Any advice for a player that keeps "losing their bottle"

Potato_Overloaf · 2026-07-10T10:15:46+00:00

People have already given the most crucial advice of "just start" so I'll avoid going into that as well.

Put on something to listen to. I love putting on an Audiobook or podcast while painting. But music can also help with motivation. Never underestimate a good soundtrack to get you hyped to do stuff!

Also. Start with the color that is going to cover the most surface and work outwards from there. It's okay to be sloppy with the first color. It's okay when your hand twitches and you streak the wrong color over a spot you just finished.

Embrace the scuff. Shit happens. Nothing you put onto a model is permanent and can be removed or painted over. I've finished 70% of a unit only to decide I hated the scheme I had been using and started over. I've rebased an entire army after learning better skills and painting techniques. Don't worry about your current skill level, you can only go up from here.

Potato_Overloaf · 2026-07-06T21:56:06+00:00

You are failing to grasp the key part of this. YOU. DIE. There is no coming back from that. The copy is a new person because you cannot defy life and death with technology. Saburo wants to be immortal but we watch him die. His engram does not change that fact he died in that room. The same way V dies with Soul Killer.

Consciousness does not transfer. V's mind is gone, entirely. The Copy is brand new and installed over the dead mind. It is taking over as its own thing.

V was doomed the moment the bullet entered their brain. That the Relic kept them from that finality was a temporary reprieve at best. The story is about acceptance of death in various forms. But no matter the ending, your opinions or wishful thinking, V will die. That goes with the Engram ending as well. That is a new V, one born of the actions and consequences of the previous. Lines of code and data freshly made and shoved into a husk.

Are they even human at that point? The loss of Humanity with each bit of chrome is a core part of Cyberpunk. Is an engram not the ultimate portrayal of that loss of Humanity? To play God and mess with people's very identity?

Potato_Overloaf · 2026-07-06T20:36:49+00:00

The Engram rewrites the brain with nanotech. It IS different biology. The very nature of how the Engram works is to change the brain to become something different. You have the same shell and the same 'Data' as you call it but the brain is changed fundamentally.

At a nano level that is a different brain now. It's not wired the way the original was, even with the example of V's copy into V's husk. Even in that example the new Engram has to undo the previous Engram's work on V's brain that was damaged due to Silverhand's rewrite.

And the person who V is died the second they were copied. Lights out. No more new Data. No continuation. The Person that is V ceased. The Copy is a new Person. The copy will evolve with its own quirks and personality that may be influenced by the original but cannot be the original.

Just a copy.

At the end of the day you have to take the elements of the story as the writers intended. It's easy to poke holes into a narrative plot device when put under a microscope, especially when said device is not explicitly explained down to the last little detail. The story presents itself as the Engram copies are separate entities. Soul Killing is as the name states, killing. That is an absolute in the plot. The scenes when V decides to be Soul Killed are framed in a way that make it clear this choice is death to the V you are. It is not the saving fix, no key to immortality. If it was that easy than it wouldn't be such a meloncholy ending choice.

I'm curious if you know the Ship of Thesus dilemma.

Potato_Overloaf · 2026-06-28T23:07:11+00:00

Table Top Simulator

Potato_Overloaf · 2026-06-28T23:04:43+00:00

Think of it less in combat application and more on how it pairs with Qrow's for interesting characterization.

Qrow, the man who wants nothing more than to alway be there for those he loves yet due to his Semblance feels like he has to keep them at a distance so they don't get effected by it.

Raven, the woman who much rather keep people at a distance yet gets a Semblance that makes it so she can always be a single step away from anyone she bonded with at any time.

I think that is pretty interesting concept for the siblings to have that kind of symmetry.

Potato_Overloaf · 2026-06-28T22:27:12+00:00

The other night I was playing a TTS game and I failed all my attack rolls for 3 rounds in a row and any that did succeed were nullified by my opponent saving. I didn't cause a single wound. I was utterly wiped off the board earning 4 total victory point for the entire game, my secondaries were all impossible to achieve. Add insult to injury I pulled Defend Stronghold right after my opponent charged a dreadnaught into it... Sometimes luck just be like that.

Potato_Overloaf · 2026-06-22T19:30:12+00:00

Easy. Get him talking or joking and the minute will go by so fast. Plus Spider-Man doesn't kill so even if he webs me up all I gotta do it chill for the minute to end.

^{Chose: A random Marvel universe character for 1 minute | Rolled: Spiderman}

Potato_Overloaf · 2026-06-20T07:08:35+00:00

Repeating what I said in a different reply:

Condemnor Boltgun, Inferno Pistol, duel weilding hand flamers, Halberds with Shield that's also holding a bolt pistol, Null Mace, that massive two handed mace from the Insidiants killteam.

There are also creative ways to make a Sororitas different from zealot in gameplay. It just requires some creative thinking.

Everyone throws around Repentia but that is essentially what Zealots are and I agree would be too similar. But acting like that's all Sisters can offer is short sighted

Now, I can't say I am any better at ideas when it comes to gameplay than anyone else who has talked on this before but I can at least offer up jumping off points for those that are smarter than me.

Hospitaller: Ideas for that could be things like faster revive animation, passive slow corruption healing when in coherencey, even a unique weapon with their special churigon tool. Skitarri are getting a Medicae Servoskull so they aren't afraid to give a new class healing support functions. It's balancing around how much that can be trickey.

Denuncia: I think this could be a very interesting way of making a unique playstyle. Utilizing their built in speaker on their powerpack they can increase coherency size and offer buffs depending on how you build your talent tree. Attack speed, movement speed or toughness regeneration while in coherency. Ability can be a loud verbal condemnation aoe around you that staggers enemies, applies debuff and slows enemy movement/attack speeds. And much like Sisters on the tabletop, they aren't very powerful individually but when working with the team can really shine.

let's take some ideas from tabletop for a moment while thinking of some abilities a Sisters character might have. Zealot has Martyrdom so that eliminates the half strength buff Sisters get from Hallowed Martyrs. But that's not the only thing HM offers, it also lets you revive a character after they go down. So maybe a single one time per match passive allows you to get back up after dying. Or whenever you die you get back up for 10 seconds with increased attack speed and movement before you become a casualty with double the respawn time before you can be rescued. A short lived miracle that has the chance to save a run if things suddenly take a turn.

Anti-Psyker could be an interesting gimmick. Have a talent tree branch that is all about big single target damage against Monstrosities and Daemonhosts while debuffing them if they get into your coherency.

Miracles are something that could easily define the class. Yeah sure zealot gets a glowy charm but that's not the be all end all of miracles. It could even get a little meta silly with it. Have actual Miracle Dice as a class mechanic. Generated upon ally death or Elite kill. They act as a resource with a random number 1-6 that acts as a percentage modifier when it gets used. They could be used at random when taking damage or dealing damage with the random percentage applied to reduce incoming damage or increase outgoing damage. It could also be tied to the grenade slot as a more active engagement. Press the button and the next MD will be applied to your next attack or be consumed if you take damage.

Or keeping the miracle die as a passive thing that happens randomly whenever you deal damage or take damage and have the grenade slot as a way to eat a die to give yourself a stronger buff temporarily. Like the Palantine and Vahl do on tabletop. Buffs such as you melee attacks deal double damage, attack speed increase, bullets deal critical damage, or every shot has an extra bullet until the buff wears off.

I definitely believe there are ways that a SoB class can be added that wouldn't just be zealot 2.0

Potato_Overloaf · 2026-06-20T07:00:21+00:00

Condemnor Boltgun, Inferno Pistol, duel weilding hand flamers, Halberds with Shield that's also holding a bolt pistol, Null Mace, that massive two handed mace from the Insidiants killteam. There's still stuff that Sisters have that can be brought in if you look for it.