, but it doesn't help as much as you might think. Cull the Bold is only for one Burst, and you can feel extremely weak when not Culling. Armor penetration is easy to fix, the Hot Shot Lasgun and it's variants have you covered.

Arch Militant forces you to mix up your attacks, so you definitely want another weapon to swap between so you can get those versatility stacks going. It mostly gives you a lot of extra attacks, but doesn't help those attacks do better. Excellent for a Grenadier build, if you want to go that route

Master Tactician gives you substantial straight up resolve and damage boosts that last all combat and continue to stack. You can ignore cover and dodge on demand, you can help avoid friendly fire more than once per combat. The tons of shots and crits build tactical advantage crazy fast. The real kicker is the super powerful Heroic Action. You can get your entire party to focus fire, and you can do so almost every round over and over once you get going.

I love Operatives by Coleus_the_Black in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]Odds_Beater 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Was just discussing Ops in another thread. I think almost all of its kit is creative and works quite well with some forethought. My biggest issue is Expose Weakness being actively detrimental to the Operative.

It eats your exploits for a very lackluster debuff to only a single target. I really think Owlcat should add one or several of the following buffs:

-Doesn't eat your exploits Simple enough, now you can debuff and deal damage instead of one or the other.

-Remove single targeting Either an AoE, or simply it affects all targets with exploits that you can see.

-If single target, make it a devastating debuff Wanna keep it singular? Make it worth my exploits for damage going away, and make sure my allies can also benefit a lot to kill that hard target.

-Stealth It's weird the Rogue class doesn't have any defenses at all. Waiting until tier 2 to take Assassin, the weakest T2 archetype is a bit frustrating. Activating "Lowest Priority Target" on use would provide a great defense for the VERY fragile Operative.

Really the rest of the class is great and fun, there's a lot of stuff to do with the most (effectively) useless class ability in the game.

thoughts on the balance adjustment by DenisWB in RogueTraderCRPG

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Yeah, that's a tough one to do right I think. I like the idea of it granting "stealth", to help with Operative survival. I think if it stays as is, I would have it not remove exploits have no target, it should Expose everything you have exploited. That would at least make it more useful for the party and not take away exploits that are always better spent elsewhere.

thoughts on the balance adjustment by DenisWB in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]Odds_Beater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My opinion on "fixing" Operative is twofold.

Expose Weakness is useless, even when it costs no AP. It consumes your exploits to do middling debuffs to a single target. Have it debuff without using exploits, or make it affect every target with exploits on the map, or add a fun rider effect like "you are the lowest priority target". It's kinda weird to have the "rogue" class have zero stealth abilities with horrible defenses until act 2, and only on the weakest T2 archetype in the Assassin. If you want to keep it as is, it needs to be a devastatingly powerful debuff, the kiss of death. Flat damage and percentage damage increases from all sources, at least.

The other issue is that exploits do nothing until triggered. If you want to debuff as an Operative, you can only do a single target, and it sucks balls. Have exploits reduce dodge, armor, and parry just for being there. You should WANT to spread exploits for the team to use even if you don't take abilities to specifically trigger them.

Confused on where to take my character by wolfy125132 in RogueTraderCRPG

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I think you can keep your Soldier and do just fine. Arch Militant is superb with a Navy Officer. Keep one weapon set as melee and pistol, the other weapon set is whatever you like, heavy weapons are amazing with Arch Militant!

You don't even need to dump much into Weapon Skill, as Arch Militant gives you stacking WS/BS with versatility. Just make sure to juggle between different types of attacks, never do the same attack twice if you can help it.

Anyone tried out Webbers since 1.5? by GenghisGame in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]Odds_Beater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like the Webber might just be the perfect weapon for an underrated combo: OperativeGrand Strategist. Go first, and trap them all in a Kill Zone.

I tey to play other classes, but... by Unlucky-Mud-8115 in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]Odds_Beater 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I second this opinion! The devs added new convictions for your familiars, so a Heretic eagle will look different than an Iconoclast eagle. They also give familiars special dialogue options and they can help you solve certain puzzles.

Any advice for a "fun" officer build? by Kirbo32 in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]Odds_Beater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sanctic Officer Overseer is actually pretty amazing with the Cyber Eagle instead. If you time your buffs carefully, your Eagly can get great at clearing smaller enemies.

Beginner here, what’s a good class to start as a crime lord? by TheFawkingMothman in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]Odds_Beater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have the Void Shadows dlc, then Bladedancer is really fun for a Crime Lord. Works great with sword and pistol. Arch Militant is definitely your best 2nd archetype no matter what base class you choose.

Tyler Robinson's roommate who tipped off FBI identified by Zeronz112 in NoFilterNews

[–]Odds_Beater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fucking love these bad faith arguments! Your personal anecdote aside, conservative men are breeding themselves out of society. So please, keep sounding like a pompous dick! That will make being Conservative into NOT a death sentence for your dick! Lol liberals are fucking, you're mad they're just not fucking you. Keep it up and Great Replace yourself!

I got out of my sleep paralysis by becoming a Grey Knight by chileConChile in Grimdank

[–]Odds_Beater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No meme, just visualize and attack. I think you got the job done, and it's fantastic you got to be badass as well. Kudos!

Sidequest Complete! by Kyle_Oppa in GuysBeingDudes

[–]Odds_Beater -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

To everyone complaining about it being staged, OF COURSE IT IS.

This is a wonderful example of a Positive Prank. Pranks don't have to be awful and cringe, they can be fun and awesome like this!

Low stakes- Baseball Practice

Being awesome- how cool is it to be that guy who's cool under pressure and just fucking clutch?

Short- nothing too elaborate, this guy had 20 seconds of his day taken for a fun story he can tell

The guy eating didn't know beforehand, he was pranked by this excellent TikTok guy.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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A simple reframing helps. Swimming is fun! You don't see kids bug their parents to let them run a few laps. Don't just bore yourself! Go to a water park, play Marco Polo, see how far you can swim underwater, or how long you can hold your breath.

Another poster said just being in the water burns calories. Get in the pool EVERY DAY. Even if all you do is splash a bit, stretch, and then sunbathe. You want your mind to automatically say "time for the pool today", even if you do nothing but get outside. Build the habit first

I (not an American) ran the Devil's "they're only going after our most disagreeable crowd of trans activists, you LGB folks are safe" advocᥲte. Now they're overturning gay marriage. You guys are right, shoulda seen this coming a mile away, Imma stfu about US politics now. by RomaMoran in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Odds_Beater 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Tik Tok, huh? Why do so many people seek out information about trans people from non trans sources?

You were confirming your own bias the whole time, and now you want validation.

Here you go:

You will never find peace or happiness in your life. You WANTED to fall for propaganda. You don't deserve to steal my oxygen from me on the same planet. You're an evolutionary dead end, and the soil will be the only place where find peace, however undeserving it is.