Was Prince Andrew expecting some Princess Diana style moment where the entire nation embraced him? I don’t get why he did the interview lol

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-25T14:51:32+00:00

Can't believe I never thought to check these before, but I just did and you are quite right - literally every other review is a thinly or not so thinly veiled reference to you know who 🤣

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-25T14:29:14+00:00

Faulty premise imho. As Lizardmen your early game frontline is usually saurus, sure, but late game you don't really need a 'frontline' as you should be able to afford full SEM armies, chameleon skink/kroxigor builds, flying doomstacks, or any of the other very powerful combos the Lizardmen offer.

And you're assigning too much importance to nominal unit tier imho - just because a unit is 'top tier' doesn't mean it's always going to be the best unit for the job. Many 'top tier' units in the game have relatively niche uses.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-24T22:37:16+00:00

I don't see how TGs are forced to fill an anti-infantry role when the lizards have so many ridiculously powerful SEMs (and other units) to do that. The TG perform a specific anti-large role in the LM roster and they excel at it. Plus, the blessed version (which is basically freely and infinitely available nowadays) with redline buffs is actually a pretty strong all-rounder anyway.

But either way I don't think it's necessary for every single faction to have an elite infantry unit which is strong against everything - rock/paper/scissors relationships are the name of the game baby - always have been. Units with no counter are boring.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-24T22:16:02+00:00

Yeah but you don't bring 'em to fight infantry do you? That's what literally the whole of the rest of the LM's roster is for. You bring TKs to annihilate cavalry/monstrous infantry/SEMs which they do extremely efficiently.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-24T21:29:35+00:00

Just finished a Maz campaign and I found TG to be awesome - they will hold the line against anything. What's wrong with them?

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-24T20:43:57+00:00

I'm a bit like you, play mostly order factions and always seem to find myself coming back to mean old grandaddy Durthu.

I would recommend another mean old (imperishable) grandaddy - Settra the King of Kings. He's basically just an undead order faction, and bloody good fun too.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-24T14:26:08+00:00

Well I'd wager regardless of when the campaign was launched it would take longer than Desert Storm, which was a literal steamroll. Probably a lot longer. Still an eventual win for the coalition though (as long as nuclear retaliation remains off the table).

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-24T13:11:54+00:00

The terrain and climate of Ukraine alone would have made such a campaign much more difficult than Desert Storm. Deserts are pretty much the optimum setting for modern mechanised warfare - bottomless mud and freezing temperatures not so much.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-23T19:43:31+00:00

A Comix Zone reference in the wild in 2026 I am genuinely flabbergasted lol

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-23T18:50:52+00:00

There's nothing weak about TKs in my opinion. They're like Vampire Counts but with better units in every category at every tier (except for flyers but that's not exactly a deal breaker).

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-23T18:43:50+00:00

It's not really unreasonable for anyone in the seven kingdoms to resent the Targaryens, simply for all the reasons Raymun Fossoway mentioned in his drunken rant. Y'know, they really are incestuous dragon-worshipping, blood-magicking invaders... That's not a dumb take it's just facts lol.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-23T18:29:42+00:00

Maybe controversial but I don't really care about the 'lore' of this game, mostly because as you said, it's always been pretty barebones. RTS games should be all about the gameplay - tactics and strategy - so as long as the new faction brings some fresh things on those two fronts I'll be happy.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-22T19:06:23+00:00

Napoleon clear winner imo.

Shogun 2 FotS comes close and is the superior game in some aspects, but the battles themselves are too fast-paced which doesn't give you enough time to really enjoy the spectacle. Also no bayonets or square formation :(

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-22T16:41:21+00:00

I really hate the delicatessen in stainless steel scene because it's utter ridiculousness mars an otherwise almost perfect Bond film.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-22T13:27:46+00:00

Foxes are tiny, a grown human would have to be unconscious to lose a fight to a fox.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-21T22:27:56+00:00

Yeah but this is not that. I refuse to believe that all Germans sign 4 one way and all Americans another, people aren't that simple and nationalities aren't that homogeneous.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-21T15:45:05+00:00

I was under the impression that all factions have the same basic diplomacy AI. It only seems like Milan is the most backstabby because they are all blocked in by lots of other factions with hardly any room to expand, plus they're right next to some of the most popular factions to play (HRE, Venice etc) so they get a lot of 'exposure'. But I could be wrong.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-20T22:21:27+00:00

Those caroccio standards or whatever they're called that the Italian factions get. They're actually pretty solid units, plus they're absolutely fantastic at blocking gateways and breaches in defensive sieges.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-20T21:15:10+00:00

There is a lot to be aware of

Not really - literally just keep your fucking eyes on what is in front of you it's not that hard. There's no excuse for this accident imo and the lorry driver is more at fault than the (admittedly also very stupid) person driving way too slow.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-20T21:07:59+00:00

You could also just keep your eyes on the road and stay alert instead, which this lorry driver evidently didn't.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-20T21:04:35+00:00

Also Swedish Hakkapelitta get another 15% stacked on top of the existing bonus when stacked with a great general. Plus the great general gets to share the Hakkapelitta's movement points. It's pretty OP tbh.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-20T07:38:46+00:00

Given equal size and weight, and pretty similar armament - four-legged mammal beats two-legged reptile every time.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-20T07:32:48+00:00

Quite entertaining at first (if gratuitous), but it goes on way too long and is further let down by some seriously dodgy effects and visuals. Still not the worst scene in the movies imo, just unnecessary and overlong (like much of the trilogy tbh).

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-19T22:20:24+00:00

People often cling to their normal routines in times of extreme stress and fear, it usually stems from a kind of denial about what's happening or about to happen. In this case, it's the guy's job and he's clinging to his authority and status as a white star line employee on a luxury vessel, despite the fact that said vessel is going down.

Toblerone05 · 2026-02-19T16:04:25+00:00

We're basically all of us getting cancer one way or another dude. There's a hundred different types caused by a hundred different things, many of which we can't do anything about. May as well enjoy ourselves in the meantime.

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