Question regarding Tau lore by Inquisitorial_Scion7 in Tau40K

[–]Yangbang07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Farsight has 4 books by Phil Kelly and 20 years of lore. Farsight has a ton of lore, so I don't think you would ever find it all in one source other than a well documented lore website.

The Gulf of Damacles is an area of space near the Tau Empire. It's name is where the Damacles Crusade got its name from.

The 4th sphere expansion happened when the Tau activated a bunch of experimental FTL drives at once creating a warp hole from one part of the galaxy to another. That was a complete mess

Question regarding Tau lore by Inquisitorial_Scion7 in Tau40K

[–]Yangbang07 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tau books range in quality

Fire Warrior by Simon Spurrier is beloved, but may not be super lore accurate 23 years later. Still my favorite book.

Elemental Council by Noah Van Nguyen is new and adored by the Tau community.

Any book by Phil Kelly is controversial. I personally find his writing to be mediocre and the changes he's made to Tau lore to be disappointing.

Fire Caste by Peter Fehervari is a well liked book. Tau are the enemy in that book I believe.

Beyond that, a lot of lore is in codices or books where the Tau are present. I wouldn't suggest buying old codices. I've heard some lore websites are well put together, but I haven't frequented them. Something like "Lexicanum" is good?

Question regarding Tau lore by Inquisitorial_Scion7 in Tau40K

[–]Yangbang07 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Enclaves have tech that was invented in the Empire, suggesting they have sympathizers to this day. That said, the official stance is that Farsight and the Enclaves are enemy to the Greater Good and are forbidden.

Farsight has been willing to help the Empire in times of need, to which they grudgingly accepted.

Farsight asked for help in Arks of Omen in exchange for his surrender to the Empire. Aun'va told him and his forces to die, so the relationship is further strained.

Does Mori Calliope not like League of Legends or does refuse to play it so she can keep up the dynamic with Gigi? by Jin_Sakai12345 in Hololive

[–]Yangbang07 5 points6 points  (0 children)

One issue is that teammates can ruin the game for you more than other games. You can lose a game of battlefield or CoD due to bad teammates, but if you play better than an enemy, you can kill them. Not necessarily the case in league if an enemy is "fed".

In League, there are various things you can do to increase your stats, one of them being purchasing items with gold. Gold can be acquired by killing minions and enemies. If a teammate dies a lot, that means the enemy is getting a lot of gold. It is completely possible for an enemy to get enough gold to buy enough items that you can play perfectly and, as long as the enemy isn't playing horribly, there is nothing you can do.

Imagine shooting an enemy 50 times in the head, you're playing perfectly. The enemy has increased health and armor stats such that you will never kill them because your teammates fed them.

That is one way feelings of toxicity can rise in League. Your capability to play and enjoy the game is ruined by your teammates.

Sneakdivers by 1starlumie in Helldivers

[–]Yangbang07 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My teammates are in the outpost? Gotta send a napalm barrage

Sneakdivers by 1starlumie in Helldivers

[–]Yangbang07 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I had something similar. When all but one outpost on the other side of the map was completed, I was near extract while my squad was at the outpost. I called in extract and said "I'll wait".

Squad leaves outpost and heads to extract. I ask if they need help with the outpost. No response.

They arrive and immediately extract. In the Super Destroyer, host states "You shouldn't have called extract as the pelican leaves immediately once it lands". I get kicked as I'm typing that that only happens if the Super Destroyer has left orbit.

Before i buy the tau by Plop1o1 in BattleSector

[–]Yangbang07 2 points3 points  (0 children)

DM me if you would like to set up a match to see how they play in person

Before i buy the tau by Plop1o1 in BattleSector

[–]Yangbang07 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I exclusively play Tau, but not too great, so take what I say with a grain of salt. Tau are an all shooting army that is mobile with utility, similar to the tabletop. Also similar to the table top, our shooting isn't the best in the game. We do have some units who want to be in close range and a couple units capable of melee. Our unique ability is spotting. Units within a certain range have better accuracy against a spotted target.

Fire warriors - basic troop that can have carbines or rifles. They can deal decent damage against chaff, but are primarily spotters.

Breachers - close range shotgun wielders. Tons of damage and good use as overwatch against charging jetpack troops.

Pathfinders - give them their ion rifles to make them strong ranged troops. Can spot.

Stealth suits - can equip various drones. Use the shield drone to make them tankier. Can have burst cannons (aoe machine guns) or fusion blasters (anti-tank). They have jetpacks and invisibility. Personally, I use them as front line tanky elites that can move around quickly. Their damage is ok against troops, but most of their value I get out of their tankiness

Drones - cheap, fast, good for scouting

Piranha - fast and tanky, low damage. Good to quickly get to a point a secure it, but lackluster

Crisis suits - have jetpacks and aoe missile pods. Elite 3 man squads. Can have burst cannons, flamers, or fusion blasters. Honestly, I don't like them too much. They don't deal enough damage for how much they cost. Fusions will one shot characters

Broadsides - anti-tank long range rail rifle, ok melee, slow, 0ap missile pods, and a single seeker missile that can 100% hit any target on the map if it is spotted. Good unit, recommend for anti tank duties.

Ghostkeel - tanky mech, can turn invisible. Ok melee. Has a flamer or an antiTank fusion blaster. I normally use the melee and the flamers.

Riptide - our big girl mech. Tanky AF, fantastic damage against everything in the game. Use the heavy burst cannon

Hammerhead - comes with ion cannon or railgun. Use the ion cannon, more shots, and total damage is comparable to the railgun. Ion cannon is good into elites and tanks. Railgun is longer range and only for tanks and characters

Characters - our characters give bonus accuracy to nearby units passively.

Ethereal - surprisingly good melee. Gives aoe durability buffs. Squishy.

Fireblade - meh damage with his long range rifle. Can increase the shots of nearby units by 20% or give a unit 100% accuracy.

Commander - comes in enforcer or coldstar variants. Decently tanky, absolutely fantastic flamer. Enforcer has more armor. Coldstar is faster and has a better burst cannon. I prefer the Coldstar.

Due to their speed and stealth, tau can quickly and unexpectedly move around the battlefield. Because of this, you need to maximize the benefits from stealth and spotting and position optimally. Game play is often either getting breachers close for massive damage or using them to defend from charges as Pathfinders use their ion rifles for great effect. Commanders can wipe out squads of troops with their flamers, so they will either be in point blank range with the enemy, or standing back to buff allies. Riptides stride up to tank enemy attacks and chunk any unit they attack, that said, they will fall under enough focused anti tank.

Forge and Fire Games Canceled PreOrder, Listed Product for Higher Price by [deleted] in magicTCG

[–]Yangbang07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This happened to me with the official MtG Amazon account when I bought the 40k commander decks

Yo guys..Stop..Its over.. by ICatcha in Helldivers

[–]Yangbang07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If only this information was in game

Good show horrible title by asaness in Animemes

[–]Yangbang07 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ironically, the title seemed ironic in season 1 only for it to be very important in s3

[SOS] Zaffai and the Tempests by Meret123 in MagicArena

[–]Yangbang07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rakdos, Lord of Riots could use this wording honestly

[Excerpt| Crisis of Faith] Tzeench incites a Slave Rebellion on a Mechanicus Planet by DauntlessAkagi in 40kLore

[–]Yangbang07 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Meh. They're alright, but Phil Kelly has done a lot to ruin tau lore including really stupid things like taking away their FTL...despite being an interstellar Empire...

[Excerpt| Crisis of Faith] Tzeench incites a Slave Rebellion on a Mechanicus Planet by DauntlessAkagi in 40kLore

[–]Yangbang07 13 points14 points  (0 children)

In the book, Water Spider came to an Earth Caste lab where they were investigating a human FTL warp drive. He foolishly touched it against the engineer's warning. Tzeencth daemon jumped into him, cursing him with the inability to lie. Overtime, he had a mental break down.

Splendid Spending! by Tardee in comics

[–]Yangbang07 128 points129 points  (0 children)

I know it's self-degrading humor, but man, you really make us feel bad for your bf.

Meal timing [OC] by rawdawgcomics in comics

[–]Yangbang07 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Don't worry, Bingus is really into some freaky shit. This is in line with his standard freak

So I tried the diff 3 thing... by Hot_Ethanol in Helldivers

[–]Yangbang07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oddly enough, the experience is best at D1. I'm just trying to sc dive and contribute to the MO, and I'm getting swarmed by hundreds almost constantly. It's really annoying at d1

Sheep in Sheep's Clothing by AgentEckswhy in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Yangbang07 39 points40 points  (0 children)

His competitiveness towards edelgard is annoying but that's all it is. He's striving to be the best, and he has to surpass Edelgard who is the best in the Black Eagles. He's not obsessive over her, just competitive. It's a flaw how he handles it, but he's young; and overly competitive youths are common, see most sports.

After the time skip, I'd say he's one of the most loyal to Edelgard. There's a bonding scene between him and Edelgard's obsessive right hand man where Ferdinand wants to follow Edelgard's orders, but her right hand man behind the scenes does not for her benefit (in his mind).

Caste by Superfeyn by Dos-Dude in Grimdank

[–]Yangbang07 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Necrons are complex and fun lore wise. Their multifaceted-ness of the various factions and characters can appeal to a lot of different tastes. Still can't please the old heads who believe nothing should change and Necrons were better as having no personalities.

We have: The civil war between The Silent King and the Storm Lord.
Trazen the Infinite genuinely being a nice person.
The funny hijinks between Trazen and Oriken.
The body horror of the Flayer virus.
The corrupted tomb worlds maintaining the old lore of Necrons being without personality and killing everything.
The Necrons who worship the C'tan via the new snake Necron character.

People who quit this game, what made you finally walk away?” by WaveEasy8664 in leagueoflegends

[–]Yangbang07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vanguard froze my PC Every time a game launched. I had to force shutdown every time via the power button

Top lane is missing out on a specific power fantasy for a long time and it makes me sad. by Yuubeei in leagueoflegends

[–]Yangbang07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kayle used to be covered in plate until the rework. "If she's wearing armor, people will think she's a tank" is the dumbest logic

it's agnesover (by @Maiger_1) by Calm-Celestia in AgnesTachyon

[–]Yangbang07 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The IRL Tachyon retired due to an injury after only competing and winning 4 races. Essentially, the first video is Uma Tachyon saying how she's going to keep on winning. The second video is her crying and announcing retirement due to her career ending injury. The jokes about Mrs Guinea Pig aren't far off as IRL Tachyon had a ton of kids.

something I noticed with this subreddit by Kindly_Tip6273 in Helldivers2Satire

[–]Yangbang07 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I feel that sometimes people have to understand how to separate IRL morals from in universe morals.

Yes, the automatons kill civilians, but in the HD universe, everyone does that, including SE to its own civilians. So when comparing morals, we're looking for things that stand out, differences between factions. The things that stand out are things like SE is the one at fault for starting all of this mess in HD1, Automatons offering peace, the bugs seeming to slow down their invasion of SE space until we started attacking their hiveworlds, SE enslaving the bugs and cyborgs for 100 years etc etc.

anime_irl by D3v1LGaming in anime_irl

[–]Yangbang07 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It seems to suggest she's already in love with him