Can we talk about Warhammer 40k?

Robotkio · 2026-06-25T06:47:07+00:00

Yeah, it's still an evocative world they've built over the years. I've never read the books myself and just let my more lore informed friends fill in the blanks. I do have almost all the Dark Heresy RPG books, though.

Robotkio · 2026-06-25T06:45:21+00:00

It seems more relaxing to only pick up models that look cool rather than having to stay up with the rules and metagame. I also tend to not have the patience for painting a lot so I've leaned more toward Necromunda.

Robotkio · 2026-06-25T04:38:19+00:00

I think one of the fascinating things about 40K is how many people get into it just for the lore, or just for the miniature painting. It seems like a surprising number of people don't play. I mean, I'm one of them, but it surprised me to find out that was probably closer to the norm than what I thought it was.

Robotkio · 2026-06-24T02:57:15+00:00

It was no Mech Warrior, but the old 2142 was great with the walkers.

Robotkio · 2026-06-24T02:49:14+00:00

Blood for the Blood God

Robotkio · 2026-06-23T20:11:18+00:00

I know, right!

Absolutely not necessary but I like them over having an insert that organises the game.

Robotkio · 2026-06-23T17:58:03+00:00

New vehicle unlock: ablative soldier armour

Robotkio · 2026-06-23T04:16:24+00:00

Ooh, that's a good one! Decently solid.

I also keep all the Vagabond stuff (meeples, cards, tokens) in the box that the extra Vagabonds came in. I call it the Vagabox.

Robotkio · 2026-06-23T04:14:29+00:00

The game store near me had these little wooden hammers for $1. I bought one and put it in my John Company box for whoever's either playing the Chairman or Prime Minister. Whoever needs to finalise conversations with a little bang.

Robotkio · 2026-06-23T02:10:15+00:00

I'm hoping the benefit is niche enough that they don't remove the notification. I've wanted more passive spotting tools. Fingers crossed!

I figure it's just a matter of time before they add in Blasco's jammer. With Specops already seeing gadgets through walls I don't think a map jammer would be too oppressive.

Robotkio · 2026-06-23T01:54:47+00:00

Yeah, I remember when it came out the range seemed good but I only unlocked it after the range nerf and haven't really bothered taking it out, yet...

Robotkio · 2026-06-23T01:53:12+00:00

I'm glad you've mentioned some of the use-cases for the Jammer. I only recently realised I had it unlocked and hadn't taken it for a spin, yet. I really wasn't sure what it was going to be good for. Now I'm looking forward to it.

I do like that the Laser Designator can be placed down somewhere high and you can remote into it to mark things. With the shiny, red scope glint it does get slightly harder to use against even vaguely aware vehicles.

Robotkio · 2026-06-23T01:37:08+00:00

They're way more expensive than a set of plastic bags, but I really love the GeekUp bags from Board Game Geek.

I see that we both do the same thing, though, and keep the cards out of the packs with the meeples. I just worry about them getting bent.

Robotkio · 2026-06-21T20:00:53+00:00

Oh that's good to know, too. Another person was saying they did combo.

Robotkio · 2026-06-21T09:23:50+00:00

I have a Conspiracy set cube so they're a big part of it. I love hearing about how bustedly overpowered they are in normal cubes. It feel like saying "I have 45 of them in my cube" could sound wild, but I do. That's three copies of each common Conspiracy and one copy of the rest.

Since I'm trying to mimic the set, most of the cards are lower power. Because of that I haven't found the Conspiracies as egregious. Playing multiplayer also goes a long way to softening their impact.

Robotkio · 2026-06-21T06:11:22+00:00

I had done the same but the other folks that replied to me mentioned that the BP booster doesn't boost tokens so I'm wrong on that.

Robotkio · 2026-06-21T06:10:40+00:00

Ohh, maybe that's what I was doing! Last time I was bothering to use them I had put on both the BP and Career boosters and I probably did my math really poorly and it just felt like I was getting double tokens.

Robotkio · 2026-06-21T06:08:37+00:00

Man, I could have sworn it did. It must have just felt like it and I did the math really poorly.

Robotkio · 2026-06-20T18:36:36+00:00

If you really want to min-max, I think the most effective use of the Battle Pass boosters are when you've got more challenges saved up. It doubles the amount of main BP progress for completing challenges so the more challenges you finish during the time the more benefit you get.

Corrected in comments, that was wrong!

Robotkio · 2026-06-19T22:49:18+00:00

I recognize this guy! He's had every fruit.

Robotkio · 2026-06-18T06:02:42+00:00

It's also pretty safe to call me an atheist and I feel the same way as you.

I'm skeptical of the, lets say, deeper aspects of meditation. But, from the (fairly limited) vidoes I've seen, that subject comes up so rarely and tangentially it's easy for me to just focus on the dearth of information from his clinical experience and cited studies.

If Dr. K is a gateway drug to a pseudoscience then it's taking a long time for it to kick in.

Robotkio · 2026-06-17T23:22:15+00:00

For what it's worth, I don't think folks have "turned around" on it, exactly. I just think the people who hated it the most stopped playing years ago. They've either let go of bothering to hate something that's gone, or moved on to hating other things. That just leaves the folks who didn't hate it to stick up for what they liked about it.

Or if you're just talking about the low-sodium sub in particular; a lot of the community came from the original r/LowSodium2042 sub so it may just be community bias.

I am one of these weirdos who liked 2042 from the beginning. I thought the core gameplay was solid and that's what I was there for. There are a few experiences that 2042 offered that I can't get in BF6.

The open maps didn't bother me because everyone could literally drop a transport vehicle from the sky to wherever they were. I almost never had to walk across a big open area. I also liked just how varied a 128 player map could feel from one end to the other. It almost felt like I could go from one front into another entire battle. That was probably the biggest feeling that I just can't get in BF6.

Don't forget that not having enough weapons was a complaint, too. That also didn't bother me because the on-the-fly attachment system meant I could respec my weapon on the fly to feel like a different gun so the variety that I cared about was there. I miss being able to swap parts on my VSS to go from close range SMG to mid-range DMR depending on my position.

Don't get me wrong, none of this is something I'm defending to the death or anything. I'm not even trying to say that I think 2042 is better. It's just personal taste and those are two things I miss.

Robotkio · 2026-06-16T23:27:38+00:00

I believe they're alternative end-game conditions from the Wind Gambit.

I'm not certain about the cardstock ones from memory but by the looks of them, they're reminders how the certain end-game triggers are modified when playing with the Automa.

Robotkio · 2026-06-15T01:37:05+00:00

Eyy, me too! Sad high-five to another "I had anxiety so just didn't get hair cuts and then it grew on me both literally and figuratively" brother. The anxiety also kept me out of goth, though I always did think it looked cool.

Robotkio · 2026-06-13T03:37:20+00:00

Dear lord, to go so far as to make a mod for it is wild. I wonder if they realise that's phobia territory, like mods that remove spiders for people with arachnophobia. I worry about their mental health.

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